Soil Test: Epsilon F1 & Royal Gorilla

D29. We're in the first week of flower, and the girls are just humming along. I did some more LST to spread them out; otherwise, they are just doing their thing. The humidity is still a bit high, throwing off the VPD, so I turned up the exhaust fan, controlled by a homemade controller that allows complete control of on and off times. ------------------------------ D31. I think the gnat infestation is slowly getting under control. There are significantly fewer gnats buzzing around when I open the tent, and the ones that do, I suck up with a vacuum cleaner. The nematodes seem to have decimated the larvae and eggs, while the sticky traps and vacuum cleaner have dealt with the adults. I'm going out of town for a few days, so I decided to change all sticky traps to judge the infestation better when I return. In any case, I'll do a second round with nemos in a week or so. Just to make sure the gnats are gone and stay gone! As for the plants, they are looking pretty good. The Epsilon lady is a bit small, but the Gorilla girl looks great. I'm adjusting LST wires and tucking leaves daily to ensure each plant spreads out and gets as much light as possible to bud sites. Speaking of LST, I finally picked up a small plastic tool chest to keep all my training supplies in. Having everything I need to train my plants in one place is a lot more convenient. Another benefit is that the tool chest is sturdy enough to sit on as I work on my plants. I meant to get a small stool for this purpose, but now I don't need to. Win-win. ------------------------------ D35. I was away a few days on a business trip and the girls have filled out while I've been gone. Especially the gorilla girl looks great, although the Epsilon lady has a few yellow leaf tips and the Gorilla girl has a few light colored tips. We'll see how it progresses. I applied more LST to both plants to open them up and maximize bud sites, although the Epsilon lady will stay relatively small. It's clear from the sticky traps that the gnats are still around, but it's also obvious that there are far fewer of them. I'll order another batch of nematodes and apply them next week. That should be the end of the gnat infestation. Finally, I bumped up the DLI to 35. ------------------------------