White Widow (Royal Queen Seeds)

5/31/24 Going into Week 4, this is probably my favorite part of the grow because it's so hands-on with the plants with the training and topping. Never a dull moment! - Growth going nicely, should be able to do the second topping this week. - Touching up LST each day to keep plant flat and low while getting it to spread out. This plant seems to be taking it pretty well and the final base of the canopy should wind up being just about as wide as the pot, so lots of room to spread out - Turned off the humidifier in the tent as the transpiration from the plants plus the runoff in the basins is keeping things in a good range for now. - Sticking with the same feed/water routine and amounts as last week and will keep it going like that through the rest of veg. - Runoff pH around 5.8 and PPM consistently around 800 - Seeing some lime green coloration in the new growth, could be a zinc deficiency or pH issue, but pH seems fairly stable. Nothing alarming yet, but it's widespread enough that I'll be watching it pretty closely. 6/2/24 - The chlorosis in the new growth seems stable, but still watching it closely. Seeing a little curling on one fan leaf. - Should be ready for second topping in the next couple of days, ant to top it at the same time as the Green Gelato in the same tent so they can go to 12/12 at the same time - Runoff pH and PPM holding fairly steady at 5.8 and 700 PPM - Plant starting to take up a bit more water now - Saw some condensation on touching leaves, so turned up the vent fan a bit to pull in more air and bring down RH - Raised LEDs to keep space, PPFD still measuring around 400 at leaf tops - Plant staying nicely flat, touching up LST ties each day to keep it that way 6/4/24 Going OK, not quite as well as the other plant in the tent that's getting the same feed, water, and conditions. Continuing to watch the minor chlorosis in the new growth- it's not out of hand, but concerning and I'm keeping close watch on it. You can see in the photos what's going on. Growth seems to have slowed slightly, so that could be related. - Continuing with same water and feed schedule - Runoff pH and PPM holding around 5.7 and 672. I suspect there is still a bit of a pH issue here- signs suggest the pH is a bit high, but runoff tests suggest it's a bit low. Going to keep trying to dial it in. - Not ready for second topping yet, probably still 2-3 days away. Want to let the next couple of sets of nodes develop a bit more. - Touching up the LST each day to keep plant flat. There is a little bit of a twist to it, so trying to correct that. - Turned up vent fan a bit more to try to push humidity down below 70% (currently at 74%) 6/5/24 - Chlorosis unfortunately not getting better - Fed with 1 gal 6.7 pH and 960 PPM water to bring medium pH up and a minor flush - Runoff was 5.7 pH and 591 PPM, so pH was definitely way too low - Recalibrated pH meter and it seemed to be about .3 off (too high), so I suspect my readings were off just a touch. Hopefully the recalibration and higher pH water will help level things out. - growth seems slower since the chlorosis started, so going to hold off on second topping for at least a couple more days.