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UPDATE - FLOWERING - DAY 22 :blackeye:
Well...A spot of bad news, I'm afraid. When I was watering last night, I spotted balls on one of my "gals"! Not only that, but he had already busted a nut at least twice. I found two open (and empty) male pods! :facepalm: The SHOCKING thing to me was that it was one of the Speedberry's that hermied! I NEVER expected that! I was watching the Animal Cookies like a hawk, fully expecting them to herm out before the end, and I guess I had been a bit slack on really checking out the other strains as well! (Won't make THAT mistake again)! My other Speedberry's are doing fine though, with no signs of herming. I don't think it's any knock on the strain. I also am pretty confident it was nothing stress-related either. Hell...it happens! I just hope it didn't knock up the whole crop!
I told MGG about it and he said this was the only reported hermie out of all the folks who have grown it out. I really don't think it's a big deal, and I would happily run the strain again. I will be keeping a CLOSE eye :cyclops: on everything from now on though! Here's a few pics of the herm...
I noticed the pistils of one bud (only) on one plant turning brown, which is what got me looking closer to begin with! This can happen when the pistils get hit with pollen. Hopefully nothing much got pollinated, but only time will tell!
I had another Animal cookies plant that I had culled out earlier, but hadn't destroyed that I was able to slide into the open spot in the tent. (Yeah...the hermie is long gone)! It's a bit behind because it's only gotten ambient room light for the last week or two, but hopefully it will catch up soon. Here's a shot of Max's little Cookie patch...
And the remaining Speedberry's and the Blueberry Gum are still looking good!
I'd really appreciate some opinions here...I'm at day 25 in the above pics and flower production seems a bit slower to me than I would like to see. :meh: Keep in mind, my experience has always been running HPS for flower. (Last set-up was 2 1000 watters). Now, I'm just flowering with the single VHO T-5 (4-bulb) so it makes sense that it would take longer. Looking at the pics, do you feel it's a bit slow, or does this look about right for day 25?
Also...I got my 2'x2' tent set-up. I have a larger tent that is not set-up yet, which will become the bloom tent. The tent above will become the veg tent, and the 2'x2' will be a drying-only tent. (I don't have a closet or anywhere else to dry. :( It's going to have to be done in my little grow room, so I thought the tent was a good solution to control temps, ventillation, RH and light levels). My plan is to hang the plants, but I've also got a 2' diameter dry net I can hang in there. In the meantime...I'm using it as a veg tent with the 2'x8 bulb T-5!
Don Peppy was kind enough to gift me some wonderful gear! He sent me a fem Blueberry (Dutch Passion Original BB), a fem Grape God (Next Generation) and a Red Dragon (unsure of breeder). THANKS SO MUCH for your kindness, bro! When I was dreaming of getting set back up, BB and a purple strain were what I was imagining! I couldn't be more excited! THANKS BRO!!! I put the BB and Grape God in
Happy Frog last night! I also have my Blueberry Gum cuts that are rooting. I started to plant the Fruitylicious DP also gifted me earlier along with a Dina-Fem White Widow gifted by MGG (Yes folks...I DO buy my own beans every now and then...lol. I just have some VERY generous, wonderful friends) but I think I'll wait a week or two and stagger them going in. That was always my original plan, but I just couldn't bring myself to thinning out those beautiful plants any further!
That's about it for now...except that I'm getting pretty close to just pulling the trigger on the Inda-grow induction light! I'm hoping to get more (and more detailed) info on the various manufacturers so I can choose which light...but I'm definitely sold on the technology! I hope ya'll have a great day!
Best,
Max :wacky:
