3) Barney's / Wedding Cake Auto / Micro

Fairly straightforward time in the grow. At this point, she was still in the iPower 2x2x3 veg tent while my previous grow was being harvested/drying. I like double productivity. Don't you? 😀 I was thrilled at this point that things were going much better than the previous attempt, as I explained in my commentary about the germination period. Only issue: Mild leaf drooping the evening of Day 7. So I skipped that fertigation. The lamp was kept on 24 hours because it would simply just get too cold for the seedling in the tent at night. Temps would drop to 65F with high humidity. Lamp kept her warm 24/7. Otherwise, my notes denote peace and calm. The following week would not be that way. LOL. So, let's discuss goals for this grow. Goal #1 : This is the one. This grow was going to be the one where I would try to see if the most important theory I've developed as a result of my few experiences about properly growing in a mini-tent would be proven right or wrong, sort of. In other words, an important theory came about during my last grow - that I could have a strong amount of control over maximizing the yield and quality of my buds by controlling the size of the plant by having the right timing when switching from the veg lamp to the flowering lamp. My veg lamp is a blue spectrum LED. My flowering lamp is a red spectrum LED (that's why the Rspec in the name.) Blue spectrum LEDs are believed to create tight internodes in veg stage cannabis plants, as per my research (Google). Red spectrum lamps kinda do the opposite. In my first grow ever, I installed the Rspec lamp on Day 30. Go look at that diary. She grew into a big beautiful monster, but the buds ended up having some issues due to heat/light stress because the plant was only 10 inches away from a lamp that was tied to the very top of the tent. It could go no higher. In my second grow, I installed the Rspec on Day 41. The buds were fantastic - almost perfect. The plant was kinda small. but it stayed at 15 inches under the lamp with room in the tent for the lamp to go. Get where I'm going here? So for my mini-tent setup, there's a sweet spot, right? Grow too small/low you hurt yield (obvious). Grow too large/high you hurt bud quality (heat stress and light burn). Since blue lamps keep plants small, and red lamps make them explode in growth, picking the right day to switch lamps is a big part of all this, I think. So basically, Goal #1 was to install the Rspec in the Goldilocks zone, on Day 35, to see what would happen in the hopes of getting the perfectly sized grow that would maximize yield/bud quality. Large enough to yield, while at the same time, small/low enough to not get burned by the lamp. Cuz if proven tru-ish (I know, you can get variations around the mean due to pheno considerations), I could be comfortable in the future knowing that I could grow relatively high-yielding/high-quality plants on a more or less consistent basis. Only three grows in, I'd know where "optimal" was. I thought that would be a colossal win. Goal #2: Be aware that winter growing and summer growing can be two totally different things. Climatically, this grow would be the opposite of the first for several reasons. Firstly, I have no control over the heat in the building, whereas in the summer, I control the AC. Secondly. and most obviously, different temperature and RH levels in my apartment would mean needing different remedies than what I was accustomed. There would be no AC this time. Would I use a humidifier? How? You get my point. So I needed to stay humble about my environmental control techniques. They may not mean anything now. Goal #3: Turbo LST mode. I would challenge myself to LST this plant into a pizza if I could. I would give myself NO ROOM for watering but challenge myself to water the plant somehow anyway. The scrog would be installed no higher than 10 inches above the tent floor and stay at that height as long as humanly possible. (Bear in mind that the pot and stand are about 9 inches tall, so..) Goal #4: And this one is in every grow. Stay humble. Remember this is nature - not a machine. Be ready for curveballs. Be ready to learn something new. Be ready to learn you were wrong. And keep notes. And don't be afraid to do experiments. It's about learning. Not results. Thanks for reading. Hope this was helpful somehow. Have a great grow day!! Check out my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLdjlvS0mK9Pu3pkumUu-w