Took advantage of their fast grow and top the 5th node and defoliated the first and all baby leaves below it. I've got very good results out of autoflower by doing this throughout my learning experience. Plant #5 wasn't ready for toppin for some reasons.
Dried on the vines for 5 days without watering - Then cut the vines to hang them for 2-3 days - Today pruned the buds to improve drying.
Photos coming soon
26-06-24 : Updated with lot pictures
Les fleurs arrivent , lumière a 75 % , 27 °c 70%RH , vpd ≈ 1 , température de l'eau 22.9°C , EC 2,2 , ph 5,9 , augmentation du délais entre marée et du temp de marré pour 5 min toutes les 30 min au lieu de 4 min toute les 20 min
Royal Queen seeds easy start, first time used excellent results, 100% germination rate, All seeds have popped and have been transplanted in three to four days. Very happy on to start of veg
First pistils came through this week! Switched the 'bloom' switch on the light to double LED count and add the red to the spectrum.
Defoliated lower growth again on day 45 before noticing the pistil 48 hours later.
Spotted a nutrient burn, and that I haven't been watering until enough runoff so possible nute/salt buildup?
I also realised the plant was drooping before feeding so going to increase feed volume to keep the coco more moist.
A nice amount of main colas considering her rough childhood.
Fed no nutrients from day 47-49, just feeding 5.8pH water to reduce salt content. Water was 60PPM at 5.8pH and after 8L still got 500PPM runoff. Definitely need to change feeding method. Thanks for the tips to those who answered!
This was a really busy week but somehow I got in this tent and captured this girls beauty.
She was still stretching so I put another (2nd) net In to secure her down but also to ensure that as she builds up she does not snap any branches.
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This clone was a blast to grow.
As a reminder, it was sent into flowering at a height of 20cm, i.e. 12/12h.
it stretches incredibly and although it has thinner stems than the seed plants, the flowers become very dense and massive.
The colouring of the lady is incredible! Lots of taco leaves some of them have started to turn purple.
Day 1 - TC600 is 36 inches from seedling. Veg 100% Flower 100% 17 hours on 7 off. PAR/PPFD 170 DLI 10.05
Day 2 - Mylar Emergency Blanket DIYed into 2 by 3 foot tent. PAR/PPFD 240 (41% increase) DLI 14.5 (44% increase) Nutrients: Advanced Nutrients 2 mL of each Micro Grow Bloom Base Nutrients and 2 mL BotaniCare CalMag. 3 Gallon bucket filled with 2 gallons of RO water.
No more notes for rest of the week. The TC600 is 260w from the wall. Not 600w.
Day 73 ~ Plant 1 is looking great and hopefully will be ready to harvest by the end of the week. Been checking the trichomes and while most are getting milky white, there are still a couple sites on the plant where I find clear trichomes.
Plant 2 seems to be about a week or two behind the first plant...I will give plant 2 their final Nutes tmrw and then begin to flush.
From reading about this strain it seems like it should take around 90 days from seed to harvest. So I would think plant 1 is running a little ahead of schedule and plant 2 is right on time.
Day 75 ~ Both plants looking and smelling amazing! I was hoping to be harvesting the first plant by this weekend, but she is still growing and her trichomes are still not all milky and I haven't yet to find an amber one. So it might be another week or so before I can start drying her out.