Under The Wild LED Sky 04

Week 17 tested the UVB bulbs lights off just to see their footprint. Maxed out the light canopy using the carabiner attached to the ceiling cross members. So far grow has been stellar and then I let them grow to 24” during growth. Now the canopy is 25”, plants stretched to 36.” Should be a 30+” canopy to accommodate the UVB exposure. Could have used the extra 6” from growth. Other previous pictures show same strain with different leaf patterns. To me it seems the seeds were F1/F2 and at least the one reverted back to a parent. Sugar leaves are frosting. Taller colas have been LST/Supercropped to maintain canopy. One Chocolate Kush cola I kinked over and it knuckled nicely. The buds on it really like it. Jury is out on the Bruce Banner. They are frosty and a little sticky but! Chocolate Kush will produce very large nuggets. Week 18 Day 3 All plants defoliated to improve bottom light exposure and bud development... Heat adjustment hassle. Outside intake air in 30°s. Room will run 78° during the day heaters off. Nighttime goes to 60° if I forget. So, the hassle is turning on the heaters before I close up the garden for the night. Settled for heaters off day/on night. Now 78°/70°. Still have to monitor outside air temps, Old school ways say top at four, never get rid of the fans. Will add defoliation in the third week of flower to my toolkit. Remembering the early 70’s, armed with Mel Frank’s “How to grow Marijuana.” and a large room full of growlux grow bulbs repleat with homemade tin roof fixture hoods. Growing scraggly assed sativas. Disaster! Total investment 0. Tommorrow Week 19 Day 1 Begin UVB @ 15 minutes on the hour 10am - 3pm (or when attached to crossbars or flower stretch complete and able to maintain canopy +24”). Stretch this grow was 36”. Canopy fixed at 24.” Adding 1/64th tsp dry P & K to nutrient mix.