8/17 update
today is week 7 since flipping. so in actuality its week 6 since the first week since flipping is a transition period and no real growth. BF website states its a 8*10 week flower time until harvest. being a 1st time grower, im finding myself looking and thinking I need to chop, then looking again and thinking I need to hold off. im getting a little more grey hair daily. lol I think after I get this 1st run under my belt, ill have more experience in determining on when to chop. then comes harvesting and curing. that's another entire learning exp in its self. which ive been reading up on daily.
anyways, back to the grow details. like I said, this is week 7. the plants are looks AWESOME!!!!!!! im getting about 50% of the leaves turning yellow, and go slightly green tinge after a feeding. then back to yellow a few days after. from my searching, this is normal. the buds and sugar leaves are glistening very nice, and the smell is fantastic. the buds are fattening up, and are BIG!! well in my eyes their big. others may not agree. lol ive been adding a density .01/.01/.01 additive 1x a week in my watering schedule. was given to me to try from my guy at the store. I cant say for sure if it does anything, but it hasn't hurt my girls so why not. I wish I could tell how long I have left before I need to chop. I cut a sugar leaf and inspected the trichs. still looks mostly clear, with some cloudy and a few amber. looking on the buds, looks clear. I have about 10% of the hairs turning red, 80% of all hairs are receding back into the bud site. im shooting for 10% amber, 80% cloudy, 10% clear. if that's even possible for a newb.
my last week in my nute regimen is 3 days straight of 40ml of sugar daddy to 1 gal of water, then 4 days of flushing. I bought 2-31 gallon toughneck containers for water reservoirs and an 18 gal. so I have 80 gallons of air bubbled water at my disposal. each water "tank" has its own double air bubbler with 2 large air stones running 24/7.
the temps are still holding perfect at 73-75* lights on and 71-73* lights off and 40-50% R/H (max low and max high). im glad I dropped the hammer on that A/C unit. I am having an issue with the 6" 440 cfm fan I use to help exhaust the a/c exhaust out of my house. I think the heat has damaged the fan. its making very bad noises when running. im going to pull it apart today and see whats going on with it. I might need to source a fan that can take the hot a/c exhaust temps, if they even make one.
im pulling cuttings today. and my veg plants will be ready as soon as my flower plants are chopped. they are looking nice. ive been FIMing them, then SC, then Lollipoping them every week. im trying to time everything into a good perpetual cycle. I think im off by a week to a week and a half tho. ill get it all dialed in soon.
sorry for the blurry cola pic, but my 8mp phone camera is crappy for close ups.
my pineapple chunk bagseed seedling is growing nicely. I have 4 nice small leaf sets. its still in the solo cup and under 18/6 MH in the veg tent.
strain update:
kyle kushman strawberry cream: this is one hell of a plant. awesome growth, HUGE colas, HUGE buds, HUGE trichs, Im LOVIN it so far. it does get out of control a bit when growing. will need to be staked to keep colas from falling over, which mine are doing.
BF laughing Buddah: awesome plant. nice large huge colas, big buds, grows tall
BF Pineapple chunk: not too impressed. likes Fimming (1 plant has 11 tops), small buds, 6" shorter than other 2 strains, not impressed by bud size, ect. may only run 1 of this plant on my next run.