First Grow - Gelato Auto FB

HuiArii Start time : mid july. Germination took 48h. For this first grow, I went with an AN kit, lightmix from Plagron and fiber pot. For the first week, it was a matter of managing summer hit. I used cones to maintain humidity, had to play around with it to compromise between heat and humidity, all the while remaining at a tolerable VPD. Did not receive my fans and inline duct fan yet so it was hot in there. Only water until day 3, when I added VJ.

HuiArii Still very hot outside. I managed to keep them going but I noticed a difference between those that were closer to the air entries, growing faster than those away from them. Introduced VJ and Sensi Grow Ph Perfect from AN, decided to divide the recommended dose by half, to stay "safe". Added the fan to circulate the air, pointing upwards towards the door, wich I opened slightly to facilitate hot air going out. In my head, it did make a difference 😂

HuiArii Theyʻre all coming out slowly, still playing around with the fan and spryaing some water on the walls to manage VPD. Theyʻre stressing, iʻm stressing. Difference of development is visible between the two in front and the two in the back. I added a white towel in the hope of reducing heat absorption from the black floor. (PS: I would avoid doing that. Felt like a good idea heat-wise, maybe it was, but it does increase the chances of mold, especially at that VPD.)

HuiArii So i decided I was too lazy to write the whole journal so here we are, week 10. The 4 plants are not synchronized, and the least advanced is probably around 10 days late from the most advanced. I need to harvest them all on the same day, as oy growing room will also be my drying room, so I'll aim for the best compromise for trichomes maturity. Had some issues, could not tell if it was calcium def or else, did not tryed to fix them. There are still new white pistils and calix appearing every day so they must be in the middle of their bulk. For the next two weeks, i'll maintain the same regimen and wait for the first signs of senescence to cut out all additives and progressively lowering basic bloom by half each watering until harvest day. No "flush" for this run, only reduction. Also I expect lots but less dense buds, as I've opted to not take off a lot of the middle buds to allow better air flow because the four run on different clocks and canope was too hard to manage and predict. I do think it was the right call : there's more space between each buds and branches, the lights does penetrate to reach the lower buds.