1st Scrog-Blue Dream with Timber COBs

Starting week 5 of flower and I’m expecting to see some significant bud swelling these next few weeks. So far I’m not getting any leaf issues, so the new MegaCrop nutrients and Fox Farm soil are keeping this plant well-fed. I will try to capture the same buds every day in photos to document growth. SCROG has proven relatively easy to execute. I think I can do better plant training prior to placing the screen next time. I also want to do better defoliation before the colas get frosty. But I’m pleased with the potential harvest I’m seeing for such a small tent. I topped Blue Dream #1 much more than Blue Dream #2 during veg. I see that the result is significantly more bud sites but smaller sites too. Hopefully they grow next week or two. Blue Dream #1 also has fewer trichomes on the sugar leaves. Giving the plants 65,000 lux worth of lighting….1042 Umol PPFD. At 12 hours of lighting, that’s a Daily Light Index of 45. That’s decent and sufficient for flowering given Cannabis can handle extremely high DLI. I’m running 40 watts per square foot of tent (320 watt LED in an 8 square foot tent)…..wish I had a little more power though. I still don’t know the “sweet spot” for light distance…..I’m starting to think it varies by strain. https://growlightmeter.com/lighting-requirements-of-cannabis-over-the-full-grow-cycle/ On the last day of this week 5, I added AC Infinity 11” light bars around the perimeter and a UV lamp to the mix. I’ll start documenting trichome development over the next 4-5 weeks. More photos on the new light bar setup above in photo 3. I’m still researching the best way to “ease” my way in with the UV bulb. Probably running no more than 30 minutes total per day next week….3 ten minute sessions perhaps. Feeding Schedule below….. 10/23. Fed 1g/gallon each of MEgaCrop, Bud Explosion and Sweet Candy. 900 ppm feed at 6.5 ph. 1400 ppm runoff. Fed 4 gallons total. 10/24. Fed 4 gallons of feed at a 6.5ph and 1100ppm, 2.0 EC. Runoff was 2 gallons at 1500 ppm. Used 4g/gallon of MegaCrop and 1g/gallon of Bud Explosion. 10/25. Fed 4 gallons of feed at 6.5 ph and 1150ppm. Added Terpinator, Epsom Salt, Megacrop and Bud Explosion. 1600ppm runoff. Tomorrow will be water only. 10/26. Fed 3 gallons of feed at 6.5 ph and 950 ppm. Added homemade Terpinator at 5ml/gallon. 10/27. No feeding today. Will let the roots dry out a bit. 10//28. Fed 4 gallons. 1.5 gallons runoff. Ph in at 6.5. Ph out at 6.0. Ppm fed at 1050. Runoff ppm at 1600 10/29. Feeding 3 gallons of water with 5ml/gallon of Terpinator and 1g/ gallon of Bud Explosion. 650ppm 6.5 ph. Runoff at 1600 ppm. Burnt tips on leaves….slowing down my feeding. MegaCrop, Bud Explosion and Sweet Candy at 1g/gallon. Feeding Homemade Terpinator for increased trichome production. That’s a $26 savings by making my own quart. And the recipe for Terpinator courtesy of Dr. Who on another site SO then 95 grams (volumetric math) of that Potassium sulfate powder from Amazon into 1 quart of RO water for the 10% solution. Add the .5 tsp of Dark brown Sugar for the carbs. Mix well till everything is dissolved and jug it! FEED CHART (DO NOT mix with Silica - this causes a chemical reaction - precipitation) STARTING Week 3&4 ! 4-ml in 1 gallon of your feed At week 5&6 6-ml in 1 gallon of your feed At week 7 till harvest 8-ml in 1 gallon of your feed