Original Sour Diesel - coco grow

Light power consumption: 142 watt Hi there fellow growers! As already mentioned in my previous update, I transplanted the girls to their final 15 L AirRap pots on day 22. As expected, Roxanne, Sophia and Tiffany were selected, as they were the best performers. Ulrika and Vivian were tossed. Transplant went smoothly, but I had to remove the lowest two sets of leaves, as they were lying on the coco. the same day I also hooked up the filter for odor control and the automated fertigation and drain removal system. This was necessary, as I’m leaving on day 26 for nine days to another country; hence I had to make sure that the whole system is dialed in correctly. Also, I have a 50 L vessel for the fertigation mix, which doesn’t really leave any room for errors. Fertigating too little and the plants might suffer from water shortage and rising EC in the coco, fertigating too much, and the vessel would be empty before I return home. I landed on 3 fertigation events: 15 seconds at lights on, 10 seconds after 7 hours lights on and another 10 seconds 4 hours before lights off. This results in a little over a liter per plant per day. Because of that prolonged absence, I decided to postpone topping a few days and top them just before my departure. However, the lateral shoots in the third node were already quite big, hence I decided to prune them on day 23. On day 24, I topped them back to the fourth node and those side shoots from the fourth node are now the main branches of each plant. On day 23 I also increased the power usage of the light, but I also raised it a bit. This way, the plants can grow into it during my absence. On day 26 I left home and currently (day 29) I’m 1000 kilometers away from the girls. I installed a security cam in the tent and with it I can see two plants completely and the third for about one-third. I can rotate the camera with an app on my phone and it also contains sound. Until now, everything seems to be going smoothly: the plants are looking good and seem to be growing in a fast pace. The fertigation events have been on schedule until now and there are no visible problems. Temperature has come down a bit, probably because the house isn’t heated, but nothing to be worried about. Hopefully, they’ll be ok without me for a few more days. I’ll report back next week and also have the second topping planned for when I’m back. Thanks for stopping by and happy growing!