01/09/2016 NL #5 X Haze Nebula The Purps Day 48 from Seed
These ladies spent almost 5 weeks on 24/7 under a smaller LED light in my closet and have been under the 400's for almost 2 weeks on 18/6 light schedule. The two bigger plants are almost hitting the Screen, the Middle plant, which is NL#5, is sitting on a brick since she is a bit shorter. I just grabbed a brick from outside, cleaned it, threw it in a white garbage bag. I have been watering every 4 days right on schedule. I usually go 3 days in transition/stretch phase, and into early/mid flower, then back to 4 days with the smart pots. They are really settling into the 5gal Smarties this last week, feeling nice and solid and trunks are thickening nicely. The Purps (left plant) is a vigorous plant that is responding to the LST and flattening nicely. The middle plant, NL5, has branches everywhere, I've already started thinning all plants of sucker shoots that have no chance of making it to the screen. The right plant, Nebula, she is a big wide Momma too, loving the training, within hours, pointing right back up. She is also almost to the Screen, maybe an inch give or take.
Over the last 3 days, I've been plucking big monster leaves and sucker shoots prepping for flower hopefully week 9, having the 5 week head start, it doesn't feel like a long grow.
All the plants have responded well to the defoliation, I'm doing a gradual plucking this round, just opening up the canopy since leaves are dense in all these plants. Every time the light comes back on at 7pm, more leaves take there place.
Alright all, there you have it, I'm going to get back on track with this Journal so here's some pictures for your viewing entertainment.
The newer Model Mars 400's the mounting points are different, so I added some garden wire, otherwise the light will be in a diamond shape and I like them square.
