Photoperiod 2.2 gal Autopot and BudgetLED in 2x2x4

[bad dragon bzzz]

Nice plant lush looking buds
Keep er lit

 

[ManWithWrench]

I like your light. I love my HLG 100, but you your light has a bigger footprint, adjustable, and more wattage. I see it is on sale right now also. I would have bought your light for the extra $20 If I knew it existed. beautiful frosty plant

 

[Olderfart]

Thanks! I confess I don't like defoliating during flowering at all... too scared to do it, especially when seeing her with deficiencies and the pH problems. Fortunately airflow is quite good... it looks denser in pics than it actually is... and RH is not too high this time while in previous runs it has been much higher yet I've had no issues so I'm expecting there to be no issues this time as well.

Sounds great! Should be a fine result, congrats on a nice grow.

Re. "defoliating", for future reference if not for your current grow, my three plants turned out extremely dense, most likely due to excessive light, so I did at least three serious haircuts to thin things out. As far as I could tell, there was no negative consequence in response to the trims. It seems to me that if the plants are healthy, a bit of trimming is unlikely to cause an issue. I would not hesitate for a second to increase air flow by trimming if apparently needed. Also, I topped the CQ in my current grow to keep a lid on height, and have topped other autos, all without apparent consequence.

 

[elcoloan]

I like your light. I love my HLG 100, but you your light has a bigger footprint, adjustable, and more wattage. I see it is on sale right now also. I would have bought your light for the extra $20 If I knew it existed. beautiful frosty plant

BudgetLED is killing it and i love my board... awsome quality at great price, outstanding CS and always has some kind of discount. I might have gone with their 130 watt 3500K instead but they didnt have it in stock when i had to do my purchase, so I went with the full spec 120 watt... and not sure what it is (the added reds,added whites/blues, added UV...) but this light is bringing out aromas that I had not seen in this pheno under normal 3500k/3000k leds and flowering also seems faster... and I have the light dimmend to half its power... luv it!

Sounds great! Should be a fine result, congrats on a nice grow.

Re. "defoliating", for future reference if not for your current grow, my three plants turned out extremely dense, most likely due to excessive light, so I did at least three serious haircuts to thin things out. As far as I could tell, there was no negative consequence in response to the trims. It seems to me that if the plants are healthy, a bit of trimming is unlikely to cause an issue. I would not hesitate for a second to increase air flow by trimming if apparently needed. Also, I topped the CQ in my current grow to keep a lid on height, and have topped other autos, all without apparent consequence.

Since I have the mother of this clone, I do plan to make future runs with its future clones and try out things differently... defoliating will be in there for sure. Just not too soon because after this run I will focus on some auto seeds I will be getting soon thanks to the huge kindness of this forum... so excited for things to come in this tent!

 

[elcoloan]

Update

Today is day 46 of 12/12. I've managed to fix the pH problems (bye bye vinegar). EC has been lowered to 1.2-1.3. Lamp is still at 60Watts and could be placed closer to plant but will keep it there just cuz I'm too lazy to put another book under the pot (got lamp fixed to the ceiling). No amber trichs yet, but mostly are cloudy.

Here are some pics from today.

 

[hope2grow]

Beautiful plant @elcoloan.. she absolutely loves that light!! Great job buddy

 

[elcoloan]

Update

Day 51 of 12/12. Buds are fattening up, and some amber trichs started showing up. I'd usually harvest at this point but will let it go one more week this time.

Some pics from today:

 

[elcoloan]

Update

The clone in now dead. Harvested on Saturday. It was a nice run. Many things could have been done differently for better results, but it ended up nicer than expected. 57 days of 12/12.
Vaped scissor hash had great flavor of grapes and sweet citrus fruits.

Some pics from Saturday and Sunday:

 

[Green Hornet]

Great journal Nice pics Awesome grow Thanks 4 sharing

 

[elcoloan]

Great journal Nice pics Awesome grow Thanks 4 sharing

Thanks, glad to share!