First Time Grower: BF Acapulco Gold

(4.11.22) Watered with nute mix. Tomorrow is the first day of Week 8, and I'm thinking/seeing/been advised that this a 10 week strain. I believe this may be the last time that I feed with nutrient mix. I may just do plain PH'd water until harvest at this point. Soil was fairly moist today compared to how it's been lately after 2 days. I probably could have gone another day, but trying to mix these nutes and keep their PH levels steady, I've wasted mix by altering the PH and then coming back to it days later to find it drastically changed. I just said f-it and watered today. I don't believe one close watering will be all that terrible. That being said, I may need to go back to how I started, with every third day. It really depends on how hard my dehumidifier is working to remove moisture from the room, and consequently, the pots. IN: 6.6ph, 704ppm OUT1: 6.3ph, 1483ppm OUT2: 6.2ph, 1686ppm Again, I'm not sure if there's a point to reading runoff water from soil. I've been told that it's not an accurate way to read. (I'll get a soil ph pen when I have money to spend.) But looking at this, I'm wondering if there's a buildup of minerals at the bottom of the pots. It will be interesting to read the levels as I continue with just PH'd water for the last 2 weeks. Trichomes all appear to be cloudy at this point. No amber that I can see. Will continue to monitor. Wish the buds were bigger, but again, I'm fairly sure I've identified the mistake I made in that regard. Hopefully I'll be able to get a decent amount to smoke outright, a good amount of popcorn that's still smokeable, and anything else I can learn how to make butter with. I'm excited for the learning process to continue. (4.12.22) 8 WEEKS IN FLOWER (4.13.22) Watered with plain PH'd water today. 3L per plant. IN: 6.5ph, 83ppm OUT1: 6.0ph, 1177ppm OUT2: 6.1ph, 1320ppm HUMIDITY/TEMP: TENT1: 39rh/77f TENT2: 40rd/79f The last two days are starting to finally feel like Spring, and with that, a rise in temperatures. The central air in my house doesn't work, so I've had to use a AC window unit. The lung room with the tent I have sectioned off so that my humidifier can focus only on that room. As a result, that humidifier puts out a lot of heat, and I've had to put the AC window unit in the same area today to combat that. These rh/temp ranges aren't great, looking at a VPD chart. Hopefully that AC can bring the temp back down. Controlling the environment has been the most difficult aspect of growing so far. I didn't think too much about it at first, mostly focusing on training, nutes, etc..., but now it seems I'm focused on that more than any other variable. Adding some close up pictures of the trichomes. Everything looks fairly cloudy to me at this point. No real sign of any amber, maybe a little bit of clear here or there still left. I think I'm probably about 2 weeks out at this point. May stick to just water from here on out. I'm still getting fairly high PPM readings from the runoff, so that may be a good idea. (4.15.22) Day 60 in flower. Barney's says the harvest time of this strain is 60-70 days in flower, so going off of that I've just entered that range. I figure it'll probably take closer to the 70+ range. All of my trichomes are cloudy at this point. I feel like I can see one or two ambers on the sunleafs, and I've read those turn first/quicker than those on the flower. Will continue to keep a close eye on any developments. This homestretch part of the grow is the most agonizing, being this close to the finish line, but still feeling so far away. I'm learning to grow, but I'm learning radical-patience as well. Just watered PH'd water today. 3L per plant. IN: 6.5ph, 67ppm OUT1: 6.0ph, 843ppm OUT2: 6.2ph, 938ppm HUMIDITY TEMP LEVELS: TENT1: 38rh/72f TENT2: 38rh/73f AC might be bringing the humidity down further. Learning how to balance everything is tricky.