Northern Lights Auto (Biochar Mix Soil)

WEEK 10 (10/2/2020 – 16/2/2020) 10/2/2020 - Pre-filter removed from carbon filter for wash. Quite the bitch to remove the Pre-filter when you have plants in the tent. Light cable readjusted. Plant 2 moved to the middle. Minor defoliation done to plant 3. It's frickin huge! Removed smaller bud sites at the bottom. But it's flowering quite fast now. Calices are packing up nicely. I'm really not comfortable removing the pots for every watering. The main reason I'm doing this is because it's easier to remove the run off water. Also it allows me to perform a closer inspection to look for any issues. I have already tried the turkey ballast suction which was useless because it only sucks out 40ml at a time. Collecting almost 1 litre of run off water is so unpractical and accessing the further pot is just a risk injuring the buds. I also tried 300ml syringe and attached it to a sterile urinary catheter but that just turned into a huge mess. Maybe it's time to get a proper wet vacuum. 4L Ph 6.6 for plant 1,2,3, 4. 1.2L Ph 6.6 for plant 5. 17ml liquid oxygen added then silicon added as well to bring up the pH. 12/2/2020 - Pre-filter washed, dried and reattached to the carbon filter. This time for watering, none of the plants were removed from the tent. I've reduced the amount to 3L per plant and the run off water was very minimal except for plant 4 where I had to use the turkey ballast. But that was a non issue because the pot was easily accessible. I think I'm going to use this method of watering from now on. Minimizes the risk of injuring the buds during the process of carrying the pots out and back in the tent. I came up with an idea to further make watering easier. Got the idea from Christmas tree funnel that is typically used to water Christmas tree. Instead of using a rigid hose attached to a funnel, I am going to use a flexible watering hose where one end will be tied to the base of the plant stem and the other end will be brought forward to the tent opening and attached to a funnel. This way I will never have the need to remove the pots from the tent for every watering session. I'll be fixing it tomorrow. Let's see how that idea turns out. Silicon - 1ml/L Cal mag - 0.5ml/L Micro - 1ml/L Bloom - 2.1ml/L Oxygen - 1ml/L 14L water. 3L for each big pots Silicon - 14ml Cal mag -7ml Micro - 14ml Bloom - 30ml Oxygen - 14ml Ph adjusted to 6.6 14/2/2020 - Micro - 1ml/L Bloom - 2.1ml/L Oxygen - 1ml/L Molasses - 1 tbs per gallon 17L water. 4L for each big pots Micro - 17ml Bloom - 30mlMolasses - 4.5 tbs Oxygen - 14ml Ph adjusted to 6.5 Run off water pH 6.5 - 6.8 Plant 4 pH is 6.1 Tried to attach the watering hose to the base of plant but it didn't work out as expected. I did not anticipate the rigidity of the hose which makes it very difficult to point it downwards to soil. When I tried watering the water just sprays out of the pot. I'm sure I can make this work if I try it with more flexible hose. Plant 4 moved to the middle. Trichomes are almost 40 percent cloudy. After this cycle of nutrient watering, the next one ill start flushing. The buds appear big but internodal space is quite large. I have a feeling that after drying, the buds will be less dense and airy compared to the other plants. Probably its because the medium is hydro with major percentage of it is coco. And all these while I've been watering it with soil nutrient feeding regime. Plus the pH has been optimized for soil and not hydro. Despite all that, it's very surprising that it has survived and even producing decent buds. No major signs and symptoms of nutrient malnourishment t. No pests infestations throughout grow. Not forgetting it will be the first one to be harvested! Quite interesting how hydro produces a much faster grow. Other plants are doing great and buds are getting thicker. Especially plant 2. All these while I've been having difficulty getting the tent humidity to at least below 65 percent. But the room temp is 21 degrees Celcius and humidity maintains at 48 - 50 percent. So I decided to open another air intake flap. Also I opened the back part of the tent by half and closed the opening with the linen filter that's used for making cheese. The idea is let more of the room air in. The in line duct fan speed maintained at 5/10.Dehumidifier reduced to 40 percent. Still early to tell but after 1 hour the tent humidity is at 62 percent and temperature is 24. Seems to be working. Should have thought of this earlier but hey this is my first grow. In fact the timing is perfect as the plants are all flowering. 16/2/2020 - Plant 5 moved to the middle. I closed the opening I made at the back 2 days ago. Stupid me just realized there's another small flap which can be opened on all three sides of the tent. Noticed minor nutrient burn over some leaves on plant 1. Looks old. But other leaves are healthy. Had a blackout for 1.5 hours. I used a flash light placed in the tent to trick the plants that it's a 'cloudy day'. During the whole duration temp rose up to 27 degrees and humidity went up to 78. Hope it didn't stress out the plants too much. Cal mag - 0.5ml/L Micro - 1ml/L Bloom - 2.1ml/L Oxygen - 1ml/L 13L water. 3L for each big pots Cal mag - 6.5ml Micro - 13ml Bloom -27ml Oxygen - 13ml Ph adjusted to 6.5 Run off water pH not measured this time.