Biscotti - Barneys Farm

broccoleee - Black soil from Sonnenerde in the 3rd run (after 1st run topped up with 7-10 L of fresh soil), coarse pumice at the bottom for drainage and fine pumice in the substrate as a water/nutrient reservoir, earthworms, beneficials - a bit of Almicanna Cover Crop Mix + mulch/plant residues from the last run - I’ve now put them directly in the bed, let’s see how they do - ppfd at about 260, light rhythm 18/6 - about 25°C - VPD at 1.0-1.1 - about 67% humidity

broccoleee - everything has grown a bit in the past few days, the pheno on the left is a bit behind but they didn't sprout from the soil at the same time either - light is now at 300ppfd, parameters are the same as before

broccoleee - You can definitely see that the two are not going to grow at the same rate, there are slightly different internode distances. - Otherwise, I'm quite happy with them so far, let's see how it goes. - New companion plants keep popping up from the distributed seeds, I topped one and trimmed a few others, it's a nice little activity haha.

broccoleee - Plants were topped last time and have grown well in the meantime - The beautiful bloom could have been from the oil radish, and the fungus or "fruiting body" in the soil also suggests an active soil life, what more could you want - Parameters are all the same as before - I tidied up the bed a bit, removed some upper fan leaves to let more light to the lower shoots, and I'll just let everything grow for now

broccoleee - Training is in full swing and the first shoots are going into the net - I topped a few more shoots to distribute them better in/under the net - Temperature is currently at 28-29 degrees when the light is on and 26-27 when it's off, humidity around 70% with a VPD of about 1.0

broccoleee - There's not much to report, training is going well and I'm still distributing some shoots - I'm giving about 1-2 doses of AlfaBoost as a foliar spray each week to improve regeneration/stress during training until we start flowering - I've trimmed the cover crop back a bit more after taking pictures, I want to start flowering in about a week - Parameters are the same as before

broccoleee - Flowering week 1 - I switched to 12/12 on Monday - VPD is currently at 1.3 at about 28°C with lights on and around 68% humidity... VPD will be increased to 1.5/1.6 over time - Lights are currently at 700 ppfd and I probably won't go above 800 ppfd this summer due to heat - Other than that, not much to report, I've trimmed most of the companion plants back for flowering, the rest will be pruned occasionally or will soon have leaves from defoliation covering them

broccoleee - Flowering week 2 - So they are clearly in stretch and everything is still within limits, I still have room to grow but they shouldn't necessarily get twice as big now - Light is now at about 800 ppfd and VPD at 1.4 - After taking pictures, I defoliated a bit and already removed a few unnecessary shoots - There's not much more new, the plants look healthy and I don't see any deficiencies so far, what more could you want

broccoleee - Flowering week 3 - The canopy actually looks pretty nice and the two are healthy and lively - Parameters are all the same, just the apartment has cooled down a bit and I've only done a little defoliation, etc. - There's still a bit of room for growth, but I wouldn't be upset if they stayed about this way - There's really nothing more to report right now

broccoleee - Beginning of flowering week 4 - VPD is now at 1.5, and it will stay like this for now - Buds are slowly getting thicker, you can see more trichomes, and you can already smell a bit - Otherwise, I've removed a few more shoots and might take out 1-2 shaky candidates for more space, lollipop is also done, but I usually do that relatively early anyway

broccoleee - Flowering week 5 - Buds are slowly getting a bit thicker, you can see more trichomes and it’s starting to smell a bit in the tent - aside from the VPD being raised to 1.6, nothing else has really happened, but I'm actually satisfied so far