Day 71 - BEAST!
a. her size is so large, and the buds are def "Big Bud"! there is resin everywhere, very fruity like pineapple express
b. will be topping off the DWC all week with 6.0 water.. gradually diluting the ripening formula, 1300ppm right now, end of week should be at 400ppm, then flush week
c. light schedule is now 14 hours on, 10 hours off. this allow the buds to mature properly and become potent, next week probably 12/12.
d. still drinking 6 litres of water a day
Day 72 - fat buds
a. her buds keep swelling outward, the calxes are exploding, some stigmas are turning brown, about 5%
b. these buds are very hard, cant understand how dense these are!
c. really happy with this strain!
Day 73 - 10th day of ripening
a. the pistils are slowly becoming brown, maybe 7% of the plant has matured
b. the smell is unreal, VERY fruity and gassy
c. ppms have been controlled at 1300ppm with plain water diluting the pool
Day 74 - flush beginning
a. pumped out 10L from the DWC, and added 10L of 6.0 water, 650ppm
b. the flowers are smelling very strong
c. the buds are becoming ripe, the stigmas are turning colors
Day 75 - pistils 30% orange/red/brown
a. set lighting intensity to 50%, simulating the sun moving farther away from the plant like in fall
b. drinking 5-6L a day still
c. the buds are very hard, thick and oily, the resin on my hands smells very good
Day 76 - maturing great
a. cutting down the temperatures, and humidity and lessening the intensity of the light always causes nice dense matuation
b. DWC running de-chlorinated tap water, 140 ppm
c. next week is all flush week, and turning to 12/12
d. she is still drinking 5-6 litres of water a day!
e. the buds are maturing very nicely, the smell is INTENSE!
Day 77 - mature buds
a. the buds are maturing, calyxes are swelling, and the buds are getting heavier
b. about 50% orange stigmas, trichomes there are still some clears left, no amber visible yet
c. DWC is being kept full of plain water, 160 ppm in DWC