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Skywalker today. She doesn't seem to be doing much on top.

But underneath, even the lower nugs are frosty and turning.

I'm tempted to get in there and defoliate... so tempted.

 

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Skywalker is browning quick now, just not much going on otherwise.

 

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Here's the bud porn on Skywalker

 

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And a few from the Bruce Banner. The SOG is definitely a few weeks ahead - or the Hulk is a slow flowerer - whatever.

 

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Started the shift today. When the SOG is done I'll fit the rest in there. I need to prop these two up higher, but you get the idea.
The 4 bigger ones have more room now but I'll still be pruning away some shoots, I'm not letting them bush out.
Looks like about 16 cola in this room. Any lower shoot that grows enough to have its own first node before they show pistils will be gone.

Once pistils pop I check one more time for any that need to be pruned, then let it go. When I prune the shoots, I try to leave the fan-leaves. I only prune them if they are shading a bud later on. It's easier to do that than fight with them to keep the tops level.

 

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Post-pruning

 

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Had some idiot issues with the seedlings, but @J.James helped me remember to water them LOL

Back on track

 

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2 sets of bud porn tonight. One to check trichomes and one to ask a question.
Day 54 of 12/12

 

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The Skywalker is getting the random amber, with a lot of milky. Some purple leaves popping on some. a few new pistils popping, but nothing to delay the chop. maybe a week or so left?

 

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The Hulk definitely has a while to go. Here's the question - does anyone know why on the same plant, some buds will get tall and pointy
And others are round on top and grow sideways?

 

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The Black Widow were leaning sideways then propped up with soil, so everything is looking better

 

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I am done over on the monster-crop page, except for tossing in an update pic every few weeks. They are just plants now.

And the flower room smells wonderful! new strains - new smells! Everything is droopy because I took the pic before watering, but it's a real dank earthy smell, with pine and something else I can't pinpoint.

 

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Northern Lights morning again - stand by... LOL

Something else I have been doing every watering is taking a little back-scratcher that's shaped kind of like a rake and roughing up the top 1/2" or so of soil. I started this because the top feed recommends it, but I noticed from the first pot I ever dissected after a grow that you'll get a stiff carpet of small roots across the top.

So in addition to making watering go a little quicker, I think it might be better for the plant long term. All those little roots are just going to hit air and die, but they will continuously put out new growth if "damaged".

 

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Random thought. The 'hippie-harvest' rule of thumb from back in the day was 21-days from first sprinkling of brown pistils to the plants being ready to harvest. Tomorrow is day 21 for both plants.

Both are advertised as short flowering (56 days) Banner is foxtailing, so that probably throws off that schedule (fine with me)

If I chopped the SOG tomorrow I would have good smoke. I'm letting her go because I want to see if that purple develops more, but since I have a crowding issue I may snip the one center smaller top that's more done than the rest. With one cola gone, I might be able to prune a few more fan leaves in there without doing damage.

 

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Anyway *cough cough* knowing when you can plan to harvest early on rocks. as far as planning your feedings and stuff. Tomorrow, as well as being day 21 from the first brown pistils is also day 56 of 12/122

So for the ILGM strains from seed, I can pretty much bank on their "days" guestimates. On their page for a seed it has a description that usually says "7-9 weeks" or something, but it has a little bar-graph showing how long flowering will take (and thc, cbd, etc) and if you hover over the bar it gives you exact days.

 

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The RM bounced back, but it looks like only one of the BW did. Oh well, they were free... Not giving up, but it looks like it's just hanging on. Maybe as the soil dries back out she'll get going.

 

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And I'm back in my 'comfort' zone. The random stuff I have had to do to fight gnats is finally showing up in the leaves. I have some Capt. Jacks dead-bug stuff arriving tomorrow as a last resort. If I have to chop the SOG any time soon it'll be fine, but if I have to chop the Hulk I'll cry!
And but being in a hurry I have probably infected the 2 clones as well. Happy Monday?

But the middle (smaller) tops on the SOG are mostly milky, and few or no new pistils
And the main ones have a little going on, but not much

 

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So in the grand scheme of things, I think the SOG might be done tonight. Close enough for rock-n-roll. I'll let her have her 12 hours of dark then yank her for a real close look with a loupe.

I may still have gnats in here as well, but I just got a small bottle of the pesticide so I want to treat everything but the seedlings. One less pot means there's more to go around.

 

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The RM bounced back, but it looks like only one of the BW did. Oh well, they were free... Not giving up, but it looks like it's just hanging on. Maybe as the soil dries back out she'll get going. View attachment 4368299

They are looking good, All very similar in structure. Here is a link to the male used in the cross.

http://www.rollitup.org/t/12-12-from-seed-party-cup-comp-mystery-meat-grow.982425/page-54#post-14786758

He is the wild card because I have no info on what strain he was but it was a plant that came out of the Mystery Meat Solo Comp I hosted here on RIU. So on a rainy day, you could research it for comparison.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/12-12-from-seed-party-cup-comp-mystery-meat-grow.982425/