Sorry but I didn't get to post when the last update was due so we'll just have two updates this time.
Day 57 from seed:
Day 60 from seed:
They're 105cm (#1) and 110cm high now, I didn't really expect that as the DP description speaks of 50cm average, 100cm only for "the very best growers" and I'm certainly not that. Are there lighting problems? Doesn't look like that to me but who knows.
That's why I couldn't take any root pics this time, I simply can't lift their pots up anymore without disconnecting the pumps and moving them out of the room so... I figured I might save myself some work and just post 3 pics per update from now on.
Due to their size and the relatively low wattage of my lamp I had to free them of around 35cm of lower leaf and bud growth but that was going to be popcorn anyway.
That also helped reduce RH and it doesn't smell strange at the lower plant levels anymore, it was a big wet bush down there. We're at 23-25°C and 55-60%RH during the day. I wish RH was lower but winter is sticking it to my plans though luckily it doesn't seem to have caused any problems so far, the plants look healthy to me.
The plant peaks are around 20cm away from the center of the lamp and roughly 10cm below it. The plants get between 40k and 60k lux at the peaks and around 30k straight below the lamp at leaf level.
I'm thinking about changing the fans, either putting the 20cm fan behind the lamp and replacing the two fans there or removing the 20cm fan and adding 2 more 12cm fans below the lamp, I'm not sure yet.
I removed the lower leaves in two stages (3 days ago and yesterday) and it looks like that slowed vertical growth back down to 2.5cm a day, hopefully it stops soon or I'll have to apply some bondage but I'd rather just see how they do and let them grow naturally this first time.
They look sativa dominant to me and have no specific smell so far, just "green" at night.
We're right in the middle of bloom (nutes and lamp) week 3, will they finish on schedule? Stay tuned to find out! :joint: