Last Friday I cut away all the fan leaves from my photoperiods; two BOG Sour Strawberry Kush and five Hazeman BloodRose. Today I went back in and did the same thing again to open up the lower nodes to light and keep the cabbage down in the tent. Since these photos are all regular seeds, I'm going to veg them for a long long time, until I see preflowers and can sex them without 12/12. Any plants I can't sex under veg lighting will still go forward to flower, but the point of the defoliation here is to keep them under 24" total height for as long as possible. Once my current flower cabinet finishes out (30-40 days), I'll move the photos over and let the ALF take up the entire veg tent.
The ALF are doing well also, a little light in color, but pH in and out are now both in my target range, things were a bit too-high at first.
I've knocked out any added epsom salt, sticking with just the base ratios from GH:
1 gallon tap, sat out 24hrs
2ml Micro, 3ml Grow, 1ml Bloom, .3ml pH down.
The ALF are doing well also, a little light in color, but pH in and out are now both in my target range, things were a bit too-high at first.
I've knocked out any added epsom salt, sticking with just the base ratios from GH:
1 gallon tap, sat out 24hrs
2ml Micro, 3ml Grow, 1ml Bloom, .3ml pH down.
