Hey guys......no pics tonight cause it's after lights out but I thought I'd add some comments:
I like to go into my rooms in the dark with my green flashlight and look around. It gives me a different perspective to the grow. In the daytime, I guess we all look at the health of the leaves to judge overall health of the plant. At night, it's more about buds and resin formation. Today is exactly 4 weeks in flowering, 5 weeks to go. This is the 1st time I went and and came away impressed with what I saw. The main stem of each plant is rigid hard, stocky and thick. I can't remember the last time I saw a strain be "woody" around the bottom at this point. The buds have finally made their way up to each other along the top stem to form a complete "bud' if you will. Now they'll just start expanding and thicken up some. Some plants are definitely carrying more resin then others right now but in the dark I couldn't tell if they were the ones affected most by the silica issue. I'm REALLY happy with what I saw......I can finally see the potential! I watered earlier, and again, grapefruit and citrus undertones everywhere.