Autopots, beanstalk crf, and water

RyanGrows Transplanted into flower pots this week. I added beanstalk crf to each pot at the suggested rates. The beanstalk crf will provide enough nutrients for the entire grow.

RyanGrows I defoliated to start week 5. Defoliation helps the plant to focus its energy towards the tops of the plant, resulting in a bigger yield. I was unhappy with my scrog net and so I made the time to improve it by drilling more holes and adding more screws to the PVC and now the net is has 3"x3" squares instead of 6"x6" squares. This should help create a more even canopy in flower. The lights have been lowered to a foot above the canopy and are now set up on a timer for 18 hours a day. I spent more time this morning defoliating my plants and tucking branches under the scrog. I turned the autopots on this week. They are mowing drinking a few liters of water each, each day. Now adding Regenaroot to the reservior at a rate of 1 ml/l. Besides pH down, that is all I am adding to the reservior.

RyanGrows I am continuing to tuck the plants underneath the scrog net. The plants are growing on autopilot and I have been only checking them once a day to add water to the reservoir and empty the dehumidifier bucket as needed. I am switching to flowering on Wednesday, 8/19. I raised the temperature in the grow. I was sitting around 70F and now I am closer to 77F. I also raised the humidity to the 60% range. I lowered the lights another few inches. They are now about 12 to 14 inches above the canopy on 70% strength. When I switch to veg on Wednesday, I plan to turn up the lights to 90%. I installed the UV light bars and am turning them on today at low strength for two hours a day in the middle of what will be the 12/12 cycle. The lights have been scheduled for 12/12. The lights will turn off early tonight at 8pm and will turn back on tomorrow at 8am making tonight the first night of 12 hours of darkness. I turned the lights back to 80% to better follow a DLI chart. I'm going to start recording the amount of water I am adding to the reservoir. Added 25L today, 8/21.

RyanGrows Im starting to add Head Masta to my reservoir at 1 ml/L. These plants are growing so darn fast! I added 25L of water to the reservoir 8/23, 8/25, 8/26, and 8/28. The plants are now drinking about 3L of water per plant per day. I have forgotten to turn the reservoir back on after refilling a couple of times this week. This has resulted in drybacks lasting up to 12 hours. There have been no visible signs of underwatering from forgetting to turn the reservoir back on. I had a small flood on 8/28. One of my aquavalves did not work as it was supposed to. I took the valve out and cleaned and reinstalled it. Do not want to be having these problems in the future.

RyanGrows I added 25L of water on 8/30. I added a layer of trellis above the scrog on 8/30. This layer is meant to support to tops of the plants as they stretch and put on weight.