Lemon Jeffery 4Q23

LJ4Q23 Bolt II SOP LJ4Q23 - 8-Plant SOG from Cuts Objective: - 8 Plants - Single Colas - No Branches - Harvest Lemon Jeffery (Narrow Leaf Phenos): 70±5 days - Light Intensity - Ramp up from 200 - > 40 DLI, at 13 hour ScotoPeriod, will need MAX Light to Achieve - Ramp Light Intensity to MAX ASAP (3 Weeks?) Notes: - Lemon Jeffery handles HIGH LIGHT Well, even within 6” of Light @ ~1800 µMol/m2/ - The challenge will be achieving minimum 40 Mol/day, which in this setup requires 1000 µMol/m2/s @ 13 hour Scotoperiod ______________________________________ Start of Week: [ 2023-12-06, LJ4Q 8:B:1:1] End of Week: [ 2023-12-12, LJ4Q 14:B:1:7] Flower Week 2 _______________________________ Environment Targets (Bolt II): - Scotoperiod: [ 13, h] # Contiguous dark hours daily - DayPeriod: [ 1900, 0600 +24h] - TemperatureMax: [ 82, °F] - RH: [ 70, %] - VPD: [ 0.91, mS] - LightIntensity: [ 850, µMol/m2/s] - LightDistance: [ 16.5, “] Bolt II Fertigation - RLA Medium Chart, Week 2, EC: [ 1.7, mS] - Primer A: [ 6.2, ml, gal] - Primer B: [ 6.2, ml, gal] - CalMag Fuel: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Silica Skin: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Lush Green: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Root Anchor: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Peak Bloom: [ 2.5, ml, gal] Bolt II Fertigation - RLA HYDRO Chart, Week 4, EC: [ 1.7, mS] - Primer A: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Primer B: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Silica Skin: [ 4.25, ml, gal] All Fertigation Add - Plant Success: - Microbelife Photosynthesis Plus: [ 0.5, ml/gal] - Build-a-Soil: - Quillaja20 Powder: [ 0.5, tsp/gal] - South Cascade Organics: - SLF-100 _______________________________________________ Wed Dec 6, 2023 LJ4Q 8:B:1:1 __ Thu Dec 7, 2023 LJ4Q 9:B:1:2 FOLIAR Application: Bolt - CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml/gal] - Lush Green: [ 5, ml/gal] Install Drain Tray - [x] Install Irrigation Manifold - [ ] Install Drain pump Irrigation Install (When Drip Rings Obtained) - [x] Connect manifold lines to each of 8 drip lines - [ ] Calibrate Drip Ring delivery __ Fri Dec 8, 2023 LJ4Q 10:B:1:3 - We had 500 ml Runoff from 360 X 8: 2880 total: 17% Runoff, which is a good number. - Therefore - if we want to duplicate Initial watering: - Let’s start at nominal 110 ml/ event - 4x a day. 1.8 ml/sec, 110 ml: 61 Seconds, + 5 Sec -> Make it an EVEN MINUTE of irrigation. - [x] Bring Reservoir Operational - [x] Power Chiller - [x] Install irrigation pump - [x] Install circulation pump Irrigation Approach - We’ll use 1.7 ml/sec/line as the Baseline feed. - If we water no more than the Saturation Volume daily . . . - 440 ml/day, Max/Plant Estimates - AirPot Size: [ 4400, ml] - AirPot Saturation: [ 440, ml] - @ 3.2 ml/sec: [ 137, sec] # Max Per Day - Assume 10 Sec ‘Fill’ overhead Per Irrigation HF Fertigation - 4 Events/day - 11 hour Irrigation 4x/day Frequency: 2.75 hrs - First Irrigation 15 Minutes BEFORE Lights On - @ 1.7 ml/sec, 60 sec/event, 100 ml/plant, 4 times a day - 60 Seconds/event, 4X/day EC 3.2 1.7 6.0 ml ml ml Primer A 16.00 8.50 EC 3.2 1.7 6.0 gal total Primer B 16.00 8.50 Primer A 16.00 8.50 51.00 Silica Skin 8.00 4.25 Primer B 16.00 8.50 51.00 Quillaja20 0.5 tsp/gal Silica Skin 8.00 4.25 25.50 King Crab 0.5 ml/gal 0.5 - Loaded ~ 6 Gallons, added another 1 to 1-1/2 to EC: 1.7 Program Irrigation Timer ( Start 15 minutes before Lights On - Time based on ~3ml/sec per line ADJUST When we have ACTUALS). Delivery Max per Plant/day: [ 440, ml] Delivery Frequency/Day: 4 Delivery Period: 2h, 45min Delivery/Plant: [ 102, ml] DeliveryDuration: 60s Usage Expectations - 800 ml/day W 6 Gallons in the res, we’ve enough feed for 28 Days - probably need to mix less. ;-} Fertigation Schedule Initiate Irrigation Irrigation Complete Event 0 18:45:00 18:46:00 Event 1 21:30:00 21:31:00 Event 2 00:15:00 00:16:00 Event 3 03:00:00 03:01:00  Foliar - [x] Resin Bloom: [ 20, ml, gal], [ 1.25, ml, 240, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml, gal], [ 1.25, ml, 240, ml] - [x] Connect manifold feed line to Little Giant Irrigation Pump FOLIAR Application: Bolt - Solar Rain: [ 20, ml/gal] Per Line Delivery, 2 Data Points: 1.87 ± 0.125 ml/sec Let’s go with 1.8 and see . . . Following the rules of Halves - the Pre-Drip ring flow rate was 3.2 per line. With the rings - it’s about HALF, maybe a little more. SO - Ferti9gat __ Sat Dec 9, 2023 LJ4Q 11:B:1:4 GROWER ERROR - Left Irrigation pump connected to POWER instead of TIMER and drained 6 Gal of feed across 8 plants. - I think they’re sufficiently watered . . . ;-} - Gorilla Grow Tent HELD all the water until I could shop vac it out this morning during the grows scotoperiod. - Will report on results after lights on @1900 Lessons Learned (SOP) - ALWAYS ENABLE DRAIN PUMPS BEFORE INITIATING AUTOMATED IRRIGATION - Some might call this common sense, not an SOP… _______________ Saturday Tasks - [x] Refill Res, RLA Hydro Chart @ EC: 1.7 mS, 3 Gal (11.4 Litres) - [x] Primer A: [ 25.5, ml] - [x] Primer B: [ 25.5, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 12.8, ml] - [x] Quillaja20 Powder: [ 1.5, tsp] - [x] SLF-100: [ 15, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 18, ml]  - [x] Tidy Grow Room Install Irrigation Drain system - [x] Obtain 10’ of 1/4” - 3/8” red tubing for runoff drain - [x] Install sump and catch bucket - [x] Externalize power cord - power up - verify operation - [x] Externalize waste hose output in 2-1/2 Gal Dark plastic reservoir _______________ __ Sun Dec 10, 2023 LJ4Q 12:B:1:5 LightIntensity: [ TBD, µMol/m2/s] DLI13: [ TBD, Mol/m2/d] Need to get to 40 DLI baseline, which at 11 hours of light is 1037 µMol/m2/s @ 11 hours/day __ Mon Dec 11, 2023 LJ4Q 13:B:1:6   Lighting Plan - Increase PPFD 10% until we’ve achieved [ 1000+, µMol/m2/s] - Increasing light intensity will increase nutrient needs and runoff. - STAY ON POINT. FOLIAR Application: Bolt - Solar Rain: [ 20, ml/gal] - Silica Skin: [ 20, ml/gal] Still looking for vigor. The girls still look like they’re enjoying a slumber party. ;-| Evaluate Runoff - After doubling irrigation time ( 1 min -> 2 min), we should have some runoff to evaluate. - IFF NOT: Double Irrigation Time to 4 min - ELSE: evaluate - estimate 10%/min, ~320 ml LightIntensity: [ 850, µMol/m2/s] # The sooner we get to full light, the better. ;-} - 440 ml/day - 44 ml, runoff/day - [x] Actual: [ 500 , ml] We also had an extra 5 or so minutes of feed verifying pump yesterday. Will measure again Tuesday. height range: [ 10, 6, 9.5 avg] - [x] Increased Irrigation Interval to 3 minutes. __ Tue Dec 12, 2023 LJ4Q 14:B:1:7 Irrigation Interval: [ 3, min] Irrigation Delivery per Event: [ 100, ml] Events per Day: 4 Total per day per plant: [ 400, ml] Total per day delivered: [ 3200, ml] # < 1 Gal - We target 10-15% runoff, so we’re looking for 380 - 440 ml runoff per day. - IFF we have MORE than 380 - 440 ml’s - [x] Reduce Irrigation Time to 2:30 (from 3:00) - IFF we have LESS than 380 ml runoff - [ ] Increase Irrigation Time time to 3:30, Re-evaluaute WEDNESDAY - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: 600, ml - Total Run was 14 minutes. We’re using 100ml/min as the guideline, but believe it’s closer to 30-50 ml/min. ***TUESDAY NIGHT - LAST PICTURE FOR WEEK (Hopefully DRY and Praying)!*** Changed Irrigation from 3 min to 2:30.