1st grow in 25 years - CKS autoflowers!

SATURDAY: We're now into week 4 for my biggest 4 girls and they are all flowering. I still have two plants and the Mystery seedling, (and two baby CC's) that are vegetative. I mixed up a 2g batch of nutes for the bloomers and a 2g batch for the growers and soaked them well. Still misting with spring water a few times per day to try and counteract the dried out/twisted growth resulting from windburn. I added the second new 100w epistar bridgelux COB light and did a little rearranging. The girls are loving it. The FIM'd EM is starting to look a little less stressed, and the Mystery Seedling is actually growing now. Got the tracking number for the 2 new Cree CXB3590's...10 days away. SUNDAY: I ph'd 2 gal of water + calmag and gave everybody a drink. Rearranged again...baby CC's have pole position now. Just 1 of the Pineapple Express seeds popped so far and it got planted in a 4gal pot. If it emerges, it will get a diary of it's own. Photo session tomorrow! MONDAY: CC's showed a little sensitivity to light, so I raised the blurple light about a 2 inches. EM#3 is bushy as hell..her damaged new growth isn't as twisted today..she's growing, and starting to flower. Watered the CC's and spring water misted everybody else...nutes tomorrow. Added new photos! TUESDAY: I mixed up a 2 gal batch of nutes for my growers and a 2.5 gal batch of nutes for my bloomers and douched them thoroughly. I took everybody out of the tent and dId a little lower leaf defoliation, and then rearranged everybody. with optimal light. Damn, they are looking good! WEDNESDAY: Today was a busy gardening day. Got the 2 new Cree CXB3590's in!! I emptied the tent and removed all lights and started over with new ratcheting rope hangers for everything. See my final lighting diagram for flowering in the photos. I'd like to get an Apogee meter, but can't afford it now. 2600 watts in a 20 sq ft area is 130w per square foot. Based on this formula and the presence of two Exhale bags in the tent, I think I'll have some bigass buds. Right? Surprisingly, adding the two CBX3590's and removing all but one of the blue/whites in the tent has reduced my daytime temps to 79 degrees from about 87-89! Good heatsinks on those things. Another of the Pineapple Express seeds germinated and was planted today! I wish I knew if it's feminized or autoflowering, but at least I know how the female gene donor looked, tasted, and how well it worked for a bad mood. I removed them from the tent and set them up with the 40w Sansi bulb and a blue/white in an adjacent space. Will start a separate diary for them later. I think I'm gonna try to keep them in the tent for as long as possible before subjecting them to 105 degree days outside. Maybe they will start flowering before then and tell me whether they are worth the effort or not..kinda doubt I'll have the necessary space for them in the tent for more than a couple of weeks. Did another little photo sesh...my girls love to pose ;-) THURSDAY: Issues with the cold air supply caused 91-93 degree temps for a few hours too long and both the FIM'd plant (EM#4) and the windburn victim (EM#2) were wilted as hell. Everybody was dry, but those two looked sickly. I mixed up 6 gallons of Boomerang + CalMag Ph'd to 6.0 and really douched everybody good..especially the sick girls. FRIDAY: Everybody is happy and healthy looking. Boomerang is great for stressed plants! Temps still too high, but upper 80's will do for now. Improvements in ducting are imminent. PE#2 emerged and sits beside her sister in a space adjacent to the tent.