Trying Something A Bit Different

[gr865]

Day 19 of 12/12

Way thick growth, will begin the 21st day defo on Sunday evening, have a feeling this is going to take me at least two days to complete the defo and then I have to do a retie.

Keeping fingers crossed, everything has been running fine. Had a Ballast go out on one of my lamps but caught it early. Got a loaner from my hydro guys till they can get me a replacement.
Running low nutes and have removed only a few fan leaves to date, major defo starting Sunday.
They have pretty much completed stretch so I hope not to have to tie them down that much, but know It is going to require some binding.

 

[gr865]

Got two plants done today, will complete the defo tomorrow.
Prior to trim

After trim

Both plants completed today.

The other two plants to be completed tomorrow.

Took about a 5 gallon bucket full off the plants done today.

Hope to finish trim tomorrow and then begin the tie down process.

 

[Stunger]

Looking great!

 

[gr865]

Finished the 21 day defo. Pull a shit load off the plants. Still have to tie some of the longer branches down a bit and probably remove some more larf, will play that by ear.

Pics later after lights on, want to see how they respond to the trim after 12 hrs or so.

 

[gr865]

After lights out this morning I did more bending and tying down. Thinking of tying them down in a counter clockwise direction.
The ones I tied down yesterday morning, the lower buds are already showing good growth.

The apex of the buds that were tied down have begun to turn upwards. It really amazes me that the plants respond so quickly to the lamps. This pic is after only 12 hrs of light and have turned up about 90 degrees

There are three Wedding Cake that are fairly stable height wise, except one that I am having to tie down. The single Mimosa EVO has totally different growth patterns, more leafy, tall and being tied down. Hope to be able to manage them properly.

 

[gr865]

Day 28 12/12

A week after the 21 day defo and they are thick again.

One bud laid on it's side, now it time to start thickening up and get fat.

 

[gr865]

Day 35 12/12

Things are going well, been cleaning some undergrowth, running low nutes w/4 water cycles/12 hour lights on period. This is my last rez worksheet, I lowered the A&B, increased the Calimagic and added the 5th week Liquid KoolBloom. The 21 gallon rez last 6 to 7 days and will run the Liquid KoolBloom for another rez following this one.

Made 10/15/20			Wedding Cake
		ml/grams		Gallons		Total		PPM	pH
				21				117
Epsom/grams		0.25				5.25
Cal/Magic		1.50				31.50
A&B	A	3.00				63.00		572
	B	1.00				21.00
KoolBloom		5.00				105.00
Cannazym		8.00				168.00
Rhizotonic		2.00				42.00
Boost		6.00				126.00
Drip Clean		0.60				12.60		831
Rapid Start		0.00				0.00
pH down

10/5

10/16

10/18 Frosty

Today 10/19

Still have more undergrowth to remove, will do that the remainder of this week. At present just removing fans that have over an inch of Petiole and blocking other bud sites.

 

[gr865]

Day 43 12/12

Only removing fans that block bud sites, but it is thick in there.
Went on a 4 day weekend trip and my buddy came to check the pH and adjust as needed. I have been setting my pH @ around 5.9 and letting it float. It has been very stable, not going up near as much as some of my grows. He only had to adjust it one day and actually he could have let it go another day.
Still running the low rate of Liquid KoolBloom, this is the second rez started at day 35 and will run it till I empty this rez, then go back to reg. feedings.
For being 6 weeks into flower they are getting heavy on the trichs.

Mimosa EVO

Wedding Cake

The plant at the very front is the Mimosa EVO, the other three plants are the Wedding Cake. You can see the sativa leaning Wedding Cake is not near as compact on the stem as the Mimosa.

I am thinking three possibly four weeks to go, will harvest the upper buds first and give the undergrowth another week or so. The Mimosa EVO will be heavier than Wedding Cake. The WC is more sativa like while the Mimosa seems to be more indica like.

My helper is growing all Mimosa EVO this grow and has taken a number of clones that I will be growing this winter. I have been growing the Wedding Cake and one Mimosa this grow and took clones from the Wedding Cake for him to grow this winter.
Unsure of the method of grow for this winter, will not be vertical unless the clones are more symmetric. So will either do just a 4 to 6 plant horizontal and tie down the buds or try another SCrog using the same method I am using now, the Lazy Susan. It will depend on the weight of this grow, if I can get the weight I will go with this method again, if not I will look at my other two methods.
I should have added another screen on top of this screen and will if I go this route again.

 

[Stunger]

Hey gr865, the girls are looking really good, it is an exciting time, it seems only a short while ago you had defoliated and pruned them, then in a week they took off and now they're really blooming nicely! Looking great!

 

[gr865]

Day 49 12/12

This week was the last week of adding Liquid KoolBloom, now I will boost A&B back up and increase the N just a bit. I am still way under Canna's grow guide rates.
Getting very frosty and fattening up.
Today at my last irrigation cycle for the night I added three gallons of RO to drop the EC from 1.66 back down to 1.58, I will run this rate of A&B for the next rez change and then begin reducing the N as I get into the final weeks of flower.
Only removing any fans covering bud sites, and moving stems to get better light to the plants.

10/28

10/30

10/31

11/1

Cont. next post.

 

[gr865]

Day 49 con't

11/2

Todays minor flush was partly to prevent any further tip burn and try and get the 5th week slump over rapidly. Noticed in past grows that around the 5th week after running either PK13/14 or Liquid KoolBloom that I get a bit of lockout, trying to get the plants back actively growing again. Have not really notice much growth slow down this run just want to be a bit proactive.
Till next week, keep the lights bright and wear you UV glasses when working in the tent.

 

[Stunger]

Looking frosty and fantastic!

 

[gr865]

Just a couple of pics from this morning, day 54. Thinking I will harvest the upper buds of the Wedding Cake this next week and the Mimosa EVO still needs more time.

Frosty, sticky and stinky.

This shit is going to make some fine FECO!

 

[gr865]

Update: Day 56

The Wedding Cake is getting close, says it's a 56 to 63 day flowering period. Most are cloudy, some are partially cloudy, I am thinking maybe mid week harvest. Will harvest the top buds first leaving the lower buds for a few more days.

The ladies as a group.

Wedding Cake, this one is just about ready

Mimosa EVO, mostly clear trichs and seeing mostly white pistils. Thinking next week of longer. Once the WC is harvested will give me more room to spread them and get some good like inside.

Both are very sticky and the fragrance on both is extreme, with the Wedding Cake having a fuel smell and the Mimosa EVO is very sweet smelling.

 

[Stunger]

Update: Day 56

The Wedding Cake is getting close, says it's a 56 to 63 day flowering period. Most are cloudy, some are partially cloudy, I am thinking maybe mid week harvest. Will harvest the top buds first leaving the lower buds for a few more days.

The ladies as a group.

Wedding Cake, this one is just about ready

Mimosa EVO, mostly clear trichs and seeing mostly white pistils. Thinking next week of longer. Once the WC is harvested will give me more room to spread them and get some good like inside.

Both are very sticky and the fragrance on both is extreme, with the Wedding Cake having a fuel smell and the Mimosa EVO is very sweet smelling.

Looking beautiful!

 

[gr865]

Today I harvested the three Wedding Cake plants.

Wet weight = 2,254 g @ 80% weight loss during drying should get just over a pound off these three.

 

[gr865]

Just a couple of post harvest pics. The Mimosa is still in the tent along with the stumps, which have a bit of under growth on them that I will take off tomorrow.
After all the Wedding Cake was harvested, sort of spreading the Mimosa branches.

After spreading the Mimosa.

Random bud shots of the Mimosa.

The fragrance is great!

 

[gr865]

Put Saturdays harvest in jars today. A little quicker than normal but we had a cold front blew in on Saturday and the humidity dropped to 19%, my normal humidity is around 70 to 80%.
This this after 3 days days hanging and about 36 hours in plastic bags then another days plus on the drying screen.

This is the size of buds that went into the jars.

7 jars at 32 gram, 2 jars at 42 grams, one jar at 41 grams and 1 jar at 47 grams.

About an oz short of what I thought it would be but still a good haul. Still have the Mimosa EVO in the tent for a Sat or Sun harvest, expect more off this plant than any of the three Wedding Cakes.

 

[gr865]

Harvested the Mimosa EVO yesterday.
997 wet weight.
The plant

The results

These buds are very heavy and I expect around 7 zips off this.

Planing this grow, 6 Mimosa EVO clones, put in two gallon pots about a week ago under 6 lamp CFL fixture. Just put in the tent yesterday under the 315 lamps.

Thinking of going back to the ~ 4x3+, doing away with the round screen and not try a SCrog, just use the frame for supporting the buds. Pics to follow.

 

[Stunger]

Harvested the Mimosa EVO yesterday.
997 wet weight.
The plant

The results

These buds are very heavy and I expect around 7 zips off this.

Planing this grow, 6 Mimosa EVO clones, put in two gallon pots about a week ago under 6 lamp CFL fixture. Just put in the tent yesterday under the 315 lamps.

Thinking of going back to the ~ 4x3+, doing away with the round screen and not try a SCrog, just use the frame for supporting the buds. Pics to follow.

Great stuff! It seems only yesterday you were thinning out the fan leaves and now she’s got the chop! Well done, and enjoy the harvest!