New Grower Vegasbear's Noob Growing Adventures

[Vegasbear87]

Day 49

Becoming a jungle in there. Had to move all the lights up a bit. I'm doing very little defoliation this run. Just might clean up the centers a bit.

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 50

These plants sure are living up to the Fastbuds name! Today my new 2200K COB came in from @BigSm0 and he wasn't lying, the red on this thing is wicked. Ive hung it up higher in the center where a 3500k was living, and hopefully we'll see a nice boost in the bloom phase. Halfway through renovating the room so I can get Tent 2 up and we decided there's enough room for a third 4x4 and maybe a little 2x2 nursery tent so I will be looking to buy another set of these from @BigSm0 soon. Cannot speak highly enough of your lights and your customer service, man. Thanks!

Now on to the photos. First the new light!

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 53

Hmmm, to defoliate or not to defoliate..

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 54

Front left girl got a big defol today. There was just too much interior for the light to penetrate and some weak side branches that weren't gonna make it up to the light.

I'll do one a day over the next three days so I can watch how they react.

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 55

Whoa. The back two took a LEAP! Meanwhile I haven't gotten to trimming the others yet, just totally exhausted by whatever is kicking my ass right now.

A little bit of nutrient burn showing at the leaf tips so dialed feed back from 9ml/gal to 8ml on the A&B.

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 59

Front right plant got a significant defol last night and I backed feed down to 8ml of A & B per gallon.

Before:

After:

As you can see the front left plant didn't even notice the haircut she got earlier in the week and still needs some cleaning up. Back two are still untouched. Also the front right girl is a week ahead of the others, at least. She won't get any further trimming at this point. The different speeds that these ladies are moving along at is interesting - all have pretty similar phenotype expressions though.

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 62

Dear diary, it appears that two of my plants have created their own space program, because they're shooting for the moon! Holy cow! Back right girl is at 30" and needs a hefty trim, but I'm sorely tempted to leave her untouched for science. If i can keep my idle hands away from the trimmers...

I'm thinking the addition of the 2200k light coupled with two of them being late bloomers caused the biggest girl to explode.

@BigSm0

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 71

That 2200K is absolutely wreaking havoc! Bertha in the back got so big I had to supercrop eight branches out of her light.

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 72

Still got some tidying up to do.

Just for reference none of those leaves high up are light bleached. They're the same healthy green outside the tent as all the rest. The 2200k autocob is so intense that that's the reflection of it off the leaves.

@Tom Bombadil

 

[Vegasbear87]

Day 81

One girl is nearing harvest while the other three race to catch up. Ran into a little bit of deficiency or lockout so running a flush today and back on schedule tomorrow.

Also, this happened: