400W Mars II LED Original Amnesia & Critical Kush

[Stinky Snid]

If you check my latest pics of my girls, you'll see I took out everything that wasn't going to be a decent sized bud. That includes the leaves and the little budsites at the nodes. I've got to admit it has had results in less then a week. Take a look at some of the better explanatory threads for better pics and directions. I basically just followed the pics. No regrets so far. Harvest is coming up in a the next weeks. Hope that's helps some.

KiG cheers

 

[nugwrasslin]

I was also wondering if defoliation at day 21 of flower means day 21 from flip or day 21 from pistils.

 

[nugwrasslin]

If you check my latest pics of my girls, you'll see I took out everything that wasn't going to be a decent sized bud. That includes the leaves and the little budsites at the nodes. I've got to admit it has had results in less then a week. Take a look at some of the better explanatory threads for better pics and directions. I basically just followed the pics. No regrets so far. Harvest is coming up in a the next weeks. Hope that's helps some.

KiG cheers

Just checked out your journal snid looking fantastic.

Do you know of any other threads on defoliation?

 

[VladimirPutin]

I'm joining in the shenanigans even if it's only page 6.

Good luck with that behemoth bro! 600W HPS it is, or pink lights... Roll the dice, it's a win either way.

Vlad

 

[nugwrasslin]

When I read about folks like you and max headroom dealing with 90F+ temperatures it makes me very confident my large space hovering at 70F or lower could easily accommodate some HOT new bulbs.

I wanna do everything I can at this point to "untz" these girls onto a beautiful harvest.

Glad to have you along VP!

 

[STIHL LOGGER]

Looks good Nug! Kudos on overcoming all of the trials and tribulations my friend! well done

 

[nuggs78]

If your going buy a hps go all out for 1000watt cool tube it might be little hotter but it will repay you on the yields .Cool tubes run cooler then wing reflecters if you have to get another fan that way you pull cool air in to your room while the hot air get sucked out by your cool tube exhaust .This will help maintain the temperature alot .I went 2yrs suffering before I got the extra exhaust fan it made alot difference after I made the move.If you don't want go 1000 watt hps I'd get 600 watt at least I owned one for my first hps light they give good results to you use it with 400 watt led and probably do great.Your plants look great man keep up good work

 

[VladimirPutin]

My dream setup would be a 1000W HPS in a totally enclosed vertical setup with air conditioning and CO2

No cool tube for me, they suck up around 20% of your lumens, at least to what I've experienced.

Vlad

 

[nugwrasslin]

Most likely I won't be adding any more major fixtures this time around, maybe a few more small bulbs like CFLs but beyond that I'm having trouble rationalizing dumping too much more money in the OP.

It is nice to dream though haha!

So after essentially being completely incapacitated and bedridden for the last 4 days it's nice to open up my closet and finally get to jump back into some botany again.

Plants are looking phenomenal

Im going to defol today and get rid of any really tiny growth that won't be productive as well. Full photo update later today.

Getting so stoked. I couldn't believe how much flower appeared since I last inspected only yesterday...

I keep letting them get bone dry by accident though. It seems that 2-3 days between watering might be too infrequent for their size and stage of growth.

Might have to set up a SWICK for these ladies.

 

[Light Addict]

You asked about defol threads, here is a great one from an old friend
Increasing yield with defoliation indoors - What's it mean? How to do it?

 

[grillinfosho]

Your plants are humongous! Great work, subbed!

 

[VladimirPutin]

Thanks for the link LightAddict!

I started pinching leaves because I took out my magnifying lens and saw this :

Some amber, lots of cloudy trichs.
Yet plant is still very green, lots of green fans. She would likely never finish "eating" herself in time for harvest, leading to black ash and all that other Noob harvest stuff.

I didn't pull bud leaves... And I did a few each day to avoid stressing out the plant beyond reason.

So I judiciously pulled some fans. Just anecdotal evidence to back up my reasoning...
Don't expect any government approved information about defoliation to pop anytime soon

Vlad

 

[grillinfosho]

Cool pics Vlad. Do you mind explaining the eating herself/black ash thing to a noon like me? Or do you have a link of some info on the topic? Thanks.

 

[VladimirPutin]

High Grillin,
The info is offsite so as they say, google is your friend. I can sum it up though.

There was a debate that harvesting green plants will produce a harsher smoke vs. letting your plants eat up their nitrogen reserves in the leaf before harvest makes a smoother smoke.

Funny stuff to try out right?

There are supporters of both sides so of course the debate will not finish anytime soon.

I would like my plant to turn autumn colors in these next 2 weeks... that would be Explodey's "happy ending" and I might win my grow card... We shall see

Vlad

 

[grillinfosho]

Thanks Vlad, I get what you're saying.

 

[nugwrasslin]

I have been building up photos for awhile now. I'm going to try and do a quick update later on tonight but I've been trying to spend less time in my closet and on 420mag.

The smells are amazing and my plants look incredible. So many fat nuggety tops already and it's only day 28 of flower.

 

[nugwrasslin]

Here is a little preview nug. This is from one of the smaller tops on my critical Kash.

I uploaded from my phone I hope that 420 wipes Metadata because normally I'm clearing Metadata and uploading using a VPN.

 

[nugwrasslin]

Anyone who is following along, I want some input on my Original Amnesia strain. It is flowering slower than the critical Kush, which I was already aware of, longer flowering time (60 days according to DinaFem) but I'm also worrying I may be inducing slower growth somehow.

The critical Kush seems very happy with 2 ml base nutes and 1ml/L supplements at every single watering.

But on the other hand the OA which is mainly sativa, I have regularly fed less nutrient through the whole grow between the two plants. At one point a week or so ago I decided the OA was looking a bit luminescent, a bit too light green on the new growth for my liking.

So I upped her food to the same strength as my critical Kush plant, and while she has darkened up, I feel like some of her leaves are generally curling downward and not looking as happy.

If I am not getting tip burn, is she really still okay?

I want to get strong yields off of both plants, not just the critical kush which is already looking super fatty at only day 31 of flower.

 

[nugwrasslin]

I need everybody riding along to help me pull through for a strong finish!

I love the team spirit here and I feel so close to finishing my first round with the help of everyone posting here and the enormous amount of energy I have soaked up over the last year or more.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

I'm still on the pony here Nugwrasslin. That flower photo is great! She's getting lots of frost on the leaves already, that's a very good thing.



Also, yes the site does wipe photo embedded info during the uploads.