Papaya back-left (day 40), Wreckage front-left (day 30), Tangilope on the right:
Tangilope, day 40:
This has been interesting. She’s been losing inner leaves for a while, but as described in this thread, larger and outer fan leaves have started to yellow. Gave her a boost of vegging nutrients and topdressing of EWC, but haven’t noticed much of a difference. Gave her a solid flush and a strong dose of nutrients next watering, which hasn’t helped with the leaf yellowing but it did seem to plump up the buds quite a bit. The bad news is that this resulted in some bud floppage, but the good news is that I had wire and stakes prepared for such an occasion.
Additionally, she seems to be ripening a bit: hairs are turning brown, and I’ve spotted a few cloudy trichomes. I’m pretty sure she’d be bald by 9 weeks, so I’m glad she seems to be finishing up earlier than anticipated.
Papaya, day 40:
Seems to actually be behind Tangilope in terms of plumping up and ripening. She should have a little more than 2 weeks left, but I don’t see any brown hairs and trichomes are still clear. That said, there are some delightful pinks in some of the upper leaves – hopefully she starts to ripen soon and I don’t have to worry about whatever terrible deficiency this represents
Wreckage, day 30:
Coming along quite nicely, started frosting up a lot in the past few days. Seems healthy and vigorous overall, has been a dream to grow. Hope she continues to thrive through the end. She’s petite compared to the other two (3.5 gal bucket, others are in 8 gallon pots), but looks like she could be a heavy yielder in the end. I’ll cross my fingers.