Milk and Qookies // Night Owl // RDWC

Weekly Recap: Great week - no major issues. Some spotting was corrected quickly - suspected phosphorus deficiency because the base nutrients in previous water change was grow-based nutrients during the stretch. CHanged water after 12 days and formulated base using bloom nutrients with a small amount of grow nutrients for a blend to avoid any calmag issues. I'm still having to defoliate the LST'd MQ4 daily for airflow and keeping bud sites clear of shadows along with spreading some branches out where possible for better airflow. MQ3 is self-maintaining itself because of mainline and training and considerably taller with bigger buds being produced than MQ4. --------------------------------------- May 1 (Day 48) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79-80F (Day) / 70-71F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 65F-69F PH: 5.5 PPM: 830 Leaf Temp: 78f MQ4 has not grown any taller since I last raised light to 19” I’ll need to clear out the bud sites that didn’t make the canopy in the next couple of days. MQ3 is still stretching - adjusted light for MQ3 Added 8ml of z9 in 2L water. PPMs steady at 830. PH steady at 5.5 Water level has dropped bit when checked in afternoon, but not as much as the past few days. Maybe stressed them a bit yesterday but that major defoliation and weave session needed to happen. Need to try and even out rest of canopy, but it may be lost cause at this point. Just leaving them alone today to recover from the major defol. --------------------------------------- May 2 (Day 49) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79-80F (Day) / 70-71F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 67F-70F PH: 5.6 PPM: 810/750/830 Leaf Temp: 78f Added 8ml of Orca to reservoir (morning) PH - After holding at 5.4 for a while, it starts climbing up now. Maybe bloom nutrient top offs. PPMs on the drop again. Out for most of day - let them grow. Late in day I noticed spotting starting on both plants looks like phosphorus deficiency to me because nothing is different with system. Rust in middle, purple stems and my solution has been in system for about 12 days which had a base of grow nutrients. I’ve been topping off with primarily bloom nutrients to keep a blend going during transition. Added 15ml of Sensi Bloom A+B and brought PPM back up to 830 from 750. Filled flexitank with 45L RO water (evening) in case the spotting increases in morning and I’m correct about bloom nutrients. --------------------------------------- May 3 (Day 50) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79-80F (Day) / 70-71F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 65F-70F PH: 5.7 / 5.5 PPM: 830 Leaf Temp: 78f PH came up on its own to 5.7 Mobile spotting is increasing on leaves in morning. It’s time to switch to flowering nutrient base and maybe scrub system. Water change. Mixed solution in flexitank using a flowering base nutrients with a small amount of grow nutrients for transition. 1:5 ratio. 45L RO water mixed over 8 hour period with large mixing spoon and waterfall using inline pump and two air stones. 90ml of AN Rhinoskin 100ml of AN Sensi Bloom A+B 25ml of AN Sensi Grow A+B 10ml of AN Big Bud 10ml of Z9 Pt 1 + Pt 2 10ml of Orca (15 mins before filling system) Mixed values: PPM: 830 PH: 5.7 Water Temp: 65f System values (drained): PPM: 830 Water Temp: 70f PH: 5.7 When the system was empty, I poured flexitank solution into a dedicated 250ml spray bottle and added two drops of Orca (0.25ml) to the bottle. Sprayed roots directly. The roots look good. Smell like fresh greens. I thought I was going to need to scrub the system but after inspection, it's squeaky clean with help from Z9. Stones are stain-free, air lines are clean and no slime or grime. A tiny bit of nutrient gunk on the screens for the bulkheads to the drain lines. Slight sediments on the bottom of the reservoir - took a sponge to the bottom of the reservoir and very little residue. Some light defoliation on both plants. Plants are transpiring enough I don’t need a humidifier any longer to keep VPD in check. PH down to 5.5 by midnight from 5.7 when system water was changed. It's going to go back down again I guess. Removed humidifier from the tent and moved the fan to lower position in the tent and pointed under the canopy. --------------------------------------- May 4 (Day 51) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79-80F (Day) / 72-74F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 67F-75F PH: 5.4 PPM: 850/880 Leaf Temp: 78f PPMs going up this morning and the water level is down 1L-2L so they are drinking but not eating yet. Don’t seem stalled, they needed another defoliation in the morning. Managed a quick light defol on MQ3. No time for MQ4 until later in the day. Raised HLG light 1” on MQ4 and 1.5” on MQ3 to keep 19” LED light distance. PH down to 5.4 overnight. Left AC vents pointed up while checking res. temp went to 75f. Bah! Sanitized bottle and added frozen 2liter to bring temps down to 68f over 90 minutes. Added 5ml of Orca mixed well in 1L of RO water. PPM went up to 880 throughout the day. --------------------------------------- May 5 (Day 52) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79-80F (Day) / 73-75F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 68F-70F PH: 5.4 PPM: 880 / 900 Leaf Temp: 77f No further spotting on leaves. PPM holding at 880pm but water level needs to be topped off - about 1/2gal. Will want to keep the same PPM on top-off because it seems they are eating and drinking at same rate now. Super cropped a few tall branches on mq4. Super cropped one branch on MQ3. MQ3 branches are much hardier than MQ4. Didn’t proceed any further although I’d really like to level 3 or 4 branches out - will see how it responds to the test branch. PH stable at 5.4 Added Z9 pt 1 and pt 2 mixed well in 1L of RO water. Added 10ml of Sensi Bloom A+B mixed well in 1L RO water. (2L water will dilute by 50ppm - - - Adding 10ml nutrients will increase 50ppm to make up for top off and dilution. ) --------------------------------------- May 6 (Day 53) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79F-80F (Day) / 71F - 72F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 68F-70F PH: 5.3 PPM: 900 / Leaf Temp: 77F PH dropped to 5.3 overnight - seems it likes the lower range after water changes. Let's see where it is a week from now. Plants are drinking and eating at same rate. PPM steady at 900 but water level is down 3L. A little tucking and defoliation to clear light for bud sites. No further spotting on leaves. Added 20ml of AN Big Bud mixed well in 1L RO water. PPM stayed the same at 900. Tough to get around stationary buckets. Need more room to work on plants on next run with 4 plants. - am seeing sections that look more neglected due to reach. Add 8ml of Orca mixed well in 1L RO water. Spread branches out a bit in some dense sections of plants - make sure budding sections are off net if possible. --------------------------------------- May 7 (Day 54) --------------------------------------- Tent: 79F-80F (Day) / 71F - 72F (Night) Rh: 50% (Day) / 40% (Night) Water Temp: 68F-74F PH: 5.4 PPM: 900 / 860 / 930 Leaf Temp: 77F PH rose to 5.4 overnight Plants are still drinking and eating at same rate. PPM steady at 900 but water level is down 3L. Defoliation on MQ4 - growth is slowing down now. Added 10ml of sensi bloom A+B in 1L RO water for top off - brought ppm to 930. Added 20ml of B52 for stalk stiffening and uptake to 1L of RO water Left vents up on AC again while checking reservoir. Added frozen 2liter - brought down to 69f Add 8ml of Orca mixed well in 1L RO water. Notice some leaf curling and stress on MQ3 and high points of MQ4 and they were praying - showing me the plant is healthy but the curling tells me they are being overworked by the lights. Raised lights to about 20” - MQ4 has leveled out much shorter than MQ3. I think I’ll rearrange lights tomorrow and dedicate the CMH to mq4 for better penetration now that they are used to the CMH; each light has a 3x3 footprint.