Day 31 - 38
(Day 32) Iām going to lower the humidity in the room to 55-60.
Still no bananas but Iām still quite worried about #3 fully popping and ruining my whole crop. Since there is a good chance itās going to herm, Iām going to give it with a small feeding today and watch it like a hawk this week.
I think the boost actually made a decent difference in #5 from last week. Iām seeing slightly fatter main colas but that could just be from less topping/smaller plant or less nitrogen. Iāve decided to push my luck and give a boost to each plant. These things just arenāt filling out like they should. They look like they are on day 23 not 33. Iām going to top dress 3 tablespoons of 1-4-2 Destiny launch and later tonight Iām going to water in a low strength feeding of 0-0-15 kelp extract.
Iām going to give a final heaping tablespoon of natureās pride bloom to #5 so it can stretch to the end.
Iām also going to lower the lights by a few inches. The tallest cola is now about 13 inches away and the rest of the canopy is at about 18ā24. If I see signs of light stress Iāll raise it back up but Iām sure it could use the extra light on the lowers.
(Day 33) Iāve been reading that bigger plants just take longer to mature and thatās probably why my plant hasnāt fully filled out or is about a week behind. I still could have done a better job defoliating some of the smaller larf branches on the bottom which just robs the good branches of energy. The more I think about it, the more I think I did a very poor job of defoliating the middle canopy. Iām still seeing lots of larf and small buds on the inside not getting much light. Iām still really worried about herms after finding that branch so I donāt want to stress them anymore. Removing suckers now is pointless. I missed my window of opportunity and now I have to deal with it.
Iām going to slide an old DVD player underneath #6 to bring it up to canopy level. Itās lower buds are definitely not getting enough light.
(Day 34) Ever since lowering the light, the canopy has gotten a few degrees warmer.
Iāve noticed the buds donāt feel as sticky on top compared to the lower tucked branches that feel almost wet with resin. Outdoor weed grown in my climate will never reach the temperature where it degrades resin luckily.
(Day 36) The buds are definitely swelling but not to the degree I want. Call me picky but I prefer my nugs as chunky as possible. Iām seeing lots of pistils but not much nug matter. Ive heard too many pistils can be caused by the overuse of alfalfa, kelp and seaweed extracts because of the natural PGRās in them. Iām definitely going to reduce the amount of that stuff I use next round. I hope Iām just wrong and this tent is going to really fatten up this week but I have my doubts.
(Day 37) A purple fade is starting on the underside of every plant except the bush who still is super dark green still. Last watering I got a nice amount of runoff so Iām just going to leave her until the end. Iām seeing a bit of yellowing on #5. Iām going to give it one final full strength feeding plus some rock dust and oyster shell tomorrow and thatās a wrap for nutrients. I might as well hit everything else with a final low strength 0-0-15 too.
(Day 38) Iām amazed at how much this stuff smells compared to my last round. It smells very earthy and floral with a hint of pine. Definitely not that gassy smelling pine but more of a sweet pine.