Hello readers, cheers for coming back.

I am now about to commence week 4 of bloom. I have some awkward news. Once again my clone supplier has fed me bollocks with regard to the strains of the acquired clones. They aint G13 nor Big Bud. They are actually some derivative of Cheese!!

I'm certain now, as the plants have just started to put out their scent, and I know what strain it is from the smell, fused with the physical characteristics of the bud formation. I'm somewhat disappointed that the clone man doesn't speak the truth. I'm not disappointed at the strain as such, I just like to know what I'm working with... Is that too much to ask?

So the big cheese plants are starting week 4 tomorrow. This evening they had the usual mix of nutes up to EC 1.5 and pH 6.5.

Within the past two days I've realised that the reddy/purpley/browny tinge on the leaf stems may be attributed to having too low temperatures at night. I installed a digital thermostat that controls the two inlet fans. One inlet is now a heated inlet, providing heated air from outside... while the other inlet brings in cool air directly from outdoors. The thermostat switches between the two fans as and when needed. The heater only come on when a minimum temperature is met (obviously).

I'm not sure if I already mentioned the fact that the two plants that had their branches tied down earlier on have actually produced more bud sites that the single plant that didn't have any branches tied down. I think tying down branches with certain strains has a positive effect on bud formation. I'm yet to try this with other strains.

Yesterday I potted the rooted clones taken from the, now blooming, 3 Cheeses. The root formation on one or two was very suprising to me as its my first ever effort at cloning with a 100% success even though I only took 2 from each plant. The vegging plants are doing very well. Plenty of internodes. I may attempt taking cuttings from all 3 then fill the bloom room sometime soon.

i'm now sensing that 8-9 weeks of bloom is not really a long time.. have I mastered the art of patients?

tune in to my next update, i'm off to watch weeds s3e11 as its just finished downloading.. check the pix!!