Anonymousm0nkey
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I'm providing context here, if you want to get straight to the question, scroll to the bottom of the post for "IN SHORT".
I am growing a strong Sativa strain (Durban Poison) having years of growing under my belt with hybrid strains. I am enjoying this grow, but these plants are acting much differently than what I am used to, so I would appreciate feedback and advice. This is my current journal: https://www.rollitup.org/t/rdwc-dwc-durban-poison-600w-mh-hps-600w-led.1040102/
In case you don't want to read through all that, here are the basic specs:
RDWC System using 4X 5 gallon buckets, 17 gallon reservoir, with 4 Durban Poison plants, week 8 of the grow, week 5 of flower.
WEEK 9 of grow and WEEK 6 of flower begin tomorrow. I want to mix my 20 gallons of water with nutrients tonight so they are ready for changeout tomorrow.
I've been surprised at the smallish size of the buds that have been growing and of course, in a panic, began researching more on Sativa strains and flower times. Reading journal after journal with photos of plants looking just like mine, in the same week of flower, and the resulting beautiful harvests in those journals has reassured me that everything is normal, this is just going to take a little longer for flower than what I am used to.
I'm pretty sure I'll need to add 1 - 3 additional weeks to my flower period, depending on how long it takes for this strain to fully mature. The nutrient schedule I am using (see attached) is an 11 week grow schedule, with 8 weeks allotted to flowering (one of those weeks is considered a transition week). This has always worked out great for me in the past, with really the only determining factor being when to start my flush to either shorten or lengthen the grow by a few days up to a week. I think this grow will take around 11 weeks to fully flower, maybe more (or maybe less; that would be nice) and I have never extended a flower stage beyond a week, so I do not know exactly how to do that.
My question is: should I just repeat the nutrient schedule from WEEK 8 for WEEK 9, and keep using that for a week or two until moving onto the WEEK 9 nutrient schedule, or do I just continue on with the nutrient schedule as is, until I get to week 11 and just repeat week 11 until harvest, however long that might take?
IN SHORT: I'm about to enter into week 6 of my flower of an 8 week flower nutrient schedule. How do I extend this into a 10 - 12 week flower? What weeks do I repeat and for how long?
I think an extra two weeks should do it, but we will see. I just know there's more than 2 weeks left on these ladies lol.