THURSDAY - 11/22 (Thanksgiving Day)
I was out of town all day, so didn't spend any time with the girls...but I monitored them throughout the day with the nanny-cam...technology that I am thankful for. π
FRIDAY:
Cruella is the only plant in the garden to really suffer from the high temps last week..she was so sexy...sorry babe. She'll be alright, but her foliage got uglied up more than I had hoped.
I watered them today with ph'd water, some boomerang, calimagic, bud candy, and terpinator.
I foliar fed a couple times and rearranged the garden. I swapped out my 1500w blurple light for the 2000w blurple light....so now I'm pushing 1000 actual LED draw watts in the 4 x 4...kinda ridiculous, but in a good way.πTomorrow I'll swap out the 60w 3500k COB with a 100w Citizen Clu048 to fully overpower the remaining visible purple light with white light. Temps are about 90f by the end of the day and drop to 74f for the 4 hours of darkness they are now getting.
SATURDAY:
Cruella's new growth looks waaay better than the stuff I burned up..hoping she's on the mend.π·
Carlotta is a wispy little thing..hope she starts bulking up pretty soon...
I foliar fed a few times and added the extra 40w of white COB light. Moved the fan and put my 4th Exhale bag in the tent..it's almost used up, so time to order another. Took some photos.
SUNDAY:
I slowly fed each of them about 48oz of ph'd water with the full regimen of bloom nutes and foliar fed a few times. The 4th bag of Exhale really bumped the CO2 PPM's up nicely..if I keep my exhaust fan on about 50% and it's a cold day, it works out great and the high reaches about 84....but sadly, if it's not a cold day, I'm pushing 90f for about 8 hours..but very rich in CO2.....
Bottom line is that I think I'm running too many lighting watts in this tent if I can't maintain a more consistent air intake temperature. I'll probably go back with the 1500w blurple because it runs a few degrees cooler than the 2000w, so that will put me back to about 925w actual draw watts...at least until we have another cold spell.
MONDAY:
Both of the Cookie sisters grew 2 inches overnight! Cruella is budding up nicely, but Carlotta is just showing me a few pistils so far.
I've decided that they need more than the normal dose Ca and Mg..I'll endeavor to please themπ
TUESDAY:
I foliar fed a few times and spun them around. Carlotta's main stalk and her branches are finally starting to beef-up a bit. Cruella's new growth looks great. She's now the tallest plant in the garden again and she is flowering nicely.
WEDNESDAY:
It was a good week for them both. Both plants grew a few inches they are healthy. I watered them today, each with about 1/3 gallon of ph'd water, bud candy, terpinator, and extra calimagic. I foilar fed a few times and rotated them.
I wish!
They still haven't even shipped it to me yet!
4-5 day shipping..if they ever take it to the carrier...
In anticipation of having the new light for my spring grow, I ordered another batch of seeds from Seedsman tonight:
5 x Six Shooter
3 x Stardawg
3 x Tangie'matic
3 x California Snow (freebies)
1 x White Widow Auto XXL
..buncha big bitchesπ
@CRiSPrGrow,
I'm really digging them too. Such even coverage!
It's actually pulling 840w at the wall instead of the rated 800w..pretty cool. I'd say the overall spectral output is as advertised..3200k with a really nice peak in the 660nm range. Once the two additional 4ft bars arrive, I'll have the 4 x 5 completely covered...now I just gotta keep my plants alive long enough to enjoy them!!!π
@CRiSPrGrow, Zactly.
Though, with photoperiod strains, I'll prolly still do the paper towel trick because I prefer a bigger taproot when I plant them..and because they'll have plenty of time to get big regardless if I "faff about" (as MissFlowerPower says) with the paper towel.π