EarthBox [LOS] - ILGM - NYC Diesel Auto

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]