Nirvana - Northern Light / GSC

Day 36: Nothing today Notes: Plants seem to be responding OK to their first feeding of nutrients. I might step up the next feeding to 1/2 the recommended feeding and see how it responds. Soil is still pretty full of water. I think my watering/feeding yesterday wasn't really necessary. They're slowly growing above the scrog, which is really cool. I keep hoping they grow a few inches so I can tuck! It's my new favorite thing to do. I wish I could interact with the plants more, but I know leaving them to do their thing is best. So for now, it's watering and changing the damn humidifier. I can't wait to be rid of that cursed device. I might have to turn it down during lights out because it's hitting 80 rH during that time period, which is a bit high on the VPD chart. I can't wait to fill this whole screen, but I feel like my plants are smaller than they should be given the timeline. I have a feeling it's going to be a 2 month + vegetation time before I flip to flowering. I feel like the second grow is going to be much smoother since this first grow was more of a learning experience rather than yield concerns. Also just bought a bunch of fabric to create kind of a proper curtain around the tent area to 1.) Give it a more cozy feel and 2.) Better insulate the space for the sake of temperature, humidity and possible light leaks. Day 37: Nothing today. Notes: Came home today and opened my front door and was greeted with the wonderful aroma of weed. Great that I can smell it through the floor in a different section of the house. Not so great for inquisitive kids. I immediately put the the filter in. Poof. No more smell. Just like that. I am keeping the humidifier in for a while, until they start flowering. I have a feeling humidity won't be an issue by then. Though, the plants don't see to be growing too much. I feel like I say that a lot. I did buy a humidity/temperature controller, the Inkbird IHC200 for humidity and ITC308 for controlling temperature in case I need a portable AC unit come summer time. Also bought 6 Caliber IV portable hygrometers for curing. I've gone a bit (read: a lot) over my budget, But I THINK I have just about everything I could possibly need. Day 38: Tucking Notes: Did some more tucking and noticed that some of my leaves have pattern like tears on them. I think when they grow up, some of the leaves get caught on the scrog's wiring, which is kinda like twisty tie material. Messing around with it, it does seem sort of sharp. I will probably replace it soon with something a little more rounded. GSC is almost ready for another watering, probably a day tops. NL however, still has wet soil. I am definitely thinking it was over-watered. I thought NL was supposed to be super easy, but it's been more temperamental (probably due to my not-so-green thumb), whereas GSC has been bursting at the seams to grow more and more. Day 39: Nothing today. Notes: Soil still feels a bit damp...or maybe just cool? I can't tell. I actually googled "how to tell when soil is wet" and found a cool method that involves sticking a chopstick or popsicle stick an inch deep into the soil for 10 minutes. Afterwards, the wood will have absorbed some water if the soil is wet. If dry, then you won't see any water marks. So, I did that and it turns out my soil is actually wet, so no watering today. It will have been 5 days tomorrow 😬 I did set up my inkbird today. Set the thermostat to 75f and the humidistat to 54% rH. The only issue is that the heater has a button you must press to turn it on. So when power is given back to the space heater, it does nothing until you press the button. So, yet another damn thing I have to buy. And I'll probably end up buying a portable AC unit in the summertime 😡 Day 40: Watering GSC 1 gallon of water pH: 6.3 Runoff pH: 6.9 NL 3/4 gallon of water pH: 6.1 Runoff pH: 6.6 Bought some 20 gauge twisted pair electrical wire to redo the scrog. 65 ft of the stuff. All 65 ft of it were twisted. So, I had to untwist...all of it. It took me like 3 hours to undo my old scrog, untwist the new wire, and rewire the scrog. It was a constant battle with snags and tangles, what a clusterfuck. It definitely feels and looks nicer now though. The wire is insulated, soft, flexible yet strong. Soil was noticeably dry this time and i gave them water slowly until I started seeing runoff. Roughly a gallon for GSC and 3/4 of a gallon for NL. Runoff tested at 6.9 for GSC and 6.6 for NL. Plants look really healthy. Day 41: Tucking Notes: Did some tucking on the GSC. Not sure what's up with the NL, but it feels like I'm never tucking and the bud sites aren't growing up. No weird discoloring, obvious deficiencies or toxicities...it just seems like it's stunted. Day 42: Nothing new Notes: Soil still damp, so no watering, and no nutrients this week. Next watering will be a 1/2 strength dose. The plants are looking really good. I'm gonna let some of the bud sites grow a few inches above the canopy before I tuck again. Every little square I look in, I find a new bud site growing. The scrog is definitely an LST machine. By the time I flip, there's going to be a ton of fully developed bud sites.