Impressions about plant
February 3, 2023 Day 71
This week will focus on watering and slowly clearing out more leaves. I have a feeling that the massive amount of foliage is choking bud development in the middle canopy on both plants. WWA-2 isn't as bad, but could definitely due with more defoliation. I'm also going to do a final mass defoliation in a couple of weeks. Not too sure if I should be doing that or not. I also added some Diatomaceous Earth to all pots. I have a small fly thingy infestation. Hopefully that does the trick and I don't have to deal with them. So given the last few grows, I've found that 85 to 90 days is a good number for these plants. So I'm going to shoot for 90 days. Just under 3 weeks. That should be good. Expect some dense and stinky buds.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.3°
RH: 50.4%
VPD: 1.43
February 4, 2023
Today the ladies are just hanging out. Both have been watered and are not getting any clipping done. WWA-2 started noticably swelling her buds. The pistils are still tiny. Especially compared to WWA-1. She has massive pistils. WWA-2 was also a late bloomer. So I take about a week off what WWA-1 looks like.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 73°
RH: 51%
VPD: 1.35
Update: After careful observation, I found that the branches were just too tight together on both plants. So I decided to tie the branches outward to open up the entire plant. Just a slight pull on the lowest 3 nodes. It really opened up light space on both plants significantly. This should certainly help with yield. And density. I also feel like I won't have to snip anymore leaves.
February 5, 2023
I noticed some canoeing the other day on WWA-1. The only thing I can think of is the addition of more nutrients. Luckily she is just out of that reservoir, so I can give plain water tomorrow. WWA-2 on the other hand is showing no issues whatsoever with the same dose. These 2 are so different. I'll be doing the same thing with her as well. Just plain water for the next feeding. I'm pretty sure it will fix itself with that. I only bottom feed. So it only gets so far before the ladies take up all the nutrients.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.5°
RH: 50.2%
VPD: 1.44
February 6, 2023
Not much today. Both ladies are happy and healthy. I'm not seeing anymore canoeing on WWA-1. Just what was there before. Still no sign of issues with WWA-2.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 75°
RH: 54.1%
VPD: 1.36
February 7, 2023
Today was focused on light height and the other 2 plants I have running. Our white widows are both in mid to late flower and needed to be higher up than the seedlings I have. However, I have been using their wick feeding systems to keep these ladies lift up. Well, today I needed those reservoirs for the other 2. Adjustments were made and hopefully it works out nicely. I'll have to see in a few hours if there is anything different.
Today was reservoir cleaning day. All fresh and new. WWA-1 with just 3 ml/gal FishSh!t and water.
WWA-2 took really well to the nutes, so I'm keeping the same 7.5 ml/gal along with the 3 ml FishSh!t.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.9°
RH: 53.6%
VPD: 1.34
February 8, 2023
I had to make some pretty major adjustments today. The PPFD app I have needed to be calibrated. So now it matches the par map from AC Infinity. I raised the light and lifted the ladies up to match about 17" of light distance. It reads around 1100 ppfd center light and around 800 to 900 ppfd outside. The 2 younger plants sharing the space now have plenty of space to reach. And have a reasonable ppfd for everyone.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.9°
RH: 55.8%
VPD: 1.29
February 9, 2023
Today our ladies are enjoying their lives. After using a couple boxes to lift them up, and some major lighting adjustments, I landed on around 16" above the canopy with a PAR reading of 1200 ppfd. I also think that lifting everything up and raising the light up higher really helped with light penetration. It seems like the case. Maybe it is and I will see better results.
Grow System Environment:
Temp: 74.3°
RH: 54.7%
VPD: 1.30
QUESTION: Does canopy depth mean anything? For example, WWA-2 has an 8 inch deep canopy. Does that mean anything? I feel like it should. Any thoughts on this?