EarthBox [LOS] - ILGM - NYC Diesel Auto

Introduction - Week 01 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100315.7, A pretty smooth week of growing! She sprouted early this week with droopy leaves but by mid week she was healthy and growth was ramping up. To help keep the top soil moist, been misting daily and using a humidity dome. Also been dialing in the tent's humidity all week. Been trying to keep RH closer to 70% with some success. Like with many aspects of growing, things can always be better. So just doing the best I can with what I got. Oh! Also swapped out the faulty AC unit with a new one. This should help with temps. Also disconnected the carbon filter from the exhaust fan (should have done this during the tent reset). Anyways, Onto the next week! Steady as she grows Ensign! Engage! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 01] ========================================================== WEEK 01 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] 09/19/22 → 09/25/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.5-1.0 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 11.47 mol/m2/d PPFD: 177 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.2 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 09/19/22 - Total Days: 005 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.0°F [25.6°C] - Humidity: 60.1% - VPD: 1.28 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:22]: Good morning! --- Wow! --- Nothing. --- Still too soon to see any growth, but should start to see something fairly soon. --- If properly planted, hope to see a sprout within 2-3 days. --- Conditions look pretty good so just going to leave everything alone for now. --- May mist the dome later tonight. - [09:14]: Good evening! --- Ooowee! --- She sprouted!!! --- There was a patch of raised rice hulls in the center of the grow bag. --- I gently brushed the excess hulls off of her to reveal a new seedling! --- Glad to see no sign of the seed shell. Also her cotyledon leaves are just uncurling. Utterly fascinating! --- Week 1 of growth has officially begun! --- Misted the cup with a bit of distilled water. --- She looks a bit weird, but once her leaves fully uncurl, I'm hoping to see some healthy green leaves. Day 02 - Tuesday - 09/20/22 - Total Days: 006 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 79.7°F [26.5°C] - Humidity: 65.1% - VPD: 1.18 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:22]: Hello my beauty! --- Okay! --- Her cotyledon leaves have fully opened and her first set of true leaves are just starting to grow in! --- Upgraded the dome from a cup to a larger dome with a vent. --- To increase the humidity, I misted the interior of the dome. Vents fully closed. --- Hmm. Her first set of leaves do look a bit droopy, but no yellowing, so gonna keep going. --- If she ends up being stunted (Damnit Ensign), then I'll probably try to soak another bean on Thursday. - [09:28]: Refilled the humidifier. --- Also added a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide into the tank (~20mL). - [11:16]: Made slight adjustments to the tent's environment. --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are now set to 85°F/75°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds set to 3/10. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target values are set to 76.0°F/70.0% [TEMP/RH] --- Increased the RH's target value. Hopefully the slightly lower exhaust speed will help to keep the humidity inside the tent a bit longer. --- The current paradox is maintaining adequate ventilation in the tent while keeping a humid environment. --- May lower the fan's speed even further or set the fan to an on/off schedule. - [16:09]: Evening check! --- The light just turned on so decided to do a check. --- Nice! She is definitely greening up. --- Her first set of true leaves are still looking a bit droopy, but her cotyledons were stretching up! --- Gonna spray the top soil with a bit of water. - [16:13]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/2 cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the top soil of the EarthBox. --- Also misted the grow bag (sprayed a bit inside the air gap too). --- Used the entire 1/2cup of solution. --- Misted the dome with a bit of distilled water and placed it over the grow bag. Vents fully opened. --- So far so good! - [19:00]: Quick check! --- Soil still looks moist but the dome dry. --- Re-misted the dome with more distilled water and closed the vents. Day 03 - Wednesday - 09/21/22 - Total Days: 007 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.4°F [25.8°C] - Humidity: 57.6% - VPD: 1.37 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:14]: Good morning! --- She's looking a bit taller with growth getting greener. Nice! --- Still a bit droopy but less than yesterday. --- Re-misted the dome with more distilled water. - [09:18]: Refilled the humidifier. --- Added a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide to the tank (~20mL). - [21:42]: Evening checkup! --- Very nice! --- Growth is starting to ramp up! --- Her first set of serrated leaves are looking less droopy and have started to get larger! --- Within a day or so, her leaves should be around the same size as her cotyledon leaves. --- She has also gotten a bit taller. --- Just incredible how fast these plants can grow! - [21:42]: Misted the top soil with a bit of water. --- Using a spray bottle, I gently misted the grow bag and surrounding EarthBox top soil. Just enough to wet the top surface of the soil. I also misted a little bit in between the air gap. --- Also misted the dome before placing back on (vents closed). --- Up until now, I was getting a bit worried and was considering a new seed soak. --- But growth is looking a lot better now so just going to continue on! Day 04 - Thursday - 09/22/22 - Total Days: 008 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.3°F [25.7°C] - Humidity: 63.7% - VPD: 1.17 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:22]: Good morning beautiful! --- Nice! --- She is really starting to perk up! --- Misted the dome with more distilled water. - [12:05]: Time to change the AC unit! --- Swapping out my old unit (Honeywell MN1CFSWW8) to a Frigidaire FHPC102AC1. --- This slight downgrade in BTUs (from a 8000 to a 6500) should cut energy costs while still being able to keep the room a cool temperature. I hope. - [16:22]: Plant check! --- Sweet! Looking good girl! --- Misted the grow bag and surrounding soil. Just enough to wet the top soil. --- Also misted the dome with more distilled water (vents still closed). --- Depending on how this grow goes, I think this paper bag technique will be my preferred method for planting into reused living soil. - [23:31]: Late night check! --- Very nice! Her true leaves are now about the same size as her cotyledons. --- Looking nice and perky too! --- Did a height check and she was already measuring just under 1.5in! --- Did not need to take light readings. --- Since I did not adjust the light, the PPFD is still at around 177 μmol/m2/s --- This gives a DLI at 11.47 mol/m2/d --- Still going with the initial (week 0) DLI goal of 12 mol/m2/d --- She spouted from the soil on Monday, so going to wait at least a full week before increasing the light levels. --- Wow! --- So far this grow has gone surprisingly smooth (don't frack this up Ensign). --- Stay healthy little one! Day 05 - Friday - 09/23/22 - Total Days: 009 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.4°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 63.1% - VPD: 1.15 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:14]: Good morning! Quick checkup! --- Growing along nicely! --- Re-misted the dome with distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier. - [21:46]: Evening check! --- Nice! Growth is looking healthy and green! --- Her first set of leaves are already larger than her cotyledons! --- Can also start to see the next set of leaves growing in. --- Hyped! --- Decided to wet the top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing it back on (vent is still closed). Day 06 - Saturday - 09/24/22 - Total Days: 010 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 63.4% - VPD: 1.16 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:16]: Morning little one! --- Growing along nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Also re-misted the dome with distilled water. - [20:04]: Night check! --- Nice! Growth is looking green and she looks perky! --- Similar to yesterday, I misted the grow bag and top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing it back on. - [21:56]: Decided to lower the exhaust fan's MIN speed. --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are still set to 85°F/75°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds lowered to 2/10. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target values are unchanged at 76.0°F/70.0% [TEMP/RH] --- Hopefully this will help to keep stabilize the RH. - [21:59]: Oops! Forgot to disconnect the carbon filter from the exhaust fan. --- In past attempts, I had reset the tent from veg to veg (never made it to flower), but since the last grow was my first time through flower, this is my first time doing a flower to veg reset. --- In the early grow days, I learned the hard way that a carbon filter is not needed at all in veg and just wastes the filter. So time to disconnect the filter from the fan. Will try to remember to do this during the next flower to veg reset (damnit Ensign). --- All I had to do was removed the aluminum tape and disconnected the filter. --- Using a piece of carbon filter mesh (7"x8") and a few rubber bands I made a makeshift dust filter. --- Until the carbon filter is needed again, will simply leave it hanging in the tent. - [22:48]: Decided to cover the carbon filter's vent with some plastic wrap. --- While not in use, the plastic wrap should help keep any insects or dust from getting into the filter. --- Probably unnecessary and is mainly for my own peace of mind. Why not. Day 07 - Sunday - 09/25/22 - Total Days: 011 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.3°F [25.7°C] - Humidity: 66.5% - VPD: 1.08 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:21]: Quick morning check! --- Growth looks nice and green! --- Did not re-mist the dome. --- Slightly lowered the exhaust fan's LOW temp trigger. --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are now set to 85°F/73°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds still at 2/10. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target values are unchanged at 76.0°F/70.0% [TEMP/RH] - [20:03]: Evening check! --- Woah! Growth is looking pretty green and healthy! --- Gonna give the top soil another wetting! - [20:10]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of Great White --- Mixed the solution and poured the solution straight into a spray bottle and misted the entire solution onto the grow bag and the EarthBox's top soil. Tried to go as evenly as possible. --- Also misted the dome with more distilled water before placing it back (vents closed). - [20:24]: Refilled the humidifier. --- As with every refill, I added about 20mL of Hydrogen Peroxide to the tank. --- Wow! --- Another easy grow week! --- So far haven't really watered anything. Have just done a few top soil mistings. --- The EarthBox has about 8ft3 of soil, so volume-wise, I didn't really water much (considering the overall surface area and evaporation rate). --- Next week will be a DLI increase from 12 to 16 mol/m2/d --- Also a slightly higher VPD. --- Plan to do an IPM foliar spraying soon too (Tweetmint). Will probably do this right before removing the dome. [END OF WEEK 01]

Introduction - Week 02 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100334.86, Steady as she grows! Another healthy week of growing! Been gradually increasing the RH all week which has brought the VPD down, but I think averages can still be a bit lower. Did an IPM spraying before removing the humidity dome towards the end of the week. Glad to see that without the dome, growth has been looking healthy and green! Opps! Kinda forgot about my worm bin. So did bit of vermicomposting. To my surprise, the population has noticeably increased since the last checkup (which was over 20 days ago, damnit Ensign). Now that I have at least one completed grow, it's actually been quite useful to look back and compare the day-by-day growth between this attempt and my last. Unlike my last grow, decided to hold off on feeding and she has been growing along green and healthy! I still haven't even given her a watering yet. Just been misting the top soil daily. At this stage of growth, less is definitely more. 🖖 [START OF WEEK 02] ========================================================== WEEK 02 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] 09/26/22 → 10/02/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 16 mol/m2/d PPFD: 247 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 15.62 mol/m2/d PPFD: 241 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.02 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 09/26/22 - Total Days: 012 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.3°F [25.7°C] - Humidity: 68.0% - VPD: 1.03 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:37]: Good morning! --- Wow! Looking good little one! --- She looks happy and perky! --- Plan to increase the DLI tonight. - [22:00]: Good evening beautiful! --- Looking great! --- Time to increase the DLI! --- Took a PPFD reading which was at 175 μmol/m2/s --- I then lowered the light down and took another reading. --- The new PPFD reading was at 241 μmol/m2/s --- This gives a DLI of 15.62 mol/m2/d --- This week's DLI goal is 16 mol/m2/d --- Perfect! --- Again, to prevent any leaf burn, for this run, I'm trying to give less PPFD rather than more. - [22:24]: Time for a misting! --- Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- I also misted the dome before placing it back. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water (and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide). --- Done! - [23:37]: Increased the humidifier's target value a bit. --- The humidifier's controller target values are now at 76.0°F/72.0% [TEMP/RH] --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are unchanged at 85°F/73°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds still at 2/10. --- Since I plan to remove the dome by the end of the week, I want to increase the RH just a bit more. --- The current TEMP/RH is 78°F/69% --- This gives a VPD of 1.02 kPa --- Perfect! --- I'm pretty sure I can maintain the VPD goal of 0.8-1.1 kPa --- I just want to lower the VPD a bit lower. --- So far so good! Day 02 - Tuesday - 09/27/22 - Total Days: 013 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.8°F [26.0°C] - Humidity: 69.2% - VPD: 1.01 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:18]: Good morning my beautiful girl! --- Wow! --- Her second set of true leaves have already started to raise and growth looks green and perky! --- Hyped! - [09:27]: Okay, time for an IPM spraying! --- Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added 1mL of Tweetmint Enzyme Plant Wash --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the top soil and grow bag (did not use the entire bottle). Just enough to wet the surface. Even misted the sides of the EarthBox with the solution. Smells like minty peppermint! --- Also misted the dome with the Tweetmint solution before placing it back on. This time with the vents slightly opened. --- Still plan to remove the dome by the end of the week so trying to acclimate her to the tent's environment. - [16:20]: Aye looking good little one! --- Growing along very nicely! Stoked! --- Gonna open the vents on the dome soon. - [19:58]: Okay time for a quick misting! --- Using a spray bottle, I gently misted the top soil and grow bag with distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing it back. This time the vents were about half opened. --- Considering my past grow attempts, I'm very hyped with the growth! --- Usually there is a deficiency or yellowing, but nothing! Ooowee! --- Don't frack this up Ensign! --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 03 - Wednesday - 09/28/22 - Total Days: 014 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.6°F [25.9°C] - Humidity: 69.5% - VPD: 1.00 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:30]: Quick morning check! --- Growing along nicely! - [21:18]: Good evening! --- Growth is looking perky and green! --- I really want to water her, but just going to give a misting. --- Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing back on. Now with the vent fully opened. - [22:17]: Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water (added a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide too). --- Seems to maintain the current VPD goal (0.8-1.1 kPa), the humidifier's tank need to be refilled about every 2 days. --- Keep growing strong little one! Day 04 - Thursday - 09/29/22 - Total Days: 015 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.5°F [25.8°C] - Humidity: 69.6% - VPD: 0.99 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:29]: Good morning beautiful! --- Wow! --- Her second set of true leaves are almost as large as her first set. It's just incredible how symmetrical the growth has been! --- Also her leaves still look green and perky! --- Been adjusting the VPD and I think I have everything properly dialed in! --- Current tent TEMP/RH check gives a reading of 75°F/72% which gives a VPD of 0.83 kPa --- The current VPD goal is 0.8-1.1 kPa --- Perfect! --- Plan to remove the dome tonight. --- Too keep the environment extra humid, will continue to mist the top soil daily. - [18:26]: Evening checkup! --- Wow! Looking very happy today! --- Okay time to remove the dome! --- Done! --- To further help with the switch from the dome to the tent, going to wet the soil a bit. - [18:30] Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the top soil and grow bag with the entire bottle. This time I focused most of the misting around the grow bag. --- Current tent TEMP/RH check gives a reading of 80°F/70% which gives a VPD of 1.05 kPa --- The current VPD goal is 0.8-1.1 kPa --- A bit on the higher end, but readings are still within threshold levels so going to continue on. --- Up until now, VPD readings have been ignored because they were skewed by the use of the humidity dome (RH under the dome has been way higher than the external tent's RH, so the VPD has been lower). --- Now that the dome has been removed, vapor pressure deficit readings should be more accurate. --- Of course, in case growth gets worse, I still have the humidity dome on standby. --- Grow strong and healthy little one! Day 05 - Friday - 09/30/22 - Total Days: 016 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 67.2% - VPD: 0.99 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:13]: Quick morning check! --- Growth is looking nice and healthy! - [21:24]: Evening checkup! --- Still growing along beautifully! --- Humidifier was low. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide. - [22:07]: Time for a top soil misting! --- Using a spray bottle, I misted the top soil and grow bag with distilled water. --- Depending on growth, I plan to fill in the hole and install the plastic mulch cover within the next week or two. - [23:25]: Increased the humidifier's target value a bit more. --- The humidifier's controller target values are now at 76.0°F/74.0% [TEMP/RH] --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are still unchanged at 85°F/73°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds still at 2/10. Day 06 - Saturday - 10/01/22 - Total Days: 017 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.7°F [24.3°C] - Humidity: 62.7% - VPD: 1.10 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:40]: Good morning my beauty! --- Growth is looking nice and green! --- Her second set of serrated leaves have 3 fingers. --- Hyped! --- Comparing the growth from my last grow, this one is looks way healthier! --- Grow strong my little one! - [19:44]: Aye! Good evening little one! --- Growing along green and healthy! --- Did a height check and she was just under 2" tall! --- Not bad for 12-13 days of top growth. - [19:47]: Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- I am a bit concerned with the VPD readings. --- According to the meter nearest to her, the RH is still way too low. --- Not sure on the accuracy of the meter, but sort of makes sense. --- Both temps and RH would be affected by the light so will probably have to increase the tent's RH to offset the difference. - [20:16]: Worm bin check! --- Oops. It's been a while. --- It's been 23 days since the last checkup and feeding. --- Wow! There were quite a bit of worms on the top soil! --- The mango seed pit was still there. But everything else was completely decomposed. --- Gave the bin a good mix and was glad that the worm population has noticeably increased! --- The coco and soil medium was getting denser, but was still fluffy. --- Once everything was evenly mixed, I dug a hole in the center. - [20:23]: Time to feed the worms! --- Going to feed slices of mango, a chunk of a frozen banana, and a few pieces of celery. --- Also going to add more bokashi. --- Plan to feed enough for about 10-14 days. --- First I placed the slices of mango in the bottom of the hole. --- Then layered slices of frozen banana on top of the mango. --- Lastly, the celery was tossed on top (cut into smaller chunks). --- Sprinkled 2tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Then covered the hole with the surrounding soil. --- Sprinkled another 1tbsp of Kashi Blend on top. --- Covered the top of the soil with bits of shredded brown paper. --- Using a spray bottle, I misted the paper until it was slightly damp (~10 sprays). --- Then covered everything with a fresh piece of brown paper. --- Lastly, sealed the bin with a cleaned lid. --- Done! --- Eat up little wormies! Plan to check back in about 7-10 days. --- Hmm. --- Depending on overall plant growth, around this time, I also plan to fill in the hole in the EarthBox. May transplant a few more worms too. - [22:36]: Increased the humidifier's target value even more. --- The humidifier's controller target values are now at 76.0°F/76.0% [TEMP/RH] --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are still unchanged at 85°F/73°F [HIGH/LOW] with the MIN/MAX speeds still at 2/10. --- If I can't get the VPD down lower, soon, may end up using the humidity dome again. --- But growth looks good so just going to grow on! Day 07 - Sunday - 10/02/22 - Total Days: 018 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.9°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 66.1% - VPD: 1.01 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:27]: Early morning checkup! --- Great! Growth looks pretty healthy! --- Surprisingly, still no yellowing! --- Gave the grow bag and surrounding top soil a quick misting of distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier again with more distilled water and splash of Hydrogen Peroxide (~10mL) - [18:58]: Alright! Evening check! --- Nice! Growth is looking great! --- She's still green and healthy! --- I really want to feed her! --- But I think I'll hold off and will just give a misting. --- Been looking back at my previous grow and I think I feed/watered too early. --- So since she is still green and healthy, not going to water. - [18:59]: Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- This was mainly to wet her leaves and to provide a higher RH for a bit. --- Wow! Another healthy week of growth! --- Looking back and comparing growth from my last grow (Black Sugar - Week 3 of Veg - Day 18 Entry), I am very happy with her health! --- She is by far healthier and greener than the last one (which was showing signs of yellowing around this time). --- Don't frack this one up Ensign! --- Anyways, --- Next week will be another DLI increase from 16 to 20 mol/m2/d --- Still not completely happy with the VPD but getting close. Temps are pretty good, but will continue to increase the RH to bring the VPD down a bit more. [END OF WEEK 02]

Introduction - Week 03 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100354.01, Just incredible! Had another easy week of growing! Growth this week was both healthy and perky! By the end of the week, she has clearly grown out of the seedling stage and has started early vegging. Ooowee! Growth is really starting to ramp up! To help keep the local VPD levels a bit more stable, I started using the humidity dome again. I think I removed it too soon. Next grow will most likely have the dome on until she gets too big for it. Towards the end of the week, top growth is looking a bit lime green, but this seems to darken up after a bit. Still have yet to feed any kind of micro nutrients or fertilizers. Although mid-week I fed a bit of aloe, microbes and enzymes. Plan to start a low fertilizer feeding next week which should help (please don't frack this up Ensign). Anyways, next week will also be another DLI boost as she ramps up into full veg. Also will most likely remove the humidity dome soon as she is getting too big for it. Hyped! Steady as she grows Ensign! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 03] ========================================================== WEEK 03 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] → Early Veg 10/03/22 → 10/09/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 20 mol/m2/d PPFD: 308 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 19.76 mol/m2/d PPFD: 305 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.86 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/03/22 - Total Days: 019 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.6°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 71.4% - VPD: 0.88 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:24]: Good morning beautiful one! --- Growth is looking healthy! --- No signs of yellowing too! Great! --- Gave her a quick misting of distilled water. --- Grow healthy little one! - [21:47]: Evening checkup! --- Aye growing along nicely! --- Stoked to see no signs of stunted growth! - [21:57]: Time to increase the DLI a bit more! --- Took a PPFD reading which was at 248 μmol/m2/s --- I then lowered the light down and took another reading. --- The new PPFD reading was at 305 μmol/m2/s --- This gives a DLI of 19.76 mol/m2/d --- This week's DLI goal is 20 mol/m2/d --- Great! --- She'll eventually reach the higher PPFD levels as she grows taller. - [10:15]: Using a spray bottle, I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Measured the new light distance and she is now about 18" from the light. --- Also refilled the humidifier again. --- Keep growing strong little one! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Depending on growth, I'm thinking about starting her first feeding soon (considering either this week or next). --- Beginning with the seedling dosage strength, plan to use the exact same BAS nutrient schedule as the last grow (basically with a week or two delay). --- By this time on my last grow, I have already fed her once which I think caused her yellowing growth. --- I really don't want to feed this one too soon and stunt her growth. --- But I also don't want to limit her growth by starving her of nutrients. --- At least right now, health still looks green and healthy so just going to continue on! --- Please don't frack this up Ensign. Day 02 - Tuesday - 10/04/22 - Total Days: 020 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.9°F [25.5°C] - Humidity: 72.2% - VPD: 0.89 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:37]: Looking good girl! --- Growing along green with no signs of yellowing. Hyped! --- Gave the grow bag and top soil a misting of distilled water. - [09:46]: Adjusted the tent's environment a bit more. --- The humidifier's controller target values are now at 76.0°F/78.0% [TEMP/RH] with a 2°/2.5% [TEMP/RH] differential variance. --- The exhaust controller's temperature triggers are now at 85°F/72°F [HIGH/LOW] with a 2/10 [MIN/MAX] speed. - [18:04]: Good evening my little one! --- Growing along nice and green! --- Hmm. --- The RH is still too low around the canopy, so going to bring the humidity dome back. --- First I misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with some distilled water. --- Then misted the humidity dome before placing it on. Vents were slightly opened. - [18:09]: Opened the vents a bit on the dome. --- Now the vents are about half opened. --- At this stage of growth, I want the RH higher than the tent can provide. The use of the dome should help to increase the RH and lower the VPD. Day 03 - Wednesday - 10/05/22 - Total Days: 021 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.3°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 72.6% - VPD: 0.86 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:44]: Morning checkup! --- Looking good girl! --- Nice! Using the dome seems to be helping! --- Also having a hygrometer under the dome will provide more accurate TEMP/RH readings. --- The canopy's TEMP/RH are at 82.5F/72% which gives a VPD of 1.06 kPa --- Glad to see that local VPD levels are better now. --- Will probably continue using the dome until she gets too big for it. --- Misted the grow bag and surrounding top soil with some distilled water. --- Also misted the humidity dome before placing it back on. Vents about halfway open. --- Refilled the humidifier too. --- Hmm. While using the dome, I may lower the tent's RH. This should save a bit of distilled water (don't need the whole tent to be humid when the dome is enough for now). --- [No further entries were logged for the remainder of the day] Day 04 - Thursday - 10/06/22 - Total Days: 022 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 73.0% - VPD: 0.86 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:13]: Good morning girl! --- Wow growth looks incredible! --- Her 3rd set of serrated leaves are already growing in perky and healthy! --- Misted the grow bag and top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing it back on (vents slightly opened). --- Grow strong and healthy my little one! --- As far as feeding, been trying to decide what to do. - [09:43]: Decided to compare growth to my previous grow. --- [*Smokes a bowl] --- Wow what a difference! --- This current attempt, although a bit smaller, looks a lot greener and healthier! --- The last grow looked stressed with a lime yellow color. --- So when should start feeding her? --- I really (really) want to! --- But also don't want to stunt her by feeding to early. --- Hmm. --- Around this time, the last seedling was already fed once with a second feeding being planned for the evening. --- I also started bottom watering the EarthBox. --- Hmm. --- For this grow, I think I'll hold off on feeding for another week. --- Also going to hold off on bottom watering as well. --- Her growth looks green and healthy so I don't see a reason to give her additional nutrients. --- Yep. Last grow I started feeding way too early (Damnit Ensign). --- Anyways, --- Tonight, similar to last week, think I'll just feed aloe and microbes. - [17:13]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! She's getting bigger! --- Almost reaching the sides of the grow bag. --- Growth still looks nice and green too! --- So opting to wait yet another week before feeding any fertilizers and micro aminos. --- Just gonna give a bit of aloe and inoculate the soil with microbes and enzymes. - [17:16]: Time to re-inoculate the soil with more microbes! --- Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of the following BAS products: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/16tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Added 2 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the grow bag along with the top soil of the EarthBox. Emptied the whole bottle. --- Misted the dome with distilled water before placing it back on. Vents fully closed. --- Also refilled the humidifier (distilled water with a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide). Day 05 - Friday - 10/07/22 - Total Days: 023 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.4°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 72.8% - VPD: 0.85 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:18]: Good morning! --- Wow she looks happy and perky! --- Growth still looks nice and green too! --- Misted the grow bag and surrounding soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Also misted the dome before placing it back on. - [21:57]: Evening check! --- Hmm. The dome was still quite foggy with condensation. --- Nice! Under the dome, growth looked nice and healthy! --- Although, her top leaves do look a bit yellowish. --- Misted the grow bag and surrounding soil with distilled water. --- Misted the dome too before placing it back on. Vents slightly open. - [22:10]: Decided to open the vents all the way on the humidity dome. --- I think the VPD is getting too low under the dome when fully misted, so going to vent the excess moisture. Day 06 - Saturday - 10/08/22 - Total Days: 024 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.4°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 73.1% - VPD: 0.84 kPa ----------------------------------- - [08:10]: Good morning little one! --- Nice! Growth is looking very perky! --- Re-misted the dome with distilled water and placed it back on. Vents halfway open. - [19:45]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! Noticeable top growth! --- Misted the grow bag and surrounding soil with distilled water. --- Placed the dry humidity dome back on without misting. Vents fully opened. --- To help further dial in the temps and RH, I placed a few more hygrometers in the tent. --- Now I should be able to check the difference in local VPD readings both inside and outside the dome. Day 07 - Sunday - 10/09/22 - Total Days: 025 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.7°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 72.7% - VPD: 0.84 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:19]: Good morning my beautiful! --- Wow growth looks incredible! --- She looks green and happy! --- Nice! The local Temp/RH was at 79.8F/71% which gives a VPD of 1.01 kPa --- With a target range of 0.8-1.1 kPa, this is perfect! --- To keep the VPD a bit more stable, not going to mist. --- I just placed the dome back with the vents fully opened. - [21:35]: Evening checkup! --- Opps! --- Humidifier was empty, so promptly refilled it with distilled water (along with 15-20mL of Hydrogen Peroxide). --- Woah! She got bigger! --- She is growing beyond the edge of the grow bag and top growth has change quite a bit since this morning. Hyped! --- I am a bit concerned about the slight yellowing of the new growth, but as the leaves mature, they usually get greener. --- Regardless, I am both hyped and stoked for this grow!! --- It's also fascinating to see the genetic difference in leaf growth when comparing indica and sativa. --- This being my first sativa cultivar to make it this far, I can already see the narrower leaf growth compared to indica plants which has a more wider leaf structure. --- Just incredible! --- Anyways, - [21:41]: Took a height measurement and she was just about 3.25" tall! --- Not going mist her with distilled water. --- Instead, just slightly misted the top of the humidity dome with distilled water before placing it back on. Vents fully open. --- Not much else to do. --- Grow on my girl! - [23:21]: Curious on the VPD. --- One more checkup for the night! --- The local Temp/RH was at 81.3F/67% which gives a VPD of 1.20 kPa --- A bit too high. But still okay. --- Also measured the distance between the canopy and the light which was about 15.5" --- Okay, now done! --- Wow! Another easy grow week! --- Plan to increase the DLI even further next week (tomorrow). --- Also depending on her growth, I may have to remove the humidity dome soon. --- Next week will also be the start of nutrient feeding (I think). Plan to start with the lower seedling dosage and hope for the best. --- Don't frack this up Ensign! [END OF WEEK 03]

Introduction - Week 04 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100389.58, Well this week started off great! Began bottom watering early in the week. Mid-week, I did more vermicomposting and checked the worm bin. Also did a worm transplant into the EarthBox and filled the hole in. Also did a top dressing and gave her first feeding. Even installed the EarthBox's mulch cover. Great! Well.. This is around the time everything started going downhill. Despite a nicely developing mycelial mat under the mulch cover. She begun showing signs of stunted growth.. By the end of the week, growth has pretty much halted and her leaf tips are now yellowing and drying up (damnit Ensign). I'm pretty sure this was due to over-watering. More specifically over-bottom watering from the reservoir. Now that I look back at the week, I bottom fed her a total of 9 cups of water. Way too much (damnit Ensign). Will have to consider this for the next bean. There goes a month of growth.. Wohoo. [*smokes a bowl] Of course, since I was assuming that I would succeed at this attempt (over confidence), instead of planting her on one side of the EarthBox, I planted her in the center. Unfortunately this means that I'd either have to plant the next seed on the far ends of the EarthBox, or will have to completely swap out the current grow. Damnit Ensign... [*smokes several dabs] Well I guess failure is always an option.. If she doesn't recover soon (they never really do), plan to reset again and do another seed soak of the same genetics (which will be attempt #46). Shaka. When the walls fell.. 🖖 [START OF WEEK 04] ========================================================== WEEK 04 - Early Veg 10/10/22 → 10/16/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 30 mol/m2/d PPFD: 463 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 29.48 mol/m2/d PPFD: 455 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.89 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/10/22 - Total Days: 026 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 68.7% - VPD: 0.96 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:32]: Morning my girl! --- Wow looking great! --- Did not mist anything. --- Simply placed the dry dome back on with the vents closed. --- Steady as she grows Ensign! - [21:53]: Okay! Evening checkup! --- Can see noticeable top growth. Nice! --- Still a bit lime green. --- But overall, she's looking pretty good! - [22:08]: Time to check the DLI! --- Took a PPFD reading which was at 332 μmol/m2/s --- This week, need to increase the PPFD closer to 463 μmol/m2/s --- Since I didn't want to lower the light any lower, the wattage had to be increased. --- Checked the wattage of the light which was at 103.1w --- After a bit of adjusting, increased the light to 166.2w --- At this new wattage, I actually had to raise the light up a bit. - [22:40]: The new PPFD reading is 456 μmol/m2/s --- This gives a DLI of 29.55 mol/m2/d --- This week's DLI goal is 30 mol/m2/d --- Perfect! --- Going to give the soil and grow bag a misting of more microbes and aloe. - [22:56]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of the following products: ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Mycrobe Complete --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the grow bag along with the top soil of the EarthBox with the entire bottle. --- Also refilled the humidifier with more distilled water. - [+00:28]: Opened the vents all the way open. --- VPD was getting way too low. Day 02 - Tuesday - 10/11/22 - Total Days: 027 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.6°F [25.3°C] - Humidity: 68.2% - VPD: 1.01 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:44]: Good morning beautiful! --- Looking incredible girl! --- The local TEMP/RH under the dome were at 82.5°F/72% which gives a VPD of 1.31 kPa --- A bit high on the VPD, but looking good regardless! --- The local TEMP/RH outside the dome were at 78.8°F/63% which gives a VPD of 1.24 kPa --- The VPD outside the dome is still a bit high, but also a bit better than inside the dome (goal is 0.8-1.1 kPa). --- I'm just stoked that growth looks perky and happy! --- Top growth is still a bit lime, but has been greening up as the leaves mature. --- Did not mist anything. --- Simply placed the dry dome back on with the vents fully open. --- Her leaves have pretty much reached the edge of the dome (wish I had a larger humidity dome but oh well). --- Plan to remove the dome soon. --- Anyways, --- Sleep well my queen! - [18:25]: Evening checkup! --- Aye growth looks great! --- Her leaves are a bit lime, but growth looks good none the less! --- Plan to start feeding her fertilizers in a couple days. --- Going to start bottom watering now. --- Starting off slow with 2 cups of distilled water and plan to check the reservoir daily. --- Debating about extending the dry period between bottom waterings, but for now, similar to last grow, only going to add water once the reservoir is dry. - [18:31]: Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Misted the grow bag and surround top soil with distilled water. --- Then placed the dry dome back on. Vents closed. --- A simple day of growing. Done! Day 03 - Wednesday - 10/12/22 - Total Days: 028 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 70.9% - VPD: 0.90 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:19]: Morning checkup! --- Growth is looking incredible! --- Wow she looks so happy! --- Growing along nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water. --- Also misted the surrounding top soil with a bit of distilled water. - [21:04]: Good evening girl! --- Growth is looking green and great! --- Checked the reservoir and it was nice and dry. - [21:09]: Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Similar to this morning, I only misted the surrounding top soil with distilled water. --- Done! Another easy day of growing! Day 04 - Thursday - 10/13/22 - Total Days: 029 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.8°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 70.4% - VPD: 0.92 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:19]: Good morning beautiful! --- Wow she looks perky! --- Hyped! --- Sprayed the surrounding top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier. - [09:34]: Took a PPFD reading. --- The canopy was at 480 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 31.10 mol/m2/d --- With a goal of 30 mol/m2/d, this was a bit high. --- Raised the light up a bit and took another reading. --- The canopy is now at 455 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 29.48 mol/m2/d --- Perfect! - [09:42]: Took some height measurements. --- Wow! She was already just over 5" tall! --- The distance between the top of the canopy and the light was around 16" --- Going to be a busy day! --- Plan to do a transplant tonight by filling in the hole. --- Also will be installing the mulch cover. --- Hyped! --- Plan to transplant a few worms into the EarthBox as well. --- Going to prep a mini worm bin. --- Since this will also be used to fill in the hole in the EarthBox, going to use some fresh soil. - [10:08]: Filled a small black container with some BAS Oly Mountain soil (about 2/3 of a solo cup). --- This mini worm bin will store the worms before transplant. --- Time to make a wetting solution! - [10:13]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/3 cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of the following BAS products: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/32tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Mixed the solution and set it aside for a bit. --- To keep the worms happy, going to mix in a bit of bokashi grain. --- Added 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Mixed the kashi into the soil before adding the wetting solution from earlier (1/3 cup). --- Sprinkled another 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Finally sealed the mini bin with a perforated lid. --- This soil should give the worms something to feed on while they explore their new EarthBox home. --- Going to let this sit for a bit before adding the worms. - [12:16]: Okay! Time to check the worm bin! --- It's been 12 days since the last feeding and checkup. --- Nice! Most of the brown paper mulch was gone and so was most of the food (some of the mango was still left). --- Wow! Worms were just crawling on the top of the soil. --- Time to harvest a few worms for the EarthBox! --- Gave the bin a quick mix and picked out a handful of worms. --- Then added these worms into the mini worm bin that was prepared earlier in the day. --- Sealed the mini bin and set it aside for later today. --- Okay, back to the main worm bin. - [12:28]: In preparation for feeding, I dug a hole in center of the worm bin. --- Going to feed a few pieces of watermelon rind along with some spinach and kale. --- Of course adding in some bokashi as well. --- First layered the spinach at the bottom of the hole before sprinkling 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Then I layered the slices of watermelon rind and kale on top. --- Sprinkled another 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Then using the surrounding soil, I covered the hole. --- Layered a bit of shredded brown paper and topped it off with a fresh sheet of brown paper. --- Slightly misted the top of the paper with distilled water before sealing the bin with a cleaned lid. --- Done! --- Everything is all set for tonight's transplant (hole filling) and mulch installation. --- Also will be feeding in a bit of fertilizer too. --- May even do an IPM foliar spraying as well. --- Lots to do! --- Stoked! --- Please don't frack this up Ensign! - [16:52]: Evening checkup! --- Aye nice! Looking good girl! --- Growth is looking green and healthy! --- Hmm. I'm noticing some kind of mutation. I think. --- One side of each set of her leaves seems to have a squatted tip. --- Regardless, she looks healthy, so going to continue on. - [16:59]: Okay! Time to fill in the hole! --- Gave the grow bag and entire top soil a misting of distilled water. --- Sprinkled 1/4tsp of Great White into the hole. --- Took the mini worm bin container from earlier and dumped the contents into the hole (about 2/3 solo cup of BAS Oly Mountain soil + worms). --- To make a solid seal, I patted the soil down (was gentle to not squash any worms). I also adjusted the grow bag's paper sides a bit. Made sure to leave about an inch or so of excess for fresh soil. --- Almost time to install the plastic mulch cover. --- But first need to top dress some fresh soil and amendments. - [17:18]: Layered a bit of BAS Oly Mountain soil over the entire top soil (~3.5 solo cups). --- This is mainly to create a fresh top soil layer. --- Covered that top soil with some BuildAFlower Top Dress (~2.5 solo cups). --- Just enough to cover the surrounding top soil. --- I used the sides of the grow bag as a guide on how much to layer on (made sure to keep everything just under the top of the paper bag). --- By now the soil line is just under the top of the grow bag which gives about 0.5" to 1" of newly added soil. - [17:39]: Time to mix in some amendments! --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Craft Blend --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Alfalfa Meal --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Kelp Meal --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Kashi Blend --- Mixed the top soil to work in the amendments. --- Sprinkled 8tbps [1/2cup] of Kashi Blend --- Very loosely worked in the Kashi Blend into the top soil. --- Okay time to for her first fertilizer feeding! --- Going to go with a scaled down version of the BAS seedling feed chart. --- Please don't frack this up Ensign. --- Since I am going to be using the mulch cover for the first time, I'm not sure how the moisture will evaporate. --- This first week's feeding will be a total of 3 cups of water (1 top watered, 2 in the reservoir). --- Anyways, - [18:10]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of the following BAS products: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/16tsp of the following products: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] ----- Mycrobe Complete --- Added 2 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the entire bottle evenly over the soil (did not foliar feed). - [18:33]: Time to install the plastic mulch cover! --- Have to admit that I was low key nervous about this. --- Don't frack this up Ensign. --- To help ensure that I didn't harm her during the process, I decided to cover her with the humidity dome. To help with cutting, I made sure to center the dome on her. --- Then I gently stretched the plastic mulch cover over the top of the EarthBox. Black side facing out (white side in). --- While covering the EarthBox, I was very careful with the dome and made sure that it did not shift. --- Using a pair of scissors, I gently cut a 4" x-shaped hole in the mulch cover (at the very top of the dome). --- With a pair of binder clips, I secured the back end of the mulch cover to the EarthBox. This will keep the back stable and in place (I don't want the cover to snap forward). --- Now for the tricky part, --- I partially removed the mulch cover and took the dome off. --- Then using both hands, I stretched and maintained tension on the mulch cover while carefully sliding her through the hole I cut earlier. --- Once she was safely through the mulch cover's hole, while still maintaining even tension, I gently covered the top of the EarthBox. --- Nice! --- Okay time to give her a foliar misting. --- Going with an IPM spraying of EM-5. - [18:49]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1.75mL of Formula EM-5 [All Natural Garden Cleaning Concentrate] --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted her evenly with a bit of the solution. --- Also misted the top of the mulch cover and sides of the EarthBox. Discarded the rest. --- Checked the reservoir and it was nice and dry. --- Going to bottom water a bit. - [18:57]: Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Done! --- I really hope I didn't screw this up. The next few days will tell. --- Grow strong my beauty! Day 05 - Friday - 10/14/22 - Total Days: 030 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 73.2% - VPD: 0.82 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Good morning! --- Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water. --- Growing along very nicely! --- No yellowing, so happy with the transplant so far. --- I hope growth doesn't get stunted. - [20:59]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! --- She looks green and healthy! --- Also hyped about the noticeable growth! - [21:03]: Peeked under the mulch cover. --- Wow! --- A white mycelial mat of fuzzy mold (actinomycetes. I think) was already starting to bloom! --- This fungus fuzz is a good thing and should help to break down the organic matter into nutrients the plant can uptake. --- Very cool! --- Going to be an easy night with only a reservoir watering! --- Checked the reservoir which was nice and dry. Gonna increase the watering by a cup. - [21:08]: Filled a pitcher with 3 cups of distilled water and poured it straight into the EarthBox's fill tube. --- Done! Day 06 - Saturday - 10/15/22 - Total Days: 031 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.2°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 73.4% - VPD: 0.81 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:23]: Morning check! --- Nice! --- Growth still looks healthy and green! --- Hmm. Growth does seem a bit slower (damnit Ensign). --- Checked the reservoir and there was still a bit of water (too much?). --- Well new growth is not yellowing, so just going to continue on. --- The local TEMP/RH were at 77.7°F/59% which gives a VPD of 1.33 kPa --- VPD was a bit high. --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with a bit of distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier with more distilled water. - [19:23]: Evening check! --- Hmm. She looks about the same. --- Also one of her bottom leaves is yellowing at the tip (damnit Ensign). --- I checked the reservoir and it was almost completely dry. --- Not going to add water. Going to let the soil dry up a bit. --- Checked under the mulch and was happy to see more mold growth. --- But why are her leaves yellowing? --- I guess I over-watered again (damnit Ensign). --- Most likely I drown her roots and stunted the growth. Again. --- Or was it too much food? Or both? --- I dunno. --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Just going to continue on. --- Misted the top of the mulch cover with a bit of distilled water (mainly to increase the RH and to lower the VPD). --- By the end of next week, if she ends up getting too stunted, probably will start another seed soak. --- Damnit Ensign. --- Well the next attempt probably won't get a top dressing. --- Probably won't add water to the reservoir on feeding days. Or at least until she gets bigger. --- Also may not use the mulch cover and will go back to planting cover crop. --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 07 - Sunday - 10/16/22 - Total Days: 032 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.2°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 72.2% - VPD: 0.85 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:21]: Morning checkup. --- Top growth looks okay. But more yellowing leaf tips. --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Yep, I stunted her. --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Must have been over-watering. --- Just like yesterday, not going to water tonight. --- Misted the top of the mulch cover with distilled water. - [19:44]: Evening checkup. --- Yep. She looks stunted. --- Not going to water today. --- Just misted the top mulch cover. - [21:00]: Took some height readings. --- She was just under 6" tall. --- The distance between the canopy and the light was around 15" --- This week started off great! --- But I guess I over-watered. I'm pretty sure the over-watering occurred on Friday. But could have been on Thursday when I fed her. --- Regardless, --- This week ends with stunted growth (damnit Ensign). --- Hopefully she recovers, but since she's an autoflower, I'm not sure if she can. [END OF WEEK 04]

Introduction - Week 05 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100408.73, A better week of growing! Decided to stop watering for a bit but am continuing to use the plastic mulch cover. To help with recovery, early in the week, I misted a bit of Clonex Solution. Not sure if this really did anything, but since I already have a bottle I figured why not. Mid-week, she was actually looking a lot better! So decided to hold off on starting a new seed. Sprayed her with CalMag throughout the week. But haven't poured any water into the reservoir (have not watered her for just over a week). To help further dry out the soil, I opted to skip this week's fertilizer feeding. Eventually the damaged leaves were defoliated. There's still a bit if damage, but a lot less than last week. By the end of the week, I think she has recovered? Growth is starting to ramp up again. Nice! Was struggling with the local VPD, but by the end of the week (and after adjusting the humidifier settings), managed to lower it down to better and more stable levels. The humidifier now requires daily refilling, but as long as she is healthy, I am totally fine this. Also been misting the top of the mulch cover daily. Please continue to grow and recover girl! [START OF WEEK 05] ========================================================== WEEK 05 - Early Veg → Veg 1 10/17/22 → 10/23/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 20 mol/m2/d PPFD: 308 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 20.09 mol/m2/d PPFD: 310 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.92 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/17/22 - Total Days: 033 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 73.9% - VPD: 0.80 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:23]: Morning checkup. --- Damn. Yea she is stunted. --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier. - [21:34]: Evening check. --- Well top growth seems okay. --- But more yellowing of the lower leaves. --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Did not add any water to the reservoir. --- Will probably start a new bean this Thursday (damnit Ensign). - [23:10]: Decided to foliar spray a bit of Clonex Solution. --- Filled a measuring cup with 1/4cup of distilled water. --- Added 1mL of Clonex Clone Solution --- Mixed the solution and misted her leaves with a spray bottle (discarded the rest). Day 02 - Tuesday - 10/18/22 - Total Days: 034 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.5°F [25.3°C] - Humidity: 64.7% - VPD: 1.13 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:30]: Morning checkup. --- Lower leaves are still yellowing. --- Refilled the humidifier. - [11:15]: Another board complete. --- Took this a bit late, but whatever. - [16:59]: Evening checkup. --- Top growth is looking perky. But lower grow still continues to yellow. - [17:10]: Gave the top of the EarthBox a misting of distilled water. --- Did not add any water to the reservoir. Day 03 - Wednesday - 10/19/22 - Total Days: 035 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.2°F [25.1°C] - Humidity: 61.2% - VPD: 1.21 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:32]: Morning check. --- Her top leaves are betting larger. --- Lower leaves are continuing to yellow. - [21:36]: Evening check. --- Well her top growth is looking better (I think). --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Did not add any water to the reservoir. Day 04 - Thursday - 10/20/22 - Total Days: 036 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.7°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 70.7% - VPD: 0.93 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:41]: Morning check. --- Her top leaves are getting larger. --- But her bottom growth is still yellowing. --- Checked her height. --- She was around 7.75" tall. --- Well she did get taller. --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Comparing growth to my last attempt, she is falling behind. --- But I think she is recovering. --- Please recover girl! --- [*smokes a bowl and several dabs] --- So, --- Was planning to do a new seed soak today, but going to hold off another week. --- To hopefully help a bit with recovery, deciding to decrease the DLI for a bit. In terms of intensity, rolling back the PPFD by a week (or two). --- At lights on (or sometime after 16:00), plan to raise the light up until the canopy is closer to 308 μmol/m2/s which would give a DLI closer to 20 mol/m2/d --- Also, by raising the light, hopefully will increase the RH around the canopy (less evaporative heat). --- As for her weekly feeding, going to push this back another week as well (still haven't poured any water into the reservoir neither). - [17:08]: Evening check. --- She's looking perky. Top growth looks okay. --- Took a PPFD reading. --- Took a PPFD reading which was at 577 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 37.39 mol/m2/d --- To lower the PPFD closer to the new target goal of 308 μmol/m2/s, I raised the light up. - [17:19]: After a bit of adjusting, I lifted the light up quite a bit. --- New PPFD readings were at 310 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 20.09 mol/m2/d --- With a new lowered DLI goal of 20 mol/m2/d, this is good enough. --- The distance between the top of the canopy and the light is now around 23" --- Not going to feed any fertilizer today. --- Did not add any water to the reservoir. - [17:29]: Decided to foliar feed a bit of CalMag. --- Filled a measuring cup with 1cup of distilled water. --- Added 0.25mL of CaliMagic --- Mixed the solution and misted her leaves with a spray bottle (discarded the rest). --- Also refilled the humidifier. --- I think she might make a recovery! --- Going to try adjusting the controller settings to help increase the RH. Day 05 - Friday - 10/21/22 - Total Days: 037 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.4°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 74.3% - VPD: 0.81 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:23]: Morning checkup. --- Well looking better. --- Top growth is not looking yellow. --- Refilled the humidifier. - [21:33]: Evening checkup. --- Aye looking a lot better! --- Going to defoliate the dying leaves. - [21:35]: Using a pair of trimmers, I carefully snipped off all of the damaged leaves. --- Wow! Looking much better! --- Now if more leaves begin drying up, I'll be able to easily tell. --- The removed leaves were placed under the mulch cover to decompose back into nutrients. --- Still have not added any water to the reservoir. --- Going to give her another CalMag misting. - [21:46]: Filled a measuring cup with 1cup of distilled water. --- Added 0.25mL of CaliMagic --- Mixed the solution and misted her leaves with a spray bottle. Will keep the rest for mistings in the morning and evening tomorrow. CalMag doesn't go bad right? - [23:24]: Oh! Also local VPD levels are looking a lot better too! --- Raising the light seemed to have helped a bit. --- But adjusting the humidifier's controller settings seemed to really help stabilize the RH. --- I basically changed two settings. --- The first was the humidifier's continuous operating time (COT). This was changed from the default of 30min to 0. This setting basically controls the ON/OFF cycles. The old settings had the humidifier on an ON/OFF cycle of 30 minutes (30min ON, 30min OFF) or until the RH target value was reached (currently set to 78% RH). I wish there was a way to set the off time, but the off time is the same as the on time. With the COT set to 0, the humidifier will now stay on until the designated target RH value is achieved. --- The second setting adjusted was the humidity's protection time (HPT). This was changed from the default of 3min to 2min. This setting basically is an off delay after the humidifier is shut off. By shortening this duration a bit, I hope to keep the RH from dropping too low between off cycles. --- Both of these adjustments will definitely use more water, but as long as the RH stabilizes, I am okay with giving the extra water. --- Please recover girl! Day 06 - Saturday - 10/22/22 - Total Days: 038 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.0°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 74.0% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:24]: Morning checkup. --- Woah! --- She's nice and green! --- The yellowing seems to have almost completely stopped (one leaf has the slightest yellowing of the tip). --- Great! - [07:26]: Foliar sprayed more of the CalMag solution from yesterday. --- Also misted the top of the EarthBox. --- Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water (and about 20mL of Hydrogen Peroxide [HP]). - [19:35]: Evening check! --- Why hello there beautiful! --- I think she's just about recovered from the over-watering. Nice! --- Can't find any new yellowing growth. Hyped! - [19:37]: Foliar sprayed even more of the same CalMag solution. --- Misted the top of the EarthBox with a bit of the solution as well (discarded the rest). --- Refilled the humidifier again with more distilled water (and 20mL of HP). Day 07 - Sunday - 10/23/22 - Total Days: 039 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.7°F [24.3°C] - Humidity: 72.5% - VPD: 0.82 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:39]: Morning check! --- Nice! She's getting bigger! --- Growth has definitely been slowed (compared to the last grow), but she's looking perkier! --- Unfortunately, since she's an autoflower, I can't simply keep her in veg for another week to make up for the loss in growth. --- Misted the her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. - [21:15]: Evening checkup! --- Woah! She's getting bigger! --- Her leaves still have a bit of damage, but I'm both relieved and hyped that she's recovering! --- Misted the her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and 20mL of HP. - [23:13]: Took some end of week height readings. --- Wow! --- She was just under 9" tall! --- Measured the distance between the top of the canopy and light which was around a 22" gap. --- Well so ends another week of growing. --- She looks a whole lot better than last week! --- Plan to start watering into the reservoir again soon (maybe next week), but until she gets bigger, going to try to have a dry period between waterings (don't frack this up again Ensign). Going to start with 1-2 cups every 3 days and will adjust from there. [END OF WEEK 05]

Introduction - Week 06 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100427.88, As far as growing, this week was pretty rough, but she seems to be recovering. I think. She seemed to be recovering so early in the week.. Decided to give her a top watering which was a huge mistake as she started showing signs of more stunted growth and dried leaves (Shaka, when the walls fell.. again). So started a new seed soak. Also decided to get a second EarthBox. Need to have multiple plants again. I'm not experienced enough to rely on a single plant making through. With this second EarthBox, I hope to increase my chances. I may even go back to planting two seeds per EarthBox, which would further increase my chances of a successful grow. To help dry out the soil, I've stopped all watering and peeled back the mulch cover. But even after a few days of drying, the soil was still pretty damp. It's very easy to overwater when you have no experience (Damnit Ensign). By the end of the week, the new seed did not germinate (of course) so started another one. [START OF WEEK 06] ========================================================== WEEK 06 - Veg 1 WEEK 00 - Germination - [1st entry: 10/27/22 - End: 10/30/22] WEEK 00a - Germination - [1st entry: 10/30/22] 10/24/22 → 10/30/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12-14 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185-216 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 14.19 mol/m2/d PPFD: 219 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.82 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/24/22 - Total Days: 040 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.2°F [24.0°C] - Humidity: 66.1% - VPD: 0.98 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:27]: Good morning! --- A little behind in growth, but looking a lot better than last week! --- She can also be greener (also a few leaf tip burns), but growth looks perky. --- Misted the her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. - [22:01]: Evening checkup! --- She is definitely getting taller. --- Did not add any water to the reservoir. --- Misted the her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and ~20mL of Hydrogen Peroxide [HP]. --- Going to adjust DLI tomorrow. --- Also plan to check under the mulch cover and possibly start top watering. Day 02 - Tuesday - 10/25/22 - Total Days: 041 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.0°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 71.3% - VPD: 0.86 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:23]: Morning check! --- She looks a bit deficient, but she is getting larger. --- Leaf veins are green, but growth appears more lime towards the edges. --- Misted the her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with distilled water. - [12:05]: Decided to make some Agsil water. --- This potassium silicate infused water should help to strengthen cellular structure and encourage stronger growth in both the top biomass and root zone. Using potassium silicate also should help to increase overall environmental stress tolerance and resistance to pathogens. --- Filled a gallon jug with distilled water and set it aside for a bit. --- Using an empty measuring cup on a scale, I added ~1.5g of Agsil 16H (1.49g) to the cup. --- Poured some of the water from the jug into the measuring cup. --- Then poured the mixed solution back into the jug. Repeated this a few times to fully dissolve the potassium silicate. --- Plan to check the soil this evening before giving her a foliar spraying of this solution. --- If the top soil needs watering, plan to mist a cup or two of distilled water. - [16:28]: Evening checkup! --- Leaf tips look a bit yellow, but growth looks nice and perky. - [16:33]: Took a PPFD reading which was at 325 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 21.06 mol/m2/d --- To increase the PPFD closer to the new target goal of 463 μmol/m2/s, instead of lowering the light. I decided to increase the wattage of the light. - [16:45]: After a bit of adjusting, I increased the wattage from 160.6w to 209.7w --- After increasing the wattage, had to lift the light up a bit. --- After more adjusting, managed to get the canopy's PPFD readings to around 446 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 28.90 mol/m2/d --- With the increased DLI goal of 30 mol/m2/d, this should be good enough. At the rate she is growing, by the end of the week, she'll definitely be above 30 mol/m2/d - [18:08]: Took height readings. --- She was around 9.5" tall. --- The distance between the top of the canopy and the light is now around 21" --- Decided to hold off on feeding any fertilizer this week. --- Also did not add any water to the reservoir. --- Added a 4 more binder clips to secure the center of the mulch cover. --- This is mainly to prevent any elastic snap-back damage. - [18:18]: Checked under the mulch cover. --- Gently pealed back both sides of the EarthBox (leaving the middle section undisturbed). --- Using my hands, I gently mixed the top 1-2" of soil. This was mainly to break up any large chunks and to loosen any clumps of soil and compacted amendments. --- The soil felt slightly moist at the top, but after breaking up the moist clumps, the overall top soil felt pretty dry. --- Well, her goes nothing.. --- Time to wet the soil! --- Please, please, don't frack this up Ensign. - [18:33]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Added 2 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution before pouring 1/2 cup into a plastic spray bottle. --- Starting with one side of the EarthBox, I gently misted the top soil. --- Then repeated the process for the other side (1 cup total). - [18:51]: Using a metal skewer, I gently added a few aeration pockets. --- Inserted the skewer about 3-4" into to soil and gently swirled the soil around to make a narrow hole. Repeated this process until there were holes about 2" apart on both sides of the EarthBox. --- While making the holes, I noticed that the soil underneath was pretty dry. --- Going to add one more cup of water. - [18:59]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water and misted both sides (~1/2 cup on each side). --- Also misted each aeration hole. --- Once the top soil was nice and moist, I carefully placed the mulch cover back on. - [19:15]: Using a spray bottle, I foliar fed a bit of the Agsil water prepared earlier in the day. --- Also misted the top of the mulch cover. --- Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water along with about ~20mL of HP. --- Great! --- I think. --- Ended up top watering a total of 2 cups and did not add anything into the reservoir. --- I really hope I didn't mess this up. --- Please don't get worse! --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 03 - Wednesday - 10/26/22 - Total Days: 042 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.4°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 74.1% - VPD: 0.79 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:31]: Morning check! --- Well, she doesn't look stunted. --- Still too soon to really see any difference. --- Refilled the humidifier with more distilled water and HP. --- Also misted her leaves along with the top of the EarthBox with Agsil water. - [21:19]: Evening checkup. --- Hmm. Well she looks about the same. --- Did I stunt her even more? --- I guess I over-watered again (Shaka, when the walls fell). --- I only watered 2 cups. Compared to the last seedling, I barely watered this one. --- But I guess I shouldn't have watered on Tuesday. --- Wow. I guess once a plant is stunted, it's difficult to heal her back (damnit Ensign). --- Misted the top of the EarthBox (mulch cover) with Agsil water (mainly to increase the RH). Day 04 - Thursday - 10/27/22 - Total Days: 043 [001] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.1°F [23.4°C] - Humidity: 74.1% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Morning checkup. --- Yep. She looks stunted. --- DAMMIT ENSIGN! --- [*smokes a bowl] - [09:32]: Took PPFD readings. --- The canopy was at 453 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 29.35 mol/m2/d --- Decided to raise the light up a bit. --- After some adjusting, managed to get the canopy's PPFD readings to around 420 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 27.22 mol/m2/d --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Shaka, when the walls fell.. --- [*smokes a bowl] - [10:05]: Screw it! Decided to start a new seed soak. --- This will be attempt #46 and is another seed of 'NYC Diesel' from ILGM (8 more seeds left). --- Took a cleaned shot glass and rinsed it with a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (did not dry). --- Then filled the shot glass with 25mL of distilled water and dropped a randomly selected bean in. --- Like most of my previous seed soaks, this seed floated. --- Placed the shot glass onto a towel which is covering a heating mat. --- Covered the glass with an opaque black plastic bowl along with a towel (for insulation). For more insulation and temperature stability, I also used a piece of foam along with another towel. --- Set the thermostat to 86°F and done! --- Here we go again! --- To help reduce further stress on the current grow (and to save some energy), I may lower the DLI down to 12-16 mol/m2/d later tonight by reducing the wattage on the light. --- Time to plan for the next attempt, but will keep the current one in hopes that she will recover. --- [*smokes a dab] --- Plan to do a soft tent reset for the new seedling. --- Stopping all soil watering of the EarthBox. --- Also for a few days, going to lift the mulch cover up (just the front and back) to let the soil dry out. --- Similar to the last attempt, this new seed will be planted into a paper bag placed in a hole in the EarthBox. --- Plan to plant this one either behind of in front of the current grow. --- Since, I'm out of fresh BAS Light soil, I could reuse some of the BAS Light from one of the two 1-gallon pots (in the tent). --- But most likely, I'll plant her straight into some BAS Oly Mountain soil. My only concern is nutrient-wise, the Oly Mountain soil would be too hot for a fresh seedling. --- I'll also probably leave an air gap around the bag for the first week or two. --- Of course, there are a few alterations planned for this new seed. --- First, I won't be adding anymore worms and won't be bottom watering on transplant day (when I fill the hole in). --- But, I think I will use the mulch cover? --- Also, unlike the last attempt, will be top watering for at least a week or two after transplant (if any at all). - [17:23]: Evening checkup. --- Still stunted, but leaves are less droopy. --- Time for the soft reset! --- Leaving all 4 binder clips where they were, I gently peeled and tucked both the front and back sections of the mulch covers (leaving only a section in the middle covered). --- The soil was still quite moist. Going to let this dry for a few days. - [17:43]: Lowered the lights wattage. --- After a bit of adjusting, I decreased the wattage from 214.6w to 104.4w --- Took a PPFD reading which was at 219 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 14.19 mol/m2/d --- Just within the new 12-14 mol/m2/d goal range! --- No need to adjust the height of the light. Great! - [18:03]: Took height readings. --- She was still around 10" tall. --- The distance between the top of the canopy and the light is now around 20.75" --- Lowering the wattage has already shown improvements to the local VPD levels. Nice! --- Hopefully she recovers. This bit of down time should help. --- In the mean time, also getting hyped on the next seed attempt! Day 05 - Friday - 10/28/22 - Total Days: 044 [002] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.0°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 74.0% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:28]: Morning checkup. --- Growth looks stunted (Damnit Ensign). --- At least the soil looks a lot drier so hopefully she will recover (again) soon. --- Refilled the humidifier. - [22:30]: Evening checkup. --- Still looking stunted, but less droopy! --- Top soil was nice and dry. But going to continue to let it further dry out. --- Not going to check the new seed until tomorrow. --- [*smokes a bowl] --- So.. I ordered a second EarthBox! --- Along with the EarthBox (got the wheels too this time), will be receiving more soil and a few amendments (why not): ------ BAS Potting 3.0 soil [1ft3] ------ BAS Light soil [1/2ft3] ------ Gnarly Barley [6lb] ------ Beauveria Bassiana Plus [2oz] ------ Yah-Whey [1qt] (free with purchase points) --- Similar to the current EarthBox, this new one will be primarily filled with BAS Potting 3.0 soil (1ft3), but will also have a bit of BAS Light and Oly Mountain soil mixed in as well. --- Since this will be a fresh bed of soil, plan to plant the freshly germinated seed straight into the EarthBox. --- Plan to start another seed soak as soon as everything arrives! Hyped! Day 06 - Saturday - 10/29/22 - Total Days: 045 [003] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 74.1% - VPD: 0.77 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:33]: Quick morning check. --- She still looks stunted. --- But the soil looks drier (damnit Ensign). --- Refilled the humidifier. - [19:48]: Evening check. --- Well not much growth, but getting there. --- Checked the new seed! --- Well, she looks a lot darker now, but no sprout. --- Tapped the shot glass to sub merge the seed. --- Then placed her back onto the heating mat. --- Will check again tomorrow night. - [20:09]: Increased the heating mat's thermostat from 86°F to 90°F --- Local temps were a bit low (around 81.1°F). --- Hopefully the added heat will to help stabilize water temps closer to 85°F --- When (or if) this new seed pops, plan to plant her into a paper bag of BAS Oly Mountain soil. Also I think I will bury the bag from the beginning. Day 07 - Sunday - 10/30/22 - Total Days: 046 [004 - End] [001] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.4°F [24.1°C] - Humidity: 74.0% - VPD: 0.76 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:27]: Quick morning check. --- Top growth is getting larger, but overall not much change. --- Definitely over-watered (Shaka, when the walls fell). --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Tonight gonna check the soil with a moisture meter. --- Also depending on soil moisture, may place the mulch cover back on soon. --- Planning to check on the new seed as well. - [19:24]: Evening checkup. --- Yep she looks pretty stunted. --- Checked the soil with a moisture meter. --- Woah. The moisture is off the chart. Well above 10 (max). --- Shaka... --- Checked on the new seed soak. --- Well the seed managed to float to the surface. bubbles were around the seed, but no tap root. --- I'm not digging the bubbles, so going to reset and start a new seed. --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Great. --- Well, since I didn't want to waste the seed, I decided to plant her in the EarthBox. If she sprouts, then great. Regardless, still starting a new bean. --- This will be attempt #47 and will be another seed of 'NYC Diesel' by 'ILGM.' --- Filled a cleaned shot glass (this time, no Hydrogen Peroxide) with 25mL of distilled water. --- Randomly selected a bean and dropped her in. --- This seed floated to the top and did not sink. --- Then placed the shot glass onto the heating mat and covered it with a bowl and towel (also some extra foam for insulation). --- Increased the heating mat's thermostat to 90°F which should help to increase the water temp closer to 85°F --- Well this week was a difficult one as far as growing. --- Started 2 seeds this week with one failure (may have been a bad seed or the added Hydrogen Peroxide). --- As far as the current grow, she is still stunted and the soil is still too moist. --- Right now am just waiting for the soil to dry out and hoping that she recovers. [END OF WEEK 06]

Introduction - Week 07 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100447.15, This grow is finally looking a lot better! Had a great week of growing! Early in the week, the new seed popped and was planted. Within a day, she sprouted! Mid week the new EarthBox arrived! Filled and top dressed for a new set of seeds! Keeping the seedling level as priority, I also raised the DLI up by increasing the grow light's wattage. By the end of the week, new seeds were planted and are now on their way to sprouting! So now there are 4 seeds in this grow! Stoked! Even better to say that the main grow has seemed to recovered (again) and is starting to ramp up with growth once more! Gave her a defoliation to clean up the damaged leaves. Not going to water anything down the reservoir until the seedling gets a lot larger. Only top misting. Also weather conditions in general are getting colder. So by the end of the week, had to stop using the AC and am now using heaters to keep temp conditions stable. Please don't frack this up (again) Ensign. [START OF WEEK 07] ========================================================== WEEK 07 - Veg 2 WEEK 00b - Germination → Seedling [Pre-Veg] WEEK 00 - Germination - [1st entry: 11/03/22] 10/31/22 → 11/06/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12-14 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185-216 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 13.74 mol/m2/d PPFD: 212 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.87 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 10/31/22 - Total Days: 047 [002] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.9°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 74.1% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:24]: Morning check. --- Yea she is still stunted. - [22:01]: Evening checkup. --- She still overall looks stunted, but the very top growth looks okay. --- Checked the soil with a moisture meter. --- Reading were of course still off the charts. --- Shaka, when the walls fells.. --- Damnit. --- Going to continue to hold off on anymore watering and will let the soil dry out. --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 02 - Tuesday - 11/01/22 - Total Days: 048 [003] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.7°F [24.3°C] - Humidity: 75.0% - VPD: 0.75 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:40]: Quick morning checkup. --- Well she is still growing. --- The top few nodes look pretty good, but the rest is stunted. --- Refilled the humidifier. --- Plan to check on the new seed soak in the evening. - [16:02]: Evening checkup. --- Well top growth is looking a lot better. --- Maybe she has started to recover? --- Will continue to not water anything. The soil is still more than moist enough. - [16:07]: Checked on the new seed soak. --- This one was started two days ago. --- Oh snap! She popped!!! --- Ooowee! --- Finally something positive! --- Wow! She looks very healthy!! --- Her tap root is already about an inch long! --- Hyped! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Okay! Time to prep! - [16:20]: Made a hole in the back of the EarthBox (the side furthest away from the fill tube). --- Mounded the excess soil around the sides of the hole. --- The soil just under the top soil felt pretty saturated. There wasn't enough moisture to squeeze any water out, but the soil was definitely damp. --- Was also relieved to discover a very nice earthy aroma with no stinky pond smell. --- So, no need to pre-wet the hole. --- Great! --- For this attempt, going to be planting straight into a grow bag filled with fresh BAS Oly Mountain soil! --- Since this bag will be planted directly into the EarthBox with no air gap, going to use dry soil. --- Soil moisture in the grow bag should eventually equalize as water will be absorbed from the surrounding soil within the EarthBox. --- Of course, still planning on using a wetting solution for the initial planting, but unlike last time, this solution will be slowly top misted instead of mixed in. - [16:23]: Using a pair of scissors and a bit of paper folding, I trimmed a small paper bag down to 4" tall. --- Took the modified paper bag and filled it with about 2.25 solo cups of BAS Oly Mountain soil. --- Great! --- Using more BAS Oly Mountain soil, I partially filled in the hole dug earlier. --- I put enough soil to keep the bag level with the top soil (about 1 solo cup). --- Sprinkled in 1/64tsp of Mycrobe Complete into the hole. --- Then placed the bag into the hole and packed everything flush. --- Great! --- Time to make a simple transplant wetting solution. - [16:53]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/3 cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of the following: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/32tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [17:04]: Did an initial soil wetting by misting the top soil of the grow bag. --- Misted the top with about half of the solution. --- Okay! Time to plant! --- Not making any hole. --- Sprinkled 1/64tsp of Great White into the center of the grow bag. --- Using a clean dab tool, I gently scooped the new seed out of the shot glass and placed her into the hole sideways. --- Then gently sprinkled and covered her with a little bit of fresh dry soil (BAS Oly Mountain). Gently patted everything down a bit to secure her in place. --- Misted the top with more of the wetting solution. Mainly to wet the fresh soil. --- Time to add a mulch layer. - [17:19]: Added a layer of dried rice hulls. --- Took about 4tbsp of BAS Rice Hulls and evenly covered the top soil of the grow bag. --- Then misted the rice hulls with the rest of the wetting solution. --- Just like last time, going to use a humidity dome. Will keep on until she gets larger. - [17:25]: Misted the humidity dome with a bit of distilled water before covering the grow bag. Vents closed. --- Done! --- No reservoir watering until she gets to a larger size. --- Will only top water for now. --- Probably won't even start top watering for a good week or two. --- PLEASE. Don't frack this up Ensign! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- "The path to Kamata in spring." 🖖 Day 03 - Wednesday - 11/02/22 - Total Days: 049 [004] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 69.6% - VPD: 0.92 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:17]: Morning checkup. --- Wow! --- She looking a lot happier! --- Definitely has definitely gotten larger! --- Wow, did she really recover!? --- Just going to continue on with the no watering. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Checked on the newly planted seed and to my surprise, I could see a tiny patch of rice hulls lifted in the center. Incredible! --- At this rate she should be fully sprouted by tomorrow for sure! --- Hyped! - [09:50]: Evening checkup! --- Checked on the seed and wow she has already sprouted! --- Sort of. --- The seed was still wrapped around her cotyledon leaves. --- Using a pair of tweezers, I very gently removed both sides of the seed. --- She looks a bit funky right now, but now that the shell is off, hopefully by morning she'll be fully unwrapped and healthy. - [21:53]: Looking at the current grow. Wow! --- She is looking quite perky. Very nice! --- I think her leaves have just grown beyond the sides of the EarthBox. --- Just going to leave everything alone and not going to water or foliar spray. - [21:54]: Misted the dome before placing it back on the newly sprouted seedling (vents fully closed). --- Please be healthy! Day 04 - Thursday - 11/03/22 - Total Days: 050 [005] [001] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.2°F [25.1°C] - Humidity: 62.8% - VPD: 1.15 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:09]: Good morning! --- Wow! Okay now she's starting to really take off! --- Growth is looking a lot healthier too! - [09:11]: Check on the new sprout and she is looking a lot better! --- Her cotyledon leaves are just uncurling! --- Her stem has also looks healthier and has turned a more brownish color! --- Misted the dome with distilled water before placing it back on. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (about 20mL). --- Wow! --- Very surprised on the recovery of the main grow! --- Going to check the soil tonight for moisture with the meter. --- Regardless, still won't be watering. --- I'm just stoked that she is recovering! --- Less is definitely more. --- Don't frack this up (again) Ensign! - [14:05]: Oh nice!! --- My BAS shipment has arrived!! --- Boxes were a bit beaten up but everything arrived completely undamaged! --- Ahhh yea! --- Within both boxes I received: ------ EarthBox + wheels [chocolate brown] ------ BAS Potting 3.0 soil [1ft3] ------ BAS Light soil [1/2ft3] ------ Gnarly Barley [6lb] ------ Beauveria Bassiana Plus [2oz] ------ Yah-Whey [1qt] --- Wow! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Planning to prep this second EarthBox tonight! --- Hmm, --- Since my shipment arrived a lot sooner than anticipated (always a good thing), and since the current grow is recovering quite nicely, I have the option of transplanting the freshly sprouted seed. --- But will most likely just pop a fresh one (or two). --- To increase my chances for a successful grow, going for more plants. --- While the seeds soak, plan to pre-wet the soil and let it 'cook' for a day or so with the mulch cover on. - [15:19]: Getting a bit colder so off with the AC and time to start using the heater. --- The heater's controller target values were increased from 76°F to 77.0°F --- Before the evening checkup, decided to prep the EarthBox. - [15:46]: Added the wheels to the bottom of the EarthBox. --- The wheels lift the EarthBox off the ground which provides insulation (from temperatures on the floor) along with a bit of air flow underneath. --- More importantly, the wheels make moving the heavy planter a whole lot easier. --- Also added a bit of paper to cover the wicking holes and top tray. The paper will easily decompose into more soil. --- This is mainly to temporarily prevent any dry soil from dropping into the reservoir. - [16:04]: Okay! Lights on! --- Removed both of the old 1-gallon pots on the right and placed the new EarthBox into the tent. --- Perfect! - [16:10]: To make filling easier, temporarily rotated the EarthBoxes until the new one was in front. --- The wheels really made moving a whole lot easier. --- Time to start filing the new EarthBox! --- First the wicking holes. --- Took one of the old 1-gallon pots of BAS Light soil and started to mix the top soil. --- Added about 1/2 cup of distilled water and continued to mix until the top half was hydrated. --- Then I began filling one of the wicking holes with soil (about 4-5 handfuls). --- Made sure to pack each handful down tightly before going onto the next. --- Using the second 1-gallon pot, I repeated the process for the other side. --- Once each side was nice and full, I dumped the remaining (dry) soil from both containers and firmly patted it down. --- To finish off the wicking holes, I misted about 1/4cup of distilled water on each side. --- Great! --- Time to fill her up! - [18:02]: Emptied an entire cubic foot bag of BAS Potting 3.0 soil into the EarthBox. --- I then spread the soil evenly and gently packed it down. --- Great! - [18:13]: Covered the top soil with a layer of BAS Oly Mountain soil (~7 solo cups). --- Just enough to cover the top soil with about 1/2-1in of additional soil. - [18:28]: Covered that top soil with some BuildAFlower Top Dress (~4 solo cups). --- Just enough to cover the top soil with about 1/2in of top dress. - [18:45]: Time to top dress some additional amendments! --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Craft Blend --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Alfalfa Meal --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Kelp Meal --- Sprinkled 4tbps [1/4cup] of Milled Mustard Seed Meal --- Mixed the top soil to work in the amendments. --- Sprinkled 8tbps [1/2cup] of Kashi Blend --- Very loosely worked in the Kashi Blend into the top soil. --- To help kick-start the soil biology, going to make a basic wetting solution. - [19:17]: Filled a pitcher with 5 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 4/16tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Added 9mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [19:44]: Misted the entire solution evenly over the soil. --- Lastly covered the EarthBox with a new plastic much cover, black side up (white side inwards). --- Done! --- Plan to eventually mix in some Gnarly Barley (don't have a coffee grinder or blender), but for now, this should be more than enough. --- Since I'll be planting the new germinated seed in a grow bag of BAS Light soil, shell be protected from the living soil. Also this will give the soil amendments plenty of time to break down before nutrients are required. --- Okay! Time to check the main grow. - [21:31]: Rotated the EarthBoxes to do a soil moisture check on the main EarthBox (current grow on the left, new EarthBox on the right). --- According to the meter, moisture readings were still maxed out. --- Still not adding any water. --- Decided to cover one side of the EarthBox (the side nearest to the fill tube). --- Using my hand, I gently smoothed the surrounding top soil before covering it with the plastic mulch cover. - [21:38]: Rotated the EarthBoxes again until the current grow was on the left side with the new EarthBox on the right. --- Checked on the new sprout and she was looking nice and healthy! --- Hyped! - [21:46]: Okay, time for an IPM spraying! --- Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added 1mL of Tweetmint Enzyme Plant Wash --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the top soil and grow bag (did not use the entire bottle). Just enough to wet the surface. Even misted the sides of the EarthBoxes along with the tops of the mulch covers with the solution. --- Also misted the dome with the Tweetmint solution before placing it back on. This time with the vents slightly opened. - [21:59]: Also added a fresh carbon filter for the top of the new EarthBox's fill tube. --- Okay! --- While the new soil 'cooks' for a few days.. - [22:19]: Decided to start another seed soak! --- Soaking two this time! Both will be planted into the new EarthBox. --- This will be both attempt #48 and #49. Both will be a seed of 'NYC Diesel' by 'ILGM.' --- Filled a shot glass (cleaned with isopropyl alcohol) with 25mL of distilled water. --- Randomly selected two seeds and dropped them both in. --- Both seeds floated and did not sink. - [22:27]: Placed the shot glass onto the heating mat and covered it with a bowl and towel. Further insulated the bowel with some foam and another towel. --- The heating mat's thermostat was still set to 90°F (gives a water temp around 85°F). - [22:43]: Opted to refill the humidifier again with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Also checked on the new sprout and decided to fully open the vents on the humidity dome. --- Done! Day 05 - Friday - 11/04/22 - Total Days: 051 [006] [002] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.8°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 70.4% - VPD: 0.91 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Quick morning checkup! --- The seedling was looking pretty good! --- Leaves are nice and green. Hyped! --- As for the main grow, her top growth is looking quite perky! --- Placed the dome back onto the seedling without misting (vents fully closed). - [22:57]: Night check! --- Wow the seedling got bigger! --- Misted the grow bag and seedling with a bit of distilled water. --- Also misted the some before covering the seedling with it (vents slightly cracked open). --- Wow! The main grow is really perking up! --- I really hope she makes a strong recovery. --- If growth continues to improve, plan to defoliate soon. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 06 - Saturday - 11/05/22 - Total Days: 052 [007] [003] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 72.8% - VPD: 0.83 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:27]: Morning checkup! --- The main grow is looking a lot better! --- The new sprout is looking a bit lanky, but looking good! Her leaves look very round which could be a genetic trait. --- Gave her a misting of distilled water before covering with the dome (vents closed). - [21:12]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! Looking pretty happy! --- The seedling is looking pretty good too! --- Okay! --- Checked on the 2 new seeds! --- Aye they both popped! --- Tap roots are a bit short, but both roots look nice and white! --- Hyped! --- Okay time to prep the new EarthBox! - [22:12]: First I rotated the EarthBoxes and removed the mulch cover. --- Woah! --- Moisture seems way too high! The top was just soaked. --- Hmm. --- Dug into the top soil a bit. --- Nice! --- Although the top soil was saturated, the soil underneath was quite dry. --- Cool! --- Dug out two holes in the EarthBox. --- Mounded the excess soil towards the sides of the holes along with the middle of the EarthBox. --- For this attempt, going to be planting straight into paper grow bags filled with fresh BAS Light soil! --- Using dry soil again and will top water for the initial saturation (via a wetting solution as usual). - [22:34]: Using a pair of scissors and a bit of paper folding, I trimmed 2 small paper bags down to ~4" tall. --- Took the modified paper bag and filled it with about 2.25 solo cups of BAS Light soil. --- Great! - [22:55]: Sprinkled in 1/32tsp of Mycrobe Complete into each hole. --- Gave each hole a quick misting of distilled water before placing the bags into each hole. --- Great! --- Time to make a wetting solution! - [23:08]: Filled a measuring cup with 2/3 cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/16tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [23:21]: Did an initial soil wetting by misting the top soil of the grow bag with about half of the wetting solution. --- Okay! Time to plant! --- Not making any holes again. --- Sprinkled 1/64tsp of Great White into the center of each grow bag. --- Then, using a clean dab tool, I gently scooped each seed out of the shot glass and placed them into their holes sideways. --- Gently sprinkled and covered her with a little bit of the dry soil from the middle (BAS Potting 3.0). Gently patted the surface a bit to secure each germinated seed in place. --- Slightly misted the top of each grow bag with more of the wetting solution. --- Time to add a mulch layer. - [23:37]: Added a layer of dried rice hulls. --- Using BAS Rice Hulls, I evenly covered the top soil of each grow bag (~4tbsp each). --- Then misted the rice hulls of both bags with the rest of the wetting solution. --- Just like last time, going to use a humidity dome. Will keep these on until they get larger. - [23:51]: Misted the humidity dome with a bit of distilled water before covering the grow bag. Vents closed. --- Also gave the top soil a quick misting of distilled water. --- Done! --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default layout. - [+00:04]: Took a PPFD reading of the main grow which was at 262 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 16.98 mol/m2/d --- Also took a PPFD reading of the new seedling which was at 137 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 8.88 mol/m2/d --- Going to increase the PPFD with the seedling level as a priority. --- Going to set a seedling PPFD goal of 216 μmol/m2/s --- Decided to increase the wattage of the light. - [+00:18]: After a bit of adjusting, I increased the wattage from 104.3w to 183.7w --- After increasing the wattage, had to lift the light a bit. --- After more adjusting, managed to get the canopy's PPFD readings to 212 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 13.74 mol/m2/d --- With the DLI goal of 14 mol/m2/d, this should be good enough for the new seedlings. --- Also checked the main grow's canopy. --- The canopy's PPFD readings were 375 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 24.30 mol/m2/d --- Since she is still recovering, the lower DLI is good. - [+00:38]: Took height readings. --- The main grow was around 13.5" tall! --- The new sprouted seedling was just under 2" tall. A bit stretchy, but okay. Later, I may mound a bit of soil around the base for stability. --- The distance between the top of the canopy of the main grow and light is now around 20" --- The distance between the seedling and light is around 31" --- Misted the seedling along with her humidity dome (vents still closed). - [+00:46]: Lastly, refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! --- Really hope I didn't screw this one up. Please don't die little ones! Day 07 - Sunday - 11/06/22 - Total Days: 053 [008] [004] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.9°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 76.7% - VPD: 0.72 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:31]: Morning checkup! --- The main grow is looking pretty healthy now! --- Plan to defoliate tonight. --- Aye the seedling is looking pretty good! She looks a bit yellow though. --- Since I didn't have any BAS Light at the time, I had to plant her into BAS Oly Mountain soil which could be too hot for a new seedling. --- Opps, --- Just realized that I forgot to inoculate the seeds with Beauveria Bassiana. --- Next seed will be inoculated when being planted (instead of Great White). --- Besides, I can always top dress a bit later. - [20:32]: Evening checkup! --- Aye looking pretty damn good! Going to do a bit of defoliation to clean up the damaged growth. --- Hmm. The seedling is a bit yellow, but looking nice! --- Misted and covered the seedling with her humidity dome before going on the checking the new seeds. --- Checked both seeds and there was no sign of growth yet. --- Misted the entire top surface along with both humidity domes with distilled water. --- To prep for the defoliation, I rotated the EarthBoxes. - [20:47]: Okay time to defoliate! --- Using a pair of trimmers, I clipped off a lot of the damaged leaves. --- Wow! She's looking a whole lot better! --- She is obviously behind in growth, but I'm just glad that she's recovered. --- Took her leaf trimmings and threw them under the plastic mulch cover. Misted the leaves with some distilled water before covering. --- Still not watering anything down the reservoir. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default layout. --- Gave her top growth a quick misting of distilled water. --- Done! --- Wow been a busy week of growing! --- Did not expect the main grow to make such a healthy recovery. --- If all goes well, by the end of next week, should have 4 healthy plants! [END OF WEEK 07]

Introduction - Week 08 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100466.3, Well this week was pretty good! The week started off great with both seedlings sprouting up! There was a slight issue with one of the seedlings leaves not opening up, but that was fixed. Did a bit of vermicomposting and fed my worm bin. Glad to see that my wormies are still thriving! Also inoculated all the plants with a beneficial bacteria (BAS Beauveria Bassiana Plus). For the main grow, tried a bit of low-stress training by bending the main stalk over. Not sure if this was a good idea. Just happy that she is growing steadily. Towards the end of the week I did a bit of defoliation and tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. The runt of the twin seedlings which sprouted early in the week seems to have some funky growth (first set of serrated leaves), but she's looking healthy! Hopefully she grows out of it. Plan to start foliar feeding next week. Don't frack this up Ensign! [START OF WEEK 08] ========================================================== WEEK 08 - Veg 3 WEEK 01 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] WEEK 00b - Germination → Seedling [Pre-Veg] 11/07/22 → 11/13/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12-14 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185-216 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 13.74 mol/m2/d PPFD: 212 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.84 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 11/07/22 - Total Days: 054 [009] [005] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.3°F [23.2°C] - Humidity: 77.0% - VPD: 0.72 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:33]: Morning checkup! --- Aye look good! --- The main grow is starting to perk up! Growth damage has seemed to have stopped. --- Just incredible! These plants are resilient. --- The new seedling is still growing along but looks a bit yellow and lanky. --- Checked on the new seeds! --- Nice! --- Can see a bit poking out of each! --- Ooowee! - [21:28]: Evening checkup! --- Wow! --- Main girl is looking like a champ! --- Checked on the seedling and she was looking larger, but still a bit yellow. --- She's been also a bit wobbly, so going to fill in a bit of soil to help support her base a bit more. - [21:32]: Gently mounded a tbsp of dried BAS Light soil. --- Patted and secured the base of seedling. --- Also covered the soil with about 2tbps of dried BAS rice hulls. --- Gently misted the seedling and top soil with a bit of distilled water. --- Covered her with dome. This time vents fully open. - [21:40]: Checked on the new seeds and woah! --- Twins! Both have sprouted just above the soil! --- Both had their shells still on. --- Misted each seedling with a bit of distilled water. Then, using a pair of tweezers, I gently removed each shell. --- Great! - [21:46]: Misted the top of each grow bag and humidity domes with distilled water (vents closed). --- They should green up by tomorrow. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 11/08/22 - Total Days: 055 [010] [006] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.9°F [25.5°C] - Humidity: 77.4% - VPD: 0.73 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:22]: Morning check! --- Good morning ladies! --- Looking good girl! The main grow has just perked up and is just reaching for the light. Very nice! --- Opps! --- Checked on one of the newly sprouted twins and there was a slight issue. --- I guess I didn't fully remove the shell of one of the seedlings (damnit Ensign). --- Apparently, some of the seed's membrane was clamping the cotyledons shut. She was sticking straight up trying to get some light (Shaka, when the walls fell). --- Misted her with a bit of distilled water. --- Then using tweezers, I gently removed the rest of the membrane to reveal a set of healthy green leaves! --- Nice! --- The other twin was already fully sprouted and she was looking green and healthy! --- Gave each seedling a quick misting of distilled water before covering with a dry humidity dome. Vents fully open. --- Sleep well my ladies! --- Opps! --- It's been a while, gotta check on my wormies! - [10:43]: Checked the worm bin. --- Wow, it's been 26 days since the last worm bin checkup and feeding. --- Oops. --- Okay! --- Woah. The soil level is noticeably lower since the last checkup. --- Temporarily removed the mango seed (yea, it's still there). --- Gave the bin a quick mix. --- Wow! The bin was full of worms! Nice! --- Also the texture felt a lot more compacted and slightly muddy. --- Worms have clearly processed a lot of the coco. --- Anyways, made a hole in the center of the bin. --- Okay my wormies, time for another feeding! - [10:55]: This feeding was actually quite large. Had a menagerie of veggies and fruits to fed. Also bokashi grain. --- Okay! --- To line the hole, I layered some cabbage leaves. --- Then placed chunks of frozen watermelon rind. --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Added chunks of cabbage (center stalk), frozen strawberries, and banana. --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of Kashi Blend onto the entire pile. Then sprinkled another 1tbsp onto the surrounding top soil. --- Topped the food pile with some spinach and cabbage leaves. --- I then placed the mango seed on top and mounded the soil to cover the entire pile. --- Afterwards I top dressed with some shredded brown paper along with a fresh top sheet. --- I did not spray the top. - [11:22]: Cleaned the lid before sealing the bin. --- Done! --- Next check up will hopefully be sooner, but until then, they have plenty of food! --- Also most likely will add more fresh soil or coco to replace the lost substrate. - [16:03]: Evening checkup! --- Wow the main girl is looking pretty good! --- She looks a bit lime green, but just happy that the yellow growth has stopped. --- Paranoid about watering again. Really don't want to stunt her any further. Will continue to only top mist. --- Checked each seedling and they were all looking pretty good! --- Misted each with distilled water before covering again with the humidity dome (vents fully open). --- Plan to inoculate each plant with some beauveria bassiana later tonight. - [18:46]: Night checkup! --- Hmm. Noticed that the grow light could be a bit more centered. --- Added a ratchet rope to reposition the grow light a bit more to the right (making it centered above both EarthBoxes). --- Perfect! - [18:59]: Okay! Time to inoculate each plant with a bit of beauveria bassiana fungi. --- Sprinkled 1/16tsp around the base of the main grow plant. --- Sprinkled 1/32tsp around the base of each seedling (3 seedlings were inoculated). --- Misted the base of each plant with a bit of distilled water. This was just enough water to saturate the powder into the mulch and top soil a bit (~10 sprays for the main girl, ~5 sprays for each seedling). --- Gave each grow bag another round of misting around the edges. --- Then covered each seedling with their dry humidity domes (vents fully open). --- Hmm. --- Not sure, but I think I can smell some terpenes in the air! --- Gave her a quick stem rub. --- Ooo, she smells gassy and loud! Hyped about these diesel genetics! --- As the flowering weeks get closer, may need to attach the carbon filter to help control the terpene aromas. - [19:16] Looking at her top growth, I think I can see some hairs. --- Has she started to transition into flower? Day 03 - Wednesday - 11/09/22 - Total Days: 056 [011] [007] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.6°F [25.3°C] - Humidity: 75.5% - VPD: 0.75 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:31]: Quick morning checkup! --- Girls are looking pretty good! --- Hmm. All but one of the seedlings are looking good. --- One of the twin seedlings (the one that still had the membrane on) has yet to grow out her first set of leaves. If no growth happens by the end of the week, may have to start another seed soak (Shaka, when the walls fell). --- I hope she survives! - [21:35]: Evening checkup! --- Hello my ladies! --- Looking good! --- Everyone is growing along! Even the runt is starting to show signs of top growth. Nice! --- Misted the base of the main plant along with the top of each seedling with a bit of distilled water. --- Then placed the humidity domes back onto each seedling. Vents fully open. --- Lastly refilled the humidifier with more distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL) --- Easy night! --- Plan to do a bit of low-stress training (LST) tomorrow. My goal is to gently bend the main stalk over to lower the height of the main plant. --- This will hopefully help to bush her out a bit to make up for the loss of veg growth. --- Still have not watered anything down the reservoir. Day 04 - Thursday - 11/10/22 - Total Days: 057 [012] [008] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6 °C] - Humidity: 73.5% - VPD: 0.81 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:36]: Quick morning checkup! --- Aye nice! She is looking nice and perky! --- All the seedlings are also looking nice and healthy! --- Did not mist any water. Just placed the dried domes back on. --- Plan to low-stress train tonight! - [16:16]: Evening checkup! --- Everyone is looking nice and perky! --- Great! --- Rotated the EarthBoxes to check on the main grow. --- Checked under the mulch cover to find the leaves decomposing nicely! --- Checked the moisture levels and the meter was (still) off the charts. --- I haven't watered in weeks. --- Why was the moisture still so high? --- Anyways, --- Time for some LST! - [16:22]: Going to bend her closer to one side of the EarthBox. --- This should open up the canopy a bit to allow more lower growth to fill in the canopy. --- Re-placed the mulch cover and gave the top growth a quick misting of distilled water. --- While the water soaks in, --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Okay! - [16:28]: Using a garden yo-yo and binder clip, I gently bent her over. --- I carefully attached the hook end of the yo-yo near the top and the ratchet end onto the side of the EarthBox (the side nearest the fill tube). --- Once everything was connected, I gently tightened the tension on the yo-yo. This created a gentle bend. --- Gave the top growth another misting of distilled water. --- Done! - [16:37]: Gave each seedling a slight misting of distilled water. --- Then covered each seedling with their humidity domes (vents open). --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Will check on the main grow to see how she reacts to the LST. --- Really hope I didn't screw this up. - [18:15]: Quick check! --- Wow! The main grow has already reshaped herself to the new bend. --- Her top is already perking upwards! --- These plants are just incredible! --- Misted the top growth again with more distilled water. Day 05 - Friday - 11/11/22 - Total Days: 058 [013] [009] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.9°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 67.6% - VPD: 1.00 kPa ----------------------------------- --- [Skipped the morning checkup] - [22:21]: Night check! --- Wow the main grow is looking bushier! --- There are a few yellowing leaves, but will defoliate those tomorrow. --- Seedlings all look great! --- Even the runt is growing larger! --- Gave each seedling a misting of water. --- Then placed their dry humidity domes back on (vents fully open). --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water along with a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 06 - Saturday - 11/12/22 - Total Days: 059 [014] [010] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.8°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 69.1% - VPD: 0.96 kPa ----------------------------------- - [06:44]: Quick morning checkup! --- Everyone is growing along nicely! --- The main grow is showing some signs of stress. A set of leaves is starting to yellow. --- Plan to defoliate tonight. --- On the flip-side, the seedlings are looking great! --- Did not mist any of the seedlings. Just placed the dried domes back on with the vents fully open. - [20:21]: Evening checkup! --- Looking good girls! --- Rotated the EarthBoxes. --- Wow growth is really starting to adapt to bend! --- Okay! - [20:23]: Time for a bit of defoliation! --- To clean up the canopy, using a set of trimmers, I carefully snipped off a few damaged leaves. --- Looking a lot better! - [20:29]: Took height reading. --- Wow! Even with the bend, she was just around 13" tall! --- The distance between the light and top canopy was around 20" - [20:34]: Tucked the trimmed leaves under the mulch cover. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Checked on the seedlings and everyone is looking very healthy! --- Gently misted a bit of distilled water around the seedling in the main EarthBox. --- Misted the top soil of the new EarthBox (~1 cup). Then slightly misted each grow bag. --- Re-covered each seedling with their dry humidity domes (vents open). --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 07 - Sunday - 11/13/22 - Total Days: 060 [015] [011] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 72.8% - VPD: 0.84 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:31]: Quick morning checkup! --- Everyone is looking great! --- Did not mist anything. --- Re-covered each seedling with their humidity dome. Vents fully open. - [21:20]: Evening checkup! --- Top growth on the main grow is looking a bit wonky, but is starting to fill in. --- Seedlings all look nice and healthy! --- Misted some distilled water around the grow bag for the seedling in the main EarthBox. --- Also misted the twins in the new EarthBox with distilled water. --- Then re-covered each seedling with their dry humidity domes (vents open). --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Well this week went quite smoothly! --- There was a bit of stress on the main grow, but she seems to be recovering from the LST. --- Plan to foliar feed next week. [END OF WEEK 08]

Introduction - Week 09 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100485.45, Another pretty smooth week of growing! Early in the week I started foliar feeding. I have yet to add any water into the reservoir. Growth was also looking nice and healthy for the young plant in the original EarthBox! Glad to also say that the twin seedlings are both doing well! The runt has grown out of the weird leaf growth and is now looking a lot better! Did another round of defoliation mid week. Also fully covered the EarthBox with the mulch cover. Gently cut a new hole and slid the new young plant through. Still have yet to top water the soil and reservoir (the soil meter still has readings that are off the scale). Started top watering the uncovered EarthBox. To help dial in these waterings, been using a soil moisture meter. I really don't want to overwater again. Plan to apply the mulch cover soon. Shaka.. Well sort of forgot to take PPFD readings last week (Opps). This week I made sure to take readings. Also the youngling in the original EarthBox is starting to outgrow the humidity dome. Will have to remove it soon. Overall a simple and easy week of growing! [START OF WEEK 09] ========================================================== WEEK 09 - Veg 4 WEEK 02 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] → Early Veg WEEK 01 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] 11/14/22 → 11/20/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12-14 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185-216 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 13.28 mol/m2/d PPFD: 205 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.89 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 11/14/22 - Total Days: 061 [016] [012] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 73.6% - VPD: 0.81 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:18]: Morning checkup! --- Looking pretty good ladies! --- The main grow is still adjusting to the LST (lower leaves look a bit droopy), but is looking more bushier! --- The seedling the main EarthBox is looking pretty good! --- She is starting to look greener! Nice! --- Both twin seedlings seem to be really starting to take off with growth! --- Was a bit worried about the runt, but she seems to be doing just fine. Great! --- Not going to water anything. - [21:30]: Evening checkup! --- Lower growth on the main grow seems to be getting perkier. Nice! --- All of the seedlings look great! --- Not going to water the seedling in the main EarthBox. --- As for the new EarthBox, misted around each grow bag along with the entire top soil with distilled water. --- Also misted the top growth of the main grow with distilled water. Just enough to wet her leaves. --- Re-placed the humidity domes with the vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 11/15/22 - Total Days: 062 [017] [013] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 73.2% - VPD: 0.82 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:41]: Quick morning check up! --- Great! --- Everyone is looking nice and healthy! --- Not going to water anything. --- Plan to do a bit of a cleanup along with a foliar feed the main grow tonight. - [16:02]: Evening checkup! --- Aye looking good girls! --- Okay! Time to foliar feed! --- Going with a simple seedling dosage to see how she responds. - [16:11]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/64tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/32tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [16:36]: Rotated the EarthBoxes so the main grow was in front. --- Defoliated the damaged leaves. - [16:45]: Misted the main grow's top growth. --- Just enough to coat the leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- Then re-sprayed the leaves again. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. - [17:23]: Filled the spray bottle to 250mL (~1.06 cup) with distilled water. --- Misted the rest of the solution onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. I made sure to mist around the grow bags. --- I did not mist any of the seedlings with the solution. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and some Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 03 - Wednesday - 11/16/22 - Total Days: 063 [018] [014] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.5°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 68.1% - VPD: 0.97 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:19]: Morning checkup! --- Looking good! --- Everyone looks pretty happy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on with vents fully open. - [21:04]: Evening checkup! --- Misted around the grow bag in the main EarthBox with distilled water. Then slightly misted the top growth of each of the twin seedlings. --- Then continued to mist about a cup of distilled water onto the top soil of the EarthBox. Tried to spray as evenly as possible. --- Re-placed the humidity domes with the vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 04 - Thursday - 11/17/22 - Total Days: 064 [019] [015] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.7°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 68.2% - VPD: 0.98 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:40]: Quick morning checkup! --- Great! --- Everyone is looking nice and healthy! --- Slightly misted around the seedling in the main EarthBox (around the grow bag). --- Then misted around each grow bag in the new EarthBox. --- Plan to foliar feed tonight. - [17:05]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! --- Looking pretty good ma ladies! - [17:30]: Checked the soil with a moisture meter. --- Wow. --- For the main EarthBox, I haven't poured water into the reservoir in over a month. --- Yet soil moisture was still off the scale. --- Shaka.. --- To compare the soil (and to check if the meter was working), I also checked the new EarthBox's soil which was pretty dry. --- Hmm. --- Still not sure why the moisture is off the charts in the main EarthBox, but at least the meter seems to be working. --- Going to continue to hold off on soil watering. --- At least the young plant seems nice and healthy. --- Opps, last week I forgot to take DLI readings (damnit Ensign). --- So, - [18:44]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings of the main grow was at 356 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 23.07 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the seedlings were at 205 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 13.28 mol/m2/d --- Not going to adjust anything. --- Decided to keep the DLI the same for another week or so. - [19:01]: Took height readings. --- The seedling in the main EarthBox was about 2.5" tall! --- Both the twin seedlings were around 2.25" tall! --- The distance between the seedlings and light was around 31.5" --- Rotated the EarthBoxes. --- The main grow was around 15" tall! --- The distance between the top of the canopy of the main grow and light was around 18" --- Hmm. --- During the height check, I noticed the seedling in the main EarthBox's center stalk was changing from brown to green (similar to the main grow's stalk). --- Could this be a way of determining when a seedling has transitioned into veg? --- The center stalk for the twin seedlings were still quite brown. --- Fascinating. 🖖 --- Will continue to check if or when the center stalks change color. --- Anyways, --- Time for another foliar feeding! --- Not going to foliar feed the seedlings. --- Going with the exact same seedling dosage from Tuesday. - [19:24]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/64tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/32tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [19:43]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [19:51]: Misted the main grow's top growth. --- Just enough to coat the leaves. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- Then re-sprayed the top growth again. --- Just like last time, going to dilute the rest of the solution and mist the new EarthBox. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. - [20:28]: Filled the spray bottle to 250mL (~1.06 cup) with distilled water. --- Misted the rest of the solution onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- I made sure to mist around the grow bags and did not mist any of the seedlings with the solution. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [20:51]: Decided to apply the mulch cover to the seedling (which is now more like a young vegging plant) in the main EarthBox. --- To do this, I first carefully covered the plant with a clear solo cup. --- Then very gently covered the EarthBox with the plastic mulch cover. --- Using a pair of scissors, I gently cut an x-shape into the mulch cover (where the top of the cup was at). Then using a bit of sticky putty, I folded and secured each flap to make a square hole. --- Once this was done, I pulled back the mulch cover and removed the cup. --- Next, while re-covering the mulch cover, I very carefully slid the plant through the newly created hole. --- Re-placed the humidity dome (vents fully open). --- Done! --- Since I'm not going to pour water into the reservoir for at least another month or so, I figured might as well use the mulch cover. --- This should also help to evenly re-distribute the moisture from the bottom soil back up to the top soil. --- I really want to foliar feed her, but will hold off. --- Her leaves are all still nice and dark green so not going to give her anymore nutrients or water. --- PLEASE.. Don't screw this up Ensign! --- May the spirit of Kahless protect and guide these little ones. 🖖 --- Keep growing strong girls! --- Ka'pla! Day 05 - Friday - 11/18/22 - Total Days: 065 [020] [016] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.4°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 73.2% - VPD: 0.82 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:33]: Quick early morning checkup! --- Ladies are looking nice and healthy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the domes back on with vents fully open. - [21:03]: Evening checkup! --- Aye nice looking good girls! --- Only going to mist the twins tonight. --- Misted a bit of distilled water around each grow bag. Then misted each seedling with 1-2 sprays. --- Re-placed all the humidity domes (vents fully open on all). --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [22:37]: Checked the soil in the new EarthBox with a moisture meter. --- According to the meter, the soil was pretty dry (with a reading of 2 out of 10). --- Decided to slowly start top watering the soil in the new EarthBox. --- Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Keeping the domes, I gently misted the entire bottle onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Will check the soil tomorrow with the meter to see if the soil is wetter than today and will adjust the top watering accordingly. --- Really don't want to over water. Again (and again). --- Please don't screw this up Ensign. Day 06 - Saturday - 11/19/22 - Total Days: 066 [021] [017] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 69.3% - VPD: 0.93 kPa ----------------------------------- - [06:45]: Quick early morning checkup! --- Ladies are looking nice and healthy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the domes back on with vents fully open. - [19:10]: Evening checkup! --- Everyone is looking very nice! --- All growth looks nice and happy! --- Checked the soil in the uncovered EarthBox for moisture. --- According to the meter, the soil was still dry (~2 out of 10). --- Going to keep the watering the same at 2 cups. - [19:16]: Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Keeping the domes, I gently misted the entire bottle onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and some Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- If the soil is still dry tomorrow, plan to increase the watering to 3 cups. --- Don't plan to bottom water for at least another 2-3 weeks so want to get the top watering right. - [21:24]: Aye another full board! --- Time to reset and start a new one! Day 07 - Sunday - 11/20/22 - Total Days: 067 [022] [018] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.4°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 69.3% - VPD: 0.93 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:40]: Morning checkup! --- Wow looking good girls! --- All growth looking great! --- The seedlings in the new EarthBox have a dark green color and just look healthy! - [19:25]: Good evening my girls! --- Growth is looking nice and green! --- Okay time to foliar feed! - [19:44]: Filled a measuring cup with 1/2cup of distilled water. --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/64tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/32tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added half of 1/64tsp of Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Did not defoliate any leaves. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes. - [19:57]: Misted the top growth evenly. --- Also gently misted the seedling too. --- Just enough to coat the leaves. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- Then re-sprayed the top growth for only the large plant. Did not re-mist the seedling. --- Going to dilute the rest of the solution and mist the uncovered EarthBox. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. - [20:40]: Filled the spray bottle to 500mL (~2.12 cup) with distilled water. --- Misted the rest of the solution onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Mist around each grow bag with the diluted solution. --- This time I decided to also slightly mist both of the seedlings with the same solution. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). [END OF WEEK 09]

Introduction - Week 10 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100504.6, Well this week was a strange week of growing. Early in the week had to remove the humidity dome from the smaller plant in the original EarthBox. She was getting too big for the dome so had to remove it. Also started foliar feeding both plants now. Then it happened.. My oscillating fan broke. Shaka. When the walls fell.. Had to order a new one. Until the new one arrived (an AC Infinity Cloudray S6) had to use a non-oscillating mini fan. Unfortunately this still caused a pretty drastic drop in the overall RH. Mid week, did a bit more defoliation and started feeding bloom nutrients. Haven't watered the soil most of veg so decided to top feed a bit as she transitions into full bloom. Still have not watered into the reservoir. Also tried a bit of High-Stress Training (HST) by Super Cropping the main stalk. This was mainly to even out the canopy. By the end of the week, I received the replacement fan and promptly installed it! Unfortunately, I think the drastic dry fluctuation in RH may have triggered two plants into early bloom. Damnit Ensign. Maybe they will re-veg? I dunno. Well just going to keep on growing! [START OF WEEK 10] ========================================================== WEEK 10 - Veg 5 → Pre-Bloom WEEK 03 - Early Veg → Pre-Bloom? WEEK 02 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] → Pre-Bloom? WEEK 02 - Seedling [Pre-Veg] → Early Veg 11/21/22 → 11/27/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 12-14 mol/m2/d PPFD: 185-216 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 13.54 mol/m2/d PPFD: 209 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.89 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 11/21/22 - Total Days: 068 [023] [019] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.4°F [24.7°C] - Humidity: 68.5% - VPD: 0.96 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:23]: Good morning my girls! --- Growing along nicely! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on with vents fully open. - [21:04]: Evening checkup! --- Looking good! --- The smaller plant in the original EarthBox has reached the edge of her humidity dome. So time to remove it and just hope for the best. --- Misted the young plant with distilled water. Then slightly misted the top growth and grow bag of each of the twin seedlings. --- Placed the humidity domes back with the vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- This week is starting off pretty easy! Day 02 - Tuesday - 11/22/22 - Total Days: 069 [024] [020] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 70.2% - VPD: 0.87 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:28]: Good morning my ladies! --- Looking nice and perky across the board! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on with vents fully open. - [16:37]: Evening check up! --- Aye looking good ladies! --- Everyone is looking nice and healthy! --- Finally growing a long smoothly! - [16:41]: Checked the soil with a moisture meter. --- According to the meter which was at a 3 out of 10, the soil moisture was still sort of dry but getting better. --- Plan to water about 3 cups tonight to see how moisture levels change. --- Rotated the EarthBoxes and checked the moisture under the mulch cover. --- The moisture was still off the scale. --- Checked on both sides with the same results. --- Not going to bottom water. --- Anyways, --- Time to foliar feed again! --- Going to scale up the same seedling dosages from last week. - [16:57]: Filled a measuring cup with 1cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/32tsp of Horticultural Aloe --- Added 1/16tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/64tsp of Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [17:05]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [17:48]: Misted the top growth for both plants. --- Just enough to coat the leaves. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- Then re-sprayed the top growth again. --- Then rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. - [17:52]: Filled the spray bottle to 750mL (~3.18 cup) with distilled water. --- Mixed and misted the solution onto the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Misted the entire solution evenly onto the top soil (including the grow bag and seedlings). --- Placed the humidity domes back onto both seedlings (vents fully open). --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! Day 03 - Wednesday - 11/23/22 - Total Days: 070 [025] [021] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 69.0% - VPD: 0.92 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:55]: Quick morning check! --- Yikes! --- The main grow was looking a bit wonky. --- Oh no! --- The oscillating fan was not spinning. --- Damnit Ensign.. --- [*smokes a bowl] - [10:28]: I guess it was bound to happen, the oscillating fan in the tent has finally broken. --- It lasted just over 2 years so not bad. --- But still.. Shaka.. --- Anyways, time to order a new one! --- Decided upgrade to an AC Infinity Cloudray S6 oscillating clip fan. --- The price was pretty much the same my old one (Holmes Blizzard HAOF87) with a few added perks! --- This fan will clip straight onto a support bar in the tent so I no longer need the stack buckets and boxes (this will free up space). --- Also, instead of a 2-speed fan, this new fan will have 10 speeds. I never really adjusted the speed of the fan, but I guess it's nice to have. --- One cool feature is the speed and oscillation can be controlled via their UIS (Universal Infinity System) Controller 69 and phone app which gives the ability to set ON/OFF schedules. Not use if I'm going to use the schedules, but good to have. - [13:08]: Broke the night cycle and quickly placed a mini fan into the tent to help with air circulation. --- This fan does not oscillate, but any air circulation is better none. --- Gonna have to do while I wait for the new one to arrive. - [16:08]: Evening check up. --- Nice! All the plants look a lot better! --- The main grow also looks like she is really starting to flower! --- Checked the soil moisture. --- According to the meter, the soil was pretty good at around a 3.7 but could have a bit more moisture. --- Plan to apply the mulch cover to the twins. --- But before the mulch cover, going to top dress a bit of bokashi. --- Also will water in about a cup more water. - [16:19]: Misted both plants in the original EarthBox. --- Just gave each one a quick misting of distilled water. - [16:35]: Sprinkled 3tbsp of Kashi Blend over the entire top soil. --- Then using my fingers, I gently mixed it into the top soil. --- Also gently broke up any crusty chunks of dirt. --- Okay time to wet! - [16:47]: Filled a measuring cup with 1 cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1.5mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. --- Misted the entire bottle onto the top soil of the EarthBox. --- I did not mist the grow bags or any of the twin seedlings. --- Time to apply the cover! - [17:03]: Covered each seedling with a clear solo cup --- Then, very gently, I stretched the mulch over the entire EarthBox. --- To help clamp the mulch cover down, I also applied 4 binder clips. --- Then using a pair of scissors and a bit of putty, I cut out 2 square holes (I cut out an x-shape, then secured the flaps with putty). --- Once both holes were cut, I gently slid back the cover and removed the solo cup for the front seedling. --- Then, while carefully stretching the plastic mulch cover back on, I gently slid her through the newly made hole. --- I repeated the process for the back seedling, and done! - [17:25]: Placed the humidity domes back on. --- Did not mist any of the seedlings. --- However I did re-mist both plants in the original EarthBox with more distilled water. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 04 - Thursday - 11/24/22 - Total Days: 071 [026] [022] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.1°F [23.9°C] - Humidity: 71.3% - VPD: 0.84 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:35]: Quick morning checkup! --- The main grow has a few yellowing leaf tips, but most of the growth looks okay. --- The youngling in the original EarthBox is looking pretty happy! --- Also both the twin seedlings look great! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on the seedlings with the vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [16:04]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! --- Everyone looks nice and healthy! --- The original grow is still yellowing a bit. --- But the rest of the plants seem to be doing well! - [16:14]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes with a meter. --- First the new EarthBox. --- According to the meter, the new EarthBox's soil was still pretty dry (with a reading of 1.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was still quite moist, yet the under soil was bone dry. Interesting. --- Decided to top water in 2 cups of water to see if the meter raises up to better levels. --- Checked the original EarthBox. --- According to the meter, the original EarthBox's soil was still off the charts (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The opposite was true for the top soil, which looked and felt quite dry. --- Despite the high reading, decided to top water a cup onto one side of the original EarthBox. --- This is probably a really bad idea, but going to do it anyways. --- She is clearly flowering so need to feed her some sort of a bloom nutrients (I think). - [16:41]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings of the main grow was at 454 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 29.42 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the seedlings were at 209 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 13.54 mol/m2/d --- Not going to adjust anything. --- Decided to keep the light at the same height. - [16:51]: Took height readings. --- The young plant in the main EarthBox was about 4.75" tall! --- The twin seedlings were both around 3.25" tall! --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 27" --- The distance between the twin seedlings and the light was around 30" --- Rotated the EarthBoxes. --- The original grow was around 19" tall! --- The distance between the top of the canopy of the main grow and light was around 14.5" --- Wow! Looking at the tops of the original grow, pistil hairs are clearly starting to stack! --- She has clearly gone into flower! --- Okay time to feed! - [17:28]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ----- BuildABloom --- Added 1/32tsp of: ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Mycrobe Complete ----- Bio-Phos --- Added 1/16tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 1.5mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [17:46]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [17:58]: Misted the entire bottle onto one corner of the EarthBox (side closet to the fill tube, opposite corner). --- Tried to keep it watering to the far side and did not go past the original plant. --- I really don't want to over water the young plant. - [18:07]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- The top canopy of the original grow was looking uneven. --- Since she is just starting to flower and I still want to slow things down, --- Decided to try some high stress training in the form of super cropping. --- Instead of cutting, going to bend over a section of the main stalk to even out the canopy. --- Using my thumb and forefinger, I gently pinched a section of the main stalk that was going to be bent over. --- I pinched the area several times all the way around until the stem was nice and soft. --- Then I gently bent the stalk over. --- She lost a few inches in height, but now the canopy looks a whole lot more even. --- Ooowee! --- While rubbing the stem, have to say that the terpene profile was pretty damn loud! Gas all the way! --- Misted the top growth of only the original grow with a bit of distilled water. --- Okay onto the twins. - [18:18]: Filled a spray bottle to 500mL (~2.12cups) with distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Gave the bottle a quick mix before misting the solution onto the top soil. --- Mainly focused on the center and left areas of the EarthBox. --- Using binder clips really helped with controlling the mulch cover. --- Did not mist the top growth. --- Really want to bottom water. But will continue to hold off. May start watering soon. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Will check the soil moisture tomorrow to compare any changes. --- On the side, been researching Brix and refractometers. The Brix test is used in vineyards to determine the health in grapes by measuring the sucrose levels. This can be done for all plants so why not cannabis? Still have to research a bit more. Day 05 - Friday - 11/25/22 - Total Days: 072 [027] [023] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.9°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 63.6% - VPD: 1.09 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:31]: Quick morning checkup! --- The main grow is continuing to yellow. --- Well. I dunno. --- The youngling in the original EarthBox is still looking nice and perky so I didn't over water her (I think). --- Both of the twin seedlings are look pretty good! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on the seedlings with the vents fully open. - [21:05]: Evening checkup! --- Looking good ladies! --- Everyone is looking nice and healthy! --- Did not mist any water. Just placed the domes back onto the twins (vents fully open). --- Aye nice! - [21:07]: A package with the new fan arrived! --- AC Infinity definitely is known for quality exhaust fans so very stoked to try their oscillating fans! --- Clean looking box! Everything was well packed which included the main fan unit, a pole clamp, a USB-C cable and an adapter (USB-C to Molex). The box also included an instructional manual and a few cable ties. --- Setup was pretty straightforward! --- First I attached the clamp to the fan and connected the USB cable. Also did a bit of cable management and secured the cables to the clamp using the provided velcro cable-ties. --- Then I simply clamped the fan to the pole and plugged the fan in. --- Also had to route the USB-C cable through a vent in the tent to connect it to the fan controller (Controller 69) outside. I didn't need the supplied adapter, but good to have (I guess). --- Also removed the boxes that was holding the old fan up. --- Okay done! --- Wow she's a beauty! - [23:39]: After a bit of tinkering with the AC Infinity app, I think I figured out how to set the fan. --- Going to set the fan speed to a constant 8 out of 10. --- Well first impressions are pretty good. --- The fan is quite silent. --- But to be honest, compared to the previous fan (Holmes Blizzard HAOF87), the build quality seems a bit flimsy (the plastic feels more brittle and thin). --- Also, even though the fan is quieter, this fan does not seem to push as much air as my last one. At the max speed of 10, the wind felt closer to the lowest setting on the old fan. --- But we'll see how long she lasts. Hoping for the best! Day 06 - Saturday - 11/26/22 - Total Days: 073 [028] [024] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.7°F [24.3°C] - Humidity: 73.6% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:38]: Quick morning checkup! --- The main grow still has yellowing --- The young plant in the original EarthBox is getting larger! --- Both of the twins are also looking less like seedlings and more like young vegging plants! --- Nice! Both base stalks are also changing from brown to green. --- They are both growing fast and are reaching the sides of the dome. Will probably have to remove the dome by the end of next week. Hyped! --- Did not mist any water. --- Just placed the humidity domes back on the seedlings with the vents fully open. - [19:05]: Evening checkup! --- Wow! Looking good! --- The original grow still has yellowing leaves, but not sure what I can do. Impressively, the super-cropped top has already started to bend back! Well most of the growth is looking pretty good so will continue on! --- The rest of the girls are looking pretty damn good! - [20:12]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The new EarthBox was at a ~4.9 out of 10 so the soil was pretty good! --- Not going to add any water. --- The original EarthBox was at still off the scale. --- Not going to add any water. - [20:16]: Misted the top growth for all plants with distilled water. --- Then placed the domes back onto the twins with the vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! Easy day of growing! Day 07 - Sunday - 11/27/22 - Total Days: 074 [029] [025] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.9°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 75.4% - VPD: 0.74 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:23]: Good morning my girls! --- Looking good! --- Did not mist or add any water. --- Just placed the domes back onto the twins with the vents fully open. --- Nice! --- The tent is starting to get a bit loud! --- She has a definite gassy profile! Very hyped! --- Before the aroma gets anymore pungent, plan to re-attach the carbon filter. Probably tonight. - [19:05]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! --- Growth is looking great! --- Hmm. --- Sort of looks like 2 of the young plants are showing signs of flowering? --- Well just going to keep growing and will probably harvest the 3 plants all at once. --- Ironically the runt is the only one that seems to be vegging. - [19:07]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- First the new EarthBox. --- According to the meter, the new EarthBox's soil was pretty good (with a reading of 4.9 out of 10). --- The top soil looked nice and hydrated too so good! --- Not going to add anymore water. --- Checked the original EarthBox. --- According to the meter, the original EarthBox's soil was still off the scale (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The top soil was dry at the front and moist in the back. --- Not going to add anymore water. --- The terpenes are really starting to stank! --- Stem rubs gave off gassy terps which were almost garlic-like. Very nice! --- Okay! - [19:12]: Decided to attach the carbon filter. --- Since I already had the carbon filter hanging in place, re-attaching it was pretty straightforward. --- First I removed the dust cover filter from the exhaust fan along with the plastic wrap from the carbon filter. --- Then I simply slid the fan into the filter and secured it with a strip of aluminum tape. --- Done! --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [20:55]: Decided to increase the MIN speed for the exhaust fan. --- Since the carbon filter will slightly restrict the air-exchange rate, need to up the exhaust fan's speed by a bit. --- Bumped the MIN speed from 2 to 3. --- That's it! --- Well this week ended a bit weird. --- I think the drastic change in environment must have triggered 2 of the plants into bloom. --- During the few days that it took to replace the broken oscillating fan, had huge dry spikes in overall RH which is not good. This could have made the plants think it was time to flower? I guess this makes sense since recommend RH during flower is around 40-50% RH. --- Well just going to see what happens! --- Well I think for the next run, going back to photo-periods. --- This way I can be sure to veg each plant to a decent size before flipping to bloom. As a beginner grower, being able to control the veg and bloom cycle is a definite safety net. --- For the next run may just pop two beans of either some "Bubba Kush" or "Bruce Banger" by Seedsman. [END OF WEEK 10]

Introduction - Week 11 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100521.02, A somewhat better week of growing than last. Everyone is recovering from the drastic drop in RH (I think). Two plants have definitely been triggered into bloom. Oh well, gonna keep going and will just go with it! Basic checkups throughout the week with daily refilling of the humidifier. Also fed a bit of probiotics in the reservoir. Mid-week, I added another garden yo-yo and defoliated the original grow. By the end of the week, removed and stopped using the humidity domes for both twins. Overall, a pretty simple week of growing. Hoping for the best! [START OF WEEK 11] ========================================================== WEEK 11 - Pre-Bloom → Bloom 1 WEEK 04 - Pre-Bloom WEEK 03 - Pre-Bloom WEEK 03 - Early Veg 11/28/22 → 12/03/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 20 mol/m2/d PPFD: 308 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.8-1.1 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 18.60 mol/m2/d PPFD: 287 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.82 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 11/28/22 - Total Days: 075 [030] [026] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.6°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 73.3% - VPD: 0.83 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:24]: Morning checkup! --- All around everyone is looking nice and green. --- Still sort of bummed about the two that got triggered into early bloom, but oh well. Gotta keep growing and learning. --- The last remaining plant in veg is the runt of the twins. She's looking nice and healthy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Simply placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- At the rate these ones are growing, they will both probably out grow the dome soon. - [21:35]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! Everyone is looking pretty happy! --- The original top on the main grow has seemed to have recovered and is already the tallest node! --- Going to re-train it lower soon. --- The rest of the plants looks pretty good! --- Not going to water anything today. --- Placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 11/29/22 - Total Days: 076 [031] [027] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.2°F [25.1°C] - Humidity: 71.2% - VPD: 0.90 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:39]: Quick morning checkup! --- Looking good! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- Done! - [16:15]: Evening checkup! --- Looking good girls! --- The original grow has some yellowing leaves. But mostly looks good! --- The two plants that were triggered into early flower also seem to be growing along well. --- Kinda funny that the runt is still vegging and looking happy! --- Keep on growing! - [16:23]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- First the new EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil was pretty good (with a reading of 4.3 out of 10). --- The top soil was still hydrated. --- Don't need to add any water. Great! --- Checked the original EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil was still off the charts (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking dry. --- Not going to add anymore water. --- Going to foliar feed some bloom transition nutes to all 3 plants. - [16:32]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 407 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 26.37 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 267 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 17.30 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin bloomer was at 225 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 14.58 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin vegger was at 227 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 14.71 mol/m2/d --- Decided to increase the wattage of the light to bring the twin's DLI closer to 20 mol/m2/d which is a PPFD goal of 308 μmol/m2/s - [16:57]: After a bit of tinkering, I increased the wattage from 183.3W to 260.8W --- Had to adjust the height of the light a bit. --- Then took new readings. --- PPFD readings for the twin bloomer was at 305 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 19.76 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin vegger was at 287 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 18.60 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 335 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 21.71 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 506 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 32.79 mol/m2/d --- Great! --- Both twins will easily be able to stretch into the higher range by the end of the week. --- DLI levels look okay for the taller plants too! --- Great! - [17:32]: Took height readings. --- The young plant in the main EarthBox was about 8.5" tall! --- The twin seedlings were both around 5.5" tall! --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 25.5" --- The distance between the twin seedlings and the light was around 30" --- Rotated the EarthBoxes. --- The original grow was around 17" tall where I wanted the tallest tops to be (Plan to lower the tallest node tonight). --- The distance between the top of the canopy of the original grow and light was around 18" --- Okay time to train the top down! - [17:52]: Added another garden yo-yo. --- This will help to keep the original top lower. --- I gently attached the hook end of the yo-yo just past where the super cropping was applied. --- The ratchet end was attached onto the same binder clip as the first garden yo-yo. --- Once everything was connected, I gently tightened the tension on the yo-yo and carefully lowered the top down to just below the desired canopy level. --- Great! --- Time to foliar spray! - [18:09]: Filled a measuring cup with half a cup of distilled water. --- Added half 1/64tsp of: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ----- BuildABloom --- Added 1/64tsp of: ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Mycrobe Complete ----- Bio-Phos --- Added 1/32tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 0.75mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [18:30]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- Wow the terps were loud! --- Very stoked about the gassy profile! --- This is a big difference from the sweet grape profile of the last grow. Hyped! - [18:45]: Misted the top growth of both plants in the original EarthBox. --- Also misted the flowering seedling with the solution. --- To prevent accidental misting, I kept the vegging seedling covered with the humidity dome. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- Then misted the top growth for the same three plants. - [19:22]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Only misted the top growth of the vegging twin with distilled water. --- Then placed the humidity domes back on for both twins. --- Screw it! --- Decided to bottom water a cup of water into the new EarthBox. --- Don't frack this up Ensign! - [19:30]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Checked down the fill tube and it was bone dry. --- Poured the cup of water straight into the fill tube of the new EarthBox. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 03 - Wednesday - 11/30/22 - Total Days: 077 [032] [028] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.4°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 72.5% - VPD: 0.87 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:27]: Quick morning checkup! --- Looking nice and happy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [21:10]: Quick evening checkup! --- Growth is looking pretty good! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- Refilled the humidifier again with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 04 - Thursday - 12/01/22 - Total Days: 078 [033] [029] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.1°F [25.6°C] - Humidity: 69.5% - VPD: 0.99 kPa ----------------------------------- --- [Skipped the morning checkup] - [18:41]: Evening ladies! --- Growing along nicely! --- A few yellowing leaves on the main grow, but the rest seem to doing great! - [18:45]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- First the new EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil was pretty good (with a reading of 5.1 out of 10). --- The top soil still looked hydrated. --- Don't need to add any water. Great! --- Checked the original EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil was still off the charts (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking dry. --- Decided to slightly mist the top soil with a little bit of water. This way the moisture will be more even (I think). --- Going to foliar feed another round of bloom transition nutes to the 3 flowering plants. --- Also going to foliar feed the vegging twin with some veg nutes (may also spray the top soil too). --- Time to foliar spray! --- Going to use the exact same feeding as last time. - [18:53]: Filled a measuring cup with a cup of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ----- BuildABloom --- Added 1/32tsp of: ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Mycrobe Complete ----- Bio-Phos --- Added 1/16tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 1.5mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. Set the bottle aside. --- Okay time to start! - [19:24]: Rotated the EarthBoxes. --- Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [19:48]: Misted the top growth of all the flowering plants. --- During this time I kept the vegging seedling covered with the humidity dome. --- Waited about 30 minutes. --- During this time I cleaned and prepped for the veg feeding. --- Then misted the top growth for the same three plants. --- Misted the remaining solution onto the dry top soil of the original EarthBox. - [20:39]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Time to mix up some veg nutrients for the vegging twin! - [20:42]: Filled a measuring cup with half a cup of distilled water. --- Added half 1/64tsp of: ----- Quillaja Saponaria Extract ----- Horticultural Aloe ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/64tsp of: ----- Mycrobe Complete --- Added 1/32tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 0.75mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a freshly cleaned spray bottle. - [21:00]: Misted the top growth of the vegging twin with the new solution. --- Made sure to coat the underside of the leaves. --- [30 minutes later] --- Misted the top growth again. --- The remaining solution was misted onto the top soil around the grow bag. - [21:47]: Placed the humidity domes back on for both twins. --- Will be removing the domes soon. This girls are getting tall! --- Refilled the humidifier again with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 05 - Friday - 12/02/22 - Total Days: 079 [034] [030] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.1°F [24.5°C] - Humidity: 76.5% - VPD: 0.71 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:21]: Quick morning checkup! --- Growth looks incredible! Everyone looks nice and happy! --- Did not mist any water. --- Placed the humidity domes back onto the twins with vents fully open. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Both twins are starting to outgrow the domes. Plan to remove them tonight. - [21:36]: Evening checkup! --- Growth still looking nice and healthy! --- Okay, time to remove the domes for both twins! - [21:47]: Misted the top growth for both twins with distilled water. --- Refilled the humidifier again with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 06 - Saturday - 12/03/22 - Total Days: 080 [035] [031] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 77.6% - VPD: 0.68 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:21]: Morning checkup! --- Growth is looking pretty good! --- Both twins seem to be doing well without the domes. Great! --- The young plant in the main EarthBox is definitely getting taller. She's looking nice and happy! May need to do a bit of low-stress training soon. - [19:16]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- First the new EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil looked pretty good (with a reading of 4.5 out of 10). --- The top soil looked hydrated. --- Checked the original EarthBox. According to the meter, the moisture was still off the charts (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking dry. --- Going to bottom water a bit of probiotics. - [19:28]: Filled a pitcher with 3 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 2mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 2 cups straight into the fill tube of the new EarthBox. --- Then poured the remaining (1 cup) into the fill tube of the original EarthBox. --- Lastly, refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! Day 07 - Sunday - 12/04/22 - Total Days: 081 [036] [032] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.4°F [25.8°C] - Humidity: 76.9% - VPD: 0.76 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:24]: Morning check! --- Wow grow this really looking quite happy! --- The young plant in the main EarthBox is really taking off! Growth looks nice and healthy! --- Both twins are also looking pretty good too! - [19:47]: Evening checkup! --- Nice! Everyone is looking pretty good! - [19:52]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- First the new EarthBox. According to the meter, the soil looked good (with a reading of 5.5 out of 10). --- The top soil looked hydrated. --- Checked the original EarthBox. According to the meter, the moisture was getting drier but still quite saturated (with a reading of 9 out of 10). --- The top soil still looked dry. --- Not going to water anything. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [21:11]: Took height end of the week height readings. --- The original grow was around 17" tall. --- The young plant in the main EarthBox was about 15.75" tall! --- The blooming twin was around 7" tall. --- The vegging twin was around 7.75" tall! --- Some of the plants are definitely getting taller! --- Grow strong ladies! [END OF WEEK 11]

Introduction - Week 12 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100542.91, An interesting week of growing. Early in the week, the vegging twin started to pre-bloom. By the end of the week she has clearly begun crowning. Would have liked at least another week or two more of veg growth, but it is what it is, gonna go with it. The next grow cycle will definitely be all photo-periods. Adjusted the DLI and increased the PPFD to closer match pre-bloom lighting levels. Adjusted VPD levels a bit too. Also did a bit of low-stress training on the younger plant in the original EarthBox by bending over the main stalk with a garden yo-yo. [START OF WEEK 12] ========================================================== WEEK 12 - Bloom 1 WEEK 05 - Pre-Bloom → Bloom 1 WEEK 04 - Pre-Bloom → Bloom 1 WEEK 04 - Early-Veg → Pre-Bloom? 12/05/22 → 12/11/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 30 mol/m2/d PPFD: 463 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.2-1.5 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 27.22 mol/m2/d PPFD: 420 μmol/m2/s VPD: 0.76 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 12/05/22 - Total Days: 082 [037] [033] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.8°F [24.3°C] - Humidity: 75.1% - VPD: 0.74 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:18]: Morning checkup! --- Ladies are looking quite nice! --- Growth is looking great! --- The main grow is a bit lime in color, but bud sites are blooming with pistil hairs so stoked! --- Not much to do today. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [22:47]: Evening checkup! --- Growth looks great! --- Another easy checkup! --- Refilled the humidifier again with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 12/06/22 - Total Days: 083 [038] [034] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.2°F [24.0°C] - Humidity: 71.9% - VPD: 0.82 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:13]: Morning checkup! --- Growth looking pretty good! --- Hmm. --- The tall twin is looking like she is crowning. Pre-Bloom? --- Shaka. Well. Gonna just keep on growing! --- Plan to do a bit of defoliation tonight. - [17:38]: Evening checkup! --- Growth still looking good! --- The smaller plant in the EarthBox is getting taller! --- Also both twins are green and healthy! --- Okay! Time to defoliate! --- To help with defoliation, I rotated the EarthBoxes. --- Great! - [17:48]: Using a pair of trimmers, I gently clipped off the damaged leaves. --- Also trimmed leaves that were covering bud sites. --- Wow! Both plants are looking great! --- Bud pistil hairs are just clustering everywhere! - [18:14]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Everyone looks nice and happy! --- Oh! Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- Checked both twins and growth is looking nice and healthy! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Okay! - [19:59]: Adjusted the tents environmental parameters. --- Need to adjust the VPD levels a bit. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were decreased from 77°F/78% to 72.0°F/71% --- Lowered the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values from 85%/52% to 75%/47% --- Lowered the exhaust fan's controller temperature HIGH/LOW values from 85°F/58°F to 75°F/55°F --- This should give a better local VPD levels but will adjust as needed. Day 03 - Wednesday - 12/07/22 - Total Days: 084 [039] [035] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 71.7°F [22.1°C] - Humidity: 72.0% - VPD: 0.73 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:20]: Morning my girls! --- Growth is looking green and healthy! --- The younger plant in the original EarthBox is just stretching with growth! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [21:45]: Evening ladies! --- Growth is still looking good! --- There seems to be a bit more yellowing on the original grow, but the rest look incredible! --- Wow the young plant is just stretching! Her nodal spacing is getting a bit larger than I'd like, but wow she looks healthy! Plan to do a bit of low stress training soon. --- Both twins are also looking nice and green! --- Easy day of growing with nothing to do! Day 04 - Thursday - 12/08/22 - Total Days: 085 [040] [036] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.0°F [22.8°C] - Humidity: 71.0% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:39]: Good morning ladies! --- Growth is looking great! --- Woah! The younger plant in the original EarthBox is just stretching with growth! --- Wow the terpenes are getting stronger! --- Fuel and gas profiles are getting me hyped! --- Despite the setbacks, still very stoked for this runs harvest! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Plan to take readings along with a bloom feeding tonight. - [16:14]: Evening gals! --- Wow looking good! --- Bud sites are really starting to get more developed! --- Pistil hairs are starting to bunch up nicely! --- Terpene profile is also very nice and gassy! - [16:22]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty moist (with a reading of 8.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was still hydrated, but getting dry. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was surprisingly getting drier (with a reading of a 7 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking pretty dry in the front. --- Going to both foliar feed and top water. --- Not going to add any water to the reservoir. - [16:50]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 506 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 32.79 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 562 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 36.42 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 331 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 21.45 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 321 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 20.80 mol/m2/d --- Wow. --- The younger plant in the original EarthBox has grown taller than the first. - [17:08]: Decided to add a garden yo-yo to the younger plant. --- I gently attached both ends of the yo-yo and gently bend the main stalk back to the side towards the fill tube. --- Then misted the top growth with a bit of distilled water. --- This low-stress training should help to bush out the growth. --- Going to wait a bit before adjusting the light. --- Decided to increase the twin's DLI closer to 30 mol/m2/d which is a PPFD goal of 463 μmol/m2/s - [18:19]: Increased the wattage of the grow light (Mars Hydro TSW-2000). --- Using a screw driver, I adjusted both ballasts (one at a time). --- In total, the grow light was increased from 258.8W to 360.4W - [18:45]: Did not adjust the height of the light. --- New readings were taken. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 661 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 42.83 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 609 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 39.46 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 420 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 27.22 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 402 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 26.05 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 30 mol/m2/d for the twins, going to keep the current settings and height. - [19:19]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17" tall. --- The young plant in the original EarthBox was about 14" tall. --- The twin early bloomer was 7.5" tall. --- The twin late bloomer was 8.75" tall. --- The distance between the canopy of the original grow and light was around 18" --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 20" --- The distance between the twin early bloomer and the light was around 27.5" --- The distance between the twin late bloomer and the light was around 26.5" --- Rotated the EarthBox configuration 90 degrees counter clockwise. --- Time to foliar spray! - [20:09]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/4tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/2tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 3mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [20:42]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- I have given little to no nutrients so going feed all the girls a dose of bloom nutrients. --- I know they say not to foliar feed in bloom, but going to do it anyways. - [21:09]: Misted the top growth of all plants. --- Sprayed pretty heavily making sure to spray under the leaves. --- [30 minutes later] --- Misted the top growth again. --- Okay time to top feed! --- Please don't frack this up Ensign.. - [21:58]: Added 4 drops of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the remaining solution and poured half [~400mL - 1.75cups] into a measuring cup for later. --- Misted the other half of the solution onto the top soil of the original EarthBox. - [22:19]: Rotated the EarthBox configuration 180 degrees. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox. - [22:39]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 05 - Friday - 12/09/22 - Total Days: 086 [041] [037] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 72.9°F [22.7°C] - Humidity: 72.8% - VPD: 0.73 kPa ----------------------------------- - [21:33]: Quick morning checkup! --- Everyone is looking great! --- Growth is looking both green and healthy. Great! - [20:58]: Good evening my girls! --- Growth still looks great! --- Bud sites are thickening up nicely! --- Ooowee! Stem rubs are also giving off a pretty loud gas profile! --- Getting hyped! --- Not much to do today. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 06 - Saturday - 12/10/22 - Total Days: 087 [042] [038] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.9°F [23.3°C] - Humidity: 72.3% - VPD: 0.77 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:27]: Early morning check! --- Ladies are looking very good! --- Gonna be another easy day of growing! - [18:53]: Evening my girls! --- Growth is still looking green and healthy! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- That's about it! Another simple day! Day 07 - Sunday - 12/11/22 - Total Days: 088 [043] [039] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.8°F [23.2°C] - Humidity: 71.8% - VPD: 0.78 kPa ----------------------------------- - [19:30]: Morning my girls! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Not much to do right now. --- Plan to do a bit of defoliation tonight. - [19:51]: Evening my ladies! --- Growth is looking great! --- Time to remove a few more leaves! - [19:54]: Defoliated the newly trained plant. --- Mainly removed the large leaves that were blocking top sites. Also trimmed off the damaged leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [20:04]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was very moist (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The top soil looked quite hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was getting drier (with a reading of a 7 out of 10). --- The top soil was also looking drier. - [20:10]: Checked the soil for the new EarthBox again. --- This time I tried checking the soil on the other side. --- The soil was very dry (with a reading of 1 out of 10). --- Time to bottom water! - [20:20]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 5mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 2 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Getting hyped on the growth of the young plant in the original EarthBox [END OF WEEK 12]

Introduction - Week 13 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 101560.7, A somewhat simple week of growing. Throughout this week, been fine tuning and dialing in the VPD by adjusting the environmental controls. Mid week, fed the worm bin. It's been a while so gave them a good feeding. The next feeding will probably be a fresh bin transplant. Also defoliated the second plant in the original EarthBox a bit. The rest of the week was basic checkups and humidifier refilling. Not much else. Overall an easy grow week! [START OF WEEK 13] ========================================================== WEEK 13 - Bloom 2 WEEK 06 - Bloom 1 WEEK 05 - Bloom 1 WEEK 05 - Pre-Bloom → Bloom 1 12/12/22 → 12/18/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 40 mol/m2/d PPFD: 617 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.2-1.5 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 39.79 mol/m2/d PPFD: 614 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.01 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 12/12/22 - Total Days: 089 [044] [040] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 72.8°F [22.7°C] - Humidity: 71.1% - VPD: 0.77 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:38]: Morning checkup! --- Everyone is growing along nicely! --- The second plant has recovered nicely from the LST a few days ago. --- The short twin's bud growth is getting larger! --- Wow! All around, bud sites are starting to mature and thicken up! - [21:42]: Evening checkup! --- Wow growth looking incredible! --- Buds are blooming with white pistil hairs! --- Not much to do tonight. --- Just refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 12/13/22 - Total Days: 090 [045] [041] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 72.4°F [22.4°C] - Humidity: 69.7% - VPD: 0.80 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:46]: Morning checkup! --- Wow! Growth is looking very happy! --- Gonna be another easy day of growing! - [21:03]: Evening checkup! --- Ladies are looking very nice! --- Growth looking green and pistil hairs are continuing to bush out! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Nothing to do now but wait! Day 03 - Wednesday - 12/14/22 - Total Days: 091 [046] [042] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 72.6°F [22.6°C] - Humidity: 68.8% - VPD: 0.83 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:21]: Quick morning check! --- All around growth is looking great! --- Not much in terms of trichomes yet, but bud pistil hairs are just blooming everywhere! --- Grow strong my gals! - [21:30]: Evening checkup! --- Wow growing along nicely! --- Bud hairs are looking white and leaf growth looks healthy! --- Also getting a bit of a funk from each plant now. Hyped! --- Another easy day of growing! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 04 - Thursday - 12/15/22 - Total Days: 092 [047] [043] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.8°F [23.2°C] - Humidity: 64.7% - VPD: 0.98 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:55]: Morning checkup! --- Growth is looking good! --- Fuel and gas terpene profiles are getting me stoked! --- Unlike the last grow, each plant smells identical in odor and the tent is getting louder with fuel! --- Feeding tonight! --- Okay, it's been a while. - [12:31]: Decided to check the worm bin! --- It's been whooping 36 days since the last feeding and checkup --- Wow it's really been a while! --- Opened the bin and was surprised to see a bit of brown paper still on the surface. Also a few worms were crawling along the sides too! --- Gave the bin a quick mix and was glad to find a bunch more! --- The substrate felt more like mud but had a bit of fluff to it. The moisture was also a bit on the high side. --- Gonna give the wormies a feast! - [12:39]: Feeding a bit of spinach, along with pieces of broccoli, carrots, and frozen bananas. --- As usual, going to also inoculate with some Kashi Blend. --- After a good mixing, I made a hole in the center of the substrate. --- Then layered some spinach. --- Added bits of broccoli and carrots. --- Then carefully sliced and layered the frozen banana. --- Covered the whole thing with more spinach. --- Also going to give a bit of Clackamas Coot's Gnarly Barley. Heard that worms like it, so going to give it a go! Received it as whole sprouted seeds. Milled a solo cup in a blender for a bit and placed the powder in a paper bag for later. --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of milled Gnarly Barley --- Then placed the mango seed on top (yep, it's still there). --- Layered the rest of the spinach on top. --- Since the substrate was a bit on the muddy side, decided to top the bin off with a bit of dry soil. --- Added a solo cup of BAS Oly Mountain soil. --- Spread the soil out evenly. --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of milled Gnarly Barley --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of Kashi Blend --- Layered on some brown paper scraps and topped the whole thing with a fresh brown piece of paper. --- Did not add any water. - [13:12]: Sealed the bin with a freshly cleaned lid. --- Done! --- Eat on my wormies! --- Okay! --- Based on the current substrate's texture, the next feeding will most likely be a full bin transplant and harvest. By then, all plants should be growing, so will probably transplant a few worms into both EarthBoxes too. - [16:03]: Evening checkup! --- Ladies are looking nice and growing along nicely! --- Buds are really starting to stack! - [16:08]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty moist (with a reading of 7 out of 10). --- Checked the other side which was bone dry (with a reading of 1.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking pretty hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was actually pretty dry but looking good (with a reading of a 3 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking pretty dry. --- Going to feed and take readings similar to last week. --- Okay! - [17:49]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 656 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 42.51 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 794 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 51.45 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 431 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 27.93 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 429 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 27.80 mol/m2/d --- Since I doubt the smaller plants will yield anything significant, going to switch my DLI targets to the larger plants. --- With a DLI goal of 40 mol/m2/d for the taller plants, going to lower the PPFD levels by raising the light. - [17:55]: Adjusted a garden yo-yo. --- Basically tightened the yo-yo that was bending the second plant in the EarthBox. --- This was to lower the top to just below the height of the original grow. - [18:54]: Raised the light up a bit. --- Also adjusted the fan a bit too. Angled it upwards towards the light. This should help to cool the light down. --- New readings were taken. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 614 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 39.79 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 589 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 38.17 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 396 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 25.66 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 381 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 24.69 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 40 mol/m2/d for the taller plants, levels look pretty good! - [20:01]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was about 15.5" tall! --- The twin early bloomer was 8" tall! --- The twin late bloomer was 10" tall! --- The distance between the canopy of the original grow and light was around 20" --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 20.5" --- The distance between the twin early bloomer and the light was around 29.25" --- The distance between the twin late bloomer and the light was around 28" --- Rotated the EarthBox configuration 90 degrees counter clockwise. --- Time to start the feeding! --- First the foliar spray! --- This will probably be one of the last foliar feedings. - [20:32]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/4tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/2tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 3mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a spray bottle. - [21:02]: Defoliated the yellowing and necrotic leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the center of the mulch cover. - [21:47]: Misted the top growth of all plants. --- Sprayed heavily making sure to spray under the leaves. --- [30 minutes later] --- Misted the top growth again. --- Okay for another top feeding! - [22:39]: Added 1mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer (increased the dosage by quite a bit from last week) --- Mixed the remaining solution and poured half (~340mL - 1.35cups) into a measuring cup for later. --- Misted the other half onto the top soil of the original EarthBox. - [23:00]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox (just the left and right sides). --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 05 - Friday - 12/16/22 - Total Days: 093 [048] [044] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.6°F [23.1°C] - Humidity: 60.0% - VPD: 1.11 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:34]: Good morning my ladies! --- Growth is looking great! --- Buds are continuing to get larger! - [21:09]: Evening checkup! --- Bud growth is looking nice and healthy! --- White pistil hairs are just clustering everywhere! --- Hyped! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [21:16]: Adjusted the VPD by lowering the RH. --- According to the controller's meter, temps were at 75.2°F and the RH was around 61.4% which means the VPD was at 1.15 kPa --- The new goal is 1.5-1.7 kPa --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were decreased from 72°F/71% to 72°F/61% --- Lowered the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values from 75%/47% to 65%/40% --- Great! The new local VPD should be a lot better. Will adjust again as needed. Day 06 - Saturday - 12/17/22 - Total Days: 094 [049] [045] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.2°F [23.4°C] - Humidity: 53.6% - VPD: 1.31 kPa ----------------------------------- - [06:52]: Early morning checkup! --- Nice! Everyone is perky and looking great! --- Plan to adjust the VPD later tonight. - [19:36]: Evening my ladies! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Before adjusting VPD levels, --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Okay! - [19:51]: Adjusted the VPD by lowering the RH target values even more. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were decreased from 72°F/61% to 72°F/56% --- Lowered the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values from 65%/40% to 60%/35% --- Will continue to adjust environmental controls as needed. Day 07 - Sunday - 12/18/22 - Total Days: 095 [050] [046] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.2°F [22.9°C] - Humidity: 53.8% - VPD: 1.26 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:26]: Another early morning checkup! --- Wow! Bud growth looks great! --- Starting to look like full buds! --- Nothing on the trichomes yet, but still looking incredible! --- Oh wow! Stem rubs are slapping loud with gassy terps! --- Getting hyped! --- Gonna be another easy day of growing! - [19:19]: Evening my ladies! --- Wow everyone is looking happy! --- Growth looks pretty good! --- Don't think I'll defoliate tonight! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [19:43]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was very moist (with a reading of over 10 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side was way drier (with a reading of a 2 out of 10). --- The top soil looked hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was really hydrated (with a reading of a 9.9 out of 10). --- The top soil looked dry. --- Screw it! Going to bottom water. - [19:53]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 5mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.25mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured 2 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. - [20:18]: Adjusted the environmental controls even more. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were increased from 72°F/56% to 72°F/59% --- Increased the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values from 60%/35% to 63%/35% --- Will continue to adjust as needed. [END OF WEEK 13]

Introduction - Week 14 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 101579.85, Overall a smooth week of growing! Bloom is considerably easier than veg. Most of the work has been done so not much but to wait and watch the grass grow. Ordered a set of Ecowitt soil moisture sensors (via BuildASoil) to help with my waterings. The plan is to be able to quantify soil moisture levels over time. This data will help me to dial in the ideal soil moisture range (25-45% with an ideal target goal of 35%). Oh! Did a bit of low-stress training in the form of flexible garden wire ties. Added a couple to reshape lower satellite branches. This was my first time applying any form of wire ties, but everything went quite smoothly. Training aside, the second plant is just raging with bud growth! All of her bud sites are just fattening up! Even the lower growth is just stacking! Very nice! Not much else was done. Another all around easy week of growing. Steady as she grows Ensign! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 14] ========================================================== WEEK 14 - Bloom 3 WEEK 07 - Bloom 2 WEEK 06 - Bloom 2 WEEK 06 - Bloom 1 12/19/22 → 12/25/22 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 44.52 mol/m2/d PPFD: 687 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.28 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 12/19/22 - Total Days: 096 [051] [047] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.2°F [22.9°C] - Humidity: 55.1% - VPD: 1.22 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:30]: Morning checkup! --- Looking great girls! --- Growth is all around looking nice and happy! --- Buds are also getting larger! --- And wow the odor profile is smelling great! Gassy terpenes! - [22:03]: Evening my ladies! --- Nice! Everyone is looking great! --- Growth looking happy and buds are just thickening up! --- Hyped! --- Oh. Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and a bit of Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Not much else to do but wait! Easy day! Day 02 - Tuesday - 12/20/22 - Total Days: 097 [052] [048] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.1°F [22.8°C] - Humidity: 54.7% - VPD: 1.23 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:48]: Morning my girls! --- Wow looking great! --- Ooowee! Upon opening the tent, was slapped with some loud gassy terps! --- Buds are really starting to get thicker too! --- Plan to bottom water tonight. --- May also do a bit of low stress training (LST) as well. - [16:45]: Good evening ladies! --- Wow! Growth is looking perky! --- Leaves are looking stable and growth is all around nice and healthier! --- Buds are just getting frosty! Also as they mature, orange is starting to develop on the pistil hairs. The back plant (original grow) is showing a lot more orange, but the front plant looks healthier. --- Even the late blooming twin is starting to green up and her top bud is starting to thicken up with growth! --- Hyped! - [16:48]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting drier (with a reading of 3.9 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side had a bit more moisture (with a reading of a 4.9 out of 10). --- The top soil on both sides looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of a 3 out of 10). --- The top soil was also looking moist but drier than the new EarthBox. --- Time to bottom water! - [17:09]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 5mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.25mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured 2 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Did not need to defoliate! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Hmm. --- The original grow is showing signs of purple stems. --- Pretty sure this is a nutrient issue caused be improper watering (damnit Ensign). --- Maintaining proper soil moisture levels have been a huge struggle. --- Screw it! --- Ordered a set of moisture meters (via BuildASoil) to hopefully help with this issue. --- These Ecowitt soil sensors (WH51) are interesting because unlike the meter I am currently using (Sonkir 3-in-1) these will be left in the soil the whole grow. --- The Ecowitt hub (GW1000) should be able to detect and log local soil moisture levels over time which will be very useful for future waterings. --- According to BuildASoil, a good soil moisture range for living soil is around 25-45% with an ideal target goal of 35% --- The sensor seems to be weather resistant and pre-calibrated with the ability to detect a full range of moisture (0% = dry sand, 100% = pure water) - [20:37]: Decided to do a bit of LST by adding a couple garden wire ties. --- These soft rubber coated wire ties were cut (no more than 3" long) and gently coiled around specific branches that I want to bend. --- Similar to bonsai branch training, once the wire was attached, I very carefully bent the branch in the direction I wanted it to grow. --- These bends were made to uncover lower bud sites that were being blocked. Also to give more light coverage by widening the canopy footprint. --- Great! Day 03 - Wednesday - 12/21/22 - Total Days: 098 [053] [049] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.6°F [23.1°C] - Humidity: 54.5% - VPD: 1.26 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:40]: Morning my girls! --- Wow growth is just looking phenomenal! --- Even the little ones in the new EarthBox are just looking great! --- Not much to do but wait! - [21:15]: Evening checkup! --- Growth is still looking great! --- Wow the terpenes are starting to really get louder too! --- Stoked! --- Well another easy day of growing! --- Just refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 04 - Thursday - 12/22/22 - Total Days: 099 [054] [050] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.9°F [23.3°C] - Humidity: 53.1% - VPD: 1.31 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:32]: Morning ladies! --- Wow everyone looks nice and perky! --- All around growth is looking great! --- Buds are continuing to thicken and frost up! --- Terpene profile is definitely getting louder too! --- Also the late blooming twin has grown to just about as tall as the larger plants in the original EarthBox. If she stretches any taller, may have to do some low-stress training. - [16:21]: Evening checkup! --- Wow the girls are looking incredible! --- Buds are just getting frosty! --- Terpene profile is just getting louder by the day! - [16:26]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting dry (with a reading of 4 out of 10). --- Checked the other side which was a bit more hydrated (with a reading of 4.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking pretty hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of a 3 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking drier than the other EarthBox. --- Going to top water 2 cups for both EarthBoxes. --- Okay time for the weekly set of readings. - [16:42]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 612 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 39.66 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 645 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 41.80 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 396 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 25.66 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 397 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 25.73 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, going to increase the PPFD levels by lowering the light. - [16:57]: Lowered the light a bit. --- Also tightened the yo-yo on the second plant to lower the height closer to the original grow. Re-angled both garden ties as well. --- New readings were taken. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 687 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 44.52 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 679 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 44.00 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 445 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 28.84 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 427 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 27.67 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d for the taller plants, levels look pretty good! - [17:12]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was still around 17" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was still about 15.5" tall! --- The twin early bloomer was 8.25" tall! --- The twin late bloomer was 12.5" tall! --- The distance between the canopy of the original grow and light was around 17.5" --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 19.5" --- The distance between the twin early bloomer and the light was around 27.5" --- The distance between the twin late bloomer and the light was around 23.5" --- Time to start the feeding! --- Not going to foliar spray. --- This will only be a top soil watering. --- Going with the exact same brew as last week. - [17:32]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/4tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/2tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 3mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.25mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured half straight into a spray bottle (2cups). --- Set the remaining solution aside for later. --- Did not defoliate any leaves. --- Simply misted the top soil of the original EarthBox with the entire bottle of solution (2cups). - [18:13]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Buds are just stacking! --- The small twin has bloomed into a single cola! --- The rest of the plants are thickening and frosting up! So beautiful! Day 05 - Friday - 12/23/22 - Total Days: 100 [055] [051] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.5°F [23.6°C] - Humidity: 54.2% - VPD: 1.30 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:16]: Morning ladies! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Buds are continuing to stack! --- Not much to do but wait! - [21:18]: Evening checkup! --- Wow bud growth is just stacking! --- Not much to do but wait. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Even the lower buds are just getting coating in trichomes! --- Too hyped! Day 06 - Saturday - 12/24/22 - Total Days: 101 [056] [052] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.4°F [23.6°C] - Humidity: 54.0% - VPD: 1.31 kPa ----------------------------------- - [06:34]: Early morning check! --- Ladies are looking very nice! --- Bud growth everywhere! --- Everyone is looking healthy and perky! --- Stoked! --- Gonna be another easy day of growing! - [18:53]: Hello my girls! --- Bud growth is just stacking! --- Wow everyone smells great! Tent is starting to get a bit loud! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 07 - Sunday - 12/25/22 - Total Days: 102 [057] [053] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.3°F [24.1°C] - Humidity: 53.4% - VPD: 1.36 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Good morning my girls! --- Wow just slapping with terpenes! Aroma is just getting louder! --- Plus growth is looking great! --- The twin early bloomer is really starting to frost up! --- Everyone just looks nice and perky! --- Plan to do a bottom watering tonight! - [10:29]: Opps! --- Full white board (yesterday). --- Time wipe and to restart! - [16:08]: Evening my ladies! --- Wow everyone is looking very nice! --- Buds are just getting frosty! --- Want to check trichomes under the microscope, but still too early. --- Stoked on the overall growth! - [16:19]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of 2.5 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side had more moisture (with a reading of a 5.5 out of 10). --- The top soil looked quite hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was getting drier (with a reading of 3 out of 10). --- The top soil was also looking dry as well. --- Great! --- Time to bottom water! --- Going to increase the watering by a cup each. --- Please don't frack this up Ensign. - [16:40]: Filled a pitcher with 6 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 3/32tsp (or 1/16 + 1/32) of Bio-Phos --- Added 1/2tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 6mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.75mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured 3 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). [END OF WEEK 14]

Introduction - Week 15 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100600.36, Another steady week of growing! Wow! Bud growth is starting to get loud! Added another garden yo-yo and did minor defoliation. Overall growth has been quite healthy! Been stoked on the growth of the tallest twin! She's looking nice and healthy and is starting to get a lot taller! Yet aside from the usual waterings, this grow week has been quite uneventful and easy. Expecting to receive the soil moisture sensors soon! Stoked to start logging moisture levels. This data will be essential for dialing in future waterings. Steady as she grows Ensign. 🖖 [START OF WEEK 15] ========================================================== WEEK 15 - Bloom 4 WEEK 08 - Bloom 3 WEEK 07 - Bloom 3 WEEK 07 - Bloom 2 12/26/22 → 01/01/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 43.87 mol/m2/d PPFD: 677 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.39 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 12/26/22 - Total Days: 103 [058] [054] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.9°F [24.4°C] - Humidity: 53.7% - VPD: 1.38 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:20]: Good morning my girls! --- Wow everyone is looking incredible! --- Buds have definitely gotten larger! --- Growth is all around looking great! --- Regardless of yield, still hyped for harvest! - [22:28]: Good evening my gals! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Buds are thickening up and sugar leaves are getting coated with trichomes! --- Wow the terpene profile definitely has gotten louder too! --- Nothing to do today but wait. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 12/27/22 - Total Days: 104 [059] [055] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.1°F [25.1°C] - Humidity: 54.7% - VPD: 1.41 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:17]: Morning my girls! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Bud growth is looking very healthy! --- And wow the tallest twin is getting taller! - [20:52]: Good evening ladies! --- Still looking great! --- Buds are getting thicker! --- Pistil hairs are turning orange and sugar leaves are getting frosty! --- Hmm, the top bud of the second plant in the original EarthBox was drooping downwards. - [20:53]: Added another garden yo-yo to the top node to straighten out the top bud. --- I gently attached and secured both ends of the yo-yo to gently lift the top site upright. --- Great! - [21:02]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting dry (with a reading of 3.1 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side was about the same (with a reading of a 3.0 out of 10). --- The top soil on both sides looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of a 2.2 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking dry. --- Time to bottom water! - [21:11]: Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 1/2tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 5mL of Yah-Whey --- Added 1.25mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured 2 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! Day 03 - Wednesday - 12/28/22 - Total Days: 105 [060] [056] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.3°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 54.8% - VPD: 1.42 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:25]: Aye good morning ladies! --- Growth looks nice and healthy! --- Wow the tall twin is just stretching! Hyped! --- Gonna be an easy day of growing! - [20:47]: Evening my gals! --- Healthy and steady growth! --- Buds are thickening with biomass and frost! --- Not much to do today. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow bud growth just looks incredible! With 4-5 more weeks left to go, hyped with the overall growth! --- Stoked for this harvest! Day 04 - Thursday - 12/29/22 - Total Days: 106 [061] [057] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.2°F [25.7°C] - Humidity: 54.5% - VPD: 1.48 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:19]: Morning my queens! --- Bud growth is crowning beautifully! --- Frosting up nicely! --- Orange pistil hairs are just starting to mature! --- Again, wow! The tall twin is just dominating the EarthBox! Looking both tall and healthy! - [16:10]: Evening checkup! --- Wow looking great girls! --- Terpenes are screaming loud! Gas profile has me stoked! --- Also buds are just stacking! --- Been hyped over the tall twin over the past week or so as she continues to grow taller! Ooowee! She's also starting to smell quite terpy too! - [16:14]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting dry (with a reading of 3 out of 10). --- Checked the other side which was about the same (with a reading of 3.1 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking pretty hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was pretty dry on both sides (with a reading of a 2.9 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking drier than the other EarthBox. --- All around moisture levels seem even. --- Going to top water 3 cups for both EarthBoxes. --- Okay time for the weekly set of readings. - [16:25]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 677 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 43.87 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 624 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 40.44 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin early bloomer was at 435 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 28.19 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the twin late bloomer was at 505 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 32.72 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, not going to adjust the PPFD. --- Plants look great and since I'm not supplementing any CO2 this grow, I don't want to max out the daily lighting integral. - [17:01]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17.25" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was still about 14.5" tall. --- The twin early bloomer was 8.5" tall. --- The twin late bloomer was 14.5" tall! --- The distance between the canopy of the original grow and light was around 17.5" --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 21.5" --- The distance between the twin early bloomer and the light was around 27.5" --- The distance between the twin late bloomer and the light was around 23.5" --- I may need to start applying a bit of low-stress training on the twin late bloomer. She's getting a bit tall and can be bent over to increase bud sites by expanding the canopy foot print. - [17:28]: Rotated the EarthBox configuration 90 degrees counter clockwise. --- Time to start the feeding! --- Only top watering today. --- Going to increase the watering (3 cups each). - [17:30]: Filled a pitcher with 6 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp + 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/16tsp + 1/32tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/4tsp + 1/8tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/2tsp + 1/4tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 1.75mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 4.5mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured half straight into a spray bottle (3cups). --- Set the remaining solution along with the bottle aside for later. - [18:12]: Did a slight defoliation of damaged leaves. --- Did not need to remove that many. Most of the leaves were from the original grow. Also removed one leaf from the tallest of the twins in the second EarthBox. --- Tucked the trimmings under the center of the mulch cover. - [18:21]: Simply misted the top soil of the original EarthBox with the entire bottle of solution (3cups). --- Tried to mist both sides evenly. --- Also sprayed under the mulch cover by lifting it up with one hand while misting with the other. - [18:41]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 05 - Friday - 12/30/22 - Total Days: 107 [062] [058] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.5°F [25.3°C] - Humidity: 55.6% - VPD: 1.40 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:17]: Morning my gals! --- Wow bud growth is just incredible! --- Frosty buds and resin railed sugar leaves! Hyped! --- I understand growth can always be better, but I'm stoked! - [21:38]: Good evening my ladies! --- Ooowee! Smelling especially nice! Terpenes are getting louder! --- Buds are just getting coated with trichomes! --- The tall twin continues to impress me with healthy growth! Lower growth is starting to develop as she's starting to bush out! Absolutely beautiful! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- All growth is in full bloom as buds start to stack into colas. --- Stoked! Day 06 - Saturday - 12/31/22 - Total Days: 108 [063] [059] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 55.9% - VPD: 1.30 kPa ----------------------------------- - [07:22]: Good morning my girls! --- Everyone is looking just incredible! --- Buds are just getting coated in trichomes! --- Wow! The tallest twin's fan leaves are just getting coated in trichomes. I'm used to seeking the sugar leaves getting coated, but never the fan leaves. --- This is a first for me and wow she's loud! --- [No evening plant check] Day 07 - Sunday - 01/01/23 - Total Days: 109 [064] [060] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.7°F [23.7°C] - Humidity: 54.2% - VPD: 1.32 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:12]: Morning checkup. --- Nice! Growth looks incredible! --- Everyone is looking great! --- Plan to bottom water tonight. - [16:04]: Evening my ladies. --- Wow everyone is looking very nice! --- Buds are just getting frosty! --- The tallest twin as grown --- Want to check trichomes under the microscope, but still too early. --- Stoked on the overall growth! --- Squeezed a bud and wow the greasy gas profile was just getting me hyped! - [16:10]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of 2.7 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side had a bit more moisture (with a reading of a 4.8 out of 10). --- The top soil looked quite hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was getting drier (with a reading of 3 out of 10). --- The top soil was also looking dry as well. --- Time to bottom water! --- Going to increase the watering by a cup each. - [16:19]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 1tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 2.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 8mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 4 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). [END OF WEEK 15]

Introduction - Week 16 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100619.51, Another easy week of growing! Aside for basic maintenance and new soil moisture sensors, not much else was done. Early this week, I gave the humidifier a good cleaning. Did a slight defoliation during the mid-week feeding. Also am increasing the watering dosage. Towards the end of the week, received and installed some Ecowitt soil meters! These will help me to fine tune my future waterings by constantly logging and tracking the moisture levels within the surrounding soil (I put 2 sensors in each EarthBox). Wow the tall twin is just raging! She already has a decent sized cola starting to develop! May do a bit of low-stress training next week. Also checked trichomes and as expected, there were still clear heads with most being cloudy. No ambering quite yet. Still have a bit to go, but getting hyped none the less! Everyone overall looks and smells incredible! Steady as she grows Ensign! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 16] ========================================================== WEEK 16 - Bloom 5 WEEK 09 - Bloom 4 WEEK 08 - Bloom 4 WEEK 08 - Bloom 3 01/02/23 → 01/08/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 41.54 mol/m2/d PPFD: 641 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.34 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 01/02/23 - Total Days: 110 [065] [061] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.0°F [23.9°C] - Humidity: 55.1% - VPD: 1.30 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:35]: Good morning ladies! --- Bud growth is looking great! --- Plan to check trichomes either this week or next! - [21:24]: Evening checkup! --- Growth still looking good! --- Slapped with terpenes as soon I opened the tent! --- Incredible how a carbon filter can scrub out the aroma because these ladies smell dank! --- Hmm. --- Well was planning on refilling the humidifier, but the tank is getting a bit dirty, so decided to give the whole unit a good cleaning tomorrow. --- Until then, going to let the current tank drain a bit more before cleaning (either in the morning or afternoon). Day 02 - Tuesday - 01/03/23 - Total Days: 111 [066] [062] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.8°F [24.9°C] - Humidity: 56.8% - VPD: 1.34 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:00]: Morning girls! --- Wow growth looks and smells great! --- The tallest twin is really starting to take off! She is starting to bush out! - [09:03]: Okay time to clean the humidifier. --- Took the entire unit out of the tent and rinsed the base with hot tap water and poured in some CLR to soak for a bit. --- Did the same with the tank. --- Shook the tank and rinsed clean with hot tap water. --- Then drained the base unit and rinsed with more hot tap water. --- Gave the tent's floor a quick wiping for debris. --- Then towel dried the outside of the base before placing it back into the tent. --- Lastly, --- Filled the tank with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL) before placing it back on. --- Done! - [16:38]: My BuildASoil package arrived! --- Sweet! --- All four Ecowitt soil sensors plus the WiFi hub arrived in perfect condition (also thanks for the sticker)! --- Plan to set these up tonight after watering! - [16:21]: Good evening ladies! --- Wow despite all the setbacks, growth looks phenomenal! --- The tallest twin is just dominating the EarthBox she's in. She is just bushing out! --- The tent is really loud now too! Definitely louder than it's ever been inside the tent since I've started growing! --- Hyped! --- Even though I am going to be install the new soil moisture meters, until I am more familiar with the new sensors, also going to continue to use the basic soil probe meter. - [16:41]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting drier (with a reading of 2.8 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side had slightly more moisture (with a reading of a 3 out of 10). --- The top soil on both sides still looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was pretty dry (with a reading of a 2.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was also looking moist but drier than the new EarthBox. --- Time to bottom water! --- Going with the same dosage as last week (3 cups in each reservoir). - [17:03]: Filled a pitcher with 6 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 3/32tsp (or 1/16 + 1/32) of Bio-Phos --- Added 1/2tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 1.75mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 6mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 3 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Done! --- Waiting for the batteries to charge for the soil sensor (should have charged them earlier). - [18:25]: Connected the Ecowitt WiFi gateway hub. --- The Ecowitt App (WSView Plus) is not as fancy as AC Infinity, but managed to get it connected to my network and working. --- Not sure how to access graphs and charts yet, but this may be available once the moisture sensors are connected. - [20:33]: Ah-ha! In order to view any of the sensor data in chart form, the devices need to be registered and synced with the Ecowitt servers. --- Once this was complete, I gained access both graphs and data charts! --- Apparently the gateway hub will automatically sync new sensors in range (up to 8 units). --- To ensure I don't mix everything up, plan to sync them one at a time. --- Great! --- Stoked to start the logging process! --- Unfortunately, --- Still waiting on the AA batteries to charge (damnit Ensign).. --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 03 - Wednesday - 01/04/23 - Total Days: 112 [067] [063] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 78.0°F [25.6°C] - Humidity: 56.6% - VPD: 1.41 kPa ----------------------------------- - [09:08]: Morning my girls! --- Growing along nicely! --- Growth looks and smells incredible! --- Also on some of the sugar leaves, a bit or purple is starting to occur. Very cool! - [09:13]: Okay time to (finally) install the new soil moisture meters! --- For each unit, I placed a freshly charged AA battery and covered the top with the provided moisture protection cap. Then checked the app to make sure it was synced accordingly. --- Did this one at a time. - [09:16]: Once every soil sensor was online and synced with the hub, I placed two units in each EarthBox (a few inches away from each plant). --- To help with installation, I rotated the EarthBoxes around a few times. --- Using a pair of scissors, I cut a tiny slit into the mulch cover before inserting the sensor (straight down). --- To make top waterings easier, I made sure to keep the sensor placement towards the middle of the mulch cover. --- Wow buds are just coated in trichomes! --- Also gave a few stem rubs and wow the terps are loud! --- The tallest twin is just raging now with growth! Incredible! Day 04 - Thursday - 01/05/23 - Total Days: 113 [068] [064] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.0°F [25.0°C] - Humidity: 55.4% - VPD: 1.39 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 27, 24] ----------------------------------- - [09:44]: Morning ladies! --- Aye looking great! --- Everyone is looking nice and healthy! --- Plan to top feed tonight. - [16:15]: Evening checkup! --- Growth is just exploding on the tallest twin! She's definitely ramping up into full bloom! --- Wow this tent wreaks! Love it! --- Buds are just coated in trichomes! - [16:24]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting dry (with a reading of 3.1 out of 10). --- Checked the other side which was even drier (with a reading of 2 out of 10). --- The top soil was still looking pretty hydrated on both sides. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was dry on both sides (with a reading of a 2 out of 10). --- As usual, the top soil was looking drier than the other EarthBox. - [16:33]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 26% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 19% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 26% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 24% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- All around moisture levels seem low but even. --- Going to top water 4 cups for both EarthBoxes. - [16:46]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 665 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 43.09 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 641 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 41.54 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the short twin was at 439 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 28.45 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the tall twin was at 528 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 34.21 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, not going to adjust the PPFD. - [17:08]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17.25" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was still about 15" tall. --- The twin early bloomer was 8.75" tall. --- The twin late bloomer was 15.5" tall! --- The distance between the canopy of the original grow and light was around 18" --- The distance between the young plant and the light was around 21" --- The distance between the twin early bloomer and the light was around 27.5" --- The distance between the twin late bloomer and the light was around 19.5" - [17:34]: Rotated the EarthBox configuration 90 degrees counter clockwise. --- Time to start the feeding! - [17:57]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/2tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 2.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 6mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured half straight into a spray bottle (4cups). --- Set the remaining solution along with the bottle aside for later. - [18:27]: Did a slight defoliation of damaged leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the center of the mulch cover. - [18:40]: Misted the top soil of the original EarthBox with the entire bottle of solution (4 cups). --- Tried to mist both sides evenly. --- Also sprayed under the mulch cover by lifting it up with one hand while misting with the other. - [19:00]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Screw it! Most likely still too early, but gonna check trichomes! - [19:26]: Using a pair of trimmers, I clipped off small bud samples! --- Only sampled the plants in the original EarthBox. --- I clipped off two buds from each plant. The first near the bottom of the plant and second near the top. --- Time to bust out the USB microscope and start checking the trichomes! --- Trichomes naturally progress through three stages of development (clear, cloudy, amber). --- Going for a 10-15% amber to cloudy ratio before the big harvest! - [19:40]: Checked each bud for trichomes! --- Wow the trichomes look beautiful! Always a trippy sight to behold! --- Trichome heads are mostly cloudy with clear heads towards the bottom. No signs of amber heads quite yet. --- This is as expected. I'll probably check trichomes in 2-3 weeks. --- Getting stoked for harvest! - [20:06]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 26% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 19% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 27% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 24% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- Moisture levels seem about the same. --- Stoked to finally be able to quantify and log soil moisture levels! --- Plan to add soil moisture percentage levels for future the daily logs. --- Over time, this should help me to fine tune each watering. Day 05 - Friday - 01/06/23 - Total Days: 114 [069] [065] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.3°F [23.5°C] - Humidity: 53.8% - VPD: 1.30 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 27, 25] ----------------------------------- - [09:17]: Good morning my ladies! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Buds are just ripening up! --- The tallest twin is just stretching with growth! She already has a decent sized cola developing and has grown to same height as the plants in the original EarthBox. Wow! --- May to do a bit of low-stress training, but for now, just going to let her grow! - [21:00]: Evening my ganja queens! --- Wow! Terpenes are just slapping loud!! --- Frosty and greasy buds are just wreaking with gas! Hyped! --- Not much to do but wait and watch the grass grow! Day 06 - Saturday - 01/07/23 - Total Days: 115 [070] [066] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.6°F [23.7°C] - Humidity: 54.1% - VPD: 1.32 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 28, 25] ----------------------------------- - [07:44]: Morning my ladies! --- Slapping loud this morning! --- Ooowee! --- Grow strong my girls! - [19:27]: Evening checkup! --- Growth looks great! --- Wow bud growth looks incredible! --- Going to water a bit early. - [19:37]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 1tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 2.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 8mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 4 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 07 - Sunday - 01/08/23 - Total Days: 116 [071] [067] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.0°F [23.9°C] - Humidity: 54.0% - VPD: 1.34 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 28, 25] ----------------------------------- - [07:20]: Easy morning checkup! --- Growth is continuing to stack and frost is just everywhere! --- Nothing to do but wait! --- Easy day! - [19:06]: Evening my ladies! --- Growing along great! --- Buds are just loud and frosty! --- Nothing much else to do but wait! --- Another easy grow week! [END OF WEEK 16]

Introduction - Week 17 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100638.67, Nice! Another great and simple grow week! Been checking and adjusting soil moisture levels all week. Been steadily increasing the waterings. Moisture started off a bit low but by mid-week, levels gradually increased. Did minor defoliation along with a bit of low-stress training on the tall twin! Wow! She's a loud one! Terpenes are just slapping loud! A lot of her leaves are just greasy with trichomes! Also ordered and upgraded the grow light (did not expect ultra fast shipping). Now rocking a Mars Hydro FC-6500 and am utterly stoked! This light fits perfectly within the 4x4 tent and she's a huge upgrade which provides full wall-to-wall tent coverage! Hyped! Local VPD levels are also (finally) getting better. Still a bit low on averages, but a lot closer than before. Great! By the end of the week I also received the UIS adapter! So swapped out the old analog timer and now have the FC-6500 digitally controlled through the AC Infinity App! Pretty cool! Set a course for harvest Ensign! Maximum warp. Engage! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 17] ========================================================== WEEK 17 - Bloom 6 WEEK 10 - Bloom 5 WEEK 09 - Bloom 5 WEEK 09 - Bloom 4 01/09/23 → 01/15/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [TSW-2000 → FC-6500] DLI: 48.18 mol/m2/d PPFD: 743 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.36 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 01/09/23 - Total Days: 117 [072] [068] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.3°F [24.6°C] - Humidity: 55.5% - VPD: 1.36 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 28, 25] ----------------------------------- - [09:30]: Good morning my ladies! --- Buds are everywhere! --- And wow the aroma is just slapping! --- Ooowee! --- Not much to do today but wait! --- Gonna be another easy grow day! - [21:00]: Evening my gals! --- Growth still looks incredible! --- Frosty buds on the second plant! --- So hyped for harvest! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 01/10/23 - Total Days: 118 [073] [069] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 55.7% - VPD: 1.32 kPa - Soil %: [26, 19, 28, 25] ----------------------------------- - [09:22]: Morning girls! --- Growing along nicely! --- Buds are just getting frosty on the second plant! --- Pistil hairs on the lower colas are starting to brown while sugar leaves on the upper growth are turning more purple. Beautiful! --- While the tallest twin is just ramping up into early bloom! --- Determining a good harvest time for all plants is going to be a bit of a challenge. Going to probably wait an extra week or so beyond when I'd usually harvest while harvesting one plant several weeks too early. --- Also will check trichomes weekly. - [17:44]: Good evening ladies! --- Wow growth looking phenomenal! --- Buds are just ripening up and getting loud! - [17:48]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes. --- The soil for the new EarthBox was getting dry (with a reading of 2.5 out of 10). --- The soil on the other side had slightly less moisture (with a reading of a 2 out of 10). --- The top soil on both sides still looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was dry (with a reading of a 2.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking dry. - [17:52]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 26% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 19% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 28% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 25% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] - [18:00]: Defoliated the yellowing leaves. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- Time to bottom water! --- Going to increase the watering (6 cups in each reservoir). - [18:31]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of Bio-Phos --- Added 1tsp of Horticultural Coconut --- Added 2.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 8mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured 4 cups into each EarthBox's fill tube. --- Then poured an additional 2 cups of straight distilled water into each fill tube (6 cups for each). - [21:28]: Decided to do a bit of low-stress training on the tallest twin. --- Her main cola is getting a bit tall and is starting to take over. Time to bend her over! --- By bending over the main-stalk, the canopy can easily be expanded to fill in --- Using a garden yo-yo and binder clip, I gently bent the main stalk over and secured the branch to one side of the EarthBox (bent her back towards the fill tube). I did not super crop. Just gently bent and secured the main cola down to even out the canopy. --- Ooowee! Wow she's loud! --- Trichomes are just resin-railed and greasy. Just coated everywhere! --- She's now definitely shorter than both plants in the original EarthBox, but is already looking a lot bushier! Hyped! --- By evening out the canopy, nutrient distribution will also be re-directed to the side growth which will make more bud sites and colas. - [22:55]: A complete warp-core refit has been scheduled! 🖖 --- Err.. I mean.. Ordered a new grow light! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- With a new 4-plant photo-period grow just around the corner (currently set for 4 feminized beans of 'Fuel D.OG' by 'Seedsman' but may change), I decided to upgrade my light! --- Have a new Mar Hydro FC-6500 on the way! A huge upgrade to my current TSW-2000. --- By rocking industry leading Samsung LM301B diodes, this grow light will max out my entire 4x4ft tent and should never have to worry about PPFD targets. --- At 44.5x44in (or 1130x1120mm), the FC-6500 should barely fit within my grow tent and will literally provide wall-to-wall coverage. --- Also, using a UIS adapter (purchased separately through AC Infinity), the FC-6500 can be controlled through the AC Infinity Controller 69! Still have to research this a bit more, but hyped for the potential possibility! --- [*smokes another bowl] Day 03 - Wednesday - 01/11/23 - Total Days: 119 [074] [070] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.3°F [24.1°C] - Humidity: 54.6% - VPD: 1.33 kPa - Soil %: [27, 21, 29, 27] ----------------------------------- - [09:28]: Morning my green beauties! --- Being a new grower (my second time through flower), this is not really saying much, but wow! These plants are by far the loudest cultivars I have ever grown! --- The tallest twin is still recovering from the LST, but looks and smells incredible! --- Nothing to do but wait! --- Steady as she grows Ensign! - [16:28]: Good evening my ladies! --- Wow growth is just phenomenal! --- Girls are getting greasy with trichomes! --- Just can't get enough of the terpenes! --- Easy grow day! --- Nothing to do today but wait! - [17:06]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 27% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 21% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 29% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 27% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] Day 04 - Thursday - 01/12/23 - Total Days: 120 [075] [071] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 76.7°F [24.8°C] - Humidity: 55.9% - VPD: 1.35 kPa - Soil %: [38, 28, 42, 53] ----------------------------------- - [09:33]: Good morning my ladies! --- Wow! Getting slapped in the face with terpenes! --- Stinky earthy aromas with fuel and gassy undertone! Smells dank! --- Plan to do a basic top feeding tonight. --- Until then, not much else to do but wait! - [12:31]: Attention all Starfleet personnel!! Attention all Starfleet personnel!! --- A transport ship has arrived from Utopia Planitia fleet yard (located on Mars). Ensign420, please report to main engineering immediately for a complete warp core overhaul. 🖖 --- Anyways! Ooowee! Soo stoked! --- Got my package straight from Mars Hydro! --- Was not expecting to receive my light this quickly! --- Have to say that shipping was insanely fast! Just incredible! --- Package arrived completely undamaged! --- Wow! --- She's a beauty! --- This Mars Hydro FC-6500 is a beast!! --- Compared to my current TSW-2000, the build quality on the FC-6500 is on a completely new level! --- This light is robust! --- So hyped!! --- Oh, the light also came with an array of accessories along with a generic user guide. - [13:12]: Decided to hang the new warp reactor, err, I mean driver ballast, outside the tent. --- Since I am going to simply swap out the current light (using the same hanging ratchets), I utilized the provided metal hangers to securely hang the ballast unit just outside the tent. Great! --- This particular grow light came equipped with self-branded Mars Hydro ballast driver. Great! Have an appropriate AC Infinity UIS adapter on its way to enable controller support and automated lighting schedules. --- Screw it! --- Since all plants are currently autoflowers, going to turn the lights on a bit early (oh by about 2.5hrs). --- These ladies should be able to handle a bit more light for a day. - [13:20]: Okay time to swap out the grow light! --- Installation was pretty straightforward. --- I simply detached the ratchets from the old TSW-2000 (keeping the unit plugged in) and set it aside for temporary bounce lighting. - [13:41]: Then unfolded and secured the FC-6500 with the same ratchets and plugged her in! --- Wow! She's a beauty! Definitely digging the foldable bar-style design! --- Side note, the light is shipped from the factory with the driver switch set to EXT. This sets the light output to max. --- Had to set the switch to DIM before turning the knob up to ~80% output. - [14:09]: Took basic PPFD reading. Only focused on the second plant. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 657 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 42.57 mol/m2/d --- Cool! --- But 501.7W is unnecessarily high for what I need. - [14:22]: Decided to lower the light. --- Then adjusted the ballast to around 55% output. - [14:27]: Took another general reading. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 665 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 43.09 mol/m2/d --- Nice! --- Checked the wattage meter and she was utilizing around 412.9W of energy. --- Perfect! --- Will check height and take proper reading later tonight. --- Wow! --- Almost went with the smaller model (the FC-4800), but extremely happy I didn't! --- This light fits perfectly! --- Ooowee! --- Complete wall-to-wall coverage! --- Unless this light breaks (don't frack this up Ensign), I should never need another light for this 4x4 setup! Just incredible! --- This light is a huge improvement to the old one in many ways! --- The new bar design is both sleek and functional. The TSW-2000 looks like a toy compared to the FC-6500. --- Wow she's sexy! --- And bright! She's rocking a whopping 730W of potential power and distributes this energy amongst an impressive array of 3,144 light emitters (both Samsung LM301B and Osram 660 diodes). --- The placement of the diodes are also configured in a way to reduce hot spots in the center. --- Also the FC-6500 ballast cord is noticeably longer for convent external placement (had to place the old ballasts on top of the tent). --- Really digging that the FC-6500 uses a single ballast driver (the TSW-2000 uses two separate ballasts). Also the dimmer knob and automation compatibility is a huge upgrade! No more using a screw driver to adjust the wattage on two separate ballasts. --- Very cool! --- [*smokes a bowl] - [18:47]: Okay! Evening checkup time! --- Good evening my ladies! --- Tonight's a slightly longer day cycle. --- But wow! Growth is looking incredible! --- Buds are frosted white with trichomes! --- Terpenes are just slapping too! Wow! --- Hyped! - [18:55]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes with a basic meter (once on side each). --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty good (with a reading of 5.1 out of 10). --- The top soil looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was also pretty good (with a reading of a 4.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking drier but still hydrated. - [19:07]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 28% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 21% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 31% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 28% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- All around moisture levels seem pretty good! --- Going to top feed the same 4 cups for both EarthBoxes. - [19:22]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 672 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 43.55 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 664 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 43.03 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the short twin was at 567 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 36.74 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the tall twin was at 591 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 38.30 mol/m2/d --- With a continued DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, going to leave everything alone. --- Very impressed on the how even the light coverage is! --- Stoked for the next grow cycle! Plan to fill this tent wall-to-wall with 4 photo-periods before flipping to flower. This new light will easily crush it! - [19:43]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17.25" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was about 15.5" tall. --- The short twin was 8.5" tall. --- The tall twin was 12.25" tall. --- The distance between the original grow and light was around 17" --- The distance between the second plant and the light was around 18.75" --- The distance between the short twin and the light was around 26" --- The distance between the tall twin and the light was around 22" --- Hmm. Measuring under the new light is a bit wonky, but doable. --- I keep hitting my head on the light (damnit Ensign). --- Since I want to keep the light low, going to just deal with it (not a big deal). - [20:04]: Rotated the EarthBox configuration 90 degrees counter clockwise. --- Okay! --- Time to start the feeding! - [20:46]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of: ----- BuildABloom ----- Bio-Phos ----- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] --- Added 1/2tsp of: ----- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1tsp of: ----- Horticultural Coconut --- Added 2.5mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 6mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and poured half straight into a spray bottle (4cups). --- Set the remaining solution along with the bottle aside for later. --- Did not defoliate any leaves! - [20:56]: Misted the top soil of the original EarthBox with the entire bottle of solution (4 cups). --- Tried to mist both sides evenly. --- Also sprayed under the mulch cover by lifting it up with one hand while misting with the other. --- This time, I made sure to also spray each soil moisture sensor. - [21:16]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Then poured the solution saved from earlier into the spray bottle and misted the top soil of the new EarthBox. --- Again, making sure to also spray each soil moisture sensor. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow! Buds are just ripening! --- Resin-railed sugar leaves and just greasy with stanky goodness! --- Hyped! --- Wow! The short twin doesn't have that many bud sites, but wow! The buds that she has are just stacked with growth! --- The tall twin is still recovering from the low-stress training but looking and smelling very nice! --- Side note on the FC-6500. This light is just incredible and wouldn't change a thing! However, under the current output settings and height, photos are constantly looking way too warm. Not a big deal, but just a bit annoying. --- Anyways! --- The second plant will ultimately determine when harvest will be. She is clearly showing signs of senescence (purpling of the sugar leaves) so I'm thinking at least 2-3 more weeks still left. --- Even so, plan to check trichomes tomorrow! --- Overly stoked for harvest! --- More so, can't wait to start the next grow log! --- Currently, I'm done with autoflowers. The next cycle will definitely be running genetics that are photo-period. Still going with 4 feminized beans of some 'Fuel D.OG' by 'Seedsman,' but may change. --- Regardless, too hyped! --- Grow strong my girls! Day 05 - Friday - 01/13/23 - Total Days: 121 [076] [072] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.6°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 56.4% - VPD: 1.29 kPa - Soil %: [33, 26, 39, 47] ----------------------------------- - [09:27]: Morning my ladies! --- Everyone is growing along very nicely! --- Wow! Terpenes are just slapping loud! --- When taking log photos, images are still difficult to take under the new light (too warm in color), but wow she's a beauty! - [16:02]: Evening my girls! --- Growth is looking incredible! --- Buds continuing to ripen and frost up! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow! The diodes on the FC-6500 are bright! --- Not much else to do now but wait! Day 06 - Saturday - 01/14/23 - Total Days: 122 [077] [073] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.8°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 56.6% - VPD: 1.40 kPa - Soil %: [32, 26, 38, 47] ----------------------------------- - [09:56]: Morning my girls! --- A quick morning checkup! --- Ooowee! Slapping loud today! --- Wow! All around growth is looking incredible! --- Buds are ripening very nicely! - [12:36]: Nice! Another shipment has arrived from Starfleet! --- Err, I mean, got a new package! --- Nice! Received my UIS lighting adapter from AC Infinity! --- The packaged came perfectly packed and undamaged and included a USB to RJ11/12 adapter. --- A complimentary RJ11 cable was also provided. --- Time to install the adapter! - [12:46]: Connected the included RJ11 cable to the Mars Hydro FC-6500's driver control unit. --- After connecting the cable to CH1, I made sure to set the dial to OFF and the light switch to EXT. --- At this time I also removed the analog timer (light is still current off). --- Attached the Type-A adapter to the cable and connected the other end to the AC Infinity Controller 69 unit. --- Great! --- Now I can digitally control both the intensity and ON/OFF schedules through the AC Infinity App! --- Setting up the automation was also quite simple. --- Had to make sure to set the default MIN/MAX parameters for both the ON and OFF modes. Have the MIN/MAX light intensity set to 0/6 for now with the default mode set to OFF. - [13:05]: Under the automations tab, went in and created an identical 18/6 schedule. Lights ON is still set from 1600 to 1000 (or 4pm to 10am). --- Great! --- Will go in later during lights on with a PPFD meter to adjust the light's intensity later. - [16:37]: Good evening my ladies! --- Wow growth is looking great! --- Buds are continuing to ripening and frosting up! --- Stoked! --- Also glad the grow light turned on at the correct time. --- Okay now that the lights are on, - [16:47]: Took full PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 743 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 48.15 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 724 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 46.92 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the short twin was at 634 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 41.08 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the tall twin was at 657 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 42.57 mol/m2/d --- With a DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, the DLI is a bit high, but going to leave everything alone. --- Pretty certain the girls can handle the increased light levels but can always lower it later if needed. --- So with the MAX light intensity set to 6, the FC-6500 is currently drawing about 447.0W of energy. --- Not going to bottom water tonight so another easy day of growing! Day 07 - Sunday - 01/15/23 - Total Days: 123 [078] [074] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.7°F [25.4°C] - Humidity: 56.7% - VPD: 1.39 kPa - Soil %: [31, 26, 38, 45] ----------------------------------- - [07:38]: Quick morning check! --- Wow! Terpy odors are just slapping! --- All around growth is looking good! --- Getting hyped for harvest! --- Decided to not check trichomes this week and will wait until next week. -[18:56]: Evening my girls! --- Growing along very nicely! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Buds are just getting powdered in trichomes! Wow! --- Hmm. --- The top of the second plant seems to be drooping a bit. - [21:16]: Decided to remove a garden yo-yo from the second plant. --- The top bud was starting to droop backwards, so removed the yo-yo and gently bent the main stalk upwards. --- Great! Now she's pointing straight up! --- Also, damn she's greasy with terps too! Wow! The gassy funk is just intoxicating! --- Can't get enough of it! --- Also, VPD levels are looking a whole lot better now too! --- A temp of 81°F with an RH of 48% gives a VPD of 1.88 kPa --- Current local VPD levels (according to the meters) are looking a bit high, but a lot better. --- Great! --- Kinda curious to compare the tent's VPD to general local levels at the end of the week. - [21:27]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 31% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 26% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 38% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 45% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- Moisture levels seem pretty good. --- Not going to water tonight. --- Easy night of growing! [END OF WEEK 17]

Introduction - Week 18 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100658.05, Been a simple week of growing! Although I'm pretty sure I over-watered last week. Soil moisture levels have stayed the same all week so have not watered anything. Throughout the week did basic defoliation along with general maintenance (mainly refilling the humidifier). Also checked the trichomes and wow! Mostly cloudy with a bit of ambering starting to develop! Nice! However, since I'm going to be harvesting a plant early (the tall twin), wanted to give the whole grow another week. Regardless of the issues throughout this grow, overly hyped for this harvest! Wow! Harvest day is less than a week away! Maximum warp Ensign. Engage! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 18] ========================================================== WEEK 18 - Bloom 7 WEEK 11 - Bloom 6 WEEK 10 - Bloom 6 WEEK 10 - Bloom 5 01/16/23 → 01/22/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 47.43 mol/m2/d PPFD: 732 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.29 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 01/16/23 - Total Days: 124 [079] [075] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 77.3°F [25.2°C] - Humidity: 56.7% - VPD: 1.37 kPa - Soil %: [30, 26, 38, 43] ----------------------------------- - [09:33]: Good morning my ladies! --- Quick morning checkup! --- Wow terpenes are slapping loud! --- Growing along very nicely! - [21:25]: Evening my girls! --- Wow looking and smelling great! --- Decided to do a bit of minor defoliation on the tall twin. --- Didn't use any trimmers. --- Just pinched and plucked off a few leaves. Mainly focused on outer damaged leaves. - [21:28]: Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover of the original EarthBox. --- Moisture levels seem okay so not going to water. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow buds are just ripening along nicely! --- The second plant is looking incredible! --- Gave a bud a squeeze and wow! --- Just greasy with a gassy terps! --- Could be harvest time soon! --- Plan to check trichomes later this week. --- Getting hyped! Day 02 - Tuesday - 01/17/23 - Total Days: 125 [080] [076] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.1°F [23.9°C] - Humidity: 55.3% - VPD: 1.30 kPa - Soil %: [30, 25, 38, 44] ----------------------------------- - [09:45]: Morning my ladies! --- Growing along nicely! --- Growth is far from perfect, but they look perfect to me! --- Buds are looking pretty ripe! Just frosted white with inner sugar leaves turning purple. --- Hyped to check the trichomes. Harvest time may be sooner than anticipated! - [17:09]: Evening my girls! --- Wow! Slapped with gassy funk! --- Also growth is still looking great! --- Soil moisture seems about the same as yesterday so not going to water tonight. --- Shaka, may have over-watered last week (Damnit Ensign). --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Regardless, wow buds look frosty! --- Close up shots of the buds also seem to show a bit ambering in the trichomes! --- Gonna wait a couple days longer before checking the trichomes but hyped! --- The only drawback is since I have to harvest all the plants at once, one plant will be harvested way too early (the tall twin). --- I may wait an extra week or so longer, but still deciding. Day 03 - Wednesday - 01/18/23 - Total Days: 126 [081] [077] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.4°F [23.6°C] - Humidity: 55.2% - VPD: 1.27 kPa - Soil %: [30, 25, 37, 43] ----------------------------------- - [09:30]: Good morning my girls! --- Quick morning checkup! --- Everyone looks great! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow buds are ripening up very nicely! --- Hyped! - [21:09]: Evening my ladies! --- All around growth is looking good! --- Could be better, but definitely could be way worse. --- But as a beginner grower, they all look great to me! --- Getting hyped for harvest! Day 04 - Thursday - 01/19/23 - Total Days: 127 [082] [078] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.4°F [23.6°C] - Humidity: 54.0% - VPD: 1.31 kPa - Soil %: [29, 25, 36, 40] ----------------------------------- - [09:16]: Morning my girls! --- Growing along nicely! --- Buds are continuing to turn purple! --- The aroma in the tent is also loud! I'm always impressed with how well the carbon filter scrubs the smell from the air. --- Hmm. --- Haven't watered all week. --- Been checking soil moisture levels all week (also went over last week's logs). --- I think I may have over watered last week (damnit Ensign), but growth is still looking great so not too worried. --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [09:26]: Checked the current Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 29% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 25% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 36% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 40% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- Moisture levels still seem okay. Levels in the second EarthBox seem a bit high so going to let the soil dry out. - [09:27]: Checked the soil moisture for both EarthBoxes with a basic meter (one reading each). --- The soil for the new EarthBox was pretty good (with a reading of 5 out of 10). --- The top soil still looked nice and hydrated. --- The soil for the original EarthBox was also pretty good (with a reading of a 5.5 out of 10). --- The top soil was looking dry. --- Yep not going to water tonight. Going to let the soil dry out. --- Will be harvesting soon anyways, so not too concerned. - [13:58]: Plan to check trichomes tonight! --- Last time (two weeks ago), trichomes were pretty cloudy but still had a good amount of clear. --- Tonight, hoping for a bit of amber! --- For this harvest going for a 10-25% amber-to-cloudy ratio. --- Of course, since the tall twin is still in early bloom, going to give this whole grow an extra week longer before harvesting. - [16:10]: Evening my ladies! --- Wow looking good! --- Smelling even better! Wow! Slapping loud with terpenes! --- Soil moisture levels seem pretty much unchanged. --- Not going to water anything tonight. - [16:13]: Defoliated the tall twin. --- Using a pair of trimmers, I gently snipped off the damaged leaves. --- Wow she's sticky! --- A good amount of her fan leaves were just covered in trichomes! Almost want to try and smoke it (almost). --- Also I noticed that she has an unusually high amount of 3-fingered leaves. Not sure if this is a genetic trait or possibly a sign of re-vegging? Regardless, not too worried about it. --- Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. - [16:43]: Took PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 732 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 47.43 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 726 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 47.04 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the short twin was at 612 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 39.66 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the tall twin was at 632 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 40.95 mol/m2/d --- With a continued DLI goal of 45 mol/m2/d (which is a PPFD goal of 694 μmol/m2/s) for the taller plants, going to continue to leave the light levels where they are at. - [16:52]: Took height readings. --- The original grow was around 17.5" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was about 16.5" tall. --- The short twin was 8.75" tall. --- The tall twin was 12" tall. --- The distance between the original grow and light was around 17" --- The distance between the second plant and the light was around 18" --- The distance between the short twin and the light was around 25.5" --- The distance between the tall twin and the light was around 22" - [17:07]: Rotated the EarthBoxes 90 degrees counter-clockwise. --- Okay time to check the trichomes! --- Using a pair of trimmers, I clipped off some samples. --- Again, only focusing on the plants in the original EarthBox. --- Cut two bud samples from each plant. One towards the bottom, one towards the top. - [17:53]: Checked each sample under the microscope. --- First checked the bottom sample of the original grow! --- Wow! Amber trichomes! Well at least on the leaves. --- Inner buds are mostly cloudy with a bit of clear. - [17:39]: Next checked the top sample of the original grow! --- Woah! First time checking purple buds under the microscope and trichomes looks incredible! --- Ambering is developing very nicely! Sugar leaves clearly have more ambering, but buds are also showing signs as well! --- Looking great so far! - [17:47]: Then checked the bottom sample of the second plant! --- Wow! Lots of cloudy trichomes with a bit of ambering starting to develop on the buds! --- Similar to the last sample, ambering trichomes were mainly found on sugar leaves, but were also just staring to develop on the buds. - [17:59]: Lastly was the top sample of the second plant! --- This sample has purpling in the buds! Beautiful! --- Nice! Cloudy and ambering trichomes can clearly be seen throughout both the buds and sugar leaves! --- Just incredible! --- Best of all, --- Harvest day is officially in one week!! --- Overly hyped! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Oops, - [21:15]: Rotated the EarthBoxes back to the default configuration. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Wow bud growth on both plants looks amazing! --- Can see the ambering of the trichomes! --- Buds are looking both purple and frosty! --- The aroma is also just incredible! Wow! Loud gas with a bit of an earthy sweetness! --- Ahhh yea! Harvest time is getting me stoked! Day 05 - Friday - 01/20/23 - Total Days: 128 [083] [079] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.0°F [23.9°C] - Humidity: 54.5% - VPD: 1.32 kPa - Soil %: [29, 25, 36, 40] ----------------------------------- - [09:21]: Morning my ganja queens! --- Wow buds are just turning purple! --- Also amber trichomes are definitely visible on the outer sugar leaves! Nice! --- The aroma is of course slapping loud with strong terps! Wow! --- With harvest day in less than a week, getting hyped! - [22:22]: Evening my ladies! --- Even though I overwatered, the bud growth is still looking good! --- Buds look frosty white with trichomes! --- Not much to do tonight. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Since soil moisture levels have pretty much stayed the same over the last few days, I can easy confirm that I over-watered the girls (Damnit Ensign). --- Well at least the soil moisture data will help with my next grow. Will try not water as much (and as often). Still learning, still growing. --- Regardless, still overly hyped for harvest! Day 06 - Saturday - 01/21/23 - Total Days: 129 [084] [080] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.0°F [23.3°C] - Humidity: 54.4% - VPD: 1.27 kPa - Soil %: [29, 25, 36, 39] ----------------------------------- - [07:30]: Early morning checkup! --- Wow! Bud growth is continuing to darken and turn purple! --- Also trichomes are clearly starting to amber throughout both plants! --- 5 more days until harvest! --- Not going to water anymore and will let the soil dry out. --- Gonna be an easy day! - [19:33]: Evening checkup! --- Aye growth is looking great! --- Both purple and frosty! --- Woah! Terpenes are pretty loud too! --- Stoked for harvest! --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 07 - Sunday - 01/22/23 - Total Days: 130 [085] [081] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.0°F [23.3°C] - Humidity: 55.2% - VPD: 1.25 kPa - Soil %: [29, 24, 36, 39] ----------------------------------- - [07:30]: Early morning checkup! --- Wow! Smelling great! --- Also buds are frosting up very nicely! --- 4 more days until harvest! - [20:32]: Evening checkup! --- Everyone is looking great! --- Smelling even better! Wow! --- Plucked off a couple damaged leaves from the tall twin. Tucked them under the mulch cover. --- Then refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- That's about it! --- Still a bit disappointed on the over-watering. But too hyped for harvest! --- Purple buds are just frosted with trichomes! Wow! --- Since I didn't need to water at all, this has been another pretty easy grow week! --- Almost harvest time! --- Too hyped! [END OF WEEK 18]

Introduction - Week 19 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100676.97, Been another pretty easy week of growing! Just basic checks and humidifier refills. Because of the over-watering, I didn't water or feed anything this week. Also did a bit of vermicomposting by doing a full worm bin transplant. Plan to use the harvested castings during the next re-amend. Ahhh yea! Finally made it! Again!! HARVEST!!! Harvested the entire tent towards the end of the week and have already begun the drying process! Going for a slow 14-16 day drying period. Then it will be on to a 14 day cure before the big smoke! One major positive difference from the last drying attempt is that both temperatures and humidity are looking a lot better. Not struggling with high temps at all. Winter harvests are the best! Similar to the last grow log, the next post will cover the weeks of the drying, trimming, and curing. Also will probably start posting the next grow ('Fuel D.OG' by 'Seedsman') around the same time! So until then, Peace & Long Life ✌️🖖 [START OF WEEK 19] ========================================================== WEEK 19 - Bloom 8 [Harvest] → Drying 1 WEEK 12 - Bloom 7 [Harvest] → Drying 1 WEEK 11 - Bloom 7 [Harvest] → Drying 1 WEEK 11 - Bloom 6 [Harvest] → Drying 1 01/23/23 → 01/29/23 [HARVESTED on 01/26/23] This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 45 mol/m2/d PPFD: 694 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.5-1.7 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 47.43 mol/m2/d PPFD: 732 μmol/m2/s VPD: 1.00 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 01/23/23 - Total Days: 131 [086] [082] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 73.7°F [23.2°C] - Humidity: 53.2% - VPD: 1.30 kPa - Soil %: [29, 25, 36, 39] ----------------------------------- - [09:16]: Ahhh- Yea! --- 3 More Days Until Harvest! --- Morning checkup! --- Bud growth is a very nice dark purple! Wow! Just frosted over with white and amber trichomes! --- Gonna be an easy day of growing! - [21:42]: Evening checkup! --- Hyped for harvest! --- Nice! Ladies look just incredible! --- Wow! Purple bud growth is so beautiful! --- Ooowee! Fuel-like terpenes are just slapping loud! --- Not going to water anything more until harvest. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). Day 02 - Tuesday - 01/24/23 - Total Days: 132 [087] [083] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 74.2°F [23.4°C] - Humidity: 52.5% - VPD: 1.34 kPa - Soil %: [28, 23, 34, 37] ----------------------------------- - [09:52]: Morning checkup! --- Growth is looking great! --- Wow! --- Two More Days Until Harvest!! --- Trichomes are clearly ambering nicely on sugar leaves! --- Also the terps are getting pretty fuel-like! --- Buds are looking nice and ripe! Stoked! --- In contrast, the tall twin still looks far from harvest ready. --- The other 3 look nice and ripe so going to continue on with harvest (Thursday morning). - [09:56]: Defoliated the tall twin a bit. --- Plucked off more damaged leaves. Tucked the trimmings under the mulch cover. --- However, there were still some weird looking finger counts. Had leaves ranging from 1 to 3 fingers. I think this is a characteristic of re-vegging? --- But wow! She's still very loud in the terps! Leaves were just covered in trichomes! --- Just going to continue on! --- Okay finally going to tend to the worms and do a full bin transplant. --- All the coco and peat moss has been processed into castings so it's about time for another transplant! --- But before I can do that, have to prep a new bin! - [11:47]: Using another plastic container (same size as the current bin), I started to prep the coco. --- First I broke off chunks of coco coir (from a brick) and placed them into the bin. Filled the bottom of the new bin with about 0.5" of dry coco coir. - [12:24]: Filled a measuring cup with 2 cups of distilled water. --- May add more water, but going to start with 2 cups and go from there. --- Similar to last time, going to be re-hydrating and inoculating with microbes and aminos. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/2tsp of Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --- Added 1/8tsp of each of the following: ----- Mycrobe Complete ----- Great White --- Added 1mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into the bin. --- Once hydrated, the dried coco easily tripled in size. --- When squeezed, the coco felt like a moist sponge. Great! - [12:55]: Time to check the bin! --- Wow! It's been a good 40 days since the last checkup. --- There were no worms at the surface. Probably because of the lower temps. --- Mixed the top of the bin. --- Time to separate the worms and harvest the castings! - [13:03]: Going one layer at a time, started gently removing the castings and placed them into a storage container. --- Splitting the bin into two separate containers (one for castings, one for the worms). --- As I was harvesting the castings, I gently picked any worms out and placed them into the smaller container for later. --- Also placed a bit of broccoli along with the old mango seed into the worm container. --- Since I planned on saving the harvested castings, took my time to sift through the entire bin. - [14:19]: Okay done! --- Glad to find most of the worms at the bottom! --- There were also a significant amount of baby worms, so had to be extra careful. --- Also glad to say that even though the substrate was pretty moist, there was no foul odor at all! --- Okay time to transplant the worms into their new home! - [14:24]: Dropped the worms into their new bin. --- Included with the worms was about a 1.5 cups of the original castings. --- There was also the old mango seed along with a bit of broccoli left in the pile as well. --- This will help to inoculate the bin with soil microbes. --- Then added about a solo cup of dried BAS Oly Mountain soil around the mound of compost and worms. - [15:11]: Time to top dress! --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of: ----- Craft Blend ----- Gnarly Barley [pre-milled] ----- Kashi Blend --- While leaving the compost alone, gently mixed everything into the top inch of soil. - [15:28]: Filled a spray bottle with 1/2 cup of distilled water --- Misted most of the bottle onto the top soil. --- Covered the soil in the bin with some shredded brown paper. --- Misted the paper with distilled water. --- Covered everything with a sheet of brown paper and wet the top with the rest of the distilled water. - [15:47]: Sealed the bin with a cleaned lid. --- Placed the harvested casting back into the original bin. --- Plan to save these castings and will mix this into the top soil of both EarthBoxes when I re-amend for the next grow (so well after harvest). - [15:53]: To keep the biology alive and also pest free, going to inoculate and bio-fumigate the harvested castings with a bit of bokashi and mustard seed meal. --- Just in-case of any worm cocoons hatching or if I missed a few worms during the harvest (which I probably did), added some sprouted seeds for worm food. --- Sprinkled 1tbsp of: ----- Gnarly Barley ----- Kashi Blend ----- Milled Mustard Seed Meal --- Gently mixed everything into the top half inch of the substrate. --- Then covered the bin with a freshly drilled lid. --- Going to let the amendments break down to further increase the nutrition. --- Will set this aside until the EarthBoxes get re-amended. --- Great! - [17:23]: Evening check up! --- Growth is looking and smelling amazing! --- Wow! Purple and frosty! --- Close up bud shots clearly reveal amber trichomes! --- Despite the imperfections, she looks incredible to me! --- Gonna be an easy grow night! --- No need to water. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). - [18:19]: Decided to re-attach the garden yo-yo. --- Gently re-attached the yo-yo back onto the top bud to straighten her out a bit. --- Okay cool! --- Looking much better! --- Wow, --- 2 More Days Until Harvest! Day 03 - Wednesday - 01/25/23 - Total Days: 133 [088] [084] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 75.5°F [24.2°C] - Humidity: 51.6% - VPD: 1.43 kPa - Soil %: [28, 23, 34, 37] ----------------------------------- - [09:31]: Quick morning checkup! --- Wow! Terps are smelling pretty loud! --- Also bud growth is still looking great! --- Ahhh yea! --- --- ONE --- --- More --- --- Day --- --- Until --- --- Harvest! --- - [21:32]: Final evening checkup! --- Ladies are looking incredible! --- Wow! Smelling even better! --- Buds are all purple and frosty! Amber trichomes are clearly visible! --- Stoked! --- Not much to do tonight. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Ooowee! --- Harvest time is TOMORROW!! --- Too hyped! Day 04 - Thursday - 01/26/23 - Total Days: 134 [089] [085] - HARVEST ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 64.4°F [18.0°C] - Humidity: 61.6% - VPD: 0.78 kPa - Soil %: [28, 23, 33, 35] ----------------------------------- - [09:35]: HARVEST DAY! --- Good morning! --- Nice! Growth is looking great! --- And wow, smelling even better! --- All but the tallest twin look nice and ripe. --- Regardless, harvesting the whole lot today! - [09:47]: Adjusted the Mars Hydro FC-6500's light schedule. --- Within the AC Infinity App, --- Temporarily disabled the automation and switched the grow light from OFF to ON (at intensity level 6). --- Will later set the light back to OFF. Will also setup a dry schedule for the light later (OFF the whole time). --- Great! Okay! --- Before harvest, want to take final growth readings. - [10:03]: Took final PPFD readings. --- PPFD readings for the main grow was at 745 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 48.28 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the young plant was at 738 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 47.82 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the short twin was at 624 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 40.66 mol/m2/d --- PPFD readings for the tall twin was at 648 μmol/m2/s which gives a DLI of 41.99 mol/m2/d --- Great! - [10:20]: Took final height readings. --- The original grow was around 17.5" tall. --- The second plant in the original EarthBox was about 16.5" tall. --- The short twin was 8.75" tall. --- The tall twin was 11.5" tall. --- The distance between the original grow and light was around 17" --- The distance between the second plant and the light was around 18" --- The distance between the short twin and the light was around 25.5" --- The distance between the tall twin and the light was around 22.5" - [10:31]: Checked the final Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 28% - [CH01 EB1 Original Grow] --- 23% - [CH02 EB1 Second Plant] --- 33% - [CH03 EB2 Short Twin] --- 35% - [CH04 EB2 Tall Twin] --- Soil moisture has pretty much remained the same over the last 2 weeks. --- Shaka, yea I over-watered. --- Anyways! --- Okay now time to prep for harvest by adjusting the tent's temps and RH. - [10:47]: Adjusted the environmental controls for drying. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were adjusted from 72°F/59% to 59°F/62% --- Within the AC Infinity App, --- Created a new 'Drying [0/24]' Automation Schedule for the Exhaust Fan (T6). --- Set the START/END time to 12:00am/12:00am --- Set this schedule to 'Auto Mode.' --- Adjusted the exhaust fan's controller temperature HIGH/LOW values to 72°F/55°F --- Adjusted the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values to 65%/45% --- Adjusted the exhaust fan's controller speed MIN/MAX values to 00/08 --- Will adjust these settings as needed. --- Also, plan to continue to create separate Automation Schedules for the grow light to help dial in (and keep track of) environmental settings during each stage of growth. --- Great! Now for the lighting. - [11:15]: Within the AC Infinity App, --- To make it a bit easier on the eyes during checkups, I dimmed the light's MAX intensity down from 6 to 1. --- Also raised the light as high as it would go (just under the carbon filter and exhaust fan). - [11:52]: Attached two drying lines across the light. --- Using 2 spare ratchet ropes, I made basic drying lines. --- Kept a bit of slack in the lines for easy plant spacing. The idea is to hang 2 on each line. --- Unlike last dry cycle, going to leave the grow light inside the tent and will simply hang the plants straight off the lights (using garden yo-yos). --- Shaka, similar to last grow, still don't have a basic hook scale. --- So again, no final wet weight (Damnit Ensign). --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Oh well. --- Cool! Gonna wait a bit before the big harvest! --- [*smokes a bowl] --- Nice! At the lower light levels, the photos look a whole lot better! Nothing looks too warm. Great! --- Buds are purple and stanky! Wow! --- Okay. - [13:57]: HARVEST TIME! --- First I removed all the garden yo-yos. --- Wow! The second plant easily shot up a good 5-6 taller! Garden yo-yos really --- Then removed the training wire ties. --- Plan to hang each plant upside down with the main plants in front and the twins in the back. - [14:08]: Using a basic hacksaw, I carefully cut the base of each plant. --- Had to rotate the EarthBoxes around, but started with the twins before harvesting the , I cut and hung each plant upside-down and securely attached them to the drying the lines with garden yo-yos and binder clips. --- Also lowered the oscillating fan closer to the floor. --- Ooowee! The terpenes are slapping! --- Loud and gassy! Wow! --- Really hope this profile carries over to the final smoke! --- Too hyped! --- Great! --- Removed both EarthBoxes from the tent and quickly gave the floor a wipe-down. --- Also refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Placed the humidifier a bit closer to the fan. Also re-angled the heater. - [15:11]: Sealed the tent. --- Also switched the grow light to OFF (will later create a drying schedule for a 24/0 OFF/ON cycle). --- Also adjusted the Oscillating Fan's Speed from 6 to 4 --- Done! --- Plan to keep the EarthBoxes outside of the tent. Plan to re-amend next week --- Wow! Terpenes are a bit loud! --- With the fan off, the carbon filter can't do its job. - [16:06]: Adjusted the exhaust fan's MIN/MAX speed. --- Within the AC Infinity App, inside the 'Drying [0/24]' Automation Schedule for the Primary Exhaust Fan (T6), --- Adjusted the exhaust fan's controller speed MIN/MAX values from 00/08 to 01/08 --- May increase the speed a bit more later, but going for a slow dry so trying to keep the exhaust fan at the lowest setting. --- With the slightly increased negative air pressure, the aromas shouldn't seep out into the room. --- Great! --- Now for the 14-16 day drying period with an additional 14 day cure! --- Plan to do daily checkups in the evening to make sure there are no issues. Day 05 - Friday - 01/27/23 - Total Days: 135 [090] [086] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.5°F [16.4°C] - Humidity: 62.4% - VPD: 0.68 kPa - Soil %: [00, 00, 00, 00] ----------------------------------- - [21:01]: Evening checkup! --- Day 1 of Drying! --- Looking pretty good! --- As expected, the leaves are wilting yet still look pretty hydrated. --- Going for a slow 14-16 day dry. --- Glad that none of the leaves have started to turn crispy yet. --- Great! Day 06 - Saturday - 01/28/23 - Total Days: 136 [091] [087] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 63.7°F [17.6°C] - Humidity: 61.9% - VPD: 0.75 kPa - Soil %: [00, 00, 00, 00] ----------------------------------- - [20:05]: Day 2 of Drying! --- Leaves look a bit more wilted. --- Nothing looks too dry. Great! --- Refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Hmm. --- While refilling, the humidifier started making a strange noise (never a good sign). After a bit of percussive maintenance (hitting the unit a few times), the noise stopped. --- May need to get a new one soon (Damnit Ensign). --- Really hope this one lasts until the end of the drying cycle. Day 07 - Sunday - 01/29/23 - Total Days: 130 [085] [081] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 62.5°F [16.9°C] - Humidity: 62.7% - VPD: 0.70 kPa - Soil %: [00, 00, 00, 00] ----------------------------------- - [20:37]: Day 3 of drying! --- Getting drier, but leaves are still not all crispy. --- Glad to find no signs of mold or rot. --- Also both temps and RH are looking great! --- Last time, I was struggling with high temps. --- But this time, I'm managing to keep the environment within the target goal of 60°F at 60% RH --- Definitely a huge bonus for harvesting during the wintertime! --- Don't need to do anything now but maintain the environment and wait! - [22:26]: Opps! --- A bit late. --- Another filled calendar! Need to board wipe! [END OF WEEK 19]

[This combined entry contains weeks 20-21 which logs the post harvest for this grow] ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Introduction - Week 20 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100696.12, Pretty easy week of drying! Daily quick checkups to make sure there was no mold. Temps and RH have been stable all week too! Been able to maintain an average of ~60°F at ~60% RH all week! Also started to re-amend the EarthBoxes for the next grow. Getting stoked! The big trim is less than a week away! Slow and steady as she dries Ensign. Engage! 🖖 [START OF WEEK 20] ========================================================== WEEK 20 - Drying 1 WEEK 13 - Drying 1 WEEK 12 - Drying 1 WEEK 12 - Drying 1 01/30/23 → 02/05/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: N/A PPFD: N/A VPD: N/A This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: N/A PPFD: N/A VPD: 0.69 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 01/30/23 - Total Days: 137 [092] [088] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.0°F [16.1°C] - Humidity: 61.9% - VPD: 0.68 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [23:06]: Day 4 of drying! --- Wow! Looking incredible! --- No signs of mold too. Great! --- The colder temps are really making the drying process a lot slower. Nice! --- Decided on a 14 day dry (fits best with my work schedule). --- Not much to do now but wait. --- Gonna be an easy week! Day 02 - Tuesday - 01/31/23 - Total Days: 138 [093] [089] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.6°F [16.4°C] - Humidity: 62.3% - VPD: 0.68 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [21:25]: Ah yea! Day 5 of drying! --- Still no mold and everything looks great! --- Both temps and RH are spot on so very stoked for this dry run! --- Already turning out to be a better dry than the last grow. --- Just gotta wait and hope for the best! Day 03 - Wednesday - 02/01/23 - Total Days: 139 [094] [090] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 60.3°F [15.7°C] - Humidity: 62.4% - VPD: 0.65 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [21:21]: Day 6 of drying! --- Quick night check looks pretty good! --- No signs of bud mold. --- Temps and RH also seem great! --- Done! --- Plan to do a full soil re-amend tomorrow for both EarthBoxes! Day 04 - Thursday - 02/02/23 - Total Days: 140 [095] [091] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 62.3°F [16.8°C] - Humidity: 62.4% - VPD: 0.70 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [12:06]: Time to start the EarthBox re-amend! --- Now that the soil has had a bit of time to dry out, time to add a bit of compost! --- Going to be adding the harvested compost from last week to the top of each EarthBox. --- Last time the fresh compost turned into a brick, so going to be adding it first to let it dry out again. Then in a few days, I can check and break up the dried clumps before doing the full re-amend with all the dry amendments. --- Going to check the soil sensors before removing them (why not). --- Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 10% - [CH01 EB2] --- 25% - [CH02 EB2] --- 30% - [CH03 EB2] --- 10% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture looks pretty dry on the sides with the middle having a bit more moisture. - [12:14]: Removed the soil sensors and set them aside. --- Going to place them back later. - [12:17]: Took the EarthBoxes and set them side-by-side. --- Removed the mulch covers. --- The soil looked nice and dry with minimal pockets of moisture. --- There were also leaves in various stages of decomposition. --- Also, no foul odors or smells is always a good sign. Everything smelled nice and earthy. - [12:50]: Smoothed out the top soil and broke up clumps. --- Broke up the paper bags. To help with decomposition, tried to keep the scraps under the soil. --- Also loosened the roots for each plant but left them where they were at. When I needed, I'll remove and bury the stalk somewhere else. --- Tried to go about an inch or two deep. --- Time to add the compost! - [12:55]: Checked the bin. --- It's been a good 8 days since the worm bin was harvested. --- The lid was dripping with water condensation. --- Woah! --- Lots of bokashi blooming! Pretty cool! --- Moisture in the bin was also quite moist. - [13:03]: Added half of the harvested worm bin to each EarthBox. --- Started in the center and evenly spread the compost out to the sides. --- Then slightly mix it into the freshly loosened top soil. --- Great! --- Going to bio-fumigate with a bit of mustard seed. - [13:20]: Sprinkled 4tbsp of Milled Mustard Seed Meal onto the topsoil of each EarthBox. --- Slightly worked the mustard seed into the top soil. - [13:32]: Then using a spray bottle, misted the top soil with distilled water (~30 sprays each). --- This was mainly to add more moisture to activate the mustard. --- The moisture from the compost will also help. --- Covered each EarthBox with the old mulch covers. - [13:41]: Re-stacked the EarthBoxes. --- Also put the soil meters back into the top one (the newer EarthBox). --- Done! - [13:44]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data again: --- 21% - [CH01 EB2] --- 29% - [CH02 EB2] --- 28% - [CH03 EB2] --- 17% - [CH04 EB2] --- Overall, moisture levels seem to be higher than before. --- Great! --- Going to let this dry out for a few days before adding in the rest of the amendments. - [17:31]: Evening bud drying checkup! --- Leaves are looking nice and dry but stems don't look. --- Environmentals look great too! --- Wow! Already day 7 of drying! --- Halfway done! --- One week left for drying! --- Gonna start stem snapping soon. --- Getting hyped for the big trim! Day 05 - Friday - 02/03/23 - Total Days: 141 [096] [092] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.5°F [16.4°C] - Humidity: 62.4% - VPD: 0.68 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [21:38]: Evening checkup! --- Day 8 of drying! --- Quick check for mold and none can be found! --- Temps and RH are also still looking good too. --- Done! Day 06 - Saturday - 02/04/23 - Total Days: 142 [097] [093] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 62.3°F [16.8°C] - Humidity: 62.1% - VPD: 0.71 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [20:55]: Bud check! --- Day 9 of drying! --- Almost time for the big trim! --- Buds are looking great! --- Squeezed a bud from each plant and wow! Funky raunchy gas-like terps! --- Also the buds on 3 of the plants were quite dense. As expected, the early cut twin seemed a bit fluffy on the bud squeeze. --- Regardless of yield, this harvest is looking like a better smoke than the last! I hope. --- Simply refilled the humidifier with distilled water and Hydrogen Peroxide (~20mL). --- Done! Day 07 - Sunday - 02/05/23 - Total Days: 143 [098] [094] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 63.0°F [17.2°C] - Humidity: 62.0% - VPD: 0.73 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [20:26]: Evening bud check! --- Everything's looking great! --- Buds are looking nice and frosty! --- Glad to say that temps and RH have also been spot on during this entire drying cycle! --- Been 10 days of drying so tried decided to start 'stem snapping.' Basically, if a branch makes a snapping sound when bent, then the drying is done. --- Simple enough. --- Took a branch and bent it. --- No snap. --- As expected, not dry enough. --- Will try again on another branch in a couple days. --- Wow! --- Only 4 more days left until the big trim! [END OF WEEK 20] ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Introduction - Week 21 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 100715.27, This week was the last week of drying and also began the two-week cure! During the beginning of the week, finished the re-amending of both EarthBoxes. Stoked for the next grow! ['Fuel D.OG' by 'Seedsman'] Drying went very smoothly and had no environmental issues. Then towards the end of the week.. TRIM DAY!!! Each plant was trimmed and jarred! To my utter surprise, the yield was slightly more than my last harvest (see logs for full details). Going to be curing these jars in similar temps (60°F-65°F) for 2 weeks before tasting. Can't wait! Similar to the last grow, plan to eventually follow up with a post cure smoke update. Until then.. Peace and Long Life. ✌️🖖 [START OF WEEK 21] ========================================================== WEEK 21 - Drying 2 → Curing 1 WEEK 14 - Drying 2 → Curing 1 WEEK 13 - Drying 2 → Curing 1 WEEK 13 - Drying 2 → Curing 1 02/06/23 → 02/12/23 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: N/A PPFD: N/A VPD: N/A This Week's Meter Readings & Averages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: N/A PPFD: N/A VPD: 0.88 kPa ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 02/06/23 - Total Days: 144 [099] [095] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 62.7°F [17.1°C] - Humidity: 62.0% - VPD: 0.72 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [22:41]: Day 11 of drying! --- Quick check for mold! --- None! --- Temps and RH are also still looking great! --- Done! Day 02 - Tuesday - 02/07/23 - Total Days: 145 [100] [096] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.7°F [16.5°C] - Humidity: 61.7% - VPD: 0.70 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [12:09]: Time to finish off the EarthBox re-amend! --- First, time to make a basic wetting solution. --- Adding microbes and enzymes along with a bit of probiotics. --- Filled a pitcher with 4 cups of distilled water. --- Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract --- Added 1/8tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Added 1mL of Bio-Catalyst Enzyme Elixer --- Added 3mL of Yah-Whey --- Mixed the solution and set it aside for a bit. - [12:27]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 19% - [CH01 EB2] --- 28% - [CH02 EB2] --- 27% - [CH03 EB2] --- 16% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture is dry around the sides but looks okay towards the center. - [12:35]: Removed the sensors and set them in a cup for later. --- Okay, now that the soil has had a bit of time to dry out, time to re-amend both EarthBoxes! --- Going to be adding in a dry organic fertilizer (Craft Blend), some bokashi (Kashi Blend), and a sprouted seed meal (Gnarly Barley). --- Also will be bio-fumigating with mustard seed meal. - [12:44]: Took the EarthBoxes and set them side-by-side. --- Removed the mulch covers. --- Wow! The bokashi white fuzz was in full bloom! --- Beautiful! --- Gave the top soil a quick mix. --- Moisture felt pretty hydrated, but not muddy. --- Also the soil in both EarthBoxes smell great! Humic aromas with sweet earthiness. --- Okay! --- Time to re-amend! - [13:13]: First a top dress of some BuildAFlower! --- For each EarthBox, --- Sprinkled a solo-cup of BuildAFlower Top Dress. --- Started in the center, but spread the top dress out evenly. --- Gave the top soil a mixing to incorporate the top dress into the top inch or two of soil. - [13:29]: Now for the dry amendments! --- Filled a pitcher with the following dry amendments: ----- 1/2 cup (8tbsp) of Craft Blend [Nutrient Pack] ----- 1/2 cup of Gnarly Barley [Pre-Milled] ----- 1/2 cup of Alfalfa Meal ----- 1/2 cup of Kelp Meal ----- 1/2 cup of Milled Mustard Seed Meal ----- 1/2 cup of Premium Insect Frass [Black Soldier Fly] ----- 1/2 cup of Kashi Blend --- Mixed the amendments before sprinkling onto the top soil of one of the EarthBoxes. - [14:04]: Repeated this exact same process for the other EarthBox. --- Gently mixed in the dry amendments into the top layer of soil. --- Okay time to water! - [14:18]: Using a spray bottle, misted 2 cups of the wetting solution onto the soil of each EarthBox --- Tried to go evenly. --- Covered each EarthBox with the old mulch covers. - [14:39]: Re-stacked the EarthBoxes and placed the soil meters back into the top one (the newer EarthBox). --- Going to let everything cook for another week before starting the next grow! --- Similar to last time, going to germinate in a cup of water and plant the sprouted seeds straight into a pocket of fresh BAS Light soil (within a paper bag). --- The next grow will definitely be photo-periods. May go back to autoflowers later, but for now, photo-periods. --- Decided to grow 2 beans of 'Fuel D.OG' by 'Seedsman.' --- Was going to grow 4 beans, but since these are photo-periods, one per EarthBox should be fine. Can always plant a second seed if needed. --- An offspring of Chemdog (Sour Diesel x OG Kush) and Fuel OG (Diesel x HeadBand), these genetics are more sativa dominant. --- Personally, I prefer more indica dominant strains for smoking. But with a genetic lineage that includes both OG and diesel strains, can't wait to give these seeds a go! - [17:32]: Evening bud check! --- Day 12 of drying! --- No signs of mold! --- Temps and RH look great! --- Did another stem snap, --- Still no snapping sound. --- Will try again tomorrow. --- Two more days until the big trim and cure!! - [12:27]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 22% - [CH01 EB2] --- 30% - [CH02 EB2] --- 30% - [CH03 EB2] --- 26% - [CH04 EB2] --- Soil moisture is a bit higher than before, but mostly hydrated in the center. - [20:25]: Decided to drop the RH a bit. --- Adjusted the environmental controls. --- The heater and humidifier's controller target TEMP/RH values were adjusted from 59°F/62% to 59°F/57% --- Within the AC Infinity App, --- Adjusted the 'Drying [0/24]' Schedule for the Exhaust Fan. --- Lowered the exhaust fan's controller humidity HIGH/LOW values from 65%/45% to 60%/45% --- Done! Day 03 - Wednesday - 02/08/23 - Total Days: 146 [101] [097] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 61.9°F [16.6°C] - Humidity: 57.5% - VPD: 0.78 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [22:52]: Quick bud check! --- Day 13 of drying! --- Looking great! --- Temps and RH have been pretty stable too. --- Done! --- Wow! --- This is the last day of drying! --- Tomorrow is Trim Day! --- Plan to trim and start the curing process tomorrow! Day 04 - Thursday - 02/09/23 - Total Days: 147 [102] [098] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 64.7°F [18.2°C] - Humidity: 57.5% - VPD: 0.87 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [10:01]: TRIM DAY!!! --- Ah yea! --- Have the Trim Bin along with some trimmers and a silicone brush all set! --- Also have jars for easy separation. --- Even though these are all 'NYC Diesel' autoflowers (by ILGM), going to keep each phenotype separate. --- Going to be combining all the trim and popcorn buds to puff on while the buds cure (also any extra kief collected from the trim bin). Stoked! --- Okay! Time to start! - [10:10]: Started trimming the smallest twin! --- Wow! She's a stanky one! --- Ooowee! The terps are loud on this one! --- Also for a dwarf, the bud structure was quite large. --- Fingers were coated in trichomes after the trim. Wow! --- Even though small, each nug smelled like top shelf fire! --- Haven't even began curing yet already can't wait to smoke this one! --- Done! --- Next! - [10:41]: Began trimming the tallest (early cut) twin! --- Since this one was the early cut, the bud structure was mostly larfy popcorn buds. --- Terps were not as loud as the first plant but damn the trichomes were just everywhere! --- Took a break before starting on the next plant. - [14:44]: Okay! Started trimming the second plant! --- Out of all harvested plants, this is the one I am most curious to smoke. Despite the bad watering and growing conditions (damnit Ensign) she grew the healthiest. --- Nice! --- Similar to the first plant, the terp profile was incredibly screaming loud! A raunchy sweet fuel profile! --- Extremely hyped! --- Also the bud structure was stacked and dense. Wow! --- Regardless of final weight, this harvest is already far better than the last! --- Didn't think that freshly dried buds could smell this good (last harvest had aromas nowhere close to the strength as this time). --- Just incredible! The odor profile is so loud that I'm not sure if curing is even necessary (probably is necessary). - [16:24]: Last but not least, began trimming the original grow! --- Nice! --- This plant was louder than I thought she would be. --- Also the bud structure was smaller and slightly less dense than the last plant. - [19:30]: Done! --- Very impressed with this harvest! --- Managed to fill 4 jars which is less than the 6 jars of last harvest (more like 3 jars if combined). But am not complaining! The density of the bud structure along with the overly loud terp profiles have me more stoked than overall yield. - [19:35]: Time to weight the entire lot! --- Took each jar and weighed the freshly trimmed buds. --- The weights were: ----- 4.4g [Small Twin] ----- 11.7g [Tall Twin] ----- 28.1g [Second Plant] ----- 25.0g [Original Grow] --- This gives a total dry bud weight of 69.2g!!! --- Wow! --- With the last harvest being 64.2g, surprisingly, I beat my last grow! --- Although to be fair, sugar leaf trim was a lot less at just over 5g. The last harvest had a lot more trim shake (~18g) but not complaining! --- In terms of final dry weight, completely surprised with the results! There was significantly less biomass, yet still managed to get more bud weight. Nice! --- Okay! - [19:49]: Time to begin the 14-day cure! --- For moisture control, all the jars were sealed with Boveda 62% two-way humidity packs and placed into a dark and cold area. --- For moisture monitoring, each jar also has a hygrometer attached to the lid. --- Plan to check and burp the jars as needed to make sure the moisture levels are not too high. Going for a 60-62% RH cure. --- At this point, entries may not be daily. --- Not much to log during the curing process. Just a lot of waiting (and smoking). --- Let the curing begin! - [20:09]: Oh yea, also have the extra kief from the Trim Bin! --- Collected the kief and stored it in a container for later. --- Done! --- Time to pack a bowl! --- Now just have to wait for the rest to cure! --- Next week, plan to start the new grow! --- Will also do a tent cleaning along with a full environmental reset for the next grow. But until then, going to turn everything off (except the exhaust). Day 05 - Friday - 02/10/23 - Total Days: 147 [103] [099] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 65.0°F [18.3°C] - Humidity: 47.6% - VPD: 1.07 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [10:50]: Day 01 curing! --- Checked the moisture in the jars. --- Nice! --- Moisture seems pretty good! Could be a bit higher, but the levels look good to me! --- To prevent mold, I'd rather have it a bit drier than moist for the cure. --- And wow! --- Terpenes are loud! --- Before now, I've only had one previous harvest before this one. --- So I didn't have anything to compare my results to. --- But now I understand that a properly grown, harvested, and dried plant, should smell loud and smokable straight out of the dry tent. --- Curing seems to help further remove the chlorophyll which locks in the terpene profile and makes a smoother smoke. --- But curing does not make boof weed smell and taste dank. --- Quality in, quality out. Day 06 - Saturday - 02/11/23 - Total Days: 148 [104] [100] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 64.5°F [18.1°C] - Humidity: 49.7% - VPD: 1.01 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [08:01]: Day 2 of curing! --- Gave the jars a quick burp. --- Wow! Terps are slapping! --- Three of the jars are smelling dank! --- One jar was not as loud and had a slight hay like odor (the early harvested plant). But still smells way better than anything from my first harvest. --- Nugs also look frosty and are sticky and dense to the touch. --- Incredible! --- I want to smoke some! --- The notion that 'you need weed to make weed' really does hold true. If I didn't have the extra trim shake or a side supply of herbal medication, I would definitely be dipping into these jars right now! --- Okay Ensign, only 12 days left! --- [*smokes a bowl] Day 07 - Sunday - 02/12/23 - Total Days: 149 [105] [101] ----------------------------------- Daily Averages - Temps: 63.6°F [17.6°C] - Humidity: 51.9% - VPD: 0.94 kPa - Soil %: N/A ----------------------------------- - [08:25]: Day 3 of curing! --- Burped the jars again! --- The terpene profile is smelling incredible! --- One of the jars (the second plant) is really loud and starting to smell a bit raunchy! Ooowee! Stoked to give this harvest a taste! --- Temps and RH have been spot on so will try to not open these jars again until it's time to smoke. --- Wow what a grow season! --- Made it through the entire process! Again! --- Of course, already have the next grow planned out and ready to start! --- Have to say that this second time through harvest and curing was a lot easier than the first time. The colder weather was a big help with keeping temps down. --- Plan to do a post smoke update later after the curing process is complete, --- Until then, --- Peace and Long Life. ✌️🖖 --- --- [End Log. No further entries will be entered] [END OF WEEK 21]