Day 84 total and Day 28 of flower.
Wow, these plants are coming along nicely. I'm looking forward to harvesting some GSC & Bubba S1's.
Defoliated pretty heavily to reduce crowding, lower RH, and focus growth on buds. I'm not sure about the science on defoliation, but everybody seems to be doing it, so I am too. Bro science? Either way, it does help with RH and reduce chances of bud rot.
The last picture shows the 3 clones I replanted (and threw away 3) that will take the flower tents in a few weeks (maybe). These were cloned a few weeks back, and I have had them on the back burner waiting -- only 25 PPFD light for 20 hours, no nutrients and on the self-watering tray (About 5% of light's dimmer setting). This tray is from Burpee and is wonderful. I didn't need to self water those clones, only keep the tray filled about 1-2 times per week. This method allows you to keep clones for a perpetual harvest every 2 months, but not have the hassle of keeping mother plants. It's all explained here:
https://www.rollitup.org/t/vegncobs-how-much-light-do-we-need.892124/#post-12129880.
Genius!
Now the clones are ready for some faster, but still paced vegetation growth at 250 PPFD at 20 hours/day. That is only 25% of the cheap LED's dimmer setting. (NB - You don't need expensive lights for vegetation.)
Great grow there mate, same as your 5oz off the viparspectra1500 in burningman grow. How did you find that light performed? Would you change anything in a 2x2 tent, like veg under the 1500w then flower under the 2000w or is the 1500 a beauty from start to finish in a small setup of that size?