Progress...
The Fruit Spirit is getting very bushy now, there's branches popping up all over the place. She's well overdue for flipping. I've been removing leaves every couple of days to try and keep the canopy getting too congested.
The Critical Kush is doing really well. I keep taking leaves pretty much every day and by the next day she's filled the gaps. Astonishing rate of growth. I think she's taking up more room than the Fruit Spirit now despite being a couple of weeks younger.
The White Widow seems to have completely recovered from whatever was causing the weirdness. She's still a little behind the Critical Kush but she's filling in nicely.
The Blue Dream has stretched out quite a lot. I've opened her out with LST but the lower growth points aren't responding as well as they are on the Bubba Kush and C99.
The Bubba Kush is doing well, good symmetry and the canopy is nice and even. I've been taking leaves here and there to allow more space for growth in the centre.
The C99 seems to be a little ahead of the two HSO strains. She's branching a bit more and I've had to do a little extra LST. Again I've been taking a few leaves here and there to keep the centre open for growth.
Planted a couple of little pots with basil to stick in with the girls, I've read it's a good companion for cannabis and repels a lot of nuisance insects. I had seeds lying around from attempting to plant some herbs in my outdoor garden and thought I'd give it a try.
All the girls with basil buddies. I'm starting to realise just how packed in they'll be when they finish! Hopefully I'll get away with it...
The Blue Dream, Bubba Kush and C99 are 33 days from breaking soil, the Critical Kush and White Widow are 40 days and the Fruit Spirit is approximately 55 days (I didn't note when I planted her).
All six girls have been on 0.5ml/l Budweiser, 4ml/l terra vega and 1-2ml/l rhizotonic for the last week or so. The watering is starting to increase in frequency, the Fruit Spirit and Critical Kush are thirsty after 2-3 days now.
Temperature has been an issue again, had another heatwave for the last couple of days so I've had to dim the lights from time to time but since the humidifier has been in the girls don't seem to mind the heat as much. I plan to upgrade to a 5 inch fan (keeping the same ducting and filter) in the near future. I will mount this outside of the grow box in a sound-damping box to increase the space available for the plants.
I'm thinking about flipping very soon otherwise I'll run out of space! The three younger girls could use another week or so but the older ones are ready if not overdue. I'm going away for a couple of days at the weekend, I was thinking of leaving them in the dark while I'm gone (about 60 hours) so I don't have to rely on my girlfriend to monitor temperatures and then starting 12/12 on Monday. Any thoughts?
Chucked all the leaves I took today in a smoothie with some oats, seeds and a banana for breakfast. Delicious!
Peace
