Dark Harvest GROW CHALLENGE!

[Californiakid]

Rearranged some .

[Californiakid]

I'm not leaving anything out. I've just been giving charcoal filtered tap water as needed. This weekend I would like to do some pest prevention before the flip.

Neem and sm90 with a dash of dr bronners.
And start some tea, its been awhile.

[RosettaStoned]

Planted this beginning of july, it was about 2" tall. Tucked it away between my many tomato and pepper plants. I dont do anything to it, I just let it grow. I might work in a good amount of Indonesian bat guano for her. It wont be much but it's just fun to watch it grow with that big free light bulb 🌞

Had to break down and buy soil. I ran out of mine and dont have time to cook more for this auto I want to run. I guess I could have done hydro. Anyway, roots organics original and 707 were on sale so I grabbed both. $13.99 for the original smaller bag, $33.97 for the 707 larger bag. Figured what the hell, might as well have some around. Maybe Chefbjy or, anyone else, will help me amend this

[Chefbjy]

Okay so I'm wrong 😆. Not really any nutrition in 707, though it has more water holding capacity, less perlite, less pumice, and designed for large containers. I use a 30 day type of composting when I amend the original so stuff has time to break down and make some microbes. My recipe has been great for my photos, but I used a lighter amended soil for my autos forgetting to add p towards the end. I got the recipe from Weed Pharma and it worked well, would have been better had I fed p (top dress) and more teas though.

[RosettaStoned]

Chefbjy maybe I'll run that modified nute program from my buddy in the 707. I've pretty much got everything for it just have to run it I guess.

[Chefbjy]

That sounds like a good plan with the 707 😉 ✌.

[Chefbjy]

Canopy training and leaf tucking till Saturday. May take off some fans to expose more growth tips. Speaking of fans... I dropped my clip fan on one of the not gc...doh. Taped her up immediately we'll see if the branch survives. Will only make the bud swell with trichs and thc but oops.

We're going to free the tent from these autos on my days off this week so will be training for maximum canopy capacity with the dgth. Growers love ✌.

[farmerjim]

Day36-40

[oldjarhead100]

very cool I love those videos

[farmerjim]

Thanks bud! Even Queen Nebula picked up one of the cams that I use so maybe we'll get to see one of her grows sometime soon🤓 👍📽📽🌱🍀🌳

[RosettaStoned]

So.....are we flipping Saturday? Let figure this out today. Me transplanting hinges on this decision.

[Chefbjy]

oldjarhead100 and farmerjim haven't really touched on the subject. Not sure who is aware but there is a majority that wouldn't mind another week. As long as we're on the same page I think flip date on the 29th would be better?

[farmerjim]

Yo!!!!!!!!!! sorry, ive been MIA. I would LOVE another week. I got through my seedling pH issues but have barely even reached the scrog net! lol

My mainline tent is holding up ok though. If we flip this weekend, I'll probably just flip the mainline tent and keep the scrog tent in veg.

I would prefer to delay a week but if people want to flip I can flip 1 tent

[oldjarhead100]

Late input as usual lol delaying a week wont bother me

[Californiakid]

[Chefbjy]

I've seen these guys in concert. I still like punk but can't get in the mosh pit no more 😆.

[Californiakid]

I've been going to their shows since they played in their record store, Cheap Guy in Riverside, CA.
They are a blast live!

[Chefbjy]

Not gc photos in their own 4x4 and I'm going to have to wait till it gets dark so I can manage light leaks for my photos that are flowering in my shop. It will be easier to see if light is bending around the corner in the dark. Top dress my bloom mix last week. They're pulling out of a slump. Been feeding my bloom tea, plain water, kelplex with epson salt solution, and just gave them some elemental with liquid bone meal solution today. Pistils are pretty long on these gals and I'm thinking they may be ready on or around the same time my Skywalker will be. 👍
Dgth has the 5x5 tent to themselves and it would really help to go another week to try and spread my canopy out more. Since I had to dismiss the not gc photos from the tent due to light scheduling its going to be a little more bare then I had planned. But they are growing so well I hope to get a lot of stretch to manipulate the canopy more. Lower nodes are filling the center, fimd branch provided a lot of new growth I can work with, and I may take a few clones soon from some of the lower growth tips that are expending energy to help with upper canopy growth. I will be supercropping plant center left for sure to control more structure as the hps provided elongation for me to play with 😉. Just trying to spread the other 2 out and make some horizontal branching while the lower nodes make the center structure.
So do we all concur we wait another week for flip date? I vote yes.

[Trichomefarmer88]

I vote yes on waiting another week! Gc is ready, but dgth is just starting to get it's shit together an take off! Everything looking good now! But another week would really help my dgth!

[RosettaStoned]

I'll transplant tonight, thanks for getting the answer today. I just wanted the extra week for scheduling issues, more than ready to flip them all but will take the extra time.

[Chefbjy]

I should do the same but think I'm just going to roll with it. If I knew I was only going to grow 3 in the 5x5 I would have went with #10s 😉. I could still do it but I don't have any more of my soil mix. The stuff I am working on would probably too much n this late in the game. I would try but I don't want to ruin my crop.

[RosettaStoned]

Moved to 7 gallon fabric pots
DGTH roots had filled the pot and look great, GC roots not so much. It definitely isn't as happy as its OH sister and I'm sure will not be as happy about the move either. Time will tell...
I have started to treat it more like soil with little to no run off since controlling the ph was pretty much futile.

[farmerjim]

Check out how long and skinny my dgth mainline is...

(that previous sentence was dangerously close to being super inappropriate...) 😂

[Trichomefarmer88]

Looking good!😁🖒🔥🔥

[farmerjim]

Hey friends, pretty sure this is shaping up to be my favorite run so far...

Just gave everyone their last haircut. Rest of the week to recover before the flip!

[Locrian99]

You guys make me miss my tents. 😢

looking good everyone looking forward to seeing some awesome bud pics!

[Chefbjy]

Update dgth ready to flip for sure now. Love that Oregonismxl, it's some great stuff 😉. Split main stem of the healthiest plant and hasn't skipped a beat. Infact she is still outgrowing the other 2. I'm excited to flip this tent now and will be initiating my 12/12 schedule Friday at 10:30 a.m. lights will go out. I was thinking of doing it by reducing light in 1 hour increments up to the day of. This way transition is eased and I may see pistils a couple days after. They're big enough to reduce veg time with no negetive draw back from it. I'm taking more clones tomorrow.
Not gc photoperiods are swelling up nicer then I thought they would. Though I think I have 2 different phenos from these rebels. I would have flipped on original date had these been photoperiods. They certainly are leafy and the healthiest plant I dropped a clip fan on has impressed me. I'll be taking the tape off soon and retape with grafting tape instead of the fabric medical tape. I've taken off some fans to expose budsites and tried tucking but I feel like I should get in there with my scissors and give them a proper haircut. Have to primp them up 😆. Humidity has been in the 40-50% range so I'm good there. However being in the shop with temps dropping at night they have to stay warm with the light only for a few more days. Buds kinda smell like bubblegum and skunk, but the leaves I clipped smell like booboo. I'm just happy the buds don't smell like that 😉. I'm curious on the flavor profile they made me smile today lol. Campesino they've developed nicely and have buds all the way down to the soil on a couple where they aren't even getting light and still swelling. No little suckers 😉.
I have no idea when they'll be ready but I'm thinking the end of October. So my whole shop has the same harvest window...crazy how that worked out. I won't be able to do all of them (6 plants) at the same time. It may take me awhile to do my gg#4s so it's pretty much a trichome race in my shop now. Happy growing all...I'm ready for phase 2 lmao.

[Chefbjy]

Yeah I probably should have started a scrog with the dgth when I found out the not gc were autos. I'm sure they would have filled out the tent much nicer had I'd been prepared for this 😉. ✌

[Chefbjy]

Those are pretty cool. 😎

[oldjarhead100]

interesting very interesting lol

[farmerjim]

Take it all in now! In a couple weeks we'll be looking back at these pics like "remember when all of our plants were nice and neat before they absolutely EXPLODED?!" lol 🤘🤓👍🌱🍀🌿🌿🌳🌳🌳🌳

[Chefbjy]

Changing the timer at lights off today. Almost time to start showing off some flowers.
Speaking of flowers, these not gc photoperiods are going to go through with the dark challenge and I'm going to leave it up to you guys to help me pick between 2 of the 3. I'll be harvesting one right before lights on and the other 2 will get the dark periods. We're going to see the difference in all 3 with pics. I'll seperate the 3 and label jars as such and will report of any differences.
I'm thinking 4-5weeks but like I said before it's a trichome race in my shop 😆. I have other plants with the same harvest window and looks like I'll be pulling in a massive haul come the end of October early November. Happy growing!! ✌.

[Canuck147]

They look fabulous, you should be happy. Stocking the shelves was my ambition when I started this kind of hobby - happy to state I have ounces cured and ready to smoke with three monsters growing in the tent.

[Trichomefarmer88]

Looking awesome! Sounds like a great idea! Best of luck to you

[Chefbjy]

Thanks guys 😃