First Time Grower: BF Acapulco Gold

(3.28.22) Watered with nutrient mix. Used filtered water from Brita pitcher. Following the FF guide, I removed Grow Big from the nutrient mix. I let this runoff sit longer in the drip tray than usual. The RH in the tent is fairly low right now. We had another cold front come through, so I have to run the heat in the house again, which lowers the humidity drastically. Humidity is a bit lower than where I would want it to be, however, it's not bad enough to justify running a humidifier this late into flower, especially with how crowded my tent is. I'll continue to keep an eye on it. IN: 6.5ph/883ppm OUT1: 5.9ph/1508ppm OUT2: 6.1ph/1160ppm HUMIDITY LEVELS: Approx 40rh/68f in tent 1 Approx 42rh/68f in tent 2 (3.29.22) 6 WEEKS IN FLOWER I wish the buds were bigger, hopefully they'll continue to grow going into week 7. Comparing the pictures here to the previous week, there is growth, so that's good. This being my first grow though, I don't really have any personal reference as to how long they continue to grow leading up to harvest week. We'll find out! There are some things I definitely think I will try to improve upon next go around. I don't think I will allow as many tiny stems to grow next time around. All my mains are the ones with the biggest buds, and everything that's in the even canopy is mostly popcorn. I followed the advice with scrogging, to remove anything that isn't up to the net before flipping. However, when tucking my scrog, all my mains kept growing and I tucked them down and all the way to the edges of the net/tent. By this point all my side shoot branches, even though they were little, were able to reach the net. However, once I flipped, the main branches along the edges grew faster and higher than everything in the middle, and basically created a shadow over the center of my tent. It's way too dense, and as a result mostly just popcorn down there. I think next time I'd be better off just really focusing on the 8 main branches I had, and cutting off all the small side growth. This would really open her up and allow the biggest buds to get even bigger. I do think I need to get a better light, at some point. There's a spiderfarmer that's around 150, made for veg 3x3 and flower 2x2. My light is listed at like, 2x2 veg and 1.5x1.5 flower. It's alright, and I'll continue to use it in the future, but I'll definitely phase them out as I go on and acquire new and better equipment. I would also like to try using some of those CO2 bags I've seen before. These are all just little thoughts and ideas I've had as I come closer to the end of this first grow. I'm learning a lot and excited to improve going forward. One final note: When I first popped these 2 seeds out, one was noticeably smaller than the other. It germinated slower, and grew slower. I had a bit of a mix up when transplanting to larger tents and installing the scrog, but I still believe this to be Plant 2. It's always been smaller and has smaller buds. Maybe this is what people mean when they say "genetics, genetics, genetics." It's kind of the runt of the litter I suppose. (3.30.22) Today was rather hectic. ugh... I checked on the plants a bit past noon, the top soil felt dry, but about a knuckle down I could feel moisture. However, RH has still been pretty low because of the heat running. I cut it off around the same time I checked but RH was still hovering around 39-41% in each tent. By about 6:30pm (half an hour before lights out) I decided to check on them once again before bedtime, where I found the soil felt very dry up to a knuckle down. I didn't want them to go that long without water, because I usually water around noon on watering days, so I decided to water before bed. I don't like to do this, but I'd rather do this than to have them drooping tomorrow at noon, especially this late into flower. IN: plain water 6.5ph, 75ppm OUT1: 5.9ph, 1010ppm OUT2: 6.0ph, 917ppm I'm still not sure if there's a point in measuring runoff water in soil, but I'm doing it anyway. I'm not really adjusting anything based on this, just kind of collecting data not knowing if it's of any use. F it lol. Trying to figure out when's the best time to start using only water, flushing the last two weeks. I know I'll probably use nute mix again the next watering, but after that I might cut it off. I will review other grows and figure it out. (3.31.22) My loupe came in today! I'm not gonna lie, I've been wanting to take pictures like these since I first saw them. Looking at it all close up, makes me feel like a little kid geeking out with a magnifying glass. Trichomes look mostly clearish/starting to get white. I'm only at day 45, so two more weeks until I enter the 60-70 days listed by the seed breeder. Will be cool to observe with a closer eye now! (4.1.22) Felt the soil about 45 minutes before lights out, and it was getting pretty dry. With the plant being this big and the dehumidifier, it's definitely needing to be watered more often. Was doing every third day, now that I've done it twice now, it seems I'm required to water every other day. I used nutes today, but I'm not sure I'll be able to give it that often. Read that you should limit nutes to once a week. I feed nutes on Monday, did it again today (Friday), so that's twice in a week. First time I've done that, so I'll keep an eye out to see how they react. I may have to do a Nute, Water, Water, Nute etc... regimen. We'll see... IN: 6.6ph/1046ppm OUT1: 5.9ph/1645ppm OUT2: 6.0ph/1235ppm HUMIDITY LEVELS: Approx 40rh/75f in tent 1 Approx 42rh/77f in tent 2