EarthBox [LOS] - HSC - Garlic Budder

Introduction - Week 28|21 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 9705.11, Wow a lot has happened this week! Both trimmed and started the curing process for this grow. Was quite surprised with the final dry weights! Also did a full tent reset and reconfiguration for the next grow. Still need to build the trellis netting along with Oh! Also this will be the final entry for this grow log. Was planning on waiting another week before ending this log, but need to flip these girls into flower as soon as possible! Still have a lot to do! Set a course for a new grow cycle! Maximum warp Ensign! Engage! [START OF WEEK 28|21] ========================================================== Garlic Budder #1 - WEEK 28|21 - Trim → Cure → Reset → End Garlic Budder #2 - WEEK 28|21 - Trim → Cure → Reset → End Garlic Budder #3 - WEEK 21 - Full Veg Garlic Budder #4 - WEEK 20 - Trim → Cure → Reset → End 09/09/24 → 09/15/24 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: ~0 mol/m²/d PPFD: ~0 μmol/m²/s VPD: ~1.2 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages [Lights On: 16:00 - 10:00] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 0.00 mol/m²/d PPFD: 0 μmol/m²/s VPD: 1.31 kPa Soil %: [32.3, 30.3, 36.6, 35.1] ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 09/09/24 - Total Days: 196 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 88.1°F [31.2°C] - Humidity: 65.5% - VPD: 1.54 kPa - Soil %: [32, 31, 39, 25] ----------------------------------- - [22:10]: Night check on the 4x4 drying tent. --- Day 13 and still no signs of mold. Nice! --- Buds are just glistening with frost! Wow! --- Also the terps are starting ramp up and getting a bit loud! Ooo yea! - [22:14]: Did a quick stem snap test, --- Bent a few branches and got some snaps! --- Not every branch snapped, but that’s okay. --- Screw it! Going to trim tomorrow! --- Going to further decrease the RH down a bit more. - [22:15]: Within the AC Infinity App, --- For the Main Tent [4x4] controller, --- Adjusted the 'Drying [0/24]' Schedule for the exhaust fan. ------ Decreased the Humidity’s HIGH trigger value from 65% to 61% - [22:23]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Looking nice my girls! --- Growth is looking incredible! --- Even #1 is looking greener! I think. --- Anyways, - [22:25]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 32% - [CH01 EB1 - Garlic Budder #1] - Null --- 31% - [CH02 EB2 - Garlic Budder #2] - Null --- 39% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 17% - [CH04 G01 - Original Garlic Budder #1] --- 30% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 30% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 31% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 34% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] --- Time for another round of watering, let’s go! - [22:33]: Filled a pump sprayer with 4 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:52]: Repeated this process again for both #1 and the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:58]: Filled a pump sprayer with 1 cup of distilled water. ------ Added a pinch of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [22:59]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. --- Ooo yea! --- Tomorrow is the big trim day! --- If all goes to plan, will reset and start the new grow cycle next week! --- Lot’s to do! Getting hyped! Day 02 - Tuesday - 09/10/24 - Total Days: 197 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 85.8°F [29.9°C] - Humidity: 64.6% - VPD: 1.47 kPa - Soil %: [32, 31, 38, 43] ----------------------------------- - [16:24]: Evening check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Looking good my girls! --- Growth is looking great! Wow! --- With about a week or so before the 12/12 flip (also the beginning of the next log), plan to fertilizer feed soon. - [16:26]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 32% - [CH01 EB1 - Garlic Budder #1] - Null --- 31% - [CH02 EB2 - Garlic Budder #2] - Null --- 38% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 31% - [CH04 G01 - Original Garlic Budder #1] --- 36% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 36% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 34% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 31% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] - [16:31]: Upgrading the zip-ties on the S33 IonBoard grow light. --- Got some stainless steel clips. --- One at a time, --- Cut a zip-tie and swapped it out with a stainless steel clip. - [16:40]: Looking great! --- Definitely more durable than the plastic zip-ties. --- Both 1-gallons seem to need watering. - [16:57]: Filled a pump sprayer with 1 cup of distilled water. ------ Added a pinch of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto the original #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [17:04]: Repeated this process again for the #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [15:15]: Evening check on the 4x4 drying tent. --- Ooo yea! --- Still no sign of mold and buds look done and ready for trimming! --- The terps in the air are also a bit louder than yesterday! --- Getting earthy and fuel-like profiles. Wow! --- It’s been a solid 14 days of drying. --- Time for the pre-trim dry weight! --- Using a fish hook scale, - [17:20]: Weighed #1, ------ She weighed 1.6oz (45.35g) --- Her harvested wet weight was 6.2oz (175.76g) which means she lost about 00% of water weight. --- Weighed #2, ------ She weighed 2.5oz (70.87g) --- Her harvested wet weight was 9.3oz (263.65g) which means she lost about 00% of water weight. --- Weighed #4, ------ She weighed 5.1oz (144.58g) --- Her harvested wet weight was 19.4oz (549.98g) which means she lost about 00% of water weight. - [17:26]: Also weighed the GGC2024 plant (solo cup), --- She weighed 0.5oz (14.17g) --- Her harvested wet weight was 1.1oz (31.18g) which means she lost about 00% of water weight. - [17:34]: Okay! Time to start trimming process! --- As always, using a trim tray along with a pair of trimmers to hand trim each bud. Let’s go!! --- Starting with #4, --- Using a pair of trimmers, - [17:54]: Gently clipped all the branches and placed them into the trim bin. --- Trimmed each bud before placing them into mason jars. --- Wow these buds are sticky! --- Had to clean the trimmers multiple times with isopropyl alcohol. --- Also the pre-wet trimming made the dry trimming a whole lot easier. - [20:35]: One plant done! --- Wow! Buds are just frosty with trichomes! Stoked to also see a bit of purple too! --- Anyways, --- Five more plants left. Let’s go! --- Repeated this process for the rest of the phenos. ------ [a few hours later..] - [+03:00]: Woo yea! Done! --- Made sure to mark each jar with the weight and date. --- Here are the final harvested dry weights for this Garlic Budder (from Humboldt Seeds Company) grow: ------ Pheno #1: --------- Trimmed weight: 15.1g (0.53oz) ------ Pheno #2: --------- Trimmed weight: 37.6g (1.32oz) ------ Pheno #4: --------- Trimmed weight: 73.8g (2.60oz) ------ GGC2024 (#1) pheno: --------- Trimmed weight: 2.2g (0.07oz) ------ Both the original #1 and #2 phenos: --------- Trimmed weight: 15.1g (0.53oz) --- This gives a total of 143.8g (5.07oz) in total! --- Also got some extra trim shake along with some dry sifted kief for later. Nice! --- As far as yield, this was not the largest, but still completely stoked! --- Just finished up with my last harvest (~155g) months ago. --- Since the next grow cycle is going be half the time (I hope), this should be more than enough to last until the next harvest. --- Wow what a day! --- Tomorrow begins the curing process, but will definitely start sampling a lot sooner! --- Another grow cycle complete! --- Plan to reset in a couple of days and will begin the new grow cycle in a week or so! --- Maximum warp Ensign, Engage! Day 03 - Wednesday - 09/11/24 - Total Days: 198 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 82.9°F [28.3°C] - Humidity: 65.6% - VPD: 1.29 kPa - Soil %: [32, 30, 37, 40] ----------------------------------- - [22:44]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Wow! Growth is just raging! --- Looking quite nice! Growth is perky and ramping up again! - [22:46]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 32% - [CH01 EB1 - Garlic Budder #1] - Null --- 30% - [CH02 EB2 - Garlic Budder #2] - Null --- 37% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 39% - [CH04 G01 - Original Garlic Budder #1] --- 30% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 27% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 28% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 39% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] - [23:12]: Filled a pump sprayer with 4 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Repeated this process again for #1 and the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- All three solo cups seem to need water as well. - [23:44]: Took the total weight of an original #1 pheno. --- She weighed 227.8g --- It’s been 9 days since her last watering. --- Time to water! --- While on a scale, --- Gently misted her straw mulch with distilled water. --- Tried to keep the top growth dry. --- Misted 5-10 sprays. Waited a few seconds, then misted again. - [+00:06]: Repeated this process until the cup weighed 347.5g --- There was no runoff. --- Marked the watering date on the side of the cup. --- Placed her back into the tent. - [+00:08]: Repeated this process for the original #1 and 2. --- Tried to keep the saturated weight around 325-330g - [+00:12]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 04 - Thursday - 09/12/24 - Total Days: 199 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 83.9°F [28.8°C] - Humidity: 64.0% - VPD: 1.42 kPa - Soil %: [24, 22, 36, 37] ----------------------------------- - [10:38]: Ooo yea! Time for another grow reset! --- First need to remove the carbon filter and exhaust fan (AC Infinity T6 CloudLine Pro). The exhaust fan will be reconfigured to pull the air out of the tent instead of pushing it out. --- Did not need to remove the light (Mars Hydro FC-6500), but had to both lower and tilt it to a more vertical angle. --- This makes accessing the exhaust fan and carbon filter a whole lot easier. - [12:59]: Removed both the carbon filter and exhaust fan. --- Did not remove the exhaust vent. --- Made sure to cover the vent with a sheet of carbon filter material. Used a metal clamp to secure it. --- Also did a bit of cable management and re-configured some support straps for the top bars. --- Cleaned the exhaust fan and re-connected the exhaust vent (this time from the outside of the tent). Made sure the exhaust arrow was pointing the right direction. --- Placed the exhaust fan on top of the tent. - [14:03]: Now have the exhaust fan pulling air out of the tent. --- Now both the 4x4 and 3x3 tent have similar exhaust configurations. Nice! --- Also removed and tossed the rubber trellis netting but left the support bars (never actually used the rubber netting as a scrog net). - [14:55]: Raised the light up. --- Looking good! --- Can still raise it higher if needed but once the new plants are in the tent, will probably need to lower the light anyways. --- Lot’s more to do today! Let’s go! - [14:56]: Now that the tent is re-configured, going to start on emptying both EarthBoxes into fabric pots. --- First removed all of the top straw mulch and placed it into a bucket. Plan to re-use the mulch later. --- Also removed the soil sensors and any plant stumps. --- Using my hands, I gently loosened and mixed the top soil before placing it into a bucket (this soil still had some straw). --- Once the top soil was removed, about half of the under soil was placed into the bottom of each Grassroots fabric pot. Then, poured and layered the top soil into each of the pots. Lastly, placed the rest of the soil from both EarthBoxes into the fabric pots. --- Aside from the dry top soil, the rest of the soil felt moist but not wet. More on the drier side, but still nice. --- Anyways, - [17:16]: Cleaned the tent’s floor. --- First vacuumed the floor. --- Then, using some BuildASoil Formula EM-5 (All Natural Garden Cleaning Concentrate) at about a 1:3 ratio (or 1 out of 4 parts) with distilled water, --- Cleaned both the walls and floor of the tent. --- Also vacuumed the lung room. - [17:22]: Placed the fabric pots into the tent. --- There are three 7-gallon and two 5-gallon pots. --- Nice! Both EarthBoxes managed to fill each fabric pot with a good 3-4 inches of extra space for more soil. This should give plenty of room for transplanting. --- For the ACI pot, just broke up the top soil and mixed it the best I could. --- Once the plants are transplanted, if there’s more room, will top off with some fresh BuildASoil 3.0 potting soil. - [20:18]: Evening check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Wow! Ooo yea! --- Growth is back and is already getting closer to the light again. --- Need to flip these ladies into flower soon! --- Anyways, --- Before checking the sensor data, removed the batteries from both EB1 and EB2 soil sensors. - [20:36]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 00% - [CH01 EB1 - Garlic Budder #1] - Null --- 00% - [CH02 EB2 - Garlic Budder #2] - Null --- 36% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 36% - [CH04 G01 - Original Garlic Budder #1] --- 35% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 32% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 30% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 35% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] - [20:51]: Filled a pump sprayer with 4 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [21:14]: Repeated this process again for the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [21:17]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 05 - Friday - 09/13/24 - Total Days: 200 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 82.0°F [27.8°C] - Humidity: 67.7% - VPD: 1.18 kPa - Soil %: [36, 31, 36, 36] ----------------------------------- - [22:22]: Night check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Woah! These girls are stretching upwards fast! --- Growth is really getting wild! Wow! - [22:26]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 36% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 31% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 32% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 30% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 30% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] --- Gong to water in some microbes! - [22:42]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] ------ Added 1/4tsp of Recharge --- Mixed the solution and set it aside. --- Filled a measuring cup with 4 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] ------ Added 1/8tsp of Recharge --- Mixed the solution and poured it straight into a pump sprayer. --- Misted #4’s straw mulch, --- Focused on wetting the straw as evenly as possible. - [23:06]: Repeated this process again for #1 and the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [23:11]: Filled a pump sprayer with 1 cup of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] ------ Added 1/32tsp of Recharge --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto the original #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [23:22]: Repeated this process again for the #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [23:24]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. --- Okay! --- Really want to wait another week before starting the next grow cycle, --- But these ladies are just raging with growth! --- This week will going to have to be the last log entry for this grow. --- Next week begins the new log and new grow cycle! Day 06 - Saturday - 09/14/24 - Total Days: 201 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 81.7°F [27.6°C] - Humidity: 68.3% - VPD: 1.15 kPa - Soil %: [35, 35, 35, 33] ----------------------------------- - [20:10]: Night check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Wow looking great my girls! --- Raging and looking perky! - [20:14]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 35% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 35% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 36% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 31% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 46% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [20:22]: Filled a pump sprayer with 4 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [20:36]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. - [20:38]: Time for another board wipe! --- Wow what a journey! --- Looking back over the past 5 weeks, a lot got done! --- Finished flowering and harvested the entire 4x4 tent. --- Also dried and trimmed all the plants along with a full tent reset. --- Still more to do, but am already convinced that perpetual is the way to go for both yield and consistency. --- Aside for the extra equipment costs, the upkeep is about the same as a regular grow (although watering has definitely increased). --- Anyways, stoked for the next 5 weeks! If all goes well, should be about halfway through flower. --- Wow let’s go! Day 07 - Sunday - 09/15/24 - Total Days: 202 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 81.3°F [27.4°C] - Humidity: 68.6% - VPD: 1.12 kPa - Soil %: [35, 32, 35, 32] ----------------------------------- - [18:46]: Night check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Wow growth is starting to stretch and is bushing out! --- Plan to rotate these girls into the 4x4 next week so until then, --- Just going to let them grow wild! --- Oops! --- Swapped a battery out for one of the soil sensors. - [18:56]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: --- 35% - [CH03 GFP - Garlic Budder #3] --- 32% - [CH04 G01 - Original Garlic Budder #1] --- 31% - [CH05 FPT - Garlic Budder #1] --- 29% - [CH06 FPT - Original Garlic Budder #2] --- 33% - [CH07 FPT - Garlic Budder #4] --- 41% - [CH08 G01 - Garlic Budder #2] --- The last grow cycle, been trying to slow down the veg growth, but now it’s time to start feeding these girls again! --- Going for a full feeding with a bit of coconut for added sugars. - [19:41]: Filled a measuring cup and pitcher with 12 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/16tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] ------ Added 1/8tsp + 1/16tsp of: --------- Horticultural Aloe --------- Big 6 Micronutrients [+ Humic Acid] ------ Added 1/4tsp + 1/8tsp of Mycrobe Complete ------ Added 1/2tsp + 1/4tsp of: --------- Pure Protein Dry [Organic Fish Aminos] --------- Horticultural Coconut --- Mixed the solution and poured 4 cups straight into a pump sprayer. --- Gave the sprayer another good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #4’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [20:28]: Repeated this process again for both #1 and the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Wow this was the most I’ve ever had to mix one time. Need to get another pitcher. --- Anyways, --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. - [20:31]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. --- Wow what a grow! --- This is the final entry for this log. --- Another log complete! --- Time to start another! Next week will be a preparation week for the next grow cycle. --- Also the next grow will be a scrog run! --- Everything is happening at warp speed! --- Anyways, --- Until the next grow log, --- LLAP. [END OF WEEK 28|21]