Grump's Cherry Pie Grow 🌱

[GrumpAzz]

Hey buds.
I'm back with another episode of Grump's Grows. Fresh off a moldy rotten defeat, we've returned to the ring with a new contender. Cherry Pie. One that snagged a spot on my favorites list many years ago. Good funk.

I threw 4 of these dudes in the system on September 26th. They were all topped and their roots all trimmed.

...and here they are today, looking fine as pie.

The little runt you see is a week behind the rest. I had one fail because my bubblers weren't working with a damn and it didn't receive enough spray from the waterflow. They worked fine up until I shut them off and did a full res change... must've clogged in the process.

I've added some airflow and once again customized my tent.

The two fans are angled away from each other and, as shown below, I was able to save all my headroom by zipping the top of the tent up to my floor joists. Bing bang boom.


They've been getting next to nothing for light until today. I'm blasting them now with nearly 20 DLI @ ~450ppfd.
They're getting Athena's Blended mix, sitting around 6.0pH @ 1.28EC.
The tent fluctuates between 78-82 degrees @ 60% RH with the lights on. Lights off sees lower temps around 72.

I've got a few trellis nets that will be implemented this round. They will absolutely solve my droopy cola condition, and I'm hoping to train them a little better to avoid any overcrowding and humid hotspots.

Thaks for stopping in and wish me luck &

 

[Stoneyluv]

looks like we both started journals at the same time!!! who knows maybe even flower might line up again!! i have more training but i started a few weeks earlier... i assume after your last few grows that you may flip these smaller than you ever have before?

i saw athena had some good sales on their stuff during the last prime sales.. i didn't buy any all, i still have at least another grow worth of GH to use up.. i did jump on a $7 sale of mr fulvic though!!

is this cherry pie from the Captain?

 

[Bandit420]

Time to rock and roll and on another adventure!!!
Best of luck man and good job getting into that airflow upgrade! A good ceiling fan is one of my aces up the sleeve.
The cola size you're pulling, you may also want to consider wall mount or pole mount fans in all four corners blowing a crossfire of air 24/7 thru the tops when the time comes.
That's pretty much what saves my crop every grow otherwise I get the rot on my fatties too.

 

[GrumpAzz]

is this cherry pie from the Captain?

Yes I believe it is. They're mama was short and compact, even in the dimmly lit mother tent. I'm hoping for a banger.

The cola size you're pulling, you may also want to consider wall mount or pole mount fans in all four corners blowing a crossfire of air 24/7 thru the tops when the time comes.

That's my plan. Either that, or one underneath each plant blowing up, trying to blow the humidity up and out. Thoughts on blowing from below? I assumed it'll help get a bit more CO2 up to the colas also.

That's pretty much what saves my crop every grow otherwise I get the rot on my fatties too.

Do you still harvest and smoke what doesn't rot? We did and it smokes just fine, considering they were all the nugs that sagged their colas below the canopy. Not quite larf, but not top-notch. Tastes great and gets us blastes, just not the part of the plants that say the most light and wven pointed the wrong direction (down) for a couple weeks.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Yes I believe it is. They're mama was short and compact, even in the dimmly lit mother tent. I'm hoping for a banger.


That's my plan. Either that, or one underneath each plant blowing up, trying to blow the humidity up and out. Thoughts on blowing from below? I assumed it'll help get a bit more CO2 up to the colas also.


Do you still harvest and smoke what doesn't rot? We did and it smokes just fine, considering they were all the nugs that sagged their colas below the canopy. Not quite larf, but not top-notch. Tastes great and gets us blastes, just not the part of the plants that say the most light and wven pointed the wrong direction (down) for a couple weeks.

mine were on the shorter side as well, shortest of all them that round. great freakin smoke though man!!! i don't have any left at all if thats saying something!