Autoflower Grow 1

Day 15- All plants are looking good with no issues aside from one leaf on CDLC 2 which I removed. Possibly septoria. Probably not. 👍 I will wait a few days and then start gentle LST on the two bigger ladies. Day 17- Zero issues with all plants. I started LST on CDLC 2 and Ghost Toof. Just a gentle bending over and removed the fan leaf that was blocking the lower sites on both plants. I used the standard twist-tie garden wire available anywhere. I wrapped this wire around the plants stem twice without knotting it or twisting the wire. I do this so that the tie has zero chance of choking the plant if forgotten. Increased AC infinity exhaust to level 6. This weekend I will dump the reservoir and refill with fresh water and nutes as it is looking a little scummy. It may have been a mistake to put Recharge directly iMay also bump the nutes to 5 ml/gal of each part Sensi-Bloom A & B. The temptation is high to turn the LED up one notch but considering the super tight internodal spacing on these ladies, I feel it would be a waste at this point. Maybe in week 4. These plants are constantly praying except Ghost Toof for some reason. Perhaps a cultivar thing. Day 18- Previously I had put a dose of Recharge into My nute reservoir. I had been questioning this move since. Recently the res has been looking a bit scummy so I asked Scotty Real from DGC. Here is the conversation: From Lori F: - Hello, I put a dose of Recharge into the nute res on my Autopot system a couple weeks ago. I am wondering if this was a mistake as it is looking a bit scummy in there. I am running Advanced Nutrients into 3.9 gallon Autopots. I have a small pump in the res the cycles every 15 minutes for 4 minute duration to keep things stirred up. I am running autoflowers that are all constantly praying and looking exceptionally happy always. They don't seem to mind. Since the pots feed from the bottom I thought that adding Recharge to the res would be the way to go. Do you think the scummy res is an issue? The ladies are all perfect. From Scotty Real: - Hi Lori, The Recharge is not meant for reservoirs and if it's in there right now I would probrably change the res out. You'll want to mix recharge in a watering can and top water the plants. The microbes are aerobic and work well when in a media with plenty of both air and water. You don't need much Recharge solution on each plant (maybe a pint each). The idea isn't to saturate, but just introducing the microbes to the soil. Try it as a top water and let me know what you think. Thanks Scotty Needless to say, putting Recharge into your res a no-no. I had to rinse the Autopot system, valves, bases and res in scalding hot water to kill any bacteria that existed. The silver lining to this whole thing is that I just happened to notice that the water line for the Autopot system going to Ghost Toof had been sitting under one of the circular feet for the Autopot bases and was totally kinked off. Ghost Toof had always looked a bit limp even though she still is the biggest lady in the tent. All other plants were constantly praying and I could not figure out why. Well there is my answer. Her supply from the res was choked off. After using the contents of the scummy res to water all of my other countless plants, I refilled the res with dechlorinated tap water and put 5ml/gal of both Sensi-Bloom A & B into the res and turned the system back on. I also scooped about a cup of water from the stirred res and dumped it into Ghost Toof's pot. I assume she will look much happier in the AM. DON'T PUT RECHARGE INTO YOUR NUTE RES...😌