DIY cabinet grow // LED // Autos

Day 40 / 33 - so, after being away for a few days I came back to a complete jungle. The Cinderella Jack has really taken off in height, so I bent over her stems in a kinda supercrop fashion - nothing tied down, just extreme bends. I also rotated the plants a bit to average out the light intensity, and gave a pretty hefty defoliation. I'll be busy with the clippers this week, trying to get maximum light to bud sites and also to try to limit the humidity in the grow area. Pots still feel a bit wet so not gonna bother watering for another couple of days. Looking really good in there though, if a bit chaotic! Day 42 / 35 - gave them all a drink today. The mix was water, 10 ml orgatrex, 1g bactrex, 0.75ml cal mag and 2ml alg-a-mic, all per litre. Jon Snow got 1.75 L, Cinderella Jack 1 L and Northern Light 1 L - roughly anyway. Not fretting too much over exact amounts. All the plants look pretty healthy so far. The Bio Tabs are doing their job! CJ was a bit droopy but I've been bending and twisting her a lot. She's also squished up against the door of the cabinet so suffering the most. I'm still absolutely hammering them with light, and see no signs of stress whatsoever. Currently around 60 DLI mid canopy. Woo-ee, that's a lot of PPFD! Day 45 / 38 - another week in the books, everything ticking over nicely. The Cinderella Jack Auto is now flowering for real, the Jon Snow has been chugging away and the NL Auto is finally starting to catch up. Interesting spread of maturities in the tent. They are all getting blasted with about the same amount of light, same feedings etc Plan of attack next week is to get in lollipop / tidy up the Jon Snow auto - there are quite a few budlets underneath the canopy not getting any juice from the light, so they'll get the snip. Same for the CJ Auto but I'll probably let her settle into flower a bit more before going crazy. The NL auto has taken on an interesting shape, it kinda LST'd itself. Ill be fairly hands off with that one but will defoliate as necessary to keep my airflow nice and unobstructed. Really pleased with how everything is going so far. The biggest difference between this and my other grows (apart from the crowding) is my more liberal application of CalMag - basically every watering. My other grows tended to begin to show all sorts of gnarly leaves around about this time in the run, but not so this time. Thanks for reading, see you next week after the girls get their haircuts.