Howdy all and welcome to Week 5 of Bloom with one chunky ass girl (Pictures a bit sloppy. Woops!๐ฆ). Quick Sherbet is doing very well and this update will cover up to Day 38. The Deets:
The Good:
-Ha! This plant is dope man, literally and figuratively. She's so thick and chunky and just continues to pack on weight. With personal progression photos I can see this one is not done just yet.
-Aroma is incredible and very heavy. I can clearly make out the pepper but there's a lot more going on these days and I don't think I'll really know until she has some cure time. It will be very thick and resin abundant smoke. She is frosty but the resin alone is worth it with this one. Just oozing at every bud site.
-Very faint signs of purple and blue hues within the bud sites themselves. I'm used to fan fades but this is my very first colorful plant with color changes occurring on the buds themselves. Pretty excited about it, hahaha. Thanks Exotic!๐
-Looking at her I can presume a very healthy harvest. Not going to count my chickens yet, but hoping this girl will clear 100 and help make up for a lack of product on Malanasa. All will work out thanks to this girl.
The 'Meh'
-Trying to drop my heat for the final days but realized it's a lot harder then I expected. I'm going to have to invest in an AC unit right away here and have it controlled by an InkBird unit in the grow room itself, not the tents. Just like my heating I'd like to acclimate the grow room and have that air cycle into the unit, not be created in the unit itself and expelled in the room.
-Noticed the smaller, lower fan leaves on smaller bud sites received some serious downward marginal leaf curl, but no other fans from half way up the plant are affected... Not 100% sure and it started to occur on day 28ish. Complete non issue again, just a curiosity... Did they catch the brunt of a nutrient dose? Underwater wilting without a bounce back? Lower RH in Bloom sucking them dry? Not sure. Let me know if you have any ideas what I'm talking about. I'll throw up a picture of what I'm talking about within a day of this post, too.
Notes of the Week:
-All girls are on cruise control now. Besides performing some pruning and re-bracing laterals, I don't do much of anything. Feed, observe, feed, observe. Very happy but a little bored now. Chomping at the bit to go to my personal Grow #5๐. Genetics are picked for Tent #1/Part #1 and I'll be moving on it relatively soon. Will list the genetics chosen in near future๐.
-Gelato OG and Quick Sherbet appear that they will be wrapping up within 14 days (at time of typing this) w/ Malanasa and Glookies looking like 2.5-3. All a week past breeders latest projections, but again, I feel my feeding schedules were off and my mid Bloom schedule warped their time line. Tad more time to bulk up, anyways. No problemo.
-FM8 is stupid and I love it. The trich and cola Dev. on the girls under her is impressive and I'm starting to see what it can do, personally. I really need next grow and a direct comparison to make hard line opinions on the system. For now, it is certainly evident that the girls are bulking far faster under the FM8 the previously under the SF series.
-I don't have them in my possession yet but they are in the mail. Tent #2/Part #2 of this upcoming project will include.... @Wicked_Stix genetics!!!!! Through and with a Mr. @Budxs (Thanks Bud!) we will be running some very special beans...and I'm nervous. Only one shot per and I must be diligent. The three genetics being run include: Frozen Diesel! Herecane! and Platonium! In House Genetic Crosses and more than humbled to get a shot at these beans. Wicked is no joke and he has proof out the butt-hole that he knows what he's doing. That Frozen Diesel alone should be proof enough of this dude's abilities. If you haven't seen it yet, please go check out this girl on his page. She's wrapping up and is pure, bulbous sugar buds. My God. A pre-emtive thank you to @Wicked_Stix for the opportunity and to @Budxs for helping set this up and send a set my way. Cheers boys๐.
-I mentioned it previously, but my seeding method is changing now. All new methods have been thoroughly spoken about, a new soil media has been chosen and Canna Rhizotonic XP (Seaweed/Kelp) will be introduced early on in the seedling stage to assist in nutrient/oxygen exchange. I have these peoples results and am confident in their methods. I look forward to trying and refine the piece I feel I'm really missing here.
Thanks all for stopping by and I hope you had a gooder this week. World is still seemingly crazy af, but I do hope you have a sense of normalcy and peace where you're too. Stay close to family and friends all. Much love and I'll check you later on๐โ
you are always welcome... and its necessary to show mistakes,, and in besat cast the solutioms... growing is like life... sunny days and some days with blizzard and troubles
But thats the way we learn....
and there is enough to learn loool
@JinksyGrows,yes you can..........hydrofarm is $168 and its good enough.........considering that you just bought osram leds..........your electric bill will return your investment
@grzesiekkuzniak, LOL! Yep! I would love one but can't afford one. Hoping in the near future, as I keep testing systems, I can get my hands on an actual PAR meter and stop screwing around with ballpark conversions๐ . For now I'm hoping to find someone local that I could just borrow one from here and there, lol. Soon!
Watering is really the hardest Part to do it right ....... for me it is like that........
Your Girls really love your Handling, thats easy to see
Kep it up... be a proud canadian and always pop some Seeds
@Mrs_Larimar, Besides seedlings I feel I'm getting better at watering! Now just gotta stop stunting the babies, hahaha. Happy to be Canadian and will keep poppin' and spreading the good word๐.
@Mrs_Larimar, She's NUTS! She will be moved to her own unit now๐. No matter how many bends I put in and light I put on her, she's just growing out of control!! It's awesome to see and I can also see I will have to up my EC to provide... I'm legit excited๐
@TheUk420Show, Thanks man ๐ช. Really happy to have this beast. And thankfully no, this isn't the lamp from the contest. Happy to say that system is loooong gone now, hahaha๐ ๐.
Cheers and Merry Christmas ๐๐
@JinksyGrows, I'm doing supercrop on my plants when they stretch like this and they always stretch like this. but supercropped branches keep elevating :))
@HighRoller909, Holy crap man, too real with this one girl๐ฌ. She's under her own special lamp now in a tent by herself ๐ ๐ . Gotta do what we gotta do. That or super crop. Hahaha.
@Polaskis, Put em' up! Both the Exotics love their lights man. Persistent prayers. Only now have they stopped a bit due to bud mass pushing them down, but that doesn't stop them from trying๐๐
@SuggaShane, No doubt man๐ . Got nothing against the SF series, I really do love them, but this here is some crazy ass tech and is mostly sold/used in commercial LP's๐. Really gotta watch her intensity, especially with UVA. This lamp is actually for a 5x5 too, so there's definitely wasted potential. Probably could have done with the FM6, 480W, but this one allows me to expand without buying more systems๐. I talk to much today... Thanks man! Cheers, lol!
@Mrs_Larimar, Hahaha, you're totally right. Maybe take out the Mehs for a bit too. Nothing bad going on at all๐. I'll take the compliment !!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ. You know me too well, I think, hahaha.
@SommerVirelli, Thanks man! Literally came in yesterday and I'm running the initial tests before hanging. Holy crap balls it's blinding๐ ๐ ๐ . Can't wait to grow bigger now man. This lamp will be in a 4x4 but does fully cover 5x5 for veg and bloom๐ . I have a dimmer, no worries, hahaha.