First Grow: 'Wanda' White Widow (Auto)

Nov 10 (day 71): Start of week 11. She's looking a bit better today. Still hydrated from the larger watering yesterday and has perked up a little bit. Some of the taller buds still have leaves sagging, but the lower leaves look a bit better. She also seems fine after yesterdays trim. I decided to call upon Amazon for another gadget and order a handheld microscope that connects to your phone wirelessly. The pocket microscope is way better than the jewellers loupe, but still requires a steady hand and a face full of resin 😷 This way I can take pictures of the trichomes too 😍 She doesn't have many trichomes yet and the leaves are still mainly clear. Will take some photos once I see some appear. Nov 11 (day 72): Looking good and still hydrated, so no more water required as of yet. The leaves on the taller colas are no longer sagging and are pointing outwards. In hindsight I now know that is a definite sign of underwatering and will be able to look out for this sign in the future! I think there are SO many warnings out there about overwatering that I have under compensated. I will definitely be learning from this and will continue to water at the increased levels. However, I don't want to over compensate now and will try and continue to water only when she is dry and the plant is light. I think tomorrow she will be ready. I've ordered a giant syringe to collect the excess water in the tray to save myself further soakings, spillage and humidity spikes 😠 I need to get my act together and sort out where I am going to dry my other 2 plants, Ophelia and Wendy who are 10 days ahead of Orla and Wanda. Obviously it cant be in the greenhouse with the other plants, but where?! I still have the small grow tent where they started life, so that seems the most obvious choice. However, the heater and the de-humidifier are both in use in the greenhouse and cant be moved yet, which means more expense if I have to buy additional ones. I have put the second thermostat in the tent so I can see the current temperatures in there and it ranges from 17-20 degrees. This might end up being ok, but average humidity is 47% and when I add the branches it will no doubt shoot up. I am going to need another de-humidifier at least. I'm also worried about the smell if its moving back into the house, so would possibly need an extraction kit - more expense 😤 I may try without it first and if it gets too stinky, add the extraction kit then. My daughter has told me that if her room starts to smell of weed, she will NOT be happy. Ahem. Bad Mummy 😳Also read yesterday that some random snow may be arriving in a weeks time which has worried me! I hope the greenhouse will be able to maintain its temperature also. UGH bloody weather - its almost as unpredictable as my plants 😂😂 Nov 12 (day 73): Fed with 6L of water and week 7 of the nute schedule, microbes and Calmag. Tried out my new giant syringe, which holds 1/2 a litre. It allowed me to suck up the water from the large tray and squirt it out of the greenhouse door 💦 I also wasn’t drenched and the humidity is now coming back down to 40% finally! Got a plan for drying now and will be clearing a space in the cellar tomorrow to house a bigger tent with extraction kit. Nov 13 (day 74): She's looking good again today and definitely benefitting from the extra water. I really should have been giving more sooner, but I'd read that 10% of the pot size was sufficient. Since then, I have seen articles saying it should be 20-35% of the pot size 😫 I’ve been clearing the cellar out today. Can’t believe how much crap we had down there, but I’ve cleared a nice big space for my new kit. It’s so dusty and musty down there, but it’s had a fair old clean where possible. My back is bloody aching, I will tell you that much. Went down the grow shop and was there for a good while getting all my new kit. So, after much hullabaloo we managed to get all the kit into my 2 seater car 🙈 I will likely do my next grow down there as it’s going to start costing a fortune to keep the greenhouse warm when it gets even colder. She’ll be back in business next spring! Nov 14 (day 75): So its D day for her sisters Ophelia and Wendy today and I will be chopping them down and doing a wet trim. I feel quite emotional, but that has been offset by exhaustion! I've spent the whole weekend clearing out, organising and cleaning (within reason) my cellar. I have also set up my new tent and equipment for drying. It worked out cheaper in the end to buy a kit, as the items individually cost almost as much as the kit and I got a Spider Farmer 400W light included 😍 which I can use for my next grow. Equipment included in the kit is as follows: Grow Tent 120 x 120 x 180, Spider Farmer SF4000 450w LED Dimmable Light, Heavy Duty Timer, Pair of Rope Ratchets, Clip Fan, Digital Min-Max Thermometer/Hygrometer, 4 Quick Release Clamps, 6” Acoustic Ducting (5m Length), Rhino 6" EC Fan (594m3/h), Rhino Pro Carbon Filter 6" 300 (600m3/h), 6" Padded Clamp. I also added: Oil Filled Radiator, Inkbird Temperature Controller, Electriq 12L dehumidifier, Trim Bin and a LightHouse Round DryNet - 75cm (30"). I started putting up the tent and realised it was too tall and I had accidentally been given the 120 x 120 x 200 one 😫 I would have kept it, but it was too tall and wouldn't fit, so I had to go back to the grow shop for them to swap it for the 180 high tent. Got that up and then started on the extraction kit. Watched some YouTube videos on how to put it together and realised the grow shop had also accidentally forgotten to give me the padded clamp 😒 I gave them a call and this time they had someone drop it round for me. All in all, they have been great so I didn't kick up a fuss and I am really relieved they are open on a Sunday!!! However, I did lose a couple of hours with the setup. Finally got the extraction kit up, which wasn't easy to do on my own, but I managed 💪 I now have a complete set-up inside the house to do a grow for a comparison against the greenhouse and will definitely work better for the winter and spring when its cold. It also means that both Orla and Wanda are now alone in the greenhouse and have a light each. Exhaustion Level: 10/10 😴 Nov 15 (day 76): Looking good today. More room in the greenhouse and a light to herself which will hopefully allow her to fatten her buds nicely before harvest. Nov 16 (day 77): End of week 11. Looking really good and definite fattening of colas in the last 24 hours. Finally seeing some resin building up on some of the buds, so took my first pictures of her trichomes which are clear as expected. Fed with 6L of water and week 8 of the nute schedule. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.