Vegetation Day 37:
We’ve officially entered the final week of veg! I’ve been away in Prague for 3 days, so this update is unfortunately a day later than usual. Sorry about that, guys! But here’s one important fact:
“Happy wife, happy life.” 😂
During that time, the girls put on some nice biomass and pushed out plenty of potential new growth sites.
That meant it was time for a bit of defoliation to get some light back into the inner canopy and reach as many bud sites as possible. From here on out, I’ll only be tucking down the upper tops to create an as even canopy as possible before flipping to flower.
I deliberately decided to run this grow without a SCROG net… and instantly regretted that decision. Just check the picture. Got a little too ambitious and ended up fixing the damage with some tape. You live and learn! 🤦♂️
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Vegetation Day 40:
We’ve left the plants undisturbed for the past 3 days. There was only one watering on Day 39 — you’ll find the details below.
The pale new growth and leaf tips are completely typical of fresh growth. When plants develop new leaves rapidly under good lighting, chlorophyll synthesis can lag slightly behind during the first few days.
Almost all LST clips were removed today.
The damaged spot from Day 37 seems to be healing well. The branch looks just as healthy as the others.
The substrate pH needs to come up a bit now. The acidic buffer in the Light-Mix is slowly wearing off, so we’re raising the watering pH to 6.5 to get the substrate ready for flowering.
The runoff readings below are telling us exactly that. 💧
At the next watering, we’ll also be introducing additional nutrients for the first time in over 40 days. 🌱
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Vegetation Day 42:
The last day of veg is here! Tomorrow, it’s time to switch the lights to 12/12. 🌱
Quite a bit has happened since the last update. The plants have put on some serious growth and added quite a bit more biomass. I’m also really happy with the number of potential bud sites developing.
A quick update on how the Hindu Kush from @SensiSeeds handled training:
Both LST and topping went really well. The plants took it in their stride and bounced back without any signs of stress. The small break on one of the branches was entirely my own fault. 😅
Nutrients: 💧
• 3,5–4 L per plant
• 1 ml/L @Plagron Power Roots
• 1 ml/L @Plagron CalMag Pro
• pH: 6.5
• EC: 0.7
Run off: 💧
• EC: 0,9-1,5 mS/cm
• PH: 5,5-5,6
• Current Conditions: 🔥
• PPFD: ~450–500
• Light distance: 55 cm
• Temperature: 24°C
• RH: ~55–60%
Let’s see what this final week of veg has in store for us.
Stay tuned, boys and girls! 💚