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Aurora Indica Grow Journal: Week 10

Grow Guides · By Jake Willhoite · Updated · 2 min read

week 10 grow tent net trellis
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In week 9 of the Aurora Indica grow, we did some additional defoliation, added a trellis and continued to watch our plants thrive. This week, we’re continuing to closely monitor their progress and make necessary adjustments to keep the grow on track.

Day 59

Now that the plants have been on the flowering light schedule for over a week they’re really starting to get that last stretch before they start focusing all their energy on producing buds. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly those tops shoot up once flowering really kicks in. Having the trellis netting up for this grow makes it very easy to see all the new tops appear. I will have to add a dehumidifier to my tent very soon to avoid mold and bud rot. For now, I'm keeping the RH (humidity) below 65% and the heat in the tent below 80 degrees F (about 27 degrees C).

Gray mold (Botrytis bud rot) is favored by temperatures of 50 to 80 degrees F, high humidity and wet plant surfaces, so Pacific Northwest extension guidance recommends keeping greenhouse humidity below 50% as buds mature.

day 59 grow progress

Day 60

One of the plants is outstretching the others by a solid 6-8 inches which is not ideal for what we’re trying to accomplish.

day 59 grow progress showing leaves growing above net

We want a nice even canopy. So I installed a second trellis net to allow me to start tucking down the tallest tops again and even out the canopy all to around the same 10-inch area from the lowest to the tallest tops.

day 59 uneven canopy from above

This way, they’re all getting as close to the same amount of light exposure and we don’t risk burning the tallest buds. This also helps to minimize the amount of popcorn and small buds we harvest. Over the next few days, I’ll continue to increase the bloom nutrients to a full dose, every other feeding.

Follow along week-by-week to stay up to date on this grow!

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