Auto Grow: La Bella Afrodita

[JeffInCanada]

36 Days
She seems to be responding well to the LST last week. I've had to trim some more fan leaves to keep the light on bud sites. I've had to tie down a few more branches as well. Pretty sure it has started to flower Overall I think it's going pretty good.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I love when this happens. She looks dang good with the defoliation yes sir she's showing her girly parts.

 

[JeffInCanada]

43 Days
It's going good I think. Started feeding with bloom nutes. Total lighting wattage up to 358 watts.

 

[YYCannabis]

Looks great 👍
But i gotta ask...do you have reflectors on the top-side of those lights?

 

[JeffInCanada]

Thank you YYCannabis Thanks for asking. No reflectors on the CFLs. I have read a little bit about reflectors and how they can help by directing the light downward or towards the plant instead of being wasted. I think that I would have to make some sort of home made reflectors if I was going to do it. Do you think that my plant would benefit if I added reflectors? I'm thinking that the plant is getting lots of light now and maybe adding reflectors would be overkill but I really do not know for sure.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

If i may say i have reflector on my CFL get it at any hardware store or farmers co-op, about $5 US and it has a clamp

 

[YYCannabis]

Wasted light is wasted food. Light that has to bounce around the tent before reaching the plant is nearly useless for strong, healthy growth. While you have 358 watts of light, what percentage of it is is actually direct-to-canopy light? 20%? Maybe 30%? That would mean that your light is actually more like 140 watts direct-to-canopy. With that said, your one plant is totally loving 140(?) watts she’s getting because it’s plenty for a single plant. And I love the way you placed the lights around the plant instead of all just overhead 👍

Reflectors would help improve the amount of quality, useable photons for the plant. Cannabis loves light...lots and lots of light balanced with adequate food supply.

It’s one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” things...she looks great and well balanced growth.

 

[JeffInCanada]

Thank again YYCannabis that is a great answer. Totally makes sense what you say regarding the wasted light. I'm going to see what may work. Even if I install some reflectors it'll help. I'm always trying to see what I can adjust here and there to make my grow better, bit by bit. Thanks again!!

 

[YYCannabis]

After each grow, i will update or add something new to my grow space to help make the next grow easier/better. Learn from one, improve on the next.

 

[JeffInCanada]

50 Days
Cruisin' right along...I have managed to keep it all green so far. Usually by this time I have some yellow leaves showing up. I am following the GWE GH Flora series nutrient guide. It seems to be working so far. Definitely full into flowering, buds developing everywhere. I have been defoliating a little. I get a little nervous cutting leaves off, not a lot of experience with defoliating...do you think that it could use some more defoliating? So far I am very happy with how this plant is turning out. I don't want to screw it up now

 

[Canuck147]

Looks great - could use more defoliating in my opinion. I say that cuz I have had white powdery mildew for the past couple of years - so - I keep my girls hairs trimmed. I don't allow most leaves touching each other.
So if it were my plant - most of those bottom leaves would be gone as well as most leaves that are growing towards the middle of the plant. Better airflow.

 

[JeffInCanada]

Thank you Canuck147 That's exactly the type of stuff I'm looking for. I have noticed that where the leaves touch each other the moisture really building up there. I'll have a close look and at least get rid of any leaves doing that. Thanks again!

 

[JeffInCanada]

57 Days
Another week, another update. I have noticed that the top leaves are fading a bit in color when compared to the lower leaves. Not sure if it is a concern or not but I'll keep my eye on it. The buds are filling in a bit. Looking pretty good I think. And she's smells wonderful :laugh:, carbon filter system on full.

 

[YYCannabis]

Bushy little gal 🙂

 

[PeterMatanzas]

Outstanding work

 

[SoOrbudgal]

She's pulling all she's got into them buds. She's looking frosty i would not worry about the slight yellowing.

 

[Catfish22]

Could be a little light fade on those upper leaves.
Just make sure that it doesn't affect your buds!

 

[JeffInCanada]

Thanks everyone! I sure do appreciate the comments and thoughts from all you fine, fine folks I was wondering about light fade as well Catfish22, I was doubting it though with my CFL lights. I am sure the LEDs that I have in the mix are not that powerful. I didn't think I had to worry about too much light with them but I'm going to look into it.

 

[JeffInCanada]

61 Days
Oh poop! Things are going sideways....seems to happen to me every grow about half way through flowering. Not too worried, I'll mange to steer this baby home somehow. Although, I am sort of mystified about what's going wrong. I'm just hoping I can keep it healthy enough to finish with a half decent harvest.

Burnt tips Sure looks like nute burn but I am surprised. I have been feeding very light, in my opinion. Every 3rd watering less than 400 ppm (GH Flora Series + Calimagic) including the 165PPM out of my tap.
Run off PH has been pretty consistent at 6.3 (maybe a little high??).
Overall yellowing of the top leaves Again, I am wondering what is causing this. Light burn?? With my CFLs?. The LED lights that I have in the grow are not very strong (I don't think) although I do not know much about LED lights. Maybe I have had them too low for most of the grow?? If someone can comment on the LED lights as far as distance goes I sure would appreciate it. In the meantime I will try and figure it out. You can see the LED lights and the typical hanging distance in past photos I have posted. Amazon link here: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any suggestions on improvement are greatly appreciated. The breeder says 65-70 days but I expect to go a bit longer than that. I'm not in a rush. Just hoping to keep her healthy as possible to the end.

 

[Farmbuck]

A healthy girl my grower friend..!