Amateur Hour x 4

@Philindicus, I never did get a tds meter sadly, i recently added RAW Carbon Humic Acid to my waterings and the buds started fattening immediately. I read that the humic acid balances ph and increases nutrient uptake which may explain the explosion in budding or it may just be in that stage of life lol either way the buds are getting large and frosty by the day so I really dont want to change much of what I'm doing because it's working out it seems. Do you think introducing some dark at this point would stimulate trich production or shock them too much ?

@Pisstank85,During the last 2-3 weeks your buds put on the most weight. Interestingly Advanced Nutrients and many other nute companies don't list all of their ingredients on their products kind of like a trade secret to prevent you from going out and trying to concoct your own fertilizer recipe. Your fertilizer should already contain Humic/Fulvic acids, Amino acids etc. AN is a good nute line with a good reputation. When in bloom Phosphorus and Potassium add to bud size and density but all macro and micro nutes are needed and important. Mephisto has great genetics to give you frosty as hell buds so no worries there. The plant produces trichomes to protect it from light. So giving them the right intensity of light will cause more trichome growth and density. As far as putting her in the dark opinions vary as to the effectiveness of this technique. From my research cutting out the red spectrum and using blue spectrum on the plants for 72 hours causes the plants to produce more resin and terpenes so I guess that could be the whole idea of putting them in the dark just before harvest. Also too much chlorophyll which needs light will degrade in the dark. Some swear by it others prefer to drought stress their plants by letting them dry out a bit more than usual a few time near the end of the grow. Some people add terpene enhancers into their feed schedule. All I can say is try a few things and see which works best for you. You can keep it simple or get all mad scientist with all the products that are out there making all sorts of claims. The only issue is your plants may be ready for harvest at different times. Unusual for them to be ready all at one time. You have to start checking the trichome colors to determine what point your at so you know when to start flushing nutrients out of the root zone or your weed will be harsh and burn crappy.

@Philindicus, I think I'm going to try the lights off for 6 hrs during the day and give them a bit of a heat break, see if that helps . I wish I could get an air conditioner set up where my plants are but its not going to happen . I just bought a loupe today , should be here in the next few days and that should give me an idea of where I'm at . I know for sure that the Northern Cheese Haze is nowhere near done but I'm willing to bet the others will be very close in harvest . I have some bud explosion from megacrop but I'm hesitant to add anything at this stage

@Pisstank85, I have the same issue with keeping the heat under 80 F running my bloom light. I like to run mine at 20 hours start to finish. I turn my lights off at 10 a.m. back on at 2 p.m. seems to help keep temps lower during the hottest parts of the day especially in the summertime. It's definately a bit late to add more stuff to your nutes.

@Philindicus,I decided to dim my lights quite a bit rather than turning them off completely . I got it down to 27 but the humidity went up 10 degrees to 45 . I'm happy with that at the moment m Do you think 45 is too high for humidity. I got 3 fans and an intake , plus exhaust going so there is lots of air movement going on .

@Pisstank85, 45% is ok with good air circulation 35- 40 % would be best in the last couple of weeks. With your lights I would leave them where they were until 40-50% pistils are brown or the trichomes are changing to half cloudy and you start to flush. You can play it safe until you feel more comfortable with your light distances. But I see no signs of light burn. humidity will probably go up and down between waterings. It's hard to tell in the photos but it looks like you still have a lot of white pistils. Just a guess you still have at least 2 to 2+ weeks to go before harvest. Have any of the pistils started turning brown and curling in yet? It's tough because you have 4 different strains to deal with there may still be a bit of time for all of them or a couple of them to stack on a little more weight. It's your grow you get to try different things until you get everything dialed in.