Yes, always an exciting time for sure. I know my better half can't wait, the smell is strong. Overpowering my four inch exhaust. Looks like an up grade before the fall growing season.ha haLooking beautiful Joe! Congrats mate, I’m excited for you haha
Stickies all right, can't touch them without it all over you. Swear it is dripping off in places. Oh but the smell when you do touch them, wish I could name it but not so good at that except it smells like really dank weed, just the way it's supposed to.Crazy looking stickies mmm
Well the dirty deed is done. After one hundred and eighteen days, and 120 hours of darkness, four Northern Lights are hanging out for the last time. Maybe a little excessive on the dark period but a little extra long weekend to the beaches was in order. Humidity has been high lately around here so have to be a little extra careful during the next week. Last grow was WW and the largest cola weighed in at 58 grams wet and 16 grams dried. This round the largest cola came in at 77 grams, we shall see as it dries, should be over 20 I would think. Buds this round seem so much more dense then last, another reason to watch the humidity. Even low down buds were falling over under their own weight. Should be some fair weight with the lower buds and the popcorn, no idea as to the top colas, could be a real surprise. Patience will pay off in the Zen garden.
Thanks, it seemed like such a long haul but I think it was just worrying about heat and humidity. Loving this smoke in the evenings, killing almost all pains and some of the best sleeps I've had in quite some time. Waiting a few more weeks to try out some of the cola tops, real excited to see how they will smoke. Can't enter photo of the month until sept, I have a few pics. set aside for that. As for the plant of the month, only if its for the ugliest. By the time I have twisted and bent my plants to where I want them they are so out of shape, not worth the time to take the pic. My system inter twins four plants that look like one big one so really not fair for the contest.
Running a fan across the surface of the water is the next improvement to my system. Way cheaper then a chiller. Really only have water temp problems at the start and end months of a winter grow season. Will keep the ice chiller hooked up for any extreme temp changes, only need to charge it when needed. Way too much hassle to try growing inside during the hot and muggy summers around here. I wasn't very successful at my first attempt at a scrog but that is part of the learning curve. I will be trying a double net this year. the top one to hold up overweight colas. Had strings a wires going all directions last spring. Will pop seeds in a couple of weeks so am getting excited.
The scrog net defeated me last grow but a little (lot) more reading over the summer gives me more confidence. The scrog on my system is on legs as it is part of a revolving table that gives me access to the back two plants. Gonna add the second net higher to support the colas. The home made carbon filter, well it sucked. Gonna us the fan to cool the res, at .4 amps not too much of a draw but should give good air flow over the surface of the water. The miss's says the garden smells so a more powerful extraction fan is a must. No need for a carbon filter as it exhausts up the flue. A second light is in order this year. The one I have now is a full spectrum and is easy to daisy chain. It gave me good results so far so will stick with it and fine turn the rest of the system this year.Will use the one for veg and add the second when I flip the lights. I will need auxiliary heat when the cold comes on so the drivers won't be a big problem. Not seeing the air pumps adding much heat, at least to the res., but an inline pump would help alleviate some heat there.
