ellz
New member
10/31/2017:
09:00PM: Drained the flush mixture out of the reservoir and replaced it with pHed water (NO HYDROGUARD). This is all the girls will get from here on out...just pHed water. The flush did great...lots of residue in the bottom of the drainage tote meaning that deposits have been pulled out of the growing medium and roots! It's almost impossible to tell what color the pistils are on the larger buds under bright light. The red from the grow light is washing out the red in the pistils. I plan on blocking the light with a piece of cardboard and using a LED or CFL bulb to see if I can see them better. I have also been checking the trichomes and they are a nice mix of some amber, more cloudy and very few clear. A couple of smaller buds are ready and I will likely cut them later on tonight or tomorrow. For all the small buds, I am drying them in a mesh drying rack in my garage. The other, larger buds will be dried in my dry box but I am not running ventilation or any of that just yet. I am just going to leave the door open and a fan blowing on the crop from a distance. The environment in the garage is pretty ideal for drying so it should be okay. Below are photos from the past 3 days, along with some bud shots from tonight. Will update again when I start harvesting, which should be this week for the most part. Thanks for reading and for sticking with me! Happy growing!
09:00PM: Drained the flush mixture out of the reservoir and replaced it with pHed water (NO HYDROGUARD). This is all the girls will get from here on out...just pHed water. The flush did great...lots of residue in the bottom of the drainage tote meaning that deposits have been pulled out of the growing medium and roots! It's almost impossible to tell what color the pistils are on the larger buds under bright light. The red from the grow light is washing out the red in the pistils. I plan on blocking the light with a piece of cardboard and using a LED or CFL bulb to see if I can see them better. I have also been checking the trichomes and they are a nice mix of some amber, more cloudy and very few clear. A couple of smaller buds are ready and I will likely cut them later on tonight or tomorrow. For all the small buds, I am drying them in a mesh drying rack in my garage. The other, larger buds will be dried in my dry box but I am not running ventilation or any of that just yet. I am just going to leave the door open and a fan blowing on the crop from a distance. The environment in the garage is pretty ideal for drying so it should be okay. Below are photos from the past 3 days, along with some bud shots from tonight. Will update again when I start harvesting, which should be this week for the most part. Thanks for reading and for sticking with me! Happy growing!
