Plants looking good growmie 
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Thanks!
Yesterday’s watering amounts to just two gallons, one with Jack’s and one with ReCharge; I meant to do a third but it was a busy day and time didn’t allow for it. It’s now official- we’re in flower!
I’m happy to have stunted lil’ Fujitsubo next to the big girls for comparison- look at how light and bright they are against her darkness! A sure sign of their explosive growth.
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The two big girls are similar, but as always with these beautiful plants there are clear differences. Ukifune is stiff, straight and dense- this morning she looked like this:
I’ve had to trim her every few days, and again today, to tame that thick canopy for light and airflow optimization. Meanwhile slender, spidery Murasaki calls for much less attention:
And finally there’s Fujitsubo, who’s taken on a most curious profile:
Here’s another loupe shot of her wondrous crystals:
I’m not sure what if anything I’ll change now that we’re entering the back end of the grow. I’m fond of scrogging but for this setup I think it would be awkward. Lighting? So far I’ve kept the Diablo running 18 hours a day and the UV bar 12; reducing the light window obviously isn’t essential for autoflowers, but would it be wise to do so anyway? I’m also considering underlighting with a smaller LED board, which might be overkill or might just kick things up yet another notch.
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Yesterday I fed them about 2.5 gallons (Jacks and fish stuff) before getting some runoff. Tbh I’m a bit surprised they can’t handle more than that; I hope the roots are properly robust to support what’s visible above-ground.
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I rearranged the tent a bit just to keep things even:
Also reduced the lighting from 18 to 16 hours a day (for the LED component, the Diablo; the UV bar remains at 12h/day).
Check out the gams on Murasaki!
This is shaping up to be my finest grow; some of this I can attribute to more care and skill on my part, but let’s be real, the Diablo deserves the bulk of the credit. It’s an expensive machine so I’m pleased to see it will in fact pay for itself in the long run.
Things are starting to get pretty cold around here! It doesn’t seem to have upset the plants yet (the lowest temp I’ve seen in the tent is around 50F), but it’s another thing to look out for.
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Exciting news- I’ve set up a 2’x2’ tent and started germinating another seed to be housed there. I ordered from North Atlantic Seed Co. and the package came in yesterday- first impressions of the company are positive, as shipping was quick and competent and they gave me more freebies than I know what to do with.
Her cultivar: “Purple Lemonade Auto.”
Her present: afloat in H20 and H202.
Her future: a nice damp paper towel, then a plastic cup with coco, and finally a grow bag with coco and perlite like her big aunts.
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Plopped little Yugao the Purple Lemonade in a plastic coco cup. For now that cup is in the big tent; she’ll be moved after she sprouts.
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