Before we get to the macros I got to tell you about something that I saw consistently across the entire room.
Dreadnoughts.
Single stack calylx. Was rampant.
I am not a forensic botanical~mechanical~scientist~dood but I think I may blame this on excessive CO2.
It kind of a appears like foxtailing although there was absolutely no excessive heat involved in this run.
Someone once told me that CO2 late into flower would spoil the plants with "Easy Living", resulting in a higher Harvest volume at the expense of lower THC concentrations.
I was not about to freeze my buns ass off every night to find out if that was true. I run the propane heater largely to warm the garage, in order to keep the bunny from freezing and to keep myself warm while I am sitting outside. This garden perpetually saw concentrations in excess of 5000 parts per million CO2 during the first three hours after lights-on.
I only mention this as I believe it did not change the structure of the plant but it seems to have an effect on the texture.
The only other anomal'ish conditions found in my garden is my random lighting schedule.
The goal is light on 10 p.m.- 10:00 a.m.
However , if I am working a night shift the lights won't come on until 2 a.m.
Redline for lights off is noon regardless of hours of Illumination. Some night I don't work late shift and I cannot stay up late (unti midnight) to provide 12 hours of dark otherwise.
The days with the least amount of DL I would be instances where the lights did not come on until 2 in the morning and( having to leave home early) I was forced to shut them off at 9 a m.
The only hard-and-fast Rule is they got never less than 12 hours of Darkness.
***Side ramble detected****
I know this schedule will absolutely blow some people's minds. They are the ones that like to blame all of their growing issues on unrelated inconsistencies. The way I see it plants normally grow outside. I have played with a light metre long enough to know that a cloudy day has almost zero DLI value. I know for a fact that these plants will grow out doors under conditions that are overcast more than 50% of the time. They are plants they will grow. The only thing that nature can guarantee is 12 hours of uninterrupted Darkness. Meaning ANY light they receive ~ it's just more cockford Ollie
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Now at this point I have completely derailed my argument. I mention that my light schedule may be affecting the appearance of the bud and then I turn around and say that it should have no effect whatsoever.
I only mention this because I think if someone else were to grow out this plant it may have a different appearance. While there were a handful of plants seen in my journal where this anomaly did not present itself. While most of my buds had a taller wispy look to them although there were at least 20% of them that clubbed up solid as normal.
It is probably here nor there , I just found it curious that if you scroll back through my journals it looks like most of my photos are slightly stretched out top to bottom.
I shouldn't post while I have time to ramble?????? tends to get a little windy
Maybe I am talking out the wrong end again ,,, let us allow the photos to speak for themselves, shall we ?
it really did not need it , yet I ran this plant out to 12 weeks to see if I could get it to do something stupid.
Intense lighting and warmth stopped around Day 70. If you look at the 8-week photo in the last post you can see that it was crusted off to a point where most people would Harvest. I am very greedy and I will try to bulk up at plant as much, and as long as I can.
I really put the boots to her, brother. I left it in the dark on Day 72 ,3 and 4. I let it get bone-dry down to 5 degrees Celsius during the last two weeks.
Just to be a jackass I soaked it down again and pushed it for a few days near the end there. ( textbook interrogation technique- break them down, build them up , break them down)
She spent a week near freezing in the dark while I waited for the pot to lighten up.
Is bullet-proof.
Nothing to report. It was solid gold until the last breath
The end.
Dec 19th
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