First try 7-2-2021

Week 9 was a recovery process after some technical difficulties last week, so I reduced the feed levels in our hydro system to adjust for the leaf burns and curling. It promptly stopped. Removed the Grow Big from our mix entirely and used more of the big bloom which has 2 parts nitro already. Just kept the mix at about 1/2 of Fox Farm scheduled levels. Started Cha Ching feed this week too. Response was slow but good by weeks end with more bud volume and more sessil trichomes popping out. However now I am seeing a few yellowing fan leaves by week’s end suggesting more nitrogen may be in order. I will increase it a bit but keep PPM below 1000 which seems to be enough for this plant. Got myself a jewelers glass instead of the very shaky/fuzzy microscope I will warn anyone off of wasting money to buy. They all come from China with no label or instructions and barely work for our scoping needs to check trichome maturity. finally found the thorough book “Marijuana Horticulture Fundamentals” by K that swears by the jewelers glass as just strong enough at 30x magnification to get a cross section view of about 20 trichomes at once which is all you need to see the color and sizes. Skip the high tech electronic scopes as they are almost impossible to focus and handle in the field. The 9 weeks to harvest suggested by my Pineapple Express seed supplier seems about two weeks too short in case anyone wants to know. Give or take a week.