Indoor A 2x4 And Nothing More

[Cobstopper]

Day 84
QB has colored up nicely and harvest will take place tomorrow. Both of these will be processed into cobs. I’m going to try a new method to form them and will post up in my cob making thread.

 

[Delps8]

a surprisingly large amount of people just don't get that while climate control is important to use if you have it, that whatever the climate, there is a completely separate micro climate deep into the buds near the stem,sativas or willowy stems are much safer thick indices are more susceptible, and the outside being perfect won't change that.

Agree completely. After getting bud rot in a really nice photoperiod plant a year ago, I modified how I look at temperature and humidity in my 2' x 4' tent. My practice had been to put the sensor for my AC Infinity controller at canopy level but I decided to put Govee sensors in the canopy.

Bud rot plant

Check the temp and RH for sensors 1, 3, and 5

The temp and RH values in the tent were high 70's and 50'ish (going from memory) but it was a very different story in the plant itself—and that's what counts.

Also I've long ago trashed my 480p shitty digital magnifer/microscope and replaced it with a pretty impressive 4k version that connect wired to computer or on a wifi network to the iPhone. It will be great for a lot of stuff so I can now absolutely confirm that this device is in no way better than the BelOMO 10x achromatic triplet loupe. The clarity of the belomo at 10x is more revealing than a giant sharp version on a screen, you see no more. This did surprise me. All you ever see online is photos of cloudy trichomes posted or worse just a leaf with cloudy trichomes and an 'is this ready', but the tops always go like that, it tells you nothing about the whole plant.

It's like the old joke how much to tighten the head gasket...just keep turning till you feel the thread strip, then back off a little.

That's great.

What I'm saying in a long way is pushing plants to some imagined goal without regard for the ever present danger of bud rot, is a bad strategy, which has taken me a short while to learn. I've left a plant simply because she was too pretty to chop down, and lost the best cola.

Yup. Better to err on the side of caution but it can still be hard to know when to chop.

I followed the advice of Mitch Westmoreland in his incredible video (a "must view" for cannabis growers)



and kept the temps of the colas in the mid-70's. "The road to hell is paved with the best intentions", right?

I just finished a grow that was taking forever as I waited to get "just the right amount of amber" and, on day 132, one of the buds had turned mushy brown in the middle. RH was low in the canopy (40's and 50's) and I had good air flow but I still ended up losing one bud.

The "bad bud" was the large one in the back left. The black paracord dropping into the canopy have the Govee's attached to them.

 

[Cobstopper]

Root growth was very strong down the sides and at the bottom. Had some large green ones almost stem like.

 

[Cobstopper]

Day 1
It is day 1 for Ravenberry and day 2 for Blue Power but I’m calling it day 1 for both. I was planning on doing these smaller strains in 7 gal pots but decided to run them in 10’s and see if I can get root growth to the bottom. Blue Power seems to be nutrient sensitive and runty from what I’ve seen. I’m keeping on the same organic regimen for this gal so we’ll see how it goes. She shot a 1/4” root after soaking in a shot glass for 24 hours. She didn’t require going to the paper towel and went straight into the pot.

 

[Cobstopper]

I don’t recycle my soil and choose to start with a known nutrient load. I remove all large wood particles prior to adding the organics. This was taken from 20 gallons of Roots Organic Original. I want the girls to have optimum conditions for root development.

I add a generous amount of large perlite for aeration. Pictured below is 12 gallons that is split between two pots. Additional perlite is added to the next 8 gallons that is again split between the two pots. Doing these two things has worked well for my grows.

 

[Cobstopper]

Girls are nice and cozy during these early days.

 

[Rick Dirte']

Very nice! @Cobstopper
Your flower looks excellent.

 

[KingRatt]

I don’t recycle my soil and choose to start with a known nutrient load. I remove all large wood particles prior to adding the organics. This was taken from 20 gallons of Roots Organic Original. I want the girls to have optimum conditions for root development.
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I add a generous amount of large perlite for aeration. Pictured below is 12 gallons that is split between two pots. Additional perlite is added to the next 8 gallons that is again split between the two pots. Doing these two things has worked well for my grows. View attachment 1729154

I pick out any bark my hands come across when im mixing but i dont get 100% im sure!

 

[Cobstopper]

Tops are done drying and going into cure.
DD finished with larger flowers and a light tangerine/ citrus smell at this point.
QB is leafier but has much more trichome coverage. She punches you in the face with a strong fuel/ fruity funk.

 

[Cobstopper]

Day 7
Girls are getting their roots on and starting to take off. SF1000 is at 100%, large light is at 45% and both are running 24 hours with DLI 11. Intake fan is off and three wall fans are on low with humidifier set at 75%. Cobs have 2 days of fermentation left.