well well.....good morning folks! and a grand day it is! one month has passed since I started this process of treating myself to growing my own bud.....so we have a month passed (Top44 - 19 days vege + 9 days flowering) - this girl is 16" tall and I've stopped trying to count nodes or branches. In simple terms there are at least 10 "main" colas forming (or I suppose not really main...but they are obviously prominent)....say what??....I did NOT expect this....I did top her only once...and that created the main two central ones but all the others??
....this plant is justa b-e-a-u-tiful beast...
The three BugBud (28 days vege) are all over 10" and working on their 10th nodes - their lower density of overall growth has a lot to do with the negative impact of late separation and meant losing alot of their lower and larger fan leaves and prolly a good weeks worth of growth. But they have come through that traumatic event and continue to nore flourish.
I have confirmation of calyx/pistils on the Top44, and at least one of the BigBud. the others are coming and showing, but I am less obsessive about it knowing I have at least two lil'bitches....and taking pics is more just an effort in frustration and futility....I need to get a proper marco lens...maybe I'll go buy that today?
so...whaddaya all think......I guess from my perspective...one month gone, things look purdy good....the cab performs exactly as it should. the stink is coming (and btw - I am the owner of a relatively sensitive nose....and there is a distinctive difference in smell of the two different strains....I realize that's totally a noob thing of course but....I guess I just was not familiar with how different) and there is absolutely no smell outside the cab.....(
BTW - how long do those carbon filter remain active...before then need to be changed?)
I have looked into the LST/FIM but I think unless it becomes clear that I could have a space challenge, I will prolly just let them do their thing. Light penetration seems very good still now.
or am I thinking about this incorrectly.....if I wait until I can sense a problem, then it will be too late to do anything effective?
I have also looked into alternative light schedules (i.e., 24/0 vege and minor adjustments to flower proportions of light/dark). This requires tech assistance from the manufacturer as the "programming" has to be changed. I am going to leave it for now - the option remains open for me to change things. I am thinking that I might change the end of flower to 13/11, and maybe even 14/10 but I have more research to do.
It had been suggested to me to go to an 18 hour cycle for flowering (12/6) but information I have suggests that a minimum of 11 hrs dark is an important critical milestone for the plant's processes...so that would not seem to be a good idea. the idea with that is that by halving the dark time, you shave a quarter of the total flowering time (i.e., 60 days becomes 45). but again....more tehcnical and scientific research required to better understand the potential implications - as was said....and it really made me laugh.....in experimenting, you have to be prepared to lose your plants....too funny....like investing in the stock market or lending $$ to bad friends .... be prepared to lose your money....
Ok ok ok...enuf talk....onto the pics! these five pics are all of the Top44 girlie girl.....ENJOY!
