Another week has gone by and it's time for another update!
Boy it sure is January, isn't it?! Not only is there the post-holiday lull, but around here, the cold death has settled in for good. I've been living here most of my life, and it still makes me wary. These temps are fatal after all. Brrrr! But we had one of those cold flaky snowfalls, so everything glistens in the light. These are the days when a hothouse is therapeutic, y'know? No light deprivation syndrome in this house!
And any time I get cold in my bones I can go nestle with the plants in their 80 degree paradise. Yep, it's good for an old man to raise plants in his house.
Rio1 confounded me and refused to get serious about growing nanners, so I'll have to see what Rio2 does and maybe I'll get some pollen from her for Rio3. Maybe. This is a damned nice cross! I'd sure like to preserve the genetics. At any rate - she's done. I let her go 10 weeks and I need the room, and her buds are dense and hard and ready for harvest. She actually looks pretty nice under all those whiteflies. I get some pics of the trimmed buds.
RioCut1 - 152 days old - 70 days 12/12 - 60 since pistils - brix 26/30
Tikal outplayed me with a slick head fake. Last week she looked like she was going to finish ... this week she's chuckling at me as she pulls away. We're at 14 weeks now, it'll take Rio1 a few days to dry, so I'll decide in another four days or so. At this point it's beyond rational - I'm just interested to see what happens. The foxtailing is getting kinda unmanageable, but I think yield is gonna be good.
It'd be better to grow this one with a diminishing day for the last few weeks.
TikalCut2 - 210 days old - 98 days 12/12 - 86 since pistils
CarnivalB is going to finish next week right on schedule with some very nice buds. These might be some of the hardest densest colas I've grown. I have a pair of these in veg and it's going to be fun to train them now that I've seen the pheno. I topped them this week and they didn't skip a beat.
CarnivalB - 148 days old - 63 days 12/12 - 53 since pistils.
Taskenti just finished her Cat drenches and she's pale but not getting any worse. I haven't used WayAhead yet - would this be a good time or not?
Taskenti - 128 days old - 42 days 12/12 - 32 since pistils
Here's Grin1, getting crispy and losing some fans but looking alright otherwise.
DrGrinspoonCut1 - 123 days old - 53 days 12/12 - 43 since pistils
And Rio2, small but meaty, with great color! This should be a fun little one.
RioCut2 - 152 days old - 34 days 12/12 - 24 since pistils
You notice how Grieg1 is pale on one side? I think that's part of the fading - lotsa light. I need more humidity and CO2 would be nice. I think that's also what cooked CarnivalB - sure, yoo betcha, spray 'em with Brix in desert dryness at mid-day. What's wrong with that idea?
Y GriegaCut1 - 123 days old - 42 days 12/12 - 32 since pistils
Chan1 is off to a nice start ...
Channel+Cut1 - 104 days old - 13 days 12/12 - 3 since pistils
Freddy's Best finally made it to bloom! I trimmed up her skirt after I took pics and got a half dozen healthy cuts. We'll see if I can get 'em rooted in this environment.
Freddy's Best - 111 days old
CarnA1 is going to need a couple more weeks of training, I'm afraid. I've been bending stems over and keeping her low, trying for some side shoots to take off on their own. Another week should get results and then I'll fatten her up another week.
CarnivalACut1 - 123 days old
The CarnBs are looking great! They'll be ready right after CarnA1.
CarnivalBCut1&2 - 79 days old
Grin2, newly potted, 48 days old, and Rio3 69 days old
It's my environment. I've always had issues with yellowing fans, partly because I use relatively small pots, partly because I cram 8 plants into a 4x4, partly because my humidity runs too low this time of year ...
Such a treat! 
your bowl of cereal..Frosted Flakes will get jealous! 
