Time for a Strawberry Lemonade

The week starts Monday, Dec-30 in vegetative stage - switching the light regime to flowering. Initiate flowering stage Initiated flowering with an extended dark period prior to switching light regime - this practise is supposed to promote a faster initiation of flowering by the plant. Maintain lights off from Dec-31, 10:00 until Jan 1 - 18:45 allowing a 32hr darkness period prior to switching the light regime. Light regime is set for 12.5/11.5 on/off allowing me a better maintenance window for my living situation. Both plants are growing fast and strong, showing their genetic traits. Some shoots are going through the net already. Have started to tuck branches as they grow to fill up any gaps. Did minor defoliation on both plants near their stem base and centres over a number of days. Algae on surface Some green algae on roots/coco medium on the surface of the pot. Have defoliated some more which hopefully helps with air circulation at the area. Will monitor over the week - may need to decrease watering frequency, although they seem to be keeping up drinking. Lower humidity range whilst flowering Lowered the High Humidity setting of the extraction fan to 60% - which effectively keeps it running at least 75% of the time, and removed the humidifier. Will monitor and adjust as necessary lowering the setting to 50% in a few weeks. ----prior weeks updates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The week starts Monday, Dec-23 in vegetative stage. Installed the ScrOG net Set at 20cm from the base of the plants, being 55cm from ground. Great growth and more LST The plant is showing great growth, lots of branching and new growth sprouts. A few branches are beginning to come through the net and almost all main branches are now tied down horizontally after the two recent toppings. Applied more LST and will wait for the branches to reach the net and start tucking. Adjusting the extraction fan Auto settings The AC Infinity fan is currently only running intermittently with its current settings. This seems to impact the utilisation and effectiveness of the carbon filter in use. The desired outcome is for the fan to be running for longer periods whilst in Auto config. Lowered the High Level Humidity from 70% to 60%, and more importantly, lowered the Max Speed from 4 to 2 with the intent that a lower fan speed will result in longer periods where the extraction fan is operated to remain below threshold targets for the grow space. Plant growth continues to be strong at the end of the week. Big fan leaves near the top are beginning to look a little serrated and dark, similar to the start of this grow. This may be due to the extra CalMag being added which was the issue at the start of the grow. Will keep monitoring and half the CalMag dosage on next feed. Importantly, I have learnt nutrient mixing of the CalMag should be done prior to the Canna Coco A & B. To date I have done the opposite which may explain my earlier issues. Fertigating daily at the start of the light cycle. One more week of vegetative growth before switching to flowering although I may need to switch earlier due to the vigorous growth and considering the stretch yet to come. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The week starts Monday, Dec-16 in vegetative stage. Transplanted into 20L airpots; Filled up the 20L airpots with Coco and applied a full feed watering/fertigation, before digging a hole for the plant with its entire root ball untouched. Also added half dose of CalMag as well. I'm expecting the next few waterings will be just around the middle of the plant vs. the whole pot until they grow. LST applied; Tied down 4 branches from the bottom of each plant. Used metal garden ties anchored to the holes in the airpot - works great. I don't think I've applied the topping correctly (as per LBH’s Famous ScrOG) as I now have 4 nodes and only tied down the bottom 2 nodes (i.e. 4 branches). Applied second round of topping to each of the 4 branch arms that were tied down and followed up with more LST. Lights set to 45cm distance from top of plants. Raised the trays under the pots with a downward slope for collection of run-off; Worked well on initial setup with the run-off flowing into the corner and going down the hole into a small plastic tray for collection. Fertigating daily at the start of the light cycle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The week starts Monday, Nov-18 in seedling stage. Good week of growing for the seedling, with the lights on period reduced to 20hrs/day. Recording some low temps of 14degC. during lights off period - will need to use the heater soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The week starts Monday, Nov-11 at germination stage. Soaked the two seeds overnight (14hrs) within the boiler area for warmth. Seeds have been placed on moistened paper towel on a plate and placed in a warm dark place. Covered with another plate and being monitored for moisture and humidity. Sprouted roots on both seeds next morning. Both were put into 3.5L pots with Coco at night. The medium was not buffered and watered using cooler room temp water from the tap. Both pots were moved into the tent. Setup a propagator style cover with the storage boxes used as saucers. Lights will remain on 24hr per day for first week. My grow setup includes; - Secret Jardin DS120W tent (120cm x 60cm x 180cm) placed inside the bedroom. Passive intake of air is from a closed off section of the room where the central heating boiler sits - the intake is warm air (20 degC.) and fairly dry (40% RH) during the winter months. - Mars Hydro SP250 LED light - extraction fan - AC Infinity Cloudline T6 - ventilation fans - aquarium heater - small oil heater - small dehumidifier - 20L Airpots and 3.5L general pots for earlier stages - Canna Coco substrate and nutrients - pH and EC/TDS meters - Therma/Hygro meter