Runtzin Cake Light Experiment

It was a bit rough start for these ones as you can see from the pictures. Started germinating these in the coldest time in the year, after some bug problems 4 out of 5 seeds made it. They were germinating slowly on my warmed, germination box about a month in 28c/70-80%rh. They have been in the bigger pots for about 2 weeks now and it´s starting to get crowded. Everyone has been topped twice now. It has now been about 1 month since I moved them in the tent, with a ppfd around 550. This will be the last week for them in the veg tent. What do you think about this light setup? IR/Deep Red https://www.horticultureledgrowlight.com/sale-14242021-redfarm-30w-osram-730nm-ir-660nm-red-infrared-grow-bar-for-cannabis-enhancement.html

Started 12-12 and moved the girls to bigger tent. They look healthy and strong DeepRed/IR goes 4/4/4 and 15min before and after the main lights. Added about 150gr of batshit to each pot. Next few weeks we will see enormous growth and will be adding the net. This a the first time testing this light setup for the entire flowering. Last batch only had them for about a month, and the result is promising. More, and bigger and better nuggets! 31.3 More defoliating, now the bottom should be clean. Haven´t seen any hairs yet, should see them in a few days. Plants did stretch A lot during the first week, especially the nodes.

10.4 Nodes have stretched enormously and the plant in hole. Buds are forming nicely. Did some more defoliation and cleaning.. New Exhale bag in the corner. Now that the air is getting warmer outside I'm struggling to find the sweet spot for temps. Removed the net, it wasn´t really doing anything, too many plants.. Had to do some HST to few branches 11.4 Put the net back, they were stretching too much. Reduced ir/fr to just 1 hour, to start and finish. Learned that they stretch way too much during early flower with them on 4-4-4 The temps were everywhere from 21-32c I located the temperature sensor from the ac, removed it and placed it inside the tent. Now the temps should stay in line, still battling with RH the get vpd in line. 12.4 Temps are stable now, next the humidity...

Flowering started a bit late due to high rh and low temps. Temps are fine now ,because I moved the sensor to tent, still struggling with the humidity. FR/IR is now 1/10/1 because it stretches the nodes too much. The AC is now pushing humidity to the tent to compensate heat, will have to figure out how to get the excess humidity out..

17.4 The stretching has stopped and buds are growing nicely and they look healthy. Bought a dehumidifier to control the humidity. It seems to be stable now, I did water them at the beginning of the day so that´s why it shoots up to around 70% but will lower to 60% within a couple of hours. 18.4 Buds are forming nicely and getting bigger. Still a bit struggle with the vpd 19.4 VPD is finally in line and the line is STEADY AF 20.4 I think I spotted a brown hair.. Added more calmag to the mix 21.4 The smell is awesome. Peachy and fruity 8)

Steady growth, buds are forming nicely and are now fattening. I can see a few burned leaves, but I'm not worried. A few calmag issues, will add 1.5 ml to the next mix.

Did some heavy defoliation. Color is really picking up!

Maturing nicely, smell is sweet and fruity.

This one is done! 48 hours darkness then chop.

This experiment was good. Girls did get very long during the first two weeks of flowering, but then the buds started growing and they did. Stash is now curing. Total dry weight was 317g from 4 plants