3rd grow

Generally this was a good week. The new Phillips bulb that I put in two weeks ago definitely is more powerful than the old Knock off bulb. It started to burn some of the leaves nearest the bulb early in the week. I raised the bulb about 6 inches and I don’t seem to have that problem now. I also got my power bill for last month. $125! That’s great for me in a house. Last crop cost me an extra $150 a month to run an air conditioner in the summer. I don’t think I’ll do that this year. The other issue I had was with my total dissolved solids meter. I noticed that the numbers seem to be very low this week. I replaced the battery and my numbers went up by 50%! That was a big difference. This could explain why I burned my plants a couple weeks ago. Live and learn. Outside of those small setback things are going very well I’m hoping to have this thing done in about a week or week and a half. The smell of the crop is nice but not overpowering. In my last two grows I had to cut it short because of smell issues in my neighborhood. Last time my neighbor from across the street came over and asked if we had a skunk under the house. I had to yank everything that day. This time I invested $750 in two huge carbon scrubbers. They are working great i’m going to let these babies go as long as I need to. I’ve got my microscope ready!