**Update - Potted Plants**
Hey again everyone! It's about time I got back to regular updates every couple days again, I sort of slacked off this week but work had taken a lot out of me. We got hit with that rain/snow that I posted about earlier in the week and it made work a sh*t show with all the muck and getting stuck. So I was done fairly early today, only got stuck once, washed my truck and got home at a decent time. I was able to get into the garden and get all the photos done for the update, re-stake a few unruly branches that want to lift and assess what my next order of business will be. Let's take a look.
All of the potted plants seem to be loving the new Spectrum X light panel from MedicGrow, I am as well. I have had no issues with these plants what so ever with the transition from my MH lights. I have been operating the panel on the V1 spectrum setting at about 30% since I've put it up (turned up 1 day but turned back down) and this morning we have moved that up to 40%. Here is what the spectrum chart looks like right now, showing we are pulling 289watts and pushing out a PPF of 809. I have still yet to mess around some more with the lux meter phone apps, but will do some more soon. Last I checked at 30% and 22" I was getting around 10,000 lux in the middle. This panel could really push some potential here.
Skunk #1 - Day 53
This strain has been quite resilient and strong. They all went through a bit of hell with the ph fluctuation in the beginning, but have really proved themselves over the past month of torture and lst. All of the main stalks are becoming nice and thick, getting that woody bark look to them. Even the branches/mains have thickened up quite a bit making it hard to bend if needed, This is a good sign, it means they should be able to hold up the weight of the buds when the time comes.
Two or three of these plants (can't remember now) have been pushing out a few pistols letting us know they are starting to become mature females and ready to be put into production anytime now. We only had 1 showing the other day which was noted in the last update. Node sites are starting to build up unevenly on the non topped branches and the new node growth on the topped branches is working its way out.
We are also starting to see something happen on just 1 of 4 skunk plants. I'm not sure what it is yet but will be looking into it this weekend. It's not nutrient burn. Could possibly be from the light intensity. I will keep an eye on it over the next few days and see if it progresses, that will give me time to check things out about the issue. Otherwise it's still a very happy plant.
Skunks will be transplanted this weekend, likely tomorrow, and then they will be fed in their new pots. After that they will be fed one more time before next weekend, and be getting flipped to flower. Pots are getting somewhat light but still have a decent amount of moisture in there. They will all be potted in 5 gallon containers using a 50/50 mixture of promix hp and sunshine #4.
Sundae Banana Cookies - Day 45
These ladies are starting to pick up the pace some finally and catching up with the skunks. They always seemed the same size but really they weren't, they had stretched quite a bit during the beginning and were quite lanky. Now those lanky branches are actually starting to thicken up some and look like they could potentially hold up some colas. I would imagine the bending during lst had a role to play in this.
A couple of these plants are starting to show some nice features over the others with nice full leaves and a little bit of bushiness happening. Looking at them now, I don't think they will turn out too bad and I maybe should have taken some clones of these ones, but there's lots more seeds to try yet. They will also be transplanted this weekend into the same 5 gallon pots and same mixture as the skunk plants. Then given a feeding, dry cycle, feed and flip.
That's about it for this update. The next one will have some more info regarding the flip to flower and any processes that come with that. Also we will talk about the other spectrum settings on the light panel since we will be changing things up there as well. I hope everyone has a great weekend if I don't see you, otherwise I will be around here keeping up on journals and will get back on here with a transplant and dwc update. Thanks everyone for stopping by and all the support you've brought so far, I appreciate everyone one of you!
Keep it green out there!
no worries fuzzy, I will have a dirt update later when I'm home from work. I didn't get to it last night, long day.
That’s actually the same exact air pump I run (different color lol) but same specs and everything... even have the long air stones. I love it, never had a problem tearing my roots up but everybody’s system is different, so I can see situations where that would be too much airflow, like if your roots are underdeveloped, suffering from a mold or disease, or just a generally unhealthy plant and/or roots would hinder its ability to recover. It’s always worked very well for me though, big strong healthy roots and the pump has lasted a long time so no complaints here. interesting to see this nonetheless and led me to a bunch of great articles