Snafu1236
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So, after considerable thought and planning since October, I have decided to flip to 12/12 this Sunday. I will be away for the holiday weekend, but my timer is set to go off at 7:30am on Sunday, and lights on at 7:30pm Sunday.
So, 1/1/12 will be day 1 of flower. This is by design, as it is easier to count the days of flowering if you start on the first of the month. I have attempted this numerous times in the past, and it works quite well for recording purposes.
So, alas, after a germination period, a decently long vegetation period, the plants are where I want them. They have solid growth structure, are quite adapted to the LST'ing I applied, and are resting in their finishing containers. Furthermore, the clones I have taken have now all rooted, so I am in the clear for the flip in case I find a gem worth keeping.
Another factor I had to consider was spacing. I have added two Vanilla Kush, a Purple Maroc(ending this strain) and a Medicine Man to the Blueberry finishing tent, so if I veg any longer I will be compromising the plants due to spacing. Also, I have 4 more Blueberry from seed, 10 Black Widows from seed and 5 Vortex from seed in my vegetation tent, and they are growing quite vigorously....btw, topping Black Widow only increases its rate of growth...it does not stunt or slow it down at all...pretty incredible.
This Friday I will be applying another AACT(compost tea), which I began brewing this morning. For this mix I have applied a decent amount of nitrogen to facilitate stretching and inter nodal growth, but I have also added some Jamaican Bat Guano. These bats eat fruit, so it creates a better tasting finished product at the end of harvest. I like to add a little bump of these in the first week of flower, and then let them finish off with AACTs and the concentrated soil base.
I will be drenching the containers tonight and Friday. Since I will be gone until Monday, I want to be sure they do not get too dry. So, I will completely drench each container today and tomorrow, and let it dry until early afternoon Monday.
Some people cry foul about over watering like this....however, I think they don't follow the KISS rule. My thought is this: I am trying to recreate Mother Nature by organic methods indoors...and Mother Nature has varying rain patterns and amounts. Sometimes we get a monsoon with lots of rain, and sometimes we get a trickle. The plants like diversity in food, light and water....its the natural way. So give it to them.
My plants are gonna get a monsoon tomorrow and they're gonna be loving me when I see them on Monday.
So, 1/1/12 will be day 1 of flower. This is by design, as it is easier to count the days of flowering if you start on the first of the month. I have attempted this numerous times in the past, and it works quite well for recording purposes.
So, alas, after a germination period, a decently long vegetation period, the plants are where I want them. They have solid growth structure, are quite adapted to the LST'ing I applied, and are resting in their finishing containers. Furthermore, the clones I have taken have now all rooted, so I am in the clear for the flip in case I find a gem worth keeping.
Another factor I had to consider was spacing. I have added two Vanilla Kush, a Purple Maroc(ending this strain) and a Medicine Man to the Blueberry finishing tent, so if I veg any longer I will be compromising the plants due to spacing. Also, I have 4 more Blueberry from seed, 10 Black Widows from seed and 5 Vortex from seed in my vegetation tent, and they are growing quite vigorously....btw, topping Black Widow only increases its rate of growth...it does not stunt or slow it down at all...pretty incredible.
This Friday I will be applying another AACT(compost tea), which I began brewing this morning. For this mix I have applied a decent amount of nitrogen to facilitate stretching and inter nodal growth, but I have also added some Jamaican Bat Guano. These bats eat fruit, so it creates a better tasting finished product at the end of harvest. I like to add a little bump of these in the first week of flower, and then let them finish off with AACTs and the concentrated soil base.
I will be drenching the containers tonight and Friday. Since I will be gone until Monday, I want to be sure they do not get too dry. So, I will completely drench each container today and tomorrow, and let it dry until early afternoon Monday.
Some people cry foul about over watering like this....however, I think they don't follow the KISS rule. My thought is this: I am trying to recreate Mother Nature by organic methods indoors...and Mother Nature has varying rain patterns and amounts. Sometimes we get a monsoon with lots of rain, and sometimes we get a trickle. The plants like diversity in food, light and water....its the natural way. So give it to them.
My plants are gonna get a monsoon tomorrow and they're gonna be loving me when I see them on Monday.
