First Grow - Blue Dream Auto DWC

unclebeer She was leaning a lot day 10 and toppled over day 11. I buried her deeper in the clay, but I hope I didn't do too much damage to the fragile roots in the process.

unclebeer Day 16 - Everything looks good to my untrained eye. Lots of new growth and a root is now reaching into the water. I've been increasing the nutrients bit by bit but my pH/TDS meter always reads around 80-120 PPM and I'm convinced that it's not reading right. I ordered calibration solution, so hopefully that will sort it out. Day 19 - Looks like some nute burn on a couple leaf tips. Turning lights up to 80% and going to do a water change. Day 20 - Water change, still don't trust my TDS meter. Nutrients are from General Hydroponics, but that wasn't an option on the dropdown.

unclebeer Day 22 - Decided to start LST now because the stem is already like half an inch thick

unclebeer Day 28 - Slapped together some tie-downs with bamboo skewers. It's not pretty, but it's letting a lot of light through to the new growth. Ordered a new pH/TDS combo meter because I think the one I have sucks. I guess day 28 is the end of week 4, not the beginning. But who's counting?

unclebeer She is so short and bushy. I tried some LST to spread out the branches a bit but the branches are all so short and dense it's hard to give it any kind of space. I would love her to stretch out a bit, but I'm just happy she's healthy and growing every day. Some preflower pistils are coming in so 1) confirmed female, yay and 2) she should be starting to go into flower soon. Thinking about bumping up the P-K then changing the water out for a flowering nutrient schedule. Picked up an InkBird humidistat to control humidity and a new pH/TDS meter. 3D printed a few LST clips and man I wish I had done so earlier! These will be so much better than messing with trying to tie stuff around the edges.

unclebeer I have a feeling this is going to be a monster plant. It just keeps growing. Day 43 - Not much to talk about. It's just growing and chugging water and showing signs of flowering.

unclebeer I added a second light because fuck it, let's do this. I did have to turn down the intensity a bit, but I think it's a good setup for running more plants the next time. She's still very bushy but seems to be starting to spread out a little. Flowers are coming in, so I might think about doing some light defoliation to open it up. Day 52 - She's chugging a gallon of water a day, defol tomorrow.

unclebeer Showing lots of flowers, drinking 1 gallon+ per day, been doing light defoliation. pH is going really low when the water gets low. Did a water change day 63.

unclebeer Week 9, she's looking healthy and covered with flowers. My biggest issue has been chasing after the falling pH (going below 5 overnight), but I'm managing it mostly by topping off with filtered 7.8 pH water and resetting everything with weekly water changes. She's still super dense, so I've been defoliating a bit at a time and now there are fans pointing every which way to help with airflow. She's getting smelly and overall I think it's going well for a first attempt.

unclebeer Lookin good, couple of weeks left?

unclebeer And now we wait. I think she has another couple of weeks to go. The only thing I'm concerned about is how damn dense this plant is. I just hope the airflow and light penetration is getting to all the stuff in the middle and bottom.

unclebeer She's probably still a couple weeks out. I'll try to get some good trichome shots with a digital microscope in the next couple of days. The leaf tips started to look a little burnt Day 91. The environment and growing conditions haven't changed since she's been in flower, so it's a little concerning. I did notice that the bucket lid wasn't properly closed, so I added a bit of Hydro Guard in case there was light getting to the roots.

unclebeer Getting close. The trichomes look to be around 50-60% milky by my estimate. Day 98 - Trichomes are looking ready. I think tomorrow is chop day.