King's Tart / Z Pointer (Diary #7)

Finally starting to see some swelling. Nice aromas going on too. Flowers are frosty, dense and starting to bend their stalks. Took the CalMag and Bloom A+B out of the feed schedule. Just Overdrive and Compost tea for the week at a lowered EC (1.3). I'm starting to dump 2L of water @ pH 6.2 before feeding. Idea is to rehydrate, break down salts and flush the old fertilizer BEFORE adding more fertilizer. There just wasn't enough runoff after 2L so instead of dumping 3-4L of fertilizer every feeding, I think the water first makes sense. It should keep the EC at the root zone a little closer to the inflow as well. At the end of the week I'll be doing a thorough flush, followed by a re-innoculation of compost tea. Lamps have been turned down to 75% to simulate the lower amount of light during the fall season. It will also keep temperatures down a bit and help the colours come out. The heat wave last week kept my overnight temperatures higher than I'd like (21c), which in turn, led to higher daytime temperatures (27c). Things cool down after tonight. Humidity has actually been perfect between 40-50%. Super happy there. Will try to lower that to 40-45% for the week.