First Attempt (with 528 Hz informed water)

Week 5 is here, and the rapid growth really slowed down for the taller plants. Which is quite ok, I am starting to see the benefits of topping or scrog, considering the light difference between top and lowest branches. Accordingly, more old fan leaves starting to turn yellow which as I wrote is also fine with me. As long as the new growth looks ok (and it does), I will let them suck the minerals out of them before removing. This being my first grow is mainly meant for collecting experience and getting feeling and understanding for Cannabis as a plant, and admittedly some harvest would be nice. Conclusions so far for next grow: Reduce to 2 plants. Stay closer with the lights, but not get to 100% that fast. Don’t be too hesitant with fertilisers but don’t overdo them as well. Maybe try scrog next time. Or LST with topping. I read so many warnings you should not top autos but other diaries here promote a different view. Maybe invest in a better blower. @Apfelsaft94 was quite right: I see no sense in reducing the power of the two Bonsanto Max blowers. In fact I removed their dimmers as I have the impression they run faster unthrottled, while they still have a hard time blowing out the warm and humid air. Should I remove some of the lowest flowering branches? I have the feeling not all are getting enough light. And the beginning of week statistics: Tallest plant 73 cm, smallest 51. Looks like they are catching up, which is nice as the different height of the lights made them grow a bit sideways. On day 36 I found the reason for humidity inside the tent sometimes shooting up although the dehumidifier working constantly: When trying to install it first, the hose slipped and I did not find the right spot to place it anyway, so I decided to use its tank instead. What I did not notice was that the nozzle holding the hose was still in place, so half of the produced water went to the tent’s floor where it added to humidity again of course … Hose is now in place and working :D There’s quite some overlapping of branches in the middle of the tent, so I placed an additional Sansi LED bulb in the center that adds a bit of green spectrum to hopefully support their growth. Not much gain in height again but buds are sending out their sugar leaves. Substrate was already running dry again so about 350 ml for each plant. Day 37 shows growth has indeed reduced to about 1 cm/day: 75.5 / 53 are now max and min height. I bent down yellowing old fan leaves and removed some hopeless side branches yesterday. I think their buds show some strain-related differences: Sherbet’s "hair" is quite thick, very white and standing relatively straight, while Pineapple’s is more curly, thinner, with a slight yellow touch. I am currently watering them every 2nd day, and so I should in the evening. I also removed the blowers’ "Silencers" (being a plastic hat filled with some foam) as the output wind is much stronger. Now it feels like they can do their job, although they are quite a bit louder. Should be possible to install an isolating hose around their outlets to reduce the sound again without that much air loss. Hey, you can zoom in the close-ups to see the trichomes. Much better than live! 😃 Gave them a really good round of fertilised water on evening 37, and on day 38 stats were 77/54.5 cm which is 0.5 more growth than yesterday. With reduced outside temperatures and their room having a constant supply of fresh air it’s quite easy to keep the humidity around 50% currently. I still can have the tent door a bit opened without a noticeable smell in the rest of the flat. Not so in their room, but once I close the door for the evening odour disappears. Not much height gain on day 39, but buds are getting thicker and foliage more dense. Odour has increased quite a bit. Day 40: Really no height gain at all but visible bud growth. Current weather situation now makes it rather difficult to maintain enough humidity, so I hung up a damp towel. I don’t see any new leaf colouring since last fertilised watering; on the contrary, some new tiny side branch growth on the very lowest branches which I thought would net get enough light. Think I should add a bit of fertilisation this evening before starting real bud growth with the recommended Hesi combination in week 6. Meanwhile, their former school buddies received the same drink as the ladies all the time and are currently shooting. For the rest of my house plants, I started to feed them Hesi HPE and already see some amazing darkening of fresh leaves and activation of formerly sleeping nodes. I am really happy about my fertiliser choice; so far it seems excellent for the newbie. At the end of the week, ladies are between 55.5 and 79 cm tall. Buds are really looking good and growing steadily. Could there be a small touch of reddish purple in the smaller Sherbet’s hairs? Too early to tell. Their smell differs each day. Sometimes I really have to close the doors, at other times no odour at all. Humidity related? Good Humidifiers with external sensors are sold out everywhere. Guess I have to stick to the towel method for a while if weather stays that dry.