Bigbuds99 Indoor 4x4 NoTill Bed

"The One bx2" This plant was not topped at all, I think I'm going to like this plant. Amazing that the branches from the bottom made it all the way to the top and look as thick as a normal top! Very impressed with the vigor of this strain.

 

IPM Day today, looks like I picked up some aphids from the soil I had outside. Anyway, they are easy to eliminate from my past experience so I'm not too worried. Hit them with some Spinosad a few days ago and followed that up with some Neem/Karanja oil today.

The Lemongrass over on the left has easily doubled in size, possibly more.

There's 7 plants in there, it should have been 5. The poor Pineapple Upsidedown cake that is dead center has been swallowed up by everything surrounding it. Also "The One x Blues OG" in the corner of the bed hardly gets any light at all being that it's much smaller than the rest of the garden.

The Romulan would take over the whole bed if I let it, just a massive plant. I might be able to squeeze 4 of these in the 4x4 bed but it would be tight!

Purple punch fan leaves are curling up, probably too close to the light. That or it does not like the constant "wet feet" from the SWICK. I've read some strains just don't do as well as others in this setup. That said, this would be the first plant that I've run into that showed issues, it's probably the light if I had to guess.

 

I was trying to bend the tops on the Lemongrass and snapped two tops like twigs. Broke out the painters tape and tried to make my best splint. These are directly under the light so I hope they pull through......they were hanging by a thread.

These should have FAT tops "if" the stem repairs itself.

 

Just added about 12 tablespoons of Seabird Guano to the bed. I normally use Fish Bone Powder but I have this laying around and need to use it up. Watered that in with 6 gallons using sprayer.

Lave rocks are completely dry now. I'm going to water from the bottom tomorrow or the next day.

Had to use a few plant yo-yo's to stabilize the Romulan as it's starting to lean into center of the bed. So many branches on this plant, it would do MUCH better with some training, it's kinda all over the place now.

 

Not much to update other than I timer malfunction. Looks like the light has been on for the last 2-3 days with no dark period. I'm going to have to leave the lights off for for like 18 hours to get them back on track

Romulan is looking like it's almost finished, I did not support it well and it's falling all over the place......really could have used some netting to hold everything in place. The branches are numerous and very thin.....could have used some training for sure.

 

I'm running (2) 600 watt lights and using a cheap 15 AMP Home Depot timer. I need a proper line run and then I need to update my power control / timer to something much more reliable. Do you have some pics to share to give me some ideas?

 

Romulan Update:

She's about ready, super frosty and sticky but man is she a hot mess in the tent without proper support. I found buds on the ground today that were up near the light yesterday. These stems are just super thin and once the buds get close to finish it's just a joke to try and keep it upright.

I used about 6 plant yo yo's and a plastic pole to try and get her standing straight again but the secondary branching is so thin and flimsy. I should have spent some time training but I've been spoiled with the genetics I've been running, everything has always been pretty good at self support......not this one.....a trellis is going to be in my future since I KNOW I'm going to be keeping this one around for awhile!

I also filled the bottom tray with water, it's the first time in over a month that I've intentionally added water to the bottom as it was bone dry. I'll top water tomorrow to make sure everything is evenly moist, the top layer feels a little dry now but the plants look great.

I'll post some pics of the Romulan in a few days once I harvest it and get it trimmed. It's about 55 days in now, so not much longer to go. Dark Heart says 8-9 weeks to finish with 20-25+ THC reported. My arms are coated in resin after trying to get in there and support some of the branches.

 

That's a VERY nice setup. I'm embarrassed at my current setup that's pushing the limits of safety at 1200 watts. I'll need to do an upgrade very shortly, just for peace of mind.