Thanks so much, ya'll! I truly appreciate your support and well-wishes!
Today is DAY 11 of flowering, and I'm seeing some nice pistil development. Nothing pic-worthy yet, but I'll be sure to post up some shots as soon as we have the first official "bud". :cyclops: You can bet I'm watching! The stretch is on full-force now...which is good! The Bad Boy T-5 stacked the nodes so tight during veg that I was truly concerned with the buds not having enough stem area to develop fully. I've literally got 1/4" nodes on a couple of the plants! Anyway...they're spreading out some now at last. Here's a few pics of what's happenin' in The Pad...
Here's a couple of shots of the Animal Cookies...
(The plant in the immediate foreground is a Speedberry. The rest are Animal Cookies).
Here's a shot of the Speedberry. Killer structure! MGG said he felt that Mandala genetics were some of the best available for the price...and I have to agree! I spent some time on the Mandala website. It's AMAZING the amount of grow info they have on their site. I think it's nice that a breeder gives you detailed instructions on how to max out their strains! Kudos to ya, Mandala!!!
And last, but not least is the G-13 Labs Blueberry Gum. The smell is all bubblegum so far. Or rather kind of like a skunk chewing bubblegum, I should say! Nice structure and genetics on this plant too. The four cuts in the Solo cups in the first pic above are BBG's. I took the cuts as an afterthought while trimming. I didn't have any rooting hormone or anything, so I just scraped the stem, and planted it directly in
Happy Frog soil and watered them in with some
Liquid Karma. I placed them in the humidity dome for 10 days, and they're starting to "green up"! I can't believe it, but I think all 4 are going to root and make it!:playful: The breeder's description of the strain says it clones easy...I guess so!
I was noticing the beginning of some deficiencies. Primarily N and P. I was getting some yellowing on the bottom fans, and some purpling of the petioles (which is visible in the pics above). I gave them a good feed of:
2-1/2 tsp Grow Big
1 tsp Tiger Bloom
1 TBSP Big Bloom
1/4 tsp Open Sesame
30 drops Cal/Mag
1 TBSP Blackstrap Molasses
They have all responded really well to the feed and have greened back up about 80-90% already.
Well...that's about it for now! Stay tuned...I think we're about to get busy around here!
Best,
Max :wacky: