Hi fellow growers,
for this first week of flowering, everything went smoothly. She took the defoliation from last week well and kept growing strong. She took 8cm during this first week of 12/12, nothing crazy but I hope she is gonna take more this coming week, so that she has pretty long main branches by the end of stretching. I'm glad the smaller branches that occupy the middle grew well and full up this empty space. I'm tucking daily the fan leaves from the main branches to allow a maximum light to reach the branches from the middle.
Last week I was wondering if I had gone too strong on the defoliation and then I read about this schwazzing technique, when one defoliates even more, basically removing most of the leaves, this on the day of switching to 12/12 and then doing this same heavy defoliation 20 days later. So be prepared, in two weeks I'm gonna apply the recommended second heavy defoliation and we'll see how that goes together. 😁
Humidity is around 70% at the moment, it's on the high side but I'm not too worried about it.
For the nutrients, I'm still religiously following the biobizz schedule and so far, so good.
I started this week to log everyday some basic data about the plant, like height, temperatures and humidity. I guess it would be nice to have a little graph at the end to see the evolution of the plant or whatever one wants to do with the data. I think it's good practice too.
-- Stereoscopic pictures --
You might have wonder what the hell are those two pictures where seemingly the same picture is put two times. They actually are stereoscopic pictures or 3d pictures. It's using the same principle as 3d for movies or virtual reality and it tricks your brain into seeing in 3d. Basically each picture is the view from each of our eyes. I made those pictures so it allows to see them in 3d without glasses. Follow along with this little tutorial (The picture "stereoscopy 2" is easier. I find it as well easier on a computer as smartphones have a smaller screen):
- Having the pictures in front of you around 30-40cm (15-20cm on smartphones) from your eyes, start crossing your eyes slowly.
- Both pictures are gonna move toward the middle. The idea is to make both pictures superpose each other in in the middle.
- Start to focus on the superposition in the middle and if necessary, adjust the distance between your eyes and the screen.
- Once it's in focus, you will instantly notice it and see my weed in crystal clear 3d! You can then move your eyes in the picture and enjoy it.
- With a bit of practice, it becomes quite easy to focus (1-2s only)
Even the NASA does it! https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/crosseyed.shtml
Let me know in the comments if you managed it and if you find it cool or not! 😉
Take care everyone and see you next week!