Volksball's First Grow: White Widow Feminized Grow Journal 2018

InTheShed said:
Defoliate when you have time. 21 days is a rough estimate. I take any branch that I don't want the plant spending energy on trying to produce buds, and any leaf that blocks light or airflow. That often means I'm taking a lower branch and leaving the adjoining fan. Not everyone takes that kind of time but it's how I do it. I only do what you described, with airflow an additional consideration.

In terms of feeding, I only water them when they're light rather than on a schedule, so I would do a half watering before you go and then wait an extra day and do a full watering. Tough to tell though without feeling the pots.
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Thanks, Shed. It seems to make sense. Kinda what I thought, then. It's hard to lift the pots under the scrog, so I've learned to read the RH and as it drops, I can roughly tell where the pots are the closer the tent gets to the house's RH. And almost like clockwork, they get there at the 72 hour mark.

Right, so half watering tomorrow, then make an assessment on Sunday night. They may be able to wait to Monday for a full feed.

The only question I have is, you may snip a branch down to its lower fan and keep the fan rather than removing the whole branch? I feel like I'm getting this wrong. Ha.
 
Sounds good on the water timing, and good system to read the RH!

Almost every branch has a fan growing out of the stem right next to it. I take branches that need to go (right where they come off a stem), and fans that need to go, but that doesn't mean the are necessarily always adjacent. Is that clearer?
 
InTheShed said:
Sounds good on the water timing, and good system to read the RH!

Almost every branch has a fan next to it. I take branches that need to go and fans that need to go, but that doesn't mean the are necessarily always adjacent. Is that clearer?
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Yep. Makes sense now. Thanks!

Now I have to wrap my head around leaving them for a couple days. Woah.
 
Double check your timers and have a great trip!
 
Just in case you wanted a visual reference, I did this last year by way of explanation:
 

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volksball said:
Perfect reference. Thanks for posting that!
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Just went downstairs to have a look. Makes perfect sense.

Now, would you remove fans from branches you are keeping? Or does that cripple the bid development?
 
I only remove fans that block either airflow or light. Personally I don't want any light making its way down to the pots. And I rarely take anything from the very top where the buds will be forming.
 
InTheShed said:
I only remove fans that block either airflow or light. Personally I don't want any light making its way down to the pots. And I rarely take anything from the very top where the buds will be forming.
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Gotcha. Thanks alot man.
 
Sorry I ddI t respond sooner but it looks like she’s too good care of you!

The 21 day mark is just a simple rough timeline that you can adjust to what works best for you and your grow! You got this now and enjoy your trip
 
Dutchman1990 said:
Sorry I ddI t respond sooner but it looks like she’s too good care of you!

The 21 day mark is just a simple rough timeline that you can adjust to what works best for you and your grow! You got this now and enjoy your trip
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Thanks!
 
Hey guys,

Here are a few pics of some of the buds today. Almost the size of a marble. I post them to see the difference between this morning and Sunday evening, when I'll see them next.

Thanks for the help yesterday in allowing me detach comfortably!

Day 96/21F.
 

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Good morning growers,

The girls survived my absence and are still on track. Buds are fattening nicely, though I'll never be credited with having the most even canopy. Ah well, you win some...

The girls turned 100 today, so I thought they'd like a few pics taken. Excuse the coloring - I tried.

Day 100/25F

Thx.
 

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See? They survived just fine without you. Much less stress going forward :).

Loving the frost VB.
 
InTheShed said:
See? They survived just fine without you. Much less stress going forward :).

Loving the frost VB.
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Thank you, brother. First grow, stress, if you will. Alot of unknowns that are slowly becoming knowns. I'm also loving the frost! Isn't it pretty!?
 
Good morning, guys.

Quick question: my shorter stalks on my other plants are growing fatter, fuller buds, while my taller plant still has inches of space between its bud sites, leaving the buds/branches to look a bit more empty.

I'm guessing because the shorter ones can concentrate their flowers to a smaller area, whereas the taller branches have more area to fill? Basically, they may all have the same amount of bud growth, but over different areas. I'm just hoping that what looked to be my healthiest plant, isn't struggling to grow buds.

Any thoughts?

Thx.
 
Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah let it be.

It's all good, nothing to be done. Branches that stretched more will have more space between the nodes. Those spaces will either be completely filled or they will bulk up on their own. Feed it and keep it happy. It's basically on its own from here to chop.
 
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