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Pinktiger777
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Update on Grow and Bad News on Clones
The grow in the "big" tent is going along nicely. We are in the fourth week of flower, so yesterday I defoliated below the first net to clear out dead and dying shoots, etc. Every time I defoliate, I wonder if I should. But the kind of defoliation I did yesterday gives sense to the practice without overdoing it.
I know that fan leaves are important for the development of the bud. So I don't take too many of these, only the ones that are obviously not doing anything and are dying anyway. There was a bunch of dead "brush" under that first net. I removed a lot of dead leaves and cleaned it up as best as I could.
Here's a before and after:
Clones
My clones weren't doing well. I don't really know why, but they weren't. So I pulled them and saw that roots were beginning to form under the clone collar, but nothing really good. Meanwhile, all the tops were fading fast.
So I took more clones - even though the plants are flowering. These are actually looking good. I'll do a picture soon and put it up, but right now the emphasis is on the flowering tent. The water quality may have been an issue. There was a slight odor of musty in the water, even though I treated it as usual with Z7 and even added H202. So I think that was it. Now I have no odor in the water, and the Ph is staying stable at 5.8. It happens. If I've learned anything in the last several years growing at home, it is that sometimes it doesn't work out, whatever you are doing. The weather and outside humidity and temp can affect an indoor grow, especially when dealing with cold temps in the winter. Auxiliary heat messes up the humidity, so you have to compensate for that, too. So, when things go sour, you just have to start again.
Here's some pictures of what is happening right now in the flowering tent.
The grow in the "big" tent is going along nicely. We are in the fourth week of flower, so yesterday I defoliated below the first net to clear out dead and dying shoots, etc. Every time I defoliate, I wonder if I should. But the kind of defoliation I did yesterday gives sense to the practice without overdoing it.
I know that fan leaves are important for the development of the bud. So I don't take too many of these, only the ones that are obviously not doing anything and are dying anyway. There was a bunch of dead "brush" under that first net. I removed a lot of dead leaves and cleaned it up as best as I could.
Here's a before and after:
My clones weren't doing well. I don't really know why, but they weren't. So I pulled them and saw that roots were beginning to form under the clone collar, but nothing really good. Meanwhile, all the tops were fading fast.
So I took more clones - even though the plants are flowering. These are actually looking good. I'll do a picture soon and put it up, but right now the emphasis is on the flowering tent. The water quality may have been an issue. There was a slight odor of musty in the water, even though I treated it as usual with Z7 and even added H202. So I think that was it. Now I have no odor in the water, and the Ph is staying stable at 5.8. It happens. If I've learned anything in the last several years growing at home, it is that sometimes it doesn't work out, whatever you are doing. The weather and outside humidity and temp can affect an indoor grow, especially when dealing with cold temps in the winter. Auxiliary heat messes up the humidity, so you have to compensate for that, too. So, when things go sour, you just have to start again.
Here's some pictures of what is happening right now in the flowering tent.
