Your wish is my command! These pics are from Day 63 from transition to bloom photoperiod (9 weeks)
Still not ready, but they are getting close! Less than a week to go...
For those who've been following from the beginning, you might remember this was a bit of a "mixed spectrum" experiment. I am running dual 400w bulbs - one is a "Warm Deluxe" Sunmaster Metal Halide (MH), and the other is a Hortilux Super HPS. Vortex and Humboldt were more directly under the HPS. Pineapple Express and Jillybean were more directly under the MH. Pre-98 Bubba was right in the middle, though slightly shorter and below optimum lighting height. In the past for bloom phase, I ran both as Horti Super HPS.
For fun and in an attempt to get some prettier pics, I've let it get a bit cooler a couple of days to see if any of these would exhibit purple color traits. The lowest I've let it get during lights off is about 59f. I wanted to go more, but froze my wife out... (true story!!). Still, you'll notice some pretty purples in some of the pics.
I've been blessed with a pretty hassle-free grow start to finish --- how 'bout that?! I feel like things were finally really dialed in, with the exception of "me". The one regret is not doing more with defoliation and cleaning up the bottoms, but the crowding and my bad back made this difficult to do as well as I'd like - especially given the fact that I'm not shooting for huge yields and will still have plenty of bud as I only grow for my own needs.
This grow has been done strictly with Blue Planet Nutrients products with a couple of minor exceptions. The nutrients consisted of: BPN 3-part Elite base nutrients, BPN Seaweed, BPN Vita Blue, BPN Liquid Blue, BPN Early Bloomer and BPN Root Magic (yes, I did it in hydro with success - for any interested just ask - I'll share a little trick I figured out for using it in a system like this that I found to be pretty useful). The only other additives I used were a Silica supplement, some Cal/Mag, and "Zone" root conditioner.
Okay on with the pics!:
Jillybean
Pre-98 Bubba Kush (this one's awkwardly placed for good pics):
Vortex
Humboldt
Humboldt Sample bud (from lower tier/sub-canopy - I couldn't bring myself to sample/pluck a decent bud early, lol). Check out the purple in the center - like amethyst
Pineapple Express
Go Jilly Bean!! Glad to see you still playing with that one- Do you have plans to use her in future grows? I know I've missed a lot, and, frankly I'll probably never get caught up completely so I aologize for asking, but are your feelings on JB still the same? I had her grow a little small, slightly airy (likes to fox-tail) But still some superb herb imho....
