Current grow cycle 09/10/22 Autos

~Week 5/ 29-35 days from sprout ~Overall: Check End of Week Summary at bottom of page ~VPD: Given up but keeping it decent. Growing in cold basement so having high humidity in the room is a no-no ~Plants growing into the lights so DLI does not need changed, 35-43 ~Second top dress next week ~Watering as needed, about every 5-6 days. Plants should be watered on the 12th. That will be five days as opposed to last weeks 6 days which allowed the plants to get quite droopy Day 29 notes: Checked all plants. All look good. Snapped the top off the stunted OG Kush wile doing training. Taped the top back on the plant and it should be fine. Worst case scenario the plant takes a bit longer to finish. Will rescrog what grows up daily. Also noticing yellowing on the bottommost leaves. This is normal however and nothing of concern. Will look closer at the plants tomorrow as I possibly saw interveinal chlorosis and some micronutrient deficiencies. Day 30 notes: All good. Looking healthy. At these size I would expect half ounce from the smallest plant and 2 from the others. I have a feeding for these plants I believe next week but I will have to check my notes in a couple days. Also back left plant that I snapped yesterday is doing well. Top looks like it will reattach but we will see if it really does in a couple days. Day 31 notes: All good. Back left plant will live, as will the top. If I am wrong then tomorrow will be when I see it. Day 32 notes: All plants doing well. The two larger plants are showing fade on the bottommost leaves which it to be expected. Not much happened today, but tomorrow will be the biggest day for maintenance as far as the plants go. All plants will be defoliated as needed, and plants will be watered tomorrow. As you can see from the picture, two of the plants are thirsty today, so I did give them 1/4 gallon each to hold them off until their big watering tomorrow. Will also be removing the LED driver from the tent. This should drop temp at least a couple degrees, which is needed to drop temps a little bit for flowering stage. Day 33 notes: Big day today. Gave these plants the only full defoliation they will receive. Also watered the plants and did some more training. I also vacuumed the tent and moved the LED driver to the outside, which has dropped the temp by 3 degrees. Watered today, will need watered 5 days from now. Also watered with seaweed extract. I thought the extra minerals and vitamins would be a nice treat for the plants after their defoliation. Also have to water with the extract in order to maintain a healthy Potassium balance. Day 34 notes: Plants are acting perfect. Also I can see now with how much they have grown that it will definitely work to have 5 plants in 5 gallon pots. This will allow maximization of plant space. Nothing much to do until their top dress around day 42. Will be leaving most of the leaves on the plants. The only plant I will consider defoliating as flower moves on is the back right as all of the buds are fairly close together. Day 35 notes: Perfect end to week 5. Looking good. The two Purple punches are doing as expected. The OG Kush is full of surprises though. I have grown both of these cultivars from the breeders before and I know what to expect. The purple punches are on track to being some awesome plants. The OG Kush is like a wildcard. The first time I grew an OG Kush (same pack of seeds as the one I'm growing now) it was a crazy experience. The plant actually outgrew my 3x3 canopy-wise, and I had to buy a 4x4 just to be able to hold the plant. Unfortunately, I was using synthetic nutrients at the time and one of the days my PH was off by a LOT. This caused the plant to lose all of its leaves, and as a result it finished early and the buds were very airy. Great smoke though, very potent. This OG Kush is just as surprising. It was stunted and far behind the others. Not only that, but I accidently broke the plant in half. The plant is now the tallest and most vigorous of them all lol. This just goes to show how resilient autos are. I have heard before people saying to not even LST autos bc the stress is to much. Obviously this is not true. Also the temp is down to 78F, and my tent fans had turned off. I turned them back on today, and I turned on a heater. It should increase the temp to around 80F. So far this grow is going perfectly. Based on the amount of time I am into the grow, as well as how the plants look, I say they have about 6 more weeks of flower. End of week summary: Great week. Plants are looking healthy and happy. The OG Kush took a hit but recovered amazingly. The purple punches are growing as expected. Misc. comments: Next time I need to make sure I have 5 healthy plants so I can fill the tent up. These three plants leave a lot of empty space. So far this grow has been very easy. Two more feedings and all I will need to do is water the plants until harvest. After removing LED driver from tent on day 33, the temp has dropped to 80F. The OG kushes recovery to become the strongest and tallest plant after getting cut in half has reminded me of a technique I have heard of. The technique is basically snapping a plant in half on purpose, and then reattaching it. Some will live and some will die. Supposedly the plants that live are super strong and grow super fat buds compared the the unstressed plants. I may try this in the future.