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Emilya Green
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Bloom, Day 40 of 56+
Today some catch up on a few things that have been going on, but first the big news.
As you can see by the date, we are nearing the last 2 weeks of the grow. What happens in the last phase of the grow? Final bud swell, as the plant works to finish out the flowers so as to keep the species going! With everyone figuring the start of flower by different methods, some doing at the microsecond that the flip occurs, others waiting 7-10 days for a transition period, it is often times hard to know when you are actually at the end.
It turns out that the plants will signal this to you, if you are watching carefully enough.
It is very important to be consistent in your watering, always knowing to at least a certain degree of accuracy how much water your plants will take before runoff occurs.
Ever since the end of stretch my plants have been taking exactly 1 gallon of fluids every 3 days. The Vulx plant included, like clockwork, every 3 days the lower wilt would start, signalling a need for water, and exactly 3 gallons of fluid would satisfy the room, each plant getting exactly the same amount. The last couple of waterings I have noted that the plants took the gallon apiece, but I failed to notice any runoff. This time, as we near the last 2 weeks, I wanted to see how much the plants would actually take. It took 4 1/2 gallons to reach runoff in the room. Each plant took 1/2 gallon more than it could a week ago... a 50% increase!
The plant is signalling that final bud swell is here! If this were a synthetic grow it would be time to do a 3x flush to clear the salts. Not having that need here in the organic soil, I do know that the plants are now going to feed very heavily right up to the end. If this were a fertilizer based grow I would be hitting them hard now and right up to the end. They will continue to use up more water and the buds are going to start getting huge.
Remember the backbuild cut a week ago?
Here is a beautiful shot of what happens when you do that. Please note the dramatic foxtailing starting to happen on this bud as it backbuilds instead of topbuilds the bud. The best way to describe what is going to happen to this bud is that compared to a conical naturally growing bud, this one is going to look "chunky."
Here is a naturally growing bud for comparison:
We also have our pollinated buds that are also working on finishing up. They will start swelling in the next couple of weeks too, but in a different way than the unpollinated ones, with the seed pods taking prominence. A few more shots as we near the end will illustrate this process.
Lastly, just a pretty shot of one of the biggest buds in the tent so you can see how it is filling in on the stalk
No trichome shots tonight, but last look showed them to be mostly cloudy at this point... maybe 20-30% still clear. This will change.
I hope all is well with everyone tonight and that your gardens are healthy and happy!
Today some catch up on a few things that have been going on, but first the big news.
As you can see by the date, we are nearing the last 2 weeks of the grow. What happens in the last phase of the grow? Final bud swell, as the plant works to finish out the flowers so as to keep the species going! With everyone figuring the start of flower by different methods, some doing at the microsecond that the flip occurs, others waiting 7-10 days for a transition period, it is often times hard to know when you are actually at the end.
It turns out that the plants will signal this to you, if you are watching carefully enough.
It is very important to be consistent in your watering, always knowing to at least a certain degree of accuracy how much water your plants will take before runoff occurs.
Ever since the end of stretch my plants have been taking exactly 1 gallon of fluids every 3 days. The Vulx plant included, like clockwork, every 3 days the lower wilt would start, signalling a need for water, and exactly 3 gallons of fluid would satisfy the room, each plant getting exactly the same amount. The last couple of waterings I have noted that the plants took the gallon apiece, but I failed to notice any runoff. This time, as we near the last 2 weeks, I wanted to see how much the plants would actually take. It took 4 1/2 gallons to reach runoff in the room. Each plant took 1/2 gallon more than it could a week ago... a 50% increase!
The plant is signalling that final bud swell is here! If this were a synthetic grow it would be time to do a 3x flush to clear the salts. Not having that need here in the organic soil, I do know that the plants are now going to feed very heavily right up to the end. If this were a fertilizer based grow I would be hitting them hard now and right up to the end. They will continue to use up more water and the buds are going to start getting huge.
Remember the backbuild cut a week ago?
Here is a beautiful shot of what happens when you do that. Please note the dramatic foxtailing starting to happen on this bud as it backbuilds instead of topbuilds the bud. The best way to describe what is going to happen to this bud is that compared to a conical naturally growing bud, this one is going to look "chunky."
Here is a naturally growing bud for comparison:
We also have our pollinated buds that are also working on finishing up. They will start swelling in the next couple of weeks too, but in a different way than the unpollinated ones, with the seed pods taking prominence. A few more shots as we near the end will illustrate this process.
Lastly, just a pretty shot of one of the biggest buds in the tent so you can see how it is filling in on the stalk
No trichome shots tonight, but last look showed them to be mostly cloudy at this point... maybe 20-30% still clear. This will change.
I hope all is well with everyone tonight and that your gardens are healthy and happy!
I love the way you stated this point, deciphering my old self's notes can be a challenge.
