Day 35 of flower
So here it is, the long awaited update at 5 full weeks of flower!
Switched the bulbs for pix again to give you all a nice natural-colored look at them... one would think that taking pix regularly would improve my photography skills, but it seems the opposite is the case lol
The general view:
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The main action this week was in the fattening of buds. Without messing with the leaves, I'm counting 18 buds on Dusk and 51 on Dawn
A bit of stretch on Dawn, as I raised the lights a bit - I was hoping they would find more space to accommodate each other, which was wrong reasoning, as I will show you next
So here's the thing!
Whilst they look really orderly and spaced out on top:
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It looks like I unknowingly weaved part of the colas under the screen lmao
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Those little buds forming a real carpet down there are all on the stems of what looks so nicely aerated and lighted on top!
I only thought to show you the canopy from underneath after I switched back to HPS, but I think you get the idea of how they're trained?
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LOL!
(and yes, I do lay my head in the closet and look at the canopy from below now n then haha!)
So it's pretty tight in there. After I realized this, I checked on the other tall colas and yep, they are blooming right down into the net. So when I say the tall ones are 25 from the screen, that's flowers all the way down
Not sure if that is going to spell trouble!
Tho the prospects of them fattening up all the way down are hellishly appetizing
I still hate my circulation vent, so I tend not to turn it on.
Maybe I should change that?
Thing is, it makes the pistils dry out quicker -- does that matter? (ahh, you can tell I'm actually a noob now, eh?
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Otherwise, things seem to be well. I pluck 3-5 dried up leaves out of Dawn every other day, and am not seeing anymore fungus gnats. Keeping the mulch damp by sprinkle watering daily, with more water every 3 days again (the 2nd wave of nematodes is due to go in sometime next week). The marigold says it's good that way, and the girls aren't complaining either.
Perhaps a bit of a complaint:
on two of Dawn's colas I saw some yellowing starting, not sure if that's not a bit early with ca. 5 weeks to go?
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One thing is for sure: they're dam sticky!
So, we'll see how they continue next week
Cheers!