ETHOS & GHSC - (Diary #9)

BLOOM TRANSITION WEEK 2 (Dec 6-12) --------------------------------------------------------------- ____________ Dec 6 (6L) Mix: 30ml CaMg, 36ml A, 36ml B, 25ml PB Tea: 5 gallons water (X2) = 2.0 EC / 5.9 pH This was a big day. Everyone got a good soak tonight. All pots except BD4 were super light so, 6L each to get runoff. Got about 1L from each, so kind of a flush, but with a 2 EC feed. I didn't measure the runoff, but I'd guess it's around 2.5-3.0. Not finding any burnt tips so I'll step it up to 2.2 EC next feeding. I defoliated pretty heavily. I don't usually do it until day 21 but I feel like it's better to do it early and let them recover before pistils start. The fan leaves absolutely reeked. Pure skunk, like fresh roadkill. I tied all the branches down so they're almost the same height as the beginning of week 1 now. I'll take a photo tomorrow morning to see if they bounce back. One of the King's Tart looks SUPER pissed off. They've been the divas so far. Lamps are still running at 75%. Probably keep them there until week 3 and send it. Environment has been nearly perfect outside of a brief spike at the end of lights on when I run the dehumidifier. _______ Dec 7 No water today. Will give them a good dose tomorrow night and check the runoffs. ______________ Dec 8 (6L) Mix: 30ml CaMg, 36ml A, 36ml B: 4 gallons water = 2.2 EC BD4 IN: 2.2 EC/5.9 pH (19c) OUT: 3.1 EC/5.9 pH (20c) BD5 IN: 2.2 EC/ 5.9 pH (19c) OUT: 3.0 EC/5.8 pH (20c) KT4 IN: 2.2 EC/5.9 pH (20c) OUT: 3.1 EC/5.6 pH (20c) KT5 IN: 2.2 EC/5.9 pH (20c) OUT: 2.8 EC/5.9 pH (21c) 10P6 IN: 2.2 EC/5.9 pH (20c) OUT: 3.3 EC/5.6 pH (21c) 10P7 IN: 2.2 EC/5.9 pH (20c) OUT: 3.6 EC/5.8pH (21c) • Pistils appearing all over Runoff EC is a bit high but there's an end of week flush with 1.0 EC CaMg/PK 14/15. This is just to get rid of the old nutrients built up over the veg period and kickstart blooming. I'm not seeing any signs of nute burn, just some slight purple streaking starting which should clear up after the flush. It's taking about 36 hours for the containers to fully dry out now so I'll stop watering on Monday and flush Tuesday (Day 14). _________ Dec 9 No watering until tomorrow night. I haven't done the Silica feeding yet this week so that's next. There's small budlets everywhere and the smell is building. Huge fan leaves all over the place once again so I may decide to defoliate again at the end of this week or next. The KT's are both throwing huge fans in the middle of the canopy and I'd like the secondary branching to have room to go up. _____________ Dec 10 (8L) Mix: 22ml CaMg, 22ml Silica, 12ml PK 14/15: 5 gallons water (x2.5) = 1.4 EC • All pots completely dry except BD4 BD4 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.0 EC/6.0 pH (21c) BD5 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.3 EC/5.9 pH (21c) KT4 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.4 EC/5.8 pH (22c) KT5 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.7 EC/5.9 pH (22c) 10P6 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.4 EC/5.8 pH (22c) 10P7 IN: 1.4 EC/6.0 pH (20c) OUT: 2.5 EC/5.8 pH (22c) Outside of KT5, all plants are down to 2.5 EC or less. No water tomorrow, flush at 1.0 EC on Tuesday, then back to regular bloom feed. I'll start at 2.2 EC and work up from there depending on how they respond. The room is basically full corner to corner now. Don't think I'll need to do too much more training, but more than likely another round of defoliating...I should probably prune all the little branches on the inside while I'm at it. Lamps go up to 100% start of week 3. ____________ Dec 11 • No water _____________________ Dec 12 (Flush: 8-10L) Mix: 5ml/g PK 14/15, 1.5ml/g CaMg = 1.3 EC / 6.1 pH • All plants but BD4 were dry • Defoliated all • Runoff 1.7-2.0 EC / 6.0 pH Great week, everythings running smoothly so far. The smallest plant (BD4) takes the longest to dry out. When all the others are bone dry, she's still got some moisture left. I'm going to try to water twice a day going forward. Not sure I want them to be drying out all the way anymore. My best run had me watering twice to three times daily. Will be looking to give them a small dose a few hours before lights off.