I'd spray it with water a few times first to see if that would help. I try to do as few mechanical interventions at this early stage as possible.
Jon's Dedicated Fruity Pebble Cookies Grow Plus The Mystery Plant
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Titan Pre-Mission Photos
I was looking over Titan to see about opening her up a bit more as we get heavier and heavier in the buds, as my concern about bud rot rises in direct proportion to their density and weight. It's pretty high right now, lol, except that I have managed to keep, with an oversize AC unit for a 3x3, the RH at 32-35% for all of flower, with temps no higher than 86 degrees. However, even with that, we need to do something, here's why:
I pulled a few of the large lower ring buds down while looking from above, to see what was behind them that I don't see. What I found is insanity on a plant that already drips insanity.
The whole ring you can't see, tucked down low behind the lowest bud ring you can see, looks like this, all the way around the ring. OMG. No wonder the branches seem so indescribably heavy when you manipulate them. There is simply even more bud on this plant than I knew! These buds are the smallest on the plant, but far from flarfy.
Here's what I found in this "basement ring" - all the way around, just like this:
As you can see, they're a bit buried, but still frosting up sweetly and coloring up along with the rest. Here's a closeup on one of the ones in the first picture:
But this necessitates a Mission. I bet some of you can guess what it is.
You've seen the plant plenty to know what she looks like now, pre-Super-Final Defoliation Mission. I'm about to go to work. When I'm done I'll post an after picture. Sorry Titan, time to take some of your prize leaves. Otherwise all your crammed together buds may be lost to bud rot.
I was looking over Titan to see about opening her up a bit more as we get heavier and heavier in the buds, as my concern about bud rot rises in direct proportion to their density and weight. It's pretty high right now, lol, except that I have managed to keep, with an oversize AC unit for a 3x3, the RH at 32-35% for all of flower, with temps no higher than 86 degrees. However, even with that, we need to do something, here's why:
I pulled a few of the large lower ring buds down while looking from above, to see what was behind them that I don't see. What I found is insanity on a plant that already drips insanity.
The whole ring you can't see, tucked down low behind the lowest bud ring you can see, looks like this, all the way around the ring. OMG. No wonder the branches seem so indescribably heavy when you manipulate them. There is simply even more bud on this plant than I knew! These buds are the smallest on the plant, but far from flarfy.
Here's what I found in this "basement ring" - all the way around, just like this:
As you can see, they're a bit buried, but still frosting up sweetly and coloring up along with the rest. Here's a closeup on one of the ones in the first picture:
But this necessitates a Mission. I bet some of you can guess what it is.
You've seen the plant plenty to know what she looks like now, pre-Super-Final Defoliation Mission. I'm about to go to work. When I'm done I'll post an after picture. Sorry Titan, time to take some of your prize leaves. Otherwise all your crammed together buds may be lost to bud rot.
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Titan Defol Part 1
Did this front side. Got too hot and Rh-y in the time I took, so I closed her back up and will get the back side this evening. Lower level, the whole plant side that got defoliated, and the big cola a bit more exposed.
Did this front side. Got too hot and Rh-y in the time I took, so I closed her back up and will get the back side this evening. Lower level, the whole plant side that got defoliated, and the big cola a bit more exposed.
@Jon,Titan Pre-Mission Photos
I was looking over Titan to see about opening her up a bit more as we get heavier and heavier in the buds, as my concern about bud rot rises in direct proportion to their density and weight. It's pretty high right now, lol, except that I have managed to keep, with an oversize AC unit for a 3x3, the RH at 32-35% for all of flower, with temps no higher than 86 degrees. However, even with that, we need to do something, here's why:
I pulled a few of the large lower ring buds down while looking from above, to see what was behind them that I don't see. What I found is insanity on a plant that already drips insanity.
The whole ring you can't see, tucked down low behind the lowest bud ring you can see, looks like this, all the way around the ring. OMG. No wonder the branches seem so indescribably heavy when you manipulate them. There is simply even more bud on this plant than I knew! These buds are the smallest on the plant, but far from flarfy.
Here's what I found in this "basement ring" - all the way around, just like this:
As you can see, they're a bit buried, but still frosting up sweetly and coloring up along with the rest. Here's a closeup on one of the ones in the first picture:
But this necessitates a Mission. I bet some of you can guess what it is.
You've seen the plant plenty to know what she looks like now, pre-Super-Final Defoliation Mission. I'm about to go to work. When I'm done I'll post an after picture. Sorry Titan, time to take some of your prize leaves. Otherwise all your crammed together buds may be lost to bud rot.
A while back I accused @InTheShed of cheating because of the use of creative innovations in his grow that, while available to the rest of us, involved some effort on our part and therefore must have somehow been unfair for him to use them.
I am beginning to have the same feeling with your use of coco., so I just wanted to know I am putting you on notice...
I'd drip water on it every few minutes for a while and then take it off as Carmen suggested. ↓
This! ↑
Water for sure, but then take it off. The less time it's on the better.
And this is why I always wish I had a basement.
When Azi puts you on notice, watch out @Jon.
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Come to the dark side, @Azimuth.......@Jon,
A while back I accused @InTheShed of cheating because of the use of creative innovations in his grow that, while available to the rest of us, involved some effort on our part and therefore must have somehow been unfair for him to use them.
I am beginning to have the same feeling with your use of coco., so I just wanted to know I am putting you on notice...
They'd be too big for me even if I got a fraction of the results you're putting up. Fun to watch though.
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Hey, thanks @Azimuth and @InTheShed, the water trick worked. Now if she'll open up and stop looking so albino we'll be in business.
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One of you guys may have said this to me, not sure, but I'm wondering if my using dry soil on top to make it easier for the sprout to come out may be having the side non-benefit of providing less friction on the seed coat, thus perhaps making it more likely to sprout like this one did????Hey, thanks @Azimuth and @InTheShed, the water trick worked. Now if she'll open up and stop looking so albino we'll be in business.
Nicely done!
I think I asked the question. And now we know the answer!
Well, maybe an answer. I think you've had plenty go according to plan. But probably the lack of water weight can play a role.
Soon she will have swollen calyxes, cloudy trichomes, and red stigmas.Hey, thanks @Azimuth and @InTheShed, the water trick worked. Now if she'll open up and stop looking so albino we'll be in business.
They grow up so fast . . . .
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Zkittlez
I think maybe I'm jumping the gun on these Zkittlez by a couple days, time to pull back a bit. In the pictures below (tops of 3 of the 5 colas) you can see I have new growth popping out in several places on each. Any overexposed spot in the pics or white hairs you can see is new growth. As in, wasn't like this last night growth, lol. Today in the sun and when I put her in the rig post sundown and took a look I see all these white hairs! Very cool. So we'll wait a few more than a few more days I suspect. Nice little surprise. The last picture is another clouds at sunset shot, but the difference in this one is that I captured a gigantic UFO leaving the cloud!!! First ever official and obviously undeniable UFO picture, I'm uploading it to the MUFON site (yes, I'm a member of MUFON) now. Look at her just emerging like a boss from the upper right hand side. As if I have to point out what can ONLY be a huge UFO. Don't be haters. It's a UFO. I don't care what you say, it's a UFO.
I think maybe I'm jumping the gun on these Zkittlez by a couple days, time to pull back a bit. In the pictures below (tops of 3 of the 5 colas) you can see I have new growth popping out in several places on each. Any overexposed spot in the pics or white hairs you can see is new growth. As in, wasn't like this last night growth, lol. Today in the sun and when I put her in the rig post sundown and took a look I see all these white hairs! Very cool. So we'll wait a few more than a few more days I suspect. Nice little surprise. The last picture is another clouds at sunset shot, but the difference in this one is that I captured a gigantic UFO leaving the cloud!!! First ever official and obviously undeniable UFO picture, I'm uploading it to the MUFON site (yes, I'm a member of MUFON) now. Look at her just emerging like a boss from the upper right hand side. As if I have to point out what can ONLY be a huge UFO. Don't be haters. It's a UFO. I don't care what you say, it's a UFO.
I have heard that the way to spur new pistil growth before harvest is to have a neighbor's dog ravage your plant. More proof!
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In all seriousness, you don't suppose basically trimming off those branches (they were pretty clean breaks, at least) gave them a fighting shot at an extra (bonus) pistil round, do you? I think that's a stretch, but what do I know?
I would say it's definitely a last dash for survival!
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Hey @Jon! You work waaay too hard you make the rest of us really look like slackers! Love your non-plant pics and Molly's looking very happy! Is the zkittlez an auto? Have a great night!
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Morning @BubbaKush909 - nah, it's not too bad. Just a lot of watering and mixing nutes now. Lol. Oh yeah, and waking up at 3 am from a lightning strike that takes out your Titan tent circuits on the fuse box, forcing you to get up and go through the entire get out of bed and into the chair process for a ten second run and check to the fuse box and garage. I think she'll be okay, her AC was out for ten minutes. Lights were already off so that didn't matter and wouldn't anyway with an auto, and she was fan free for 10 minutes. Big fricking deal. But if I hadn't woken up, she would have been warm and wet this morning. Lol.
Edit: Yes, the Zkittlez is an auto. She's close.