Gorilla Girl, Sweet Amnesia Haze, TPF1FV

Day 50. CL air temps 23-28C, roots 22-24, RH 36-44%. 14L remaining, EC 0.8 As you'll see in some of the pics the big sativa at the back was looking rather worse for wear. Not part of the diary but I'll mention it anyway to help anyone, like myself, trying Blumats for the first time. When her feed tube got blocked with silt I opened up the drip adjuster, took the feed tube off the main feed pipe and blew through it. Then put it back together and dialled it in. This worked fine for the other plant at the back that had a blockage previously, but on this occasion I'd not caught it in time, the Blumat carrot had emptied without me knowing and the dripper stopped working. So I gave her a hand watering and soaked another carrot. Next day I gave her 900ml of plain water, fitted the new Blumat and dialled it in. No problems since. Moral of the story, if you get any blockages make sure you unscrew the cap and check the carrot still has solution in it. Better to take it out, fill it and replace the cap submerged in water before re dialling. But the porus carrot/cone would most likely be saturated with air, so to be sure, start afresh with a spare pre soaked Blumat if you have one ;) Day 51. CL air temps 24-28C, roots 22-24, RH 37-42%. 7L remaining, EC 0.81 I lowered the feed levels some more so only made a half mix of 10L in case any of the plants didn't like it. Background EC 0.36 1/2 ml/L VK to 0.38 1/2 ml/L Mi to 0.44 1/2 ml/L Bl to 0.51 1/2 ml/L NC to 0.54 1/2 ml/L AF to 0.58 Added to res for a total of 17L, combined EC 0.66 These nutes seem to leave quite a lot of silt in a short time after a res change so I started pumping the fresh mixes in from my buckets with a small 12v sub pump as opposed to pouring straight in from the bucket or using a jug. It pumps in slowly and runs down the side without disturbing the silt on the bottom too much and I make sure it runs down the side opposite my feed outlet. I think the lowering of feed was just a tad soon for the TPFV and a tad late for the Ammo, but a balance had to be found using a one feed fits all 6 plants in the tent using Blumats. It didn't work out too badly though, considering :) Day 52. CL air temps 24-29C, roots 22-23, RH 37-46%. 10L remaining in res, EC 0.75 Mixed 10L, background EC 0.37 1/2 ml/L VK to 0.38 1/2 ml/L Mi to 0.45 1/2 ml/L Bl to 0.52 1/2 ml/L NC to 0.55 1/2 ml/L AF to 0.58 Added to res for a total of 20L, combined EC 0.61 Day 53. CL air temps 24-28C, roots 22-23, RH 37-43%. 13L in res so the girls were still drinking well. EC 0.73 The Amnesia was confusing me a bit. Looking a bit over watered but the rootball was light compared to the others and the root ball was shrinking so I opened up her dripper by just half a notch. Day 54. CL air temps 24-28C, roots 22-23, RH 37-43%. 5L left, EC 0.71 Mixed 20L, background EC 0.37 1/2 ml/L VK to 0.39 1/2 ml/L Mi to 0.45 1/2 ml/L Bl to 0.52 1/2 ml/L NC to 0.55 1/2 ml/L AF to 0.58 It was getting quite silty in the res again so the mix was pumped in slowly for a total of 25L, combined EC 0.62 Day 55. Other stuff got in the way so I never got chance to visit the girls at all, but I knew the environment was smooth and they had plenty of drink to see them through. Day 56. CL air temps 24-29C, roots 22-23, RH 36-42%. 12L left, EC 0.71 Took a few old fan leaves from the TPFV that were curling up and had passed their photosynthesising date. I chopped a lower TPFV bud with plenty of clear trichs and quick dried it for a few days on top of my veg cab in ambient temps. The high wasn't racy so in hindsight I had actually lowered the feed at the right time if I was to take the plant now and it would be a fast version, just not as fast as the breeders say. That all depends on the grower's preference though and I like mine well cooked :) 20L mix, background EC 0.38 1/2 ml/L VK to 0.39 1/2 ml/L MI to 0.45 1/2 ml/L Bl to 0.52 1/2 ml/L NC to 0.55 1/2 ml/L AF to 0.58 Res total 32L, combined EC 0.64 Magnuslight state somewhere on their website that turning the far red down gradually over the last phase of flowering will keep the buds compact, as the leaf temp is lowered and the flowers don't open due to heat transpiration. So I turned the far red down by 5w to total 215w on the LED, total tent wattage 530w with the CMH. I was tempted to turn the blue up and keep the total wattage the same but decided against it to preserve terps, as lights on canopy temps were 29C.