First Grow

Week 2 of flower is underway. The plants are all stretching hard, a couple inches of growth over the last week. There are pistils coming in, but just barely. I cranked the SE3000 to full power, and the plants still pray until lights out. I've already had to raise the light a couple times due to how fast they're growing. The uprising grow/bloom directions have me alternating between bloom and earthworm castings with each weekly topdress, so I added 1/4c EWC to each pot. I watered in with bubbled tap water PH to 6.4, with about 8ml/gal calmag. Starting another tea, the girls really seem to love it. I've started including more molasses because I've read that it helps with flowering and terps. The tent is definitely starting to put off some good smells... I can smell it as soon as I walk into the house, the smells are starting to escape the downstairs! The tea ended up being really acidic, below 5.5. I added an extra 1.5 gal plain water, but it still was very acidic. I don't have a ph up, so I ended up finding some old baking powder. It took A LOT of baking powder to get anywhere near an acceptable level. I gave them about 1.5L each. A few days later the tea had grown some interesting scum, and the air stone was gross and furry. This hasn't happened with any other teas, and the only different thing was the baking powder, so I'll probably avoid that from now on. I almost went to start the 3rd week defoliation but then realized it's the END of week 3 not the start. Aiming for a day 21/day 42 defoliation schedule. Looking and smelling fantastic every day. Tent looking like it should be sponsored by Spider Farmer. The SE3000 and SF3x3 look meant to be, but wouldn't it look better if they sent me some fans?