LEAF - GovernMint Oasis

6/22/23 - Day 10 - Just started the 1st week of VEG. Had some issues with my growing setup. This is expected as the growing box is still being developed and this is my first time using this equipment. With the LEAF system the whole thought is. Put your plant in, spend 15-20 min a day at max and you can grow one plant in a perfect environment. It looks beautiful, it looks like a small refridgerator. Eventually, I will have full control of the software, right now the interface is through an IPhone app. I cannot make any changes to the system yet, but I have been working with the company to have them change the settings for me. They have been amazing to work with. Always responsive, you can tell this is a passion project for them. They have even responded and had chats with me as late as 11pm. The app I have basically lets you progress into the next stage (Gem, Veg, Flow, Drying), and it gives you a dashboard to see all the live info. The PH issues we had in the first week of getting my clone home and getting it a nice solid base to start, created some structural issues in the plant. PH being off is basically starving the plant of nutrients the plant needs to grow up healthy. I think the plant can come back from this for sure. She already has a really nice set of roots growing out and I expect over the next week for her to show some nice leaves. I am hoping to top the plant very soon. I have a limited amount of room for the plant to grow so I will need to top and Scrogg the biggest bush! 6/24/23 - Day 12 - I did a water change last night. I used RO water this time (PH 8, PPM 0). With the LEAF unit the water pumps out, its controlled by the app. It pumps out water twice; this is to ensure you can remove all the water without overflowing your bucket. After the water was pumped out I manually filled it with the RO water. There is a hose hook up so it will automatically bring in water but I have not hooked up my own RO water setup yet. (You could connect it to tap water, but I want to use RO for obvious reasons) It balanced nicely and I checked this morning and Shes is super happy. I'm looking forward to topping in a couple of days. She looks good after her sleep, Shes back up and I installed the SCROG net. I'm going to start the topping once the top grows a bit more. When I do top it I want there to be a little more stem so the cut is clean to avoid any issues. PH is dipping a little, but the graphs are showing it on the way back up a bit. So ill watch it but it is on the low end of what I would like to see. 6/25/23 - Day 13 - I gave her the Ol Topping this morning. I have pictures of the before and after. I was a little nervous about topping but I figured now is as good of time as any. Now its time to see how long she stunts. 6/26/23 - Day 14 - After the full growing day she looks good. I noticed a lot of growth on the leaves on the lower half after topping.... Makes sense. In the next couple of days ill keep some photos updated to see how fast she responds to the top. 6/27/23 - Day 15 - She is doing really well after the topping. Her leaves below are starting to grow, and you can now see the two new tops growing. She looks healthy and is growing so fast. If you are looking for this experience, check out https://www.getleaf.co/