Garlic Budder – HSC – Fabric Pots Scrog

Introduction - Week 02 Summary - Ensign's log, stardate 9743.36, Wow what a week! Was planning on waiting a week before flipping to flower, but decide to flip this week! So this was the first week under 12/12 which also begins the two-week stretch phase. Up-potted the vegging plants in the 3x3 tent. Also ended up culling one so now there are 4 vegging in the 3x3 for the next cycle. Planning on cloning and swapping out each one in a few weeks. Also added worms to each fabric pot. Thankfully the local weather has been getting cooler! Hoping for a cooler flower cycle this time! Only two weeks into this grow cycle and already in flower. Wow! Growing at warp speed! Onwards to next week! [START OF WEEK 02] ========================================================== Garlic Budder #1 - WEEK 02 - Pre-Bloom [Stretch Wk1] Garlic Budder OG#2 - WEEK 02 - Pre-Bloom [Stretch Wk1] Garlic Budder #3 - WEEK 02 - Pre-Bloom [Stretch Wk1] Garlic Budder #4 - WEEK 02 - Pre-Bloom [Stretch Wk1] Garlic Budder OG#2 - WEEK 02 - Full Veg Garlic Budder OG#1 - WEEK 02 - Full Veg Garlic Budder #2 - WEEK 02 - Full Veg Garlic Budder OG#1 - WEEK 02 - Full Veg 09/23/24 → 09/29/24 This Week's Estimated Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: ~13 mol/m²/d PPFD: ~300 μmol/m²/s VPD: ~1.2 kPa This Week's Meter Readings & Averages [Lights On: 19:00 - 07:00] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLI: 10.58 mol/m²/d PPFD: 245 μmol/m²/s VPD: 0.93 kPa Soil %: [36.3, 35.7, 42.7, 35.6, 34.9, 37.4, 37.4, 36.7] ========================================================== Day 01 - Monday - 09/23/24 - Total Days: 008 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 81.7°F [27.6°C] - Humidity: 74.5% - VPD: 0.93 kPa - Soil %: [33, 37, 45, 36, 23, 30, 39, 27] ----------------------------------- - [11:06]: Okay time to start the big 12/12 flip! --- Within the AC Infinity App, --- For the Main Tent [4x4] controller, --- Adjusted the 'Flower [12/12]' Schedule for the grow light. ------ Changed the START/END time values from 04:00PM/10:00AM to 07:00PM/07:00AM --- Nice! Let the stretch phase begin! - [22:05]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Wow! --- The scrog net is filling in nicely! Growth is looking incredible! --- Absolutely surprised on how simple and clearly effective using a scrog can be! Wow! - [22:11]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 31% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 33% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 44% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 33% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 23% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 29% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 36% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 27% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [22:26]: 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 #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:54]: Repeated this process again for the original #2 and #4 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:58]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Growth can be better but still looking okay. --- Solo cups looked great and did not need watering. --- Plan to transplant and up-pot these girls tomorrow. - [23:01]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 02 - Tuesday - 09/24/24 - Total Days: 009 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 80.8°F [27.1°C] - Humidity: 74.7% - VPD: 0.90 kPa - Soil %: [37, 40, 42, 38, 27, 32, 35, 31] ----------------------------------- - [17:14]: Evening check on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Growth is looking a bit stressed, but still growing along. --- Should have up-potted earlier, --- Anyways, - [17:18]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 35% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 37% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 41% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 36% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 23% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 27% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 32% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 27% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [17:21]: Starting with an original #1 pheno, --- Removed her from the tent along with her fabric pot. --- While on the floor, dug a hole into the center of the fabric pot and dry fit an empty solo cup into the center. - [17:28]: Gently removed the solo cup from the fabric pot leaving a perfect hole. ------ Sprinkled 1/4tsp of Great White, --- Dusted the sides of the hole. --- Also sprinkled a bit around the top soil. --- Great! Time to transplant! - [17:33]: Gently flipped the original #1 pheno upside-down which dropped straight out of her cup. --- Roots look a bit on the brown side, but not too bad. --- Did not break the root ball up or anything. --- Gently placed her into the pre-inoculated hole. - [17:34]: Pressed and evened out the top soil. --- Also spread the old mulch cover to expose the top soil. --- Adding in some fresh soil as a top dress. - [17:37]: Using some fresh BuildASoil 3.0 Potting soil, ------ Added 3 solo cups (~6 cups) of soil. --- Spread and covered the soil evenly. - [17:40]: Using some old BuildASoil Organic Barley Straw, ------ Covered the top soil with just enough straw until I could not see the soil. --- Placed the original #1 back into the tent. --- One done, 4 to go. Let’s go! - [18:57]: Repeated this process for the rest of the phenos. --- Ended up transplanting and up-potting 3 more plants. --- Whelp, - [18:58]: Decided to cull a #1 pheno. --- Don’t have enough room for a 5th pot so going to cull and compost the trimmings. Also saving the soil for later grows. --- Going to give each plant 4 cups of wetting solution for the initial transplant watering. - [19:21]: Filled a pitcher with 8 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/32tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] ------ Added 1/4tsp of Horticultural Aloe ------ Added 1/2tsp of Horticultural Coconut ------ Added 1/2tsp of Mycrobe Complete --- Mixed the solution and poured 4 cups straight into a pump sprayer. --- Misted the straw mulch with the wetting solution. --- Took my time and tried to go as evenly as possible. - [20:26]: Repeated this process for the rest of the phenos. --- Had to mix up another batch of solution to water all the plants. Still need to get another pitcher. - [20:28]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Wow! Tops are just popping up everywhere! --- Growth is looking nice and green! --- Need to start tucking again soon. - [20:34]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 03 - Wednesday - 09/25/24 - Total Days: 010 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 80.9°F [27.2°C] - Humidity: 74.0% - VPD: 0.93 kPa - Soil %: [32, 33, 41, 39, 38, 44, 38, 44] ----------------------------------- - [21:42]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Ooo yea! Tops everywhere and looking incredible! --- Last grow cycle, I found that these phenos are on the stretchy side, - [21:52]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 28% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 29% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 40% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 23% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 36% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 42% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 36% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 41% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [21:59]: 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 #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:18]: Repeated this process again for the original #2 and #4 phenos. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:21]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Growth is looking better! I think. --- Since these phenos will be for the next grow cycle, at this stage of the perpetual cycle, need to hold back growth in the veg tent. --- So plan to clone and refresh each plant in a few weeks. Basically the idea is to take a single clone from each plant. Once fully rooted (in Coco Coins), will transplant into solo cups for two weeks. About 4 weeks from cutting to rooted and transplant ready solo cups. --- Afterwards, will transplant into the fabric pots for another 3-4 week veg. --- This whole process should take about 7-8 weeks --- Since the last plants were harvested after about 9 weeks of flowering, plan to start this whole process soon. --- Anyways, - [22:23]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 04 - Thursday - 09/26/24 - Total Days: 011 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 80.4°F [26.9°C] - Humidity: 73.0% - VPD: 0.95 kPa - Soil %: [38, 37, 40, 34, 35, 40, 37, 39] ----------------------------------- - [18:41]: Night check on #3 and the vegging clones in the 3x3 tent, --- Looking a lot better now! --- Keep on growing my ladies! - [18:43]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 33% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 40% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 30% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 34% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 40% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 33% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 38% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [18:48]: 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 #2’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [19:16]: Checked on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Wow! Growth is starting to ramp up! --- Time to start tucking! - [19:32]: Trained a lot of the taller top sites and tucked them under the scrog netting. --- As far as tucking, the ones in the back are a bit tough to reach, but managed to tuck the growth under. - [19:57]: 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 #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [20:34]: Repeated this process again for the #4 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Time to take first readings and measurements! - [20:55]: Took general PPFD readings. ------ All phenos were around 245 μmol/m²/s which gives a DLI of 10.58 mol/m²/d - [20:58]: Took height and light distance measurements. ------ #1, #2, and #4 were about 33.5" tall. ------ #3 was about 17" tall. ------ All phenos were about 19" away from the grow light. --- Notably, using a scrog with identical pot heights makes measurements and readings a whole lot easier. Everything is pretty much at the same height so I only need to measure one to get the height of the rest. Nice! --- Also as far as the 3x3 veg tent, not taking height or PPFD readings and am just focusing on the main 4x4 tent. - [21:03]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 05 - Friday - 09/27/24 - Total Days: 012 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 79.9°F [26.6°C] - Humidity: 72.3% - VPD: 0.96 kPa - Soil %: [38, 29, 40, 33, 35, 39, 41, 37] ----------------------------------- - [21:39]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Wow! Tops are popping upwards again! --- Aside from #3, top growth has been exploding! --- Green and perky growth! - [21:42]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 33% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 26% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 39% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 29% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 32% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 38% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 38% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 36% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [21:52]: 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 #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [22:16]: Repeated this process again for the original #2 and the #4 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Also misted the top of #3 a bit. --- Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Looking better! For the most part, growth is greening up. - [22:18]: Filled a pump sprayer with 5 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto the original #2’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Also gave the other 3 plants a slight spraying. Mainly wanted to wet the top straw and soil a bit. - [22:39]: Ooo yea! Got a package! --- Ordered some red wriggler worms from ‘Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm’ and they finally arrived! - [22:59]: Dumped the entire bag of worms into a plastic bowl. --- Wow! Worms looked great and were still alive! - [23:09]: Separated the entire batch of worms into 8 solo cups. --- Time to inoculate each pot with worms! - [23:14]: Starting with the main 4x4 flower tent, gently poured a cup of worms around the base of each plant. --- Did not work the added soil in. - [23:17]: Repeated this process for the vegging plants in the 3x3 tent. --- Now that there are worms in each pot, plan to water a bit more often and will try to not let the soil get too dry. Day 06 - Saturday - 09/28/24 - Total Days: 013 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 79.1°F [26.2°C] - Humidity: 72.9% - VPD: 0.92 kPa - Soil %: [39, 36, 45, 34, 46, 39, 36, 39] ----------------------------------- - [20:56]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Ooo yea! Wow! --- Growth is looking incredible! --- Tops are just everywhere! If all continues to grow this well, this cycle is going to be my largest one yet! - [20:58]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 34% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 31% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 42% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 30% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 42% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 38% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 35% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 37% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [21:06]: 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 #1’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. - [21:36]: Repeated this process again for #4 and the original #2 pheno. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Also misted the top of #3 a bit (for the worms). - [21:41]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Looking nice my girls! --- Growth is still recovering, but looking good! - [21:43]: 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 straw mulch for all 4 plants. --- Focused mainly on the straw. This is watering was mainly for the worms. - [21:47]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. Day 07 - Sunday - 09/29/24 - Total Days: 014 ----------------------------------- Daily Averages [~23:00] - Temps: 78.9°F [26.1°C] - Humidity: 72.9% - VPD: 0.91 kPa - Soil %: [37, 38, 46, 35, 40, 38, 36, 40] ----------------------------------- - [19:35]: Night check on the 4x4 flower tent. --- Woah! Growth is just exploding upwards! --- Looking green and happy! --- #3 seems to be struggling a bit, but the rest are looking great! --- Also #1 is a bit on the lime side. The right side looks healthier than the left. - [19:43]: Checked the Ecowitt soil moisture sensor data: ------ 35% - [CH01 FP5 - Garlic Budder #1] ------ 34% - [CH02 FP5 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 44% - [CH03 GR7 - Garlic Budder #3] ------ 30% - [CH04 FP5 - Garlic Budder #4] ------ 39% - [CH05 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #2] ------ 38% - [CH06 GR7 - Original Garlic Budder #1] ------ 33% - [CH07 GR7 - Garlic Budder #2] ------ 39% - [CH08 GR5 - Original Garlic Budder #1] - [19:59]: Filled a pump sprayer with 5 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. --- Also sprayed the top soil of the rest of the plants inside the tent. Not a lot, just a bit for the worms. - [20:56]: Checked on the vegging 3x3 tent, --- Looking good my girls! - [21:00]: Filled a pump sprayer with 5 cups of distilled water. ------ Added 1/64tsp of Quillaja Saponaria Extract [60] --- Gave the sprayer a good shake before spraying the entire solution onto #2’s straw mulch. --- Focused mainly on the straw. --- Also sprayed the rest of the plants trying to mainly wet the straw mulch a bit. - [21:07]: Decided to raise the oscillating fan up a bit. --- Raised the AC Infinity CloudRay S6 from the bottom of the tent up higher and is now closer to the light. --- The fan is still pointed upwards and is pointed towards the grow light. - [21:13]: Checked the humidifiers. --- Refilled the humidifiers with distilled water as needed. --- Wow what a grow week! Ending the first week of stretch and the plants are looking great in the flower tent! --- Also the veg tent is getting better and new growth is looking good! --- Next week end’s the stretch and should start to see signs of flowering soon. --- Have to say that that watering fabric pots is more work than EarthBoxes, but wow the growth is incredible! --- And wow using a scrog for these stretchy cultivars has been working out surprisingly well! --- Totally hyped for next week! --- Onwards Ensign. Engage! [END OF WEEK 02]