Day 36 & Day 7 in the flower room. All are good other than 1x Blue Ripper 1 3gal that has something going on with the root system, hasn't looked good ever since it flipped. It's sitting middle-right in the second pic. Tried flushing it to see if it comes back, otherwise I may pull it early and hash it.
The others are doing well but not seeing any real difference with this negative DIF I'm trying, other than more watering and the plants aren't praying like they normally do. The Blue Ripper 2 pheno normally has the leaves almost straight up. instead they're all laying out almost straight out at 90 degrees or so. Did some more reading on negative DIF and found a reference to this which seems to point to the fact they're almost constantly transpiring. Doesn't seem like a negative issue but not seeing much so far in benefits either. I also read that it could extend the flowering times which makes a bit of sense based on the last round which had some phenos taking as long as 10 weeks to finish (I had started running negative DIF about 2 weeks into that round). Will be interesting to see how these finish and if they hold their normal ~8 week cycle time.
One difference under the COBs has been the stretch but it could be a combination of the COBs and negative dif. Typically when I put the plants into 12/12 under CMH they'll start stretching within 2-3 days and explode around day 5-7. Under the COBs they didn't do much until they hit 4-5 days, then started to stretch but no explosion like they normally do. The 5gal's are at 7 days so I should see significant stretch this week. Another factor affecting stretch is negative DIF so I'll have to run them under normal lights-off temps to determine whether it's the COBs or negative DIF reducing the stretch. Another article I read pointed to less stretch with even or negative DIF so it could be a combo of both factors affecting it. Too many variables to tell until I run them under normal lights-off temps.
Regardless, the plants under the COBs are looking good and just starting to throw out hairs, should see some bud action by next weekend. Coverage is good and no issues, losing some lower/center leaves that aren't getting much light but that's normal and I wait to clean them up under the canopy until around week 2.
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JTR at Day 36, 2+ years I've been running this one and it's still one of my favourites strains/phenos, smelling like fresh squeezed lemons right now
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Cheers
What size room/tent do you have again? How many do you run at once comfortably?
