Bloom Day 32... Another mixture of Buffalo Loam Compost Tea and Molasses with a dose of BB View attachment 149134 View attachment 149135 View attachment 149136 View attachment 149137 View attachment 149138
Bloom Day 35... Looking good, though buds could be a bit bigger. I was running my lights at 12.5 on/11.5 off, reduced by 30 minutes this week so 12/12 now. Plan on subtracting 15 minutes in a week and the week thereafter to encourage ripening. Feeding today, 2.5 tsp/Gal Tiger Bloom, 1/4 tsp/gal Cha-Ching, out of Big Bloom so subbed with a few Tbsp of Buffalo Loam compost tea. Been doing a bit of defoliating and removing suckers from the bottom part, not perfectly clean as you can see in the picture but as good as my knees could bear. Both Strains have a finishing time of 7-9 weeks, AK 48 seems to be slightly faster finishing the last run I ran them both about 53-56 days. We'll see this go round how it goes, I'll start posting some Trich shots through my USB scope in a week or so. View attachment 149252 View attachment 149253 View attachment 149254 View attachment 149255 View attachment 149256
Bloom Day 38.... Flush Day, 2 tsp/gal sledgehammer flush-remembered to ph it this time I'll flush again with plain water again tomorrow. Here's some pics.... View attachment 149453 View attachment 149454 View attachment 149455 View attachment 149456 View attachment 149457 View attachment 149458
Bloom Day 41.... Looking good I think, colas have gotten a little bigger. I ran clear ph'd 6.5 ro water through them yesterday, rather than the day before like I said earlier. We've had a lot of rain in the area lately making the humidity levels too high to be ideal, so I'm running a dehumidifier 24/7 now in the grow room. 85F with RH 48%~52% at canopy level is the usual reading. Bringing the daily average temp down starting tomorrow along with taking away another 15 minutes of light-one click on the timer. Oh, and Happy Holidays to all View attachment 149554 View attachment 149555 View attachment 149556 View attachment 149557 View attachment 149558 View attachment 149559
Bloom Day 44.... I'll get some trich shots up soon (...soon as I bother to get off my butt to take the portable into the grow room with the usb scope attached) They were watered yesterday with Molasses (1 Tbsp/Gal) water was 70 degrees, right about where soil temps are right now. We've gotten a break from the high humidity, yesterday it actually dropped below 30% outside, but it's only a temporary reprieve, rain is on the way. Being that I watered them though humidity hovered around 50%-56% at canopy level most yesterday with temps around 77-79F. Just checked, currently running 78F @ 47% RH late next week is shaping up to be Chop Day, I'm guessing Christmas Eve. View attachment 149703 View attachment 149704 View attachment 149705 View attachment 149706 View attachment 149707 View attachment 149708
Bloom Day 47.... Late on the update here. Flushed with clear water yesterday, one of the AK's isn't looking so hot, leaf yellowing and this seems to be beyond normal ripening. I think it's possible I may have gotten some bad water. Anyway, looking on track for chop day to be the 24th. View attachment 149811 View attachment 149812 View attachment 149813 View attachment 149814 View attachment 149815
Bloom Day 51....FINAL They received a final clear water flush on Saturday morning, almost completely dry, I'm running the lights for a few hours today then darkness until chop tomorrow afternoon. Plan to hang the whole branches up (after I've trimmed them) in the grow tent for the first week or so, first couple of days I'll run temps of 70 degrees RH 50% then 65 degrees RH 60% there after. The exhaust fan running continuously the first day and in 15 minutes intervals there after. I'm satisfied with the results from the Mars II and will be buying 2 more full spectrums to run 4 of them next grow which will be 2X2 Northern Lights and AK-48 - my two favorite strains obviously, I always grow AK48 because of it's strong sativa quality buzz, that and a few cups of coffee is a good way to have a productive day I like to change out the NL for Master Kush or Bubblicious from time to time. I'm also planning a Nirvana Freebie seed grow after that-no idea what they are, so that will be an interesting surprise. View attachment 149936 View attachment 149937 View attachment 149938 View attachment 149939 View attachment 149940 View attachment 149941 View attachment 149942
Harvest & Trim... Well, I'm very pleased indeed with the results. I didn't include anything in the photos for sense of scale but all the hanging branches are the size of the average adult's forearm or larger. I've hung as many as I had clips for, the smaller buds are on the top of a mesh hamper with the other sundry clippings etc down below I'll have to turn those like a compost pile as it's a pretty thick layer. I've got three lines hung and kept the 3 plants separated by line, the front line is the Northernlights, the back two the two AK 48's under the Mars II's. The very back line was the AK 48 that was in the upper left quadrant -so hit by both sides by the other lights, this plant was the most productive of the 3. Now time to settle back for a buzz and night Christmas eve rest. Merry Christmas All!!! View attachment 149982 View attachment 149983 View attachment 149984 View attachment 149985
AK 48 in the hand Smartphone pic of one of the larger AK 48 branches from under the Mars 2 before trimming the other day. View attachment 150048
3 Days into Dry... I'd say they've lost 60% of their moisture at this point, still a ways to go. As you can see on the thermometer (lower number) running 68F in the tent w/Humidity at 54%. View attachment 150081 View attachment 150082
Final Tally & Thoughts... The buds are 90% dry and my final tally on the weights of prime bud for each are as follows: Northern Lights (Under the 1 1/2 2011 3 watt led but with it's largest branch leaning under the Mars 2): 52.6 Grams AK-48 1 48 Grams AK-48 2 59.9 Grams So my final tally was about 2 oz per plant, about what I expected, but even accounting for the fact the Northern lights piggy backed off the Mars 2 per se, I was expecting a bit more out of the Mars 2, albeit, this is a very unscientific test and considering the price paid for the Mars vs the 150 3 watt lamp from 2011 - $500 I'm happy.
How's this grow going? http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-grow-journals/1353063-mars-1200w-auto-grow-silver-haze-white-lsd.html