Summer Grow 2026

Skynet My training game needs work but so far so good. I don't hit a problem until week 4 when the GrowDots run out and lower leaves begin to yellow. Feeding fixed them, or helped me manage the issue.

Skynet Plants are in love with the Blumats. They explode through the stretch starting in wk 2 and end up (the 3 Crystal Cookies) the tallest plants I've ever grown (about 4') but stacked with bud sites. We had a brutal heat wave in Wk 2-3 so I'm wondering if the two CC in the back were stunted or if they're just the same pheno, skinnier with less girth (yeah I said it) than the front right CC. LiT can't keep up, the structure isn't my favorite with lots of leaves and some of that might have to do with the 15" height difference and light intensity. Light intensity has been a bear for me to figure out, but with better guidance I'm seeing more developed plants at 7 wks. I still expect to go 10-11 wks to get the desired effect but for all of Veg and the first 4 weeks of Flower this grow was a dream. They're responding well so far to my hybrid/schizo approach, using Blumats and GrowDots to get them to Wk4 of flower, then doing a full Flora Feed schedule to the end but it's a little tricky getting the timing right.

Skynet Just riding the Blumats and refilling with a little CalMag (maybe Silica too). Super easy and the plants are happiest when I stay out of their business during veg and early flower.

Skynet Still just riding the Blumats and refilling with a little CalMag (maybe Silica too). Super easy and the plants are stretching fast. Light cranked up a little but no changes otherwise.

Skynet Blumats had to be pulled in Wk 4 bc leaves were showing signs of hunger, loss of nitrogen. My mistake was not feeding the full Flora series along with Grow and Liquid Kool Bloom.

Skynet Feeding every water since Week 4 (the Crystal Cookies). The LiT didn't want to be fed, reacted poorly to even some feeding in Week 5 so I've just watered with CalMag and Sweet while feeding the CC's. Not surprised with the InHouse girls looking twice as tall and producing twice the bud sites (at least). LiT was an experiment, and may not be fair with only 1 plant in there, but the CC's have been the tallest, most robust, with the most nodes and some of the best stacking I've ever grown. They're still 3-4 weeks away minimum but feeding regularly has helped with yellowing lower leaves so I'll think they'll make it now.

Skynet I topped at the end of wk 3, in wk 5 and in wk 7. I mainlined the LiT strain, ended up with 8 tops (yeah I didn't do it right) but just training and topping normally got me about 10 tops each. Defol'd very little. After a week's vacation they looked amazing thanks to Blumats (no not sponsored, just dialing in my own style and the way they reacted to "watering themselves" makes me want to use Blumats from the 4th week of Veg to the end of the stretch in Wk 4 of flower, that's why I'll continue to use GrowDots. Coco Loco would give me about 3-4 weeks of feeding without issue, but with a medium dose of GrowDots I can get through 4 weeks of Veg and about 4 weeks of flower. Using the Flora series to feed (FFW for weeks 4-8, maybe 9 of flower) with CalMag start to finish.