White Widow Autoflowers - round #2

THURSDAY 9/21: It's 'bout to get bushy up in here, y'all! 21 plants in a 4 x 4! ..and I still have one freshly-potted clone to squeeze in here for a few more days! Next week, I'll get the 4 x 5 tent cleaned up and set up for the clones, so it will just be the 6 WW's, the 1 super-dwarf CC, and I'll move my Pineapple Express plant in there to finish with them at 24/0 (18hrs all lights on/6hrs. heavy deep reds and low-watt warm white side lights only). I'll also dedicate a full-time 20w 3000k or a 50w bridgelux 3500k COB to the PE (and some up-close-and-personal UVB's) so she finishes strong. So, there will be some bleed over light at 'night', but my girls like to stay up late and party anyway!😉 FRIDAY: These bitches are in a hurry! Inches daily, without fail. I see no signs of nutrient burn, so I'll continue to increase the ratios. I added another 38w of 6500k cool white in a 4' LED tube light, and another 9w of pink LED grow tube, but I've removed the primary light for the next few days so I can keep my 3 blue/white panels and the 5 Miracle LED blue/cool white lights about a foot or less above the canopy, while keeping the tent temps low enough to keep it zipped up with all that precious CO2. Temps are holding steady at about 89-91 most of the day, but drop to about 84 for several hours. CO2 is steady at about 1350ppm. unless I open the tent to gawk at them up-close.😍 SATURDAY: I worked my ass off in the gardens today.. I set up the small tent for flowering and evicted the clones. Everybody got about 32oz of ph'd water with calimagic, bud candy, terpinator, and a little boomerang. SUNDAY: I swapped out the 1500w primary light for my 2000w light in the 4 x 4...saw no reason not to since I'm not currently using it. Now that I've got it running in the 4 x 4, I see how effective it is in a 4 x 4 and may just leave it in there. The 1500w plus the 4 big COB's might do the trick now that I've added additional side lighting in the big tent. I sure want to get a pair of FOTOP 800's to run down the center of my big tent and flank it on both sides with the big COB's, but that will have to wait until after Christmas. These plants are growing like crazy now that I'm hitting them with intense PAR. Bud-city is right around the corner.😁 MONDAY: Everybody got about 40oz of ph'd water with nutes..started them on Open Sesame and Tiger Bloom today plus gave them some Microbe Brew and Kangaroots. They were thirsty...no runoff at all...I'll douche them really well in a couple of days. TUESDAY: Only one of the 6 WW's didn't quadruple their main after being FIM'd, and that one doubled! Lots and lots o' big 'ol buds.😀 Foliar fed twice today. I'm still only running the 2000w blurple for 18 hours a day. So, it's currently just the warm white side lights and a pair of Miracle LED for flowering for 6 hours. I'll add two 660nm deep red panel lights tomorrow when they arrive, and they will run 24/0 with the side lights. I'll probably also add a couple more of the miracle leds before it's over.. I've been reading that, in addition to adding UVB's during the last couple of weeks of flowering, many of the commercial growers are intensifying the blue spectrum at the same time. Evidently, this triggers a similar photosynthetic reaction to what a plant experiences with a sudden winter cold snap. By lowering temps and increasing blues, plants kick it into overdrive to try to get laid before it's too late. Both flower and trichrome production are said to be increased significantly. I plan to give it a try. WEDNESDAY: I sure do love growing pot! It's especially cool being able to monitor my garden(s) any time I want via the tent-cams. Technology rules! I split 2.5 gallons of ph'd water with the 6 x WW's and 1 x CC..including calimagic, terpinator, and bud candy. It was abo;ut 60oz each. I also gave them two foliar feedings and much love.