13 Jan Lotus vs Athena: Week 6
The holidays were hectic and so I am now just getting to do the next post. The plants were changed to 12 and 12 on their light schedule on Monday of this week. They were is veg for approximately 6 weeks. The...
21 Dec Lotus vs Athena Week 3
It has been 3 weeks since my last blog and I apologize. The holiday season has been very busy as well as planning our stores Grand Re-Opening in our new store space on Draft Ave. in Stuarts Draft. As usual the beginning phases...
30 Nov New Nutrient Challenge: Lotus vs Athena
I have finally started the next nutrient challenge. This is the one that many have been waiting for. This will pit the winner from our first nutrient challenge, Lotus, against the winner of our second chaIlenge, Athena. I will be using different...
14 Oct Dakine 420 vs Athena: Final conclusion
I finished the curing process on all 4 plants in about 2 and a half weeks. We then contacted Seido Testing Labs in Waynesboro, VA to come by the store to pick up a sample for testing from both plants. The testing came...
18 Sep Dakine 420 vs Athena: Conclusion
I completed the 2-week drying period for the plants on Tuesday of this week. I trimmed the 2 Dakine plants on that day and got 8.5 ounces off the front plant and 5 ounces off the smaller back plant. There was no mold...
03 Sep Dakine 420 vs Athena Week 13
It has been a week and half since my last post and the plants have now been harvested. The Athena plants were quite heavy, and I did have difficulty releasing them from the scrog nets. The last week in the Autopots the...
14 Aug Dakine 420 vs Athena Week 11
We are getting close to the end of the growing phase of this challenge. All 4 plants remain healthy, and the buds are continuing to develop and swell. The Athena plants continue to drink about twice the amount of nutrient solution as...
26 Jul Dakine 420 vs Athena Week 9
We have now just started the 6th week of flower and all the plants continue to look healthy with no deficiencies noted. The bud development is accelerating and both nutrient lines are showing lots of hairs and multiple budding all along the upper stems....
10 Jul Dakine 420 vs Athena Week 9
We are now starting the 4th week of flower tomorrow and all 4 of the plants in the tent are continuing to gow well and have healthy stems, leaves and beginning buds. The difference in the size of the plants is more evident this...
27 Jun Dakine 420 vs Athena Week 7
It has now been 2 weeks since I changed the light schedule to 12 and 12. I am really glad that I went ahead and placed the initial scrog net over the plants as the Athena plants have stretched about 18 inches since the...