Week 6: Well sometimes, you know, shit is going to hit the fan and you can't do anything about it. You can see on P2 how the tips are burnt and turned down. Cutting out nutrients for a week appears to have worked and at least slowed the progression of the nutrient burn. We are arguably in the first week of flower, so I'm thinking it'll be the last week without added nutrients.
- Light: Increased power to 45 DLI via Photone app on a 18/6 schedule. This is tough because the top of the plant is getting 60 DLI, but a node down or so and we're back at 45. My thinking is that it is bit high at the terminus but the rest of the plant needs it. Seems to be tolerating it so far - keeping an eye out for signs of trouble.
- Water: The increased watering has seemed to help, although mid week they were looking pretty droopy once again. 1.5L per plant, per watering is a good place to be at. Increased watering to every 2 days.
- Nutrients: lemon juice to water to bring the pH down to 6.4. CalMag all week at .3ml/L.
- Environment: Dehumidifier set at 50%. Infrared heating panel set at 22 day, 24 night.
I knew growing in heavily fertilized soil is a gamble for auto-flowering seeds. Sometimes you gotta just run with the supplies on hand and see where it takes you. It has been a good experience to recognize a problem that's happen and adjust in real time. I feel like it was caught right in time and the plants steadily improved throughout the week. Now the key is when to add the bloom nutrients.
Bring on the juicy buds.