Everyone loves this stage of flower right?
So much excitement and potential on every branch,
I see pounds of possiblity here, coming along very nicely
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The thought of all that rock dust & clay mixing in the bellies of my worms excites me 
They should make their way up soon enough. Iād imagine theyāre already chewing on the bottom layer of this mulch. Meanwhile Iāll keep on inoculating with the extracts trying to build those populations. The Carbon battery is online 
Added a second bucket/res for the holidaysā¦ never know how long youāre gonna be away from the ladies and Iām taking no chances lol
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Just got back after about 8-9 full days awayā¦ glad I added the second reservoir, both are nearly empty. Most alarming though is how poorly my carbon filter is working. I could smell the girls outside, about 15 feet from the front door. Opening the tent, huge smack to the face with a sour sort of funkiness. It was right before lights out so I just snagged a few pics and peeked at the soil to see how the mulch layer was doing. Drippers were all going and there are big pools of castings forming around the surface. Thereās also some seedlings of some sort that like the new conditions and have been waiting. I havenāt thrown a seed in here for quite a while. The plant on the left is definitely ahead of the other as itās put on a little more bulk in the flowers. Hopefully the other one catches up. Either way, the frost is real and the aromas are getting loud. Iām hunting for cyber Monday deals for a filter/fan combo I can set up in the apartment so I donāt piss off my partner to the point of even suggesting this hobby is a problem 
So far the deal has been pretty obvious but if I start stinking up the place this bad, thereās gonna be a problem.
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Well the woes continue. Reading the news, looks like there was a power outage in the city while we were away. Among other things, my setup doesnāt work well with power outages as it fucks with the timers. Lights were still on 3 hours after lights out. Luckily I noticed a faint leak under the closet door. Hoping that it was today or yesterday that happened. Pushing the lights on back so they get 12 hour dark period and fingers crossed these things donāt throw a zillion seeds at me but I wouldnāt be surprised at this point. Time to go back to a more reliable timer for the lights I thinkā¦
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Fuckin frosty bro
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Just found out about this and still reading through, but very interesting, especially with such a small tent. Watching this for sure.
the amount of frost is insaneā¦!
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Some serious sugar leaves goin on in there!
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Hoping for some insight on this:
Versus
Theyāre in the same pot of soil but the one in the back right is in the same spot that I grew last round and had the gypsum debacle. Thereās a decent chance that if thereās lockout occurring, itās related to calcium. This plant has been generally lagging behind the other so Iām not opposed to the idea that itās just on a longer flowering timeline but the buds donāt seem to be developing properly. Theyāre quite airy especially compared to the other plant that has been in the same conditions. Iām tempted to give it some dilute Epsom salt to see if that helps her out some but I wanted to ask for some input before making a move. Itās around day 40 or so of flower so thereās not much time to salvage the bulking.
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Just a weird pheno IMO, Iād leave it alone. Nice and frosty though.
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So whatās above the soil?
Is your lighting more or less intense anywhere or completely even from all sides on both plants?
Any fans pointing at either plant we should know about?
The last picture you posted has a similar, not as expressed elongation as the first photo.
Could definitely be a phenotype as @smokenhike said
I wouldnāt be surprised if it were a combination of overly intense light and fan. The oscillating fan is as high as I can make it, but after stretch it aims at the tops more so than the other plant gets. Iāve also noticed that one side of the QB is slightly more intense than the other (thought I mounted the board crooked when I first noticed this with the Photone app but I triple checked the height and level of the light and itās mounted properly, just uneven intensity. Could also be the result of that back corner having reflection whereas the near corner has the tent door open when I measure, if that makes sense). When I got back from thanksgiving stuff it was fairly obvious they had stretched even more while away so I dropped the light intensity some more, but the fan could still be causing issues. Thanks for reminding me about environment!
Edit: after lights on I looked at the two plants again and the airy one is airy all over. Uppers, lowers, stuff in the fan and out of the fan path. Either thereās a real localized issue in the soil or itās just a different pheno.
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Classic dog hair in my buds 
Can really see the airy structure compared to the other. Crossing fingers for some fattening up!
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Welp, Iām a noob and donāt know how to meme. Biology is the theme of this grow, and everything I do in here lol. Today I watered in a gallon with some of my good compost plus some bugs in a jug I have (highest diversity mix Iāve been able to findā¦ 76 total species I think?).
I think the plant on the right just has a much different bud structure. It just seems more sativa leaning, despite the relatively chunky leaves. Being away during Thanksgiving didnāt help as it stretched into the lights which were already pumped up pretty strong. I think it started having trouble moving nutrients at the point. The good news is that after dialing back the lights she seems to be doing a little better and trying to fill out, but Iām expecting her to go a bit longer than the other girl which is already showing all cloudy trichs. She is probably coming down in two weeks or so.
Aroma is thick right now. After trying a few configurations with the extra fan and carbon filter, I finally just ducted the exhaust from the tent into the intake of the new fan and exhausted that direct through the carbon filter. The new fan is always on so itās generating negative pressure in the tent at all times which Iām fine with for FAE & humidity & aroma control. Tent is riding at around 55%.
Iām really digging the sour smell coming out of the tent though. When you get up on the buds itās more fruity, or like rotten fruit, with a solvent-like astringency. Iāve been sick all week and not smelling very well so when Iām fully healed up I expect to really get a nose full.
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Airy girl first. This one has a ton of stretch/stem in the buds, but the bracts are enormous. It still seems to be trying to fill the gaps but I didnāt do my part getting this one to its potential. The aroma is a mix of rotting fruit, astringent citrus peel, and what I only know to describe as āleatherā or āinstrument caseā smell. That last part Iām still trying to accurately place the smell but itās the best Iāve got so far. Memories of that aroma that wafts out of a guitar case thatās been closed for a while.
Early girl second. Buds are rock hard dense. Structure is more compact, less overall stretch, smaller bracts, and quicker to mature. Aroma is much sweeter. I canāt tell who the general sour aroma in the tent is coming from as I donāt get it from rubbing the leaves on either one, itās just the ambient smell in the tent. The early girl puts off a very sweet smell though. Hoping to get a bit more specific when I have some time to sniff around more in the tent 
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I wonder if the people in your life growing up werenāt really musiciansā¦
Reminds you of memories of guitar cases opening you sayā¦
Hmmm 
Haha touchĆ©. But seriously, Iāve smelled it since then- maybe itās an adhesive used for the liner or something? Iāve smelled that same smell in a lot of different instrument cases, but then again, Iām sure a lot of weed has been stored in instrument cases
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Iām tempted to just let the more mature plant ride two more weeks and deal with her then but Iām leery of letting her go too long and ending up with a bush of sleeping pills. Worse would be pollinating the slower girl. Seeing amber trichomes, maybe 5% or so, on the flowers.
I need to work on my timing. Could have just delayed planting a week and this wouldnāt be such a shit decision to make. Cāest la vie, eh?
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Welp. I tried to find the timer that doesnāt break when the power goes out. Couldnāt find it before we had to jet for the holidays. Iām confident the power has gone out since we left which means: the dehumidifier is off in the drying room, and the lights in the grow tent are no longer following a schedule. Theyāre either off or on 24/7. Feels a bit like torture having months of effort pissed away while you know whatās happening and canāt do anything to fix it. Short of an actual Christmas miracle, thereās a pretty good chance the entire grow is fucked. Trying not to worry about it since thereās nothing I can do, but it still sucks.
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Strange happenings over the holidays. Two people in the house we were staying tested positive for covidā¦ we tested negative but played it safe and left a few days early. Could already be sick but w/e. Made the drive back, and despite the power company having hundreds of reports in our neighborhood of outages during the super cold weather, ours stayed on the entire time we were away. Dehumidifier was running, plants were drying, no pipes frozeā¦ so I gave all the plants a very rough trim and jarred them. Was getting nice stem snaps on the big thick stalks so they might be a touch over dried but weāll find out during cure I guess. Very sticky plants either way and Iām very thankful for this bizarre turn.
As far as the tent goes, the top few inches of soil seems really dry so I may slowly increase the blumats until they maintain a little wetter environment. Lots of white pistils on the plants surprisingly so I guess these are just taking their time. It seems like theyāve been in 12/12 for an eternity but Iāve also put them through some shit 
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