December 19 update, balls and all.
Been a few changes since the last update. Things were getting a tad crowded, as expected, in the growdrobe, so miss Seedsman Northern Lights has been shifted to her final home, a diy el cheapo "tent" with her very own diy screw in light array.
Here she is, at Day 34, in her new home:
The "tent" consists of some scrap plywood, a couple 2x4 studs, a free lumber wrap from the local lumber yard, and a new diy screw in array. Total cost including light less than $100 Cdn. I had the hangers in the junk pile, they came with a kayak rack. The tent is vented to the growdrobe through a bit of dryer hose, so the extraction fan in there does both grow spaces.
And here is Miss NL up close and personal:
Also moved from the growdrobe is the Dinamed CBD Kush. She was starting to grow balls, so she was banned to the storage room in the far corner of the basement. She will finish off there until I get pollen, and then, sadly, she will be consigned to the snow outside - stray pollen being a bit of a nuisance... Here she is in her final home:
A bit closer up:
All blossom clusters are male flowers, more commonly called balls around these parts.
And here is a closeup of some of her boy parts:
Balls are not opening yet, but it will not be long. These photos are at Day 42 since peeking out of the dirt, and ~22 days of once daily spraying with the CS solution I made with the rig shown in my other page here. CS was applied to the entire plant once a day before lights out for ~3 hours so that liquid on the leaves could dry. I used lots of solution, the total will be ~2 liters of it by the time balls start to open, at which point I will stop. The whole plant is reversed - it is balls to all walls.
I will have more pollen than I can use, all tucked away until the mom is ready to receive.
And here are the other girls still resident in the growdrobe. The mom to be Dinamed CBD Kush to the rear left, the Mephisto CDLC x 3Bog front and center, and the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake to the right:
Here is the CBD Kush at Day 17, soon to have her noggin chopped off. She is still on top watering, but will be onto the reservoir before long:
The CDLC cross at Day 42:
And lastly, and furthest advanced, the Strawberry Cheesecake at Day 42:
Since the beginning, both the STCH and CDLCx have had droopy new growth, possibly a result of the autopots keeping them a bit damp, or maybe this is normal. Nonetheless, they keep growing, and the leaves seem to perk up as they age, so I may just watch to see how it goes unless I see more serious signs of mischief. OTOH, I may yet try turning off the reservoir periodically to let them dry out more than they do under normal valve operation. Bit tricky with the variation in plant size and no individual cut off valves. The layer of the pot that is flooded by the autovalve is >50% perlite, so it seems to me that it should be ok. We shall see. Coco did not do this, so the behaviour may be a result of the peat mix being a bit more prone to sogginess.
That's all she wrote for Dec. 19 peeps, happy growing, and happy holidays, merry Christmas, or whatever cures your bud. Oh, and stay safe out there, Covid is a long way from done with us yet.
Here she is, at Day 34, in her new home:
The "tent" consists of some scrap plywood, a couple 2x4 studs, a free lumber wrap from the local lumber yard, and a new diy screw in array. Total cost including light less than $100 Cdn. I had the hangers in the junk pile, they came with a kayak rack. The tent is vented to the growdrobe through a bit of dryer hose, so the extraction fan in there does both grow spaces.
And here is Miss NL up close and personal:
Also moved from the growdrobe is the Dinamed CBD Kush. She was starting to grow balls, so she was banned to the storage room in the far corner of the basement. She will finish off there until I get pollen, and then, sadly, she will be consigned to the snow outside - stray pollen being a bit of a nuisance... Here she is in her final home:
A bit closer up:
All blossom clusters are male flowers, more commonly called balls around these parts.
And here is a closeup of some of her boy parts:
Balls are not opening yet, but it will not be long. These photos are at Day 42 since peeking out of the dirt, and ~22 days of once daily spraying with the CS solution I made with the rig shown in my other page here. CS was applied to the entire plant once a day before lights out for ~3 hours so that liquid on the leaves could dry. I used lots of solution, the total will be ~2 liters of it by the time balls start to open, at which point I will stop. The whole plant is reversed - it is balls to all walls.
I will have more pollen than I can use, all tucked away until the mom is ready to receive.And here are the other girls still resident in the growdrobe. The mom to be Dinamed CBD Kush to the rear left, the Mephisto CDLC x 3Bog front and center, and the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake to the right:
Here is the CBD Kush at Day 17, soon to have her noggin chopped off. She is still on top watering, but will be onto the reservoir before long:
The CDLC cross at Day 42:
And lastly, and furthest advanced, the Strawberry Cheesecake at Day 42:
Since the beginning, both the STCH and CDLCx have had droopy new growth, possibly a result of the autopots keeping them a bit damp, or maybe this is normal. Nonetheless, they keep growing, and the leaves seem to perk up as they age, so I may just watch to see how it goes unless I see more serious signs of mischief. OTOH, I may yet try turning off the reservoir periodically to let them dry out more than they do under normal valve operation. Bit tricky with the variation in plant size and no individual cut off valves. The layer of the pot that is flooded by the autovalve is >50% perlite, so it seems to me that it should be ok. We shall see. Coco did not do this, so the behaviour may be a result of the peat mix being a bit more prone to sogginess.
That's all she wrote for Dec. 19 peeps, happy growing, and happy holidays, merry Christmas, or whatever cures your bud. Oh, and stay safe out there, Covid is a long way from done with us yet.
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