Week 13 (week 6 flower)
Light settings
12/12 on at 9.00am off at 9.00pm
Viparspectra
Light power= 69% 165w
VPD aim 1.0-1.4
DLI aim 35-45
Extractor settings
temperature 23c with 0c steps
Humidity 35% with 0% steps
Max speed 10
Min speed 4
Monday 12/6/23 Day 85 (day 39 flower)
Today I couldn't maintain a decent VPD, it was to hot and the tent was at 33c for a large portion of the day.
Tuesday 13/6/23 Day 86 (day 40 flower)
💧Starts Autofeed at 10.00am-12.05pm, 8 runs (5,5,10,10,15,15,15,15 total 90 mins) 5 minute gaps.
12L
3 drops ph d
Feed Ec=1.51 Ph=6.5/6.8
1.5L left
Roughly 2.1L each.
Combined runoff 1L Ec=3.2 ph=6.2💧
Increased ducting for air in.
Way to hot again.
7.00pm dimmed light to 63%=150w
#6 Dli=29.7
10.00pm
Extractor settings change to try and help maintain a better VPD
temperature 25c with 0c steps
Humidity 45% with 0% steps
Max speed 10
Min speed 4
Wednesday 14/6/23 Day 87 (day 41 flower)
Had slightly better luck with VPD today. Slight improvement from yesterday.
Thursday 15/6/23 Day 88 (day 42 flower)
VPD still went high again and there isn't anything more I can do about it.
Friday 16/6/23 Day 89 (day 43 flower)
💧Starts Autofeed at 10.00am-12.05pm, 8 runs (5,5,10,10,15,15,15,15 total 90 mins) 5 minute gaps.
13L
2 drops ph d
Water Ec=0.2 Ph=6.2/6.7
1.8L left
Roughly 2.24L each.
Combined runoff 2L Ec=2.5 ph=6.1💧
Had a better handle on VPD today, still getting very hot. Plants suffering a little from heat stress.
Saturday 17/6/23 Day 90 (day 44 flower)
Signs of potassium deficiency on a few.
Checked ph pens, bluelab spot on, essential 0.4 below with cold water.
Again better handle on VPD today even though its hot.
Sunday 18/6/23 Day 91 (day 45 flower)
💧 Starts Autofeed at 10.00am-12.05pm, 8 runs (5,5,10,10,15,15,15,15 total 90 mins) 5 minute gaps.
14L
3 drops ph d
Water Ec=0.2 Ph=6.2/6.2
3.1L left
Roughly 2.18L each.
Combined runoff 3.5L Ec=1.95 ph=6.0💧
#6 Height= 64CM Dist= 36CM DLI=33.0
Slightly better weather.
Rough week really, apart from day 91 it's been so hot here it's played havoc with the grow. This is why i should have taken the scheduled break. I don't think the weather has done much damage but it can't carry on like that for much longer.
She is pulling out some nice colours but I'm not managing to capture the colours that well with my camera under the grow light.
@GMSgrows, yours are doing great. When I 1st topped the grow I rooted out the tops and gave them away to someone and they have been in there back garden for ages and doing really well. I missed the boat by not doing an outdoor grow this year.
with you on the rising temps . hoping to get mine done and dried without the help of scorching heat and hot air flowing over the drying plants. race against time now. good luck and looking good.
@Hashy,that dry , nasty , resin/thc killing heat is the worse ending. been there a few times to watch them shrivel to odourless popcorn lookalikes...fingers crossed properly now. so close to finish
@Ganjagrandaddy, just had a slight reprieve from the heat but its coming back now. By the time my harvest comes around its going be the quickest drying time ever. Next summer I'm going be strong and have a break.
@Hashy,that is a sad loss to mould. i use milk/water mix in sprayer if the buds are very dense , it kills mould on contact and stops it forming. worth a look into.
@Ganjagrandaddy, near harvest now and found some bud rot on this one. Would be biggest density cola. Chopped way more of the cola off then I needed to but I didn't want it to spread.
@Patricia_Zamnesia, considering how quickly the conditions bounced from decent to hot they all seem to have done a lot better then I thought they would.
@XII_XII_MrGreen, got about an oz left from last grow so it's been fair easy not to dip into it. But yeah if I didn't have any left that would be a different story.
@XII_XII_MrGreen, harvest is done mate and the cure is in progress. So far i have been able to resist the temptation to try some, maybe I'll have a sample soon as its been 2 weeks curing.