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Flittermouse
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Hi,
Firstly, let me clear up my comments about mold and mildew that I made in Post #16. I have not positively identified 'mildew', nor 'mold', but, as I have come to understand, both mildew and mold are fungi, that is, non-green (lacking chlorophyll) plants that disintegrate organic material.
These fungi can appear given some combination of low temperatures (below 70 Deg F) and high levels of water in the environment.
I wanted to be clear about this - as clear as I am able to be - because I lost electric power for three days. I began to dread the onset of fungi in the flowering Main Grow.
Here is how things went down:
The plants missed no dark periods.
The plants missed three light periods.
The low temperature reached 51 Deg F.
The only time I watered was about one hour before the lights went out. I gave them a good drink of water - enough so that the top soil became re-hydrated but not so much that water drained from the drain holes.
During what should have been the 'light period' I used an LED flashlight to stimulate the plants (about 5-10 Min.) at intervals of about two or three Hours - sometimes longer.
I braced myself every time I opened the tent for fear of finding a web of fungus draped over the plants. But, as it happened, things worked out well.
Here are the 6 plants in the Main Grow at 28 Days into the 12/12 flowering cycle:
Compare these plants to the plants in Post #1. The plants in Post #1 had been flowering for 37 Days at that point. In my Grow #7 (Post #1) I had pruned the plants to maximize the branching. My thinking was that I would produce one big, fat bud at the terminal end of each branch. Now I have come to understand that this plant will produce a 'run' of buds along a stem, and the more robust the stem, the more capacity it has to feed these buds.
Here are three details the the flowers:
I try to 'listen' to what the plant is 'saying' ; the plant tells me what it likes, what it dislikes, and how it wants to grow - and I try to do the best I can to help it along.
In the present grow I counted 13 stalks within 1'-2.5' of the light. Of those, 8 are within 1' of the light. That means the plants average 2.16 stalks per plant and 1.3 stalks per plant within 1' of the light. The optimal distance to the light is 20"-24". I am content with my situation.
As for the clones, they have not changed much since Post #20. I am trying to 'force' shoots to grow lower on the stem by cutting the top growth off, thus diverting growth hormones to the lower shoots. As these lower shoots develop I may take another cut from the top. I might repeat this a number of times until there are no more shoots left to 'force'. My aim is to have branching as low as possible on the stem.
Here are the results of my efforts:
They are still on an 8/16 (LED/CFL) cycle. I think this works well for them ; too much LED might be taxing.
Flittermouse
Firstly, let me clear up my comments about mold and mildew that I made in Post #16. I have not positively identified 'mildew', nor 'mold', but, as I have come to understand, both mildew and mold are fungi, that is, non-green (lacking chlorophyll) plants that disintegrate organic material.
These fungi can appear given some combination of low temperatures (below 70 Deg F) and high levels of water in the environment.
I wanted to be clear about this - as clear as I am able to be - because I lost electric power for three days. I began to dread the onset of fungi in the flowering Main Grow.
Here is how things went down:
The plants missed no dark periods.
The plants missed three light periods.
The low temperature reached 51 Deg F.
The only time I watered was about one hour before the lights went out. I gave them a good drink of water - enough so that the top soil became re-hydrated but not so much that water drained from the drain holes.
During what should have been the 'light period' I used an LED flashlight to stimulate the plants (about 5-10 Min.) at intervals of about two or three Hours - sometimes longer.
I braced myself every time I opened the tent for fear of finding a web of fungus draped over the plants. But, as it happened, things worked out well.
Here are the 6 plants in the Main Grow at 28 Days into the 12/12 flowering cycle:
Compare these plants to the plants in Post #1. The plants in Post #1 had been flowering for 37 Days at that point. In my Grow #7 (Post #1) I had pruned the plants to maximize the branching. My thinking was that I would produce one big, fat bud at the terminal end of each branch. Now I have come to understand that this plant will produce a 'run' of buds along a stem, and the more robust the stem, the more capacity it has to feed these buds.
Here are three details the the flowers:
I try to 'listen' to what the plant is 'saying' ; the plant tells me what it likes, what it dislikes, and how it wants to grow - and I try to do the best I can to help it along.
In the present grow I counted 13 stalks within 1'-2.5' of the light. Of those, 8 are within 1' of the light. That means the plants average 2.16 stalks per plant and 1.3 stalks per plant within 1' of the light. The optimal distance to the light is 20"-24". I am content with my situation.
As for the clones, they have not changed much since Post #20. I am trying to 'force' shoots to grow lower on the stem by cutting the top growth off, thus diverting growth hormones to the lower shoots. As these lower shoots develop I may take another cut from the top. I might repeat this a number of times until there are no more shoots left to 'force'. My aim is to have branching as low as possible on the stem.
Here are the results of my efforts:
They are still on an 8/16 (LED/CFL) cycle. I think this works well for them ; too much LED might be taxing.
Flittermouse