Northern Lights Fastbuds Auto - Attempt 1

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 1A (Days 1-6): DLI AVG days (1-6): 15.03 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG (days 1-5): 0.556 mS/cm EFF EC AVG (day 5 only): 0.584 mS/cm INF EC (Day 6 only): 0.684 mS/cm Humidity not taken due to humidity dome use Notes: Despite a slow start, plant 3 has rapidly overtaken her siblings in leaf size. Plant 2 is currently the tallest, I suspect their slight stretching was probably because the black fabric pots are slightly under-filled and they're trying to escape a lower light zone. I gave them a slightly higher EC on day 6 to prepare them for a rapid increase in EC over the next day or two.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 2A (Days 7-14): DLI AVG: 22.96 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.208 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.212 mS/cm EFF EC AVG (day 14 only): 1.032 mS/cm Notes: Humidity domes are off this week and they're loving it. 3 is still doing the best by far, I've swapped the position of 1 and 3 in the tent to see if that had something to do with it. No results so far. Minor leaf defects on 2 especially, likely due to feeding too aggressively too soon, but they all have seemed to recover well. Minor algae growth on the perlite, I may treat with hydrogen peroxide if it gets too bad. Swapped from spiderfarmer light to the viparspectra for better light distribution in my oddly shaped tent. Will begin LST in the next few days.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 3A (Days 15-20): DLI AVG: 35.2 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.336 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.401 mS/cm They're all putting on serious leafage right now, very happy with how they're developing. 1 still lags behind, but no serious problems are presenting themselves. I also dropped my light on 3 damaging a leaf, it doesn't seem to have impeded her growth in the slightest. LST went well, although I've run into an accessibility issue with my under-filled pots. Will correct in future grows. Algae growth on perlite still occurring, it still doesn't seem to be a problem.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 4A (Days 21-28): DLI AVG: 47.4 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.320 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.293 mS/cm They've all taken off insanely well, and 2/3 have moved into very early flower. Dealt with issues regarding pH fluctuations causing minor leaf damage, have taken effort to stabilize pH. Possibly due to water aeration from shaking the water to mix it before fertigating. Installed auto watering system to moderate success, will continue adjusting nozzle flow rates.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 1B (Flowering Days 1-7, running total 36): DLI AVG: 54.0 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.235 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.110 mS/cm All 3 are in flower now, number 1 is doing the best by far. Dealing with suspected advanced nitrogen toxicity on plant 2, early nitrogen toxicity on plant 3. Watering them with an additional 1L of CalMag-only water (@ EC - 1250 us/cm, pH - 6.0) to cut down on excess nitrogen in the growing medium. I did this for days 6 and 7, will likely continue for at least 3 more days. EC's look fine on all plants though. Tilted my grow light to promote even lighting across the canopy, since one plant is about 3" taller than the others. Plant 1 has been different from the other two almost this entire grow, and now the leaves are super thin as compared to the others. I'm beginning to suspect some amount of genetic variance between them. I'm not complaining though, since plant 1 is doing incredibly well.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 1B (Flowering Days 8-14, running total 43): DLI AVG: 49.8 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.197 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.147 mS/cm They're almost TOO big now, I've raised my light as high as it'll go. Still dealing with a mysterious problem with plant 2, although that doesn't seem to be significantly hindering its growth. Plant 2 is now the tallest of the 3, although plant 1 is still the furthest along. I think whoever said it was a nutrient deficiency was right, after the few days flushing with calmag water, plant 2 exploded when I started giving her normal nutes again. I've seriously tried to tamp down on the light to help this issue. Planning on doing some defoliation sometime this upcoming week, humidity has been hard to keep down and theres a significant temperature difference based on height. Incredibly happy with their progress.

lfg_migrowes More Data for Grow Period 2B (Flowering Days 15-21, running total 50): DLI AVG: 45.4 Mol/M^2/Day INF EC AVG: 1.243 mS/cm EFF EC AVG: 1.460 mS/cm They ARE too big now, I've had to raise my light past its highest point and add supplemental lighting due to uneven canopy. Dealing with major EC issues likely due to under watering, remediating by performing extensive flushing and increasing watering volume and frequency. Issue still ongoing. Hopefully the lighting isn't an issue, plant 1 is now the shortest by almost a whole 10 inches and the canopy doesn't receive as much light as it should. They're all still looking okay-ish but I hope they don't get any taller. Did some defoliation of the lowest fan leaves, next week I'll start working on the upper ones. If you see something I could be doing better, say something. Nothing is going wrong per-say right now, but I feel like I've got a few things that I could be doing better.