Sweet Cheese

Day 49: Flowers started forming yesterday but is starting to be much more noticeable today. Today I did a light defoliating, tying down of 2 main cola stems slightly to even the canopy, and fed her 2 tsp/gal FF GB, 2 tsp/gal FF TB, 1 tsp/gal AE AEO. The light went off right after watering, so I'll get some pictures uploaded with the next update. Day 51: No maintenance today, but uploaded some photos from today. Day 53: Some more defoliation today. Day 54: I did a bunch of crazy amateurish LST on her with pipe cleaners today. The reason why is because the only light I have that is powerful enough for a worthwhile harvest is a 100W LED, which advertises itself as having a flowering footprint of 2x2ft, but it is closer to 1x1ft after going insane taking hundreds of PAR readings. I need to force branches to grow vertically instead of curved. This is to accomplish two things: 1) The small footprint is insane and so painful to get good PPFD readings. Having the canopy more narrow and crowded should help here. 2) The canopy likes to become uneven over time, and tying down branches isn't much of an option due to the small footprint. In the process I was able to even out the canopy considerably better, although after some days of training, more work has to be done in this area still. She is going to get one final major defoliation in a few days after I see her response to the LST to see which leaves should be removed. Like I said, things are much more crowded now, but colas and sugar leaves should have room together. One final note for today: She, or her roommate plant, are not responding well to nutrient uptake this week. They received about half of their normal watering this week. This could be due to a variety of things, as I do not yet (soon) have the equipment to measure temperature, humidity, pH, or EC/ppm. The most likely cause is the seemingly higher humidity at night. Right when the light comes on and the tent is opened, its like a sauna hitting my face. I attempted to alleviate the problem by removing any sources of moisture, like a little bit of runoff in their tray, as well as left the tent door open with another fan blowing from the outside in. Additionally, I will be letting the substrate dry out completely before the next feeding. This should be tomorrow or the next day.