i was up with the girls for a while today and was just amazed at all their different traits... i love having such a variety of strains.. watching each ones growth patterns... their phenos and the differences between the strains i have multiple of... it will be really cool to watch them all bud and see the differences between the buds themselves...
i am worried tho about space.. i still have 13 days till flower.. i should have space as long as the white shark keeps vertical growth down like she is and keeps fattening.. here soon i should be able to raise the light a little to limit the light burn that her and the blue berry are getting... its not bad.. i just make sure to rotate those girls every day and it keeps them from burning...
i dont think that the little tundra i just planted will hit maturity.. the only girls i am still waiting to see pistils on are the other 2 tundras and the 3 super lemon hazes... all the rest of the girls are showing nicely... i think 2 weeks will be plenty of time for them to show... they should hit their big growth spurts later this week and be lovely in time for flower..
i have noticed that with the system.. and i guess you can tell in the pictures... 1 week can put a LOT of growth on these girls... of course a week will put a lot of growth on any plant.. but i can really see the increase in growth rates vs. soil... its crazy to think how much the white shark grew in six weeks.. and it even had a 2 week down time from the nute burn.. ill post a couple pics.. one from the beginning of last month and one now of a couple of the white shark and blueberry just to show the growth over 6 weeks...
i really cant wait to see the difference in flowering yields... i should get a much better harvest.. i am hoping to hit a gram per watt.. but from the nute burn stress i dont know if i will.. but that was only on a few of the girls... even if i hit .75 gpw, which i feel i should easily do, i'll get 1860 grams.. which is just over 4 lbs.. but i would like to get closer to 5 or 5.5.. i think with the extended veg times of the white shark and blueberry, and the use of the hydro system and everything else, i should hit it... i would think... one can only hope right?!
been thinking about the transition into flowering... normally i would do 24 to 36 straight dark.. but with everything showing preflowers like it is i wonder if it is neccesary?? i suppose preflowers just say its ready when i am.. and doesnt really mean it will flower faster.. maybe i will just do 24 hours straight dark and then begin?? any thoughts??
oh shit.. forgot to say... i was looking as some of the blueberry tops.. i selectively fim'd some not to long ago.. and ive counted a couple of them that split into 3 tops, along with the normal 2.. i was considering fim'in some of the other ones i hadnt done yet.. think i should?? i have plenty of time.. fuck it.. yep.. i am.. LOL heading up to do it after this post
so here are some now and then pics of the eldest girls.. about 6 weeks from transplant... i would say 3 to 4 weeks soild veg time though (minus a week from the high res temps and room temp problem and 2 weeks from nute burn from "the great flood").. all in all i am happy with the progress of them...