EarthBox [LOS] - Seedsman - Black Sugar

Introduction - Week 06 Summary - "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." --- Leonard Nimoy Life happened again.. Well more specifically, death happened. [*smokes a bowl] I lost my best friend.. Sour "Diesel," my dog of 14 years, has sadly past away… This was devastating to say the least. Now I am not a spiritual person so I don’t believe in the afterlife. No Heaven. No Hell. No Sto’Vo’Kor. I’ll leave it at that. Now even with all of this said, experiencing the loss of a loved one was extremely difficult. She literally blinked out of existence in my arms. I couldn’t help but cry for days.. I couldn’t even go to work.. I continued to feel upset that she was never going to be around anymore..Thinking about her made me tear up so I tried to get back into growing as soon as I could. Anything to distract me.. Going back to work also helped. But every time I thought of her, I started feeling weaker and sad again. I don’t want to feel this way anymore.. They say time heals all wounds... Well, I guess this is true.. As the days go by, it is getting easier, I just wish it would happen a lot quicker. Glad to say that I did not drink a drop of alcohol.. But was extremely tempted. Smoking has helped a lot! Her death, has painfully taught me that life is precious and short.. But more importantly, her life, along with all the memories we shared, should influence my life in a positive way. This is the way I want to remember her. So thank you girl for all of the good memories. Now rest in peace.. [*smokes a bowl] Okay.. Now. Back to the growing.. Please keep in mind that this week's grow log was written a bit later that usual and will have missing entries.. Ensign's log, stardate 100028.42.. Overall growth was quite impressive for the front plant. She was pruned and defoliated to expose more top sites and by the end of the week, she has started to really bush out. As for the back plant, she was pretty sick. Not sure what happened to her. Both plants are growing in the same soil. Yet one is thriving while the other is sick. This was probably not the best idea, but I gave the back plant a topping at the end of the week. I hope to clean up the rest of her leaves in the next day or so. But for now not sure what more I can do. Just have to keep growing. [START OF WEEK 06] Day 01 - Monday - 06/06/22 - Total Days: 033 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.7°F - Humidity: 66.8% - VPD: 1.02kPa ----------------------------------- --- [No plant checks were logged for today] Day 02 - Tuesday - 06/07/22 - Total Days: 034 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.4°F - Humidity: 67.3% - VPD: 0.99kPa ----------------------------------- --- [No plant checks were logged for today] --- [Rest in Peace Diesel..] Day 03 - Wednesday - 06/08/22 - Total Days: 035 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.2°F - Humidity: 67.6% - VPD: 1.04kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:57]: Checked on the tent. --- Growth looks pretty good. - [14:35]: Going to feed the worms today.. --- Checked the bin and was relieved to find that there are still worms alive in the bin. --- Dug a hole in the bin and filled it with some veggies (slices of cucumber, carrots, and mushrooms). --- Then topped it off with a few slices of strawberries and kashi blend. --- Buried the food with some soil and sprinkled brown shredded paper on top. --- Covered all of that with sheet of brown paper and sprayed the top with a bit of distilled water. --- Finally cleaned and re-covered the bin. Done. - [17:09]: Been a few days away from the garden so giving the EarthBox's cover crop a trim. --- Chopped and dropped all of the clover that was getting a bit too tall. - [17:27]: Going to water. This will be the last week for veg. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp + 1/64tsp of each the following: ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ----- Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/8tsp + 1/32tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Added 1/4tsp + 1/16tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 5 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and top sprayed 2 cups for each of the EarthBox girls. --- The remaining cup was split amongst the 2 smaller half gallon cups. --- Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. - [18:31]: Going to foliar spray some EM5. --- Filled a measuring cup with 1 cup of distilled water. --- Added 3.5mL of Formula EM-5 [All Natural Garden Cleaning Concentrate] --- Poured the solution into a spray bottle and misted the top growth of all the plants. Day 04 - Thursday - 06/09/22 - Total Days: 036 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.5°F - Humidity: 67.4% - VPD: 1.03kPa ----------------------------------- - [17:13]: Checked the tent. --- Growth for the front plant looks pretty good! But the back plant seems to be sick (Damnit Ensign). --- Not sure what to do. But going to keep on growing. - [17:18]: Going to water the EarthBox. --- Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water into the EarthBox's fill tube. - [17:30]: Going to do a bit of defoliation. Going to only defoliate the front plant. --- Did a quick foliar spray with a bit of distilled water. --- Then using a pair of clippers, I trimmed off a few fan leaves. --- I clipped off the ones that were covering top sites or leaves that were touching the ground. --- Hopefully this will encourage lower growth and bush her out. --- Took the leaves and shredded them into mulch. These will eventually breakdown into additional nutrients. - [21:48]: Okay! Going to top dress a few organic amendments. --- Added 2tbsp of each of the following into a cup: ----- Premium Insect Frass [Black Soldier Fly] ----- Kelp Meal ----- Alfalfa Meal --- Mixed everything up a bit and sprinkled the contents around each of the plants in the EarthBox. --- Using my fingers I gently agitated the soil so the amendments would drop into the soil. --- Then misted the top soil with a bit of distilled water. Day 05 - Friday - 06/10/22 - Total Days: 037 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 79.6°F - Humidity: 66.0% - VPD: 1.15kPa ----------------------------------- - [17:18]: Checked on growth. --- I don't know what going on with the one in the back. She seems sick and yellowing. --- The front one is still recovering from the defoliating/pruning. --- Going to top water. - [17:20]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Mixed the solution and poured the contents into a spray bottle. --- Misted the entire contents onto the top soil. - [17:41]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Poured the water straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. - [19:05]: Did a check on the plants. --- Growth is looking okay. - [19:27]: Increased the light intensity. --- Increased the wattage from around 100w to 201.4 - [19:32]: Checked the new PAR levels. --- PPFD readings were at 761 (previous PAR reading was 427) Day 06 - Saturday - 06/11/22 - Total Days: 038 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81°F - Humidity: 65.4% - VPD: 1.22kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:27]: Did a morning check. --- Wow! The front one seems to have fully recovered from the defoliation. Growth is looking nice and perky. - [20:20]: Checked on growth . --- Nice! Getting larger. --- Going to water. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water into the EarthBox's fill tube. Day 07 - Sunday - 06/12/22 - Total Days: 039 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 81.0°F - Humidity: 65.7% - VPD: 1.22kPa ----------------------------------- - [08:55]: Did a quick plant check. --- Back plant is sick and stunted. --- The front one is definitely taking over. She is already spanning the width of the box! - [19:51]: Evening check. --- Wow! Growth is looking perky! --- Going to water again. --- Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Poured the water straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. - [21:59]: Going to do a tiny bit more pruning/defoliation. --- Only clipped off 2 leaves. These were covering top sites and removing them should help to bush her out. - [22:16]: Topping the plant in the back. --- Clipped the main stalk about 3-4 nodes down. --- Hopefully she can recover from this. Plan to prune the larger dried leaves soon but going to leave her alone from now. --- The one in the front is definitely taking over the whole EarthBox. [END OF WEEK 06]