Hello growmies! Welcome to week four of An Epsilon Adventure!
The girls are already transitioning into flower, I will get some photos of that later in the week.
Massive thanks to both Shogun and Royal Queen Seeds for sponsoring this grow.
Daily Updates:
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Week 4 Day 1 11:00 16/7
Removed some lower growth.
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Week 4 Day 2 23:00 17/7
Tallest plants were showing signs of heat stress so I have raised the light about 30cm more. Unfortunately this now means the lower plants aren't getting as much light as they could, so I have put the cycle back to 20h (I may even increase it).
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Week 4 Day 3 14:00 18/7
Photographed.
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Week 4 Day 3 19:00 18/7
Fertigated 2l.
Okay these girls are now starting to concern me a little on the basis that they are supposed to grow to "50-70cm". At just over 3 weeks old the shortest of these girls is 53cm, the tallest (plant 3) is now 76cm tall. The worrying thing is they do not at all look like they are slowing down and as they are just pre-flowering now, the flowering stretch hasn't even started.
So I need some genuine advice here now:
Do I keep the faith and hope that they don't exceed the space I have?
Do I top or super crop them now?
These ladies are beastly, at the end of the week I am going to take some individual videos and more photos to really try and capture how magnificently well these girls are doing. I think I may be in the process of growing the biggest Epsilon F1's so far? Exciting to find out!
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Week 4 Day 4 21:00 19/7
James has assured me they wont go much more than 85 so I am not going to mess with them. They are due a defoliation at the end of this week though.
Measured each plant as follows:
Plant 1: 81cm
Plant 2: 75cm
Plant 3: 80cm
Plant 4: 67cm
Plant 5: 59cm
Plant 6: 58cm
Might photograph later or leave until tomorrow.
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Week 4 Day 5 10:00 20/7
Photographed and measured.
Plant 1: 85cm
Plant 2: 79cm
Plant 3: 81cm
Plant 4: 71cm
Plant 5: 63cm
Plant 6: 63cm
So they've all grown about 4cm in about 13 hours, except plant 3 - which seems to have slowed down a lot. The top of plant 3 is also the most advanced looking in terms of pistils. I forgot to take close ups of the preflowers I will do that tomorrow.
I have had to raise the light again today and it is now much further away than the younger plants than I would like. So I am thinking about adding a 300w LED into my 4x4.
I have another 3 inches I can raise the light on the hangers, after that I can removed the adjustable handers and tie it to the top of the tent... that'll gain me another 4 or 5 inches. If I need to go higher my only option would be to set them up without the tent which is not an option right now. Hopefully they all just stop getting taller now and focus on flowering... but my gut tells me there's more growth to come.
Watch this space!
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Week 4 Day 6 15:00 21/7
Measured. Average 10cm growth 29 hours. 😳😳😲
Plant 1: 96cm
Plant 2: 89cm
Plant 3: 88cm
Plant 4: 81cm
Plant 5: 73cm
Plant 6: 72cm
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Week 4 Day 6 23:00 21/7
Defoliated. Only photographed plants 1 and 2 individually as I was short on time. Some lovely pics though!
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Week 4 Day 7 15:00 22/7
Fertigated. 2l Will photograph and measure later when they've had 24h since training.
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Week 4 Day 7 23:00 22/7
Photographed and measured:
Plant 1: 102cm
Plant 2: 93cm
Plant 3: 89cm
Plant 4: 85cm
Plant 5: 76cm
Plant 6: 75cm
Well here we are at the end of week 4 and I am quite shocked by the growth of these girls. This strain averages 50-70cm in height. We have six plants here and every one of them is taller than the average... but would you just look at plant 1? She is a giant! 102cm!! Where will she stop?
Next week will see the full transition to flower and we will start to see the bud sites developing. I have no idea at this point what the heights will look like at the end of next week. This is sort of new territory really, they weren't meant to get this big!
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Thanks for reading growmies! 👊
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Tent: 120cm x 120cm x 180cm
Light: 600w HID Elite Dual Spectrum HPS + Angel Wing Reflector
Air: 5" duct fan system with carbon filter ~300 m3/hour + RAM 9" floor fan + 4" intake fan
Pots: Air Pruner Fabric Pots 30l - UGro XL Coco + horticultural grade perlite (~20%)
Seeds supplied by Royal Queen Seeds https://www.royalqueenseeds.com
Nutrients supplied by Shogun Fertilisers https://www.shogunfertilisers.com/en
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