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These guys snuck in on my last grow, from some seed I found… Devil’s Claw chilli

And they popped flowers pretty quickly, so leaving them in with the girl for a run and to see what happens. Day 20 of 12/12

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Main tent 4×4, in coco, ACI Evo6 light with the S16 supplemental. About a week from chop (week 10 currently) and smelling so crisp and clean. Second flower tent, day 21 and preparing for her haircut. Running a coco/ organic soil blend. Unknown strain I got a clone from a mate, so we can call it Jane Do #9 until seeds arrive for next run. In perpetual harvest, except I have a few chilli plants in my veg tent cluttering space, hopefully new seeds arrive this week and then next week chip and move the virus around. Some new techniques this grow, with covered medium and cooler temperatures seem to be doing well by these girls

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Yeah, I’m still the novice here, have only really grown this one strain a few times over (joys of prohibition-land)

I would agree with 4 weeks left by eyeball measure, I’ll keep checking on them daily and take a closer look at trichomes.

I’ve learned from experience that it’s good to let them mature fully and not rush to chop

I’ve still got a few O left from last harvest, so I’m going to make sure these girls are well mature, just never came across the yellowing before and was panicking that I’d messed this grow up, almost as bad as my RDWC grow which has died after a power cut/surge which killed my air pumps doing the circulation and I didn’t notice till crispy leaves time…

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And as for time left, I harvest based on trichomes and world expect 2-3 weeks more, but there are not many visible trichomes comparatively… last grows I had beautiful trikes by now

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I haven’t bumped them in previous grows, but I’ve also added supplemental lights this and running the main light a bit higher to keep temps down – below 80f. – last grow in summer it was pretty hot in the there and my lung room is the garage & mostly uninsulated.

It’s coming into winter here in New Zealand so tempos much more stable and lower.

Also been supplementing and experimenting with work castings and raw molasses every other feed, which has resulted in much more pronounced and very clean terps smell. This is my 7th or 8th grow with this strain, I got a clone from a mate & we both grow the same strain and compare results, he’s now changed to Coco but he grows more plants a lot smaller and doesn’t train/scrog like I do. I pulled a little over 500g (1,2lb) from 2 plants last grow, he got 9Oz from 6. I flipped these three earlier cycle, due to change in season/ external temps.

I’ve decreased lights by 10 min a week since week 6 (still good ppfd/DLI with supplemental lighting and a couple of CO2 pads – for whatever they’re worth)

Lights: ACI EVO6 / Ionbeam S16

Temp/humidity:

Stable at 80f/60% day and 60f/ 60% night

My concern comes as far seems really early compared to the bud development, last grows the kolas were way bigger with still beautiful lush green leaves.

Pic is of previous grow at same stage fit comparison – plant on right is Coco, left is RDWC.

Hence my concern

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As a comparison, one of my autopots in the other tent, same environment and feed just started with green algae on the medium surface. It’s been raining heavy for a few days and I’m struggling to keep lung room humidity down below 70% – hence the dehumidifier inside the tents now (1 in each and the ac in the lung room to keep temps stable)

Trimmed them today, a few yellowing and dying fan leaves fed the worms, and some lower larfy buds that aren’t getting light under this nice canopy. Some good vertical bud development in the covers coco as well.

Struggling keeping environment stable, as the old dehumidifier is pumping out heat, so lights on temp sitting at 80f (26c) with 65%-70% humidity. It’s higher than I’ve previously run, I was surprised as I thought with the medium covered humidity would be lower, but can’t account for it leaking from the sky outside! At what point do I need to concern myself with mould/rot?

Dehumidifier set to 65% using the inkbird 301 and temps are 68-70f lights off and stable 80-82 lights on.

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Well 6 weeks into flower today and I’ve had zero issues with the covered coco, in fact compared to last grow without a cover they’re healthier and I’m going through in the vicinity of 50%-60% of the *usual* feed/ water by volume. I am keeping to my feed recipe, but noticing the plants aren’t drying anywhere near as quick, so instead of a 5 day watering cycle at week 6, I’m still on 7 days per water/feed now – just down from 8. Plenty of nice bud development happening, they’re starting to thicken nicely and beautiful smells – best nose I’ve had from this strain in all my grows with it.