It has been a month since I updated this. So here is the update for
Nov 11, 2017
Royal Seeds the Quick One is 50 days old
Royal Seeds Northern lights is 22 days old
Dutch Passion Blackberry Kush and Ultimate are both 36 days old.
Here are some tent shots.
I am using some white reflective plastic as a tent inside a tent. At this time I can keep them all under the square ChilLED Tech LED 400w light.
There are two reserves being used. The RQ Quick one is on one ( bloom nutes) and the other three are on the grow nutes. All of the AutoPots are sitting on 2 inch foam insulation. This is to keep them off the concrete as this is in a basement. There is also a fan I use to blow on the light to keep it cool. The fan has it's own internal fans but at this time I do not use them. The rh is between 32 and 50 and temps between 69 and 70 F. It has been a challenge to regulate both the rh and temps. The 6" fan and filter is a bit big. Even at the lowest speed, with an controller, the rh drops to 30 and temps lower 70's. I now leave two thirds of the front zipper unzipped. This seems to work fine.
Front right is the quick one. Front left is Blackberry Kush. back right is Northern Lights. Back left is the Ultimate.
The quick One has been my most pleasant surprise. This was a free seed and I did not know what to expect. Well it has been a joy to grow. It is 100% happy all the time. It did not care what it was feed. It was dark green from day one. I have not topped this lady. The side branches just grew and grew with not help from me. I do like to bend the side branches and expose more bud sites to the light. I do turn each pot a quarter turn every time I go to visit them. Oh they do like company. So I am there 3-4 times a day. I talk and groom them all.
Quick one is now 11" tall. About 4 days ago she started showing me all of her new crystal. It is starting to have the trichomes all over. It is very nice to see. I remove the tie downs and let here grow for a week and then back on goes the tie downs.
She has been a vigorous grower. OMG there were sugar leaves as big as the fan leaves on her. I have removed as much as I dare over the last 3 weeks. I am concerned about "possible" rot later on. As she is thick, thick, thick as can be. She grew like a thistle. I was amazed and pleased. So again she has been nothing but the easiest plant to take care of. She grows on her own. I want to see how she taste/kicks. If it is as I hope then I could see nothing but quick ones on a future grow.
Look at her main stem. Short and Stout
Northern Lights was given too much water at her second watering. She stopped growing. I then let her dry out for a week and she started to grow. After 2.5 weeks I turned on the airdome and them 2 days later the reserve kicked in. Then she took off. She is putting out some grand branching.
Ultimate was a slow grower. So I topped her. As you can see she is now 6" tall and full of branches. I tide these down and gave more light where I could. I have rather aggressively remove fan and some sugar leaves. She has loved it and responded well. I did remove the tie downs and will let her grow up from here. The leaves are small and very petite. The main stem is very thick
Blackberry Kush was always a paler green. You can see shades of blackberry color on her new growth and on the back side of her leaves. Like Ultimate she was a bit slow to take off. She is now 9" tall. I also was aggressive with her and I also topped her. The fan leaves have been removed. I have her tied down and I plan to keep her that way until after her stretch. Then I will untie her. I look forward to her turning dark or even black. Time will tell.
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