Herbies Beginner Auto Mix Grow

Day 50 - As we cruise into week 8 the apically dominant Godzilla Cookies Auto is exhibiting a peppering of brownness on the bud's sugar leaves. Difficult to say whether this is the same calcium complaint its brother the Ape Fruit Auto has been exhibiting, or a reaction to finding it just 10.26 inches from the light (which I took the opportunity to raise slightly, given the general 12 inch rule). The addition of the dehumidifier to the wardrobe (closing the wardrobe to make a much smaller lung room) produced very little visible success in terms of lowering humidity, so I'm trying running it back with the much larger lung room. Not sure it is up to much given the water volume realised thusfar. Looking forward to arrival of my loupe on Friday as I believe the AFA is getting close -- many of the buds' pistils are browning as, of course, are the rust-spotted leaves. Day 52 - Having neglected to photograph the girls yesterday (they merely got tucked to bed) they had a water, a feed, and a steamy photo session tonight. While the dehumidifier has not been a game changer, the average humidity has finally slipped below 65% over the last 24 hours and it would appear to be on a minor downward trajectory (may just be the less rainy-season weather). The grow space is fragrant as all fuck and despite the general fade on the AFA and the fact that fan leaves have largely been lost, the buds appear to be fattening. The PCA's canopy had also expanded massively though its budsites are pretty anaemic in general. Good, feels good! Day 53 - Just a wee tick and pinch today but had pause to reflect on the deficiencies evident in the AFA and why they don't appear in the PCA and much less so in the GCA. The truth is, I don't really know. Day 54 - Welp, big disappointment on the JARLINK handheld loupe (was recommended on Reddit). Shitty plastic lenses have been installed with minimum quality control and the image is flipped, meaning the magnified content displayed upside down! Using it makes one feel like you're looking through some glasses designed for longsightedness and you need to have the loupe literally touching the plant to get the right focal length. WITH THAT SAID, I am able to see (though not photograph well) the trichomes and observe they are still relatively clear on each plant. The AFA will be the first up but it looks like things are still at least a week off. Day 55 - No drink for the girls today as the soil was still damp at the first knuckle. Did another loupe inspection and (despite the hardware's limitations) I'm pretty happy that the AFA still has some ways to go. Everyone was looking happy and the PCA canopy has expanded out so much we have some quite disparate and diffuse budsites!