Blue Cookies Mainline in Coco

Final Numbers AAA nugs = 312 grams Mid Grade, Larf, and Sugar Leaves = 736 grams Total Yield = 1048g Curing the AAA nugs, and my friend is still working on machining a larger chamber for his supercritical co2 extraction rig. Excited to see how much oil we will be able to yield from the 736 grams. A few lessons learned this run. Overwatering. As seedlings and especially after transplanting to the final 5 Gallon containers, I over watered the plants. Following a high frequency fertigation regimen with an 80:20 coco:perlite ratio in 5 Gallon fabric pots was a mistake. I don’t think there's anything wrong with that ratio, and I’m sure I could’ve avoided overeating issues by a) using either 3 gallon fabric pots or 5 gallon equivalent airpots as my final containers, or b) fertigating a lot less often until the roots had fully colonized the containers. However I will be trying a 50:50 coco:perlite ratio in 5 gallon airpots next time. The automatic watering system, self draining saucers, and auto pumping catchment bucket allow for as many feedings/day as you want, so next time I’ll experiment with a lighter medium and faster drying containers. Light Stress. This Gavita is extremely powerful and at full power it puts out far too much light for plants in veg, and once the plants had stretched to their full height the tallest colas were only 14 inches from the light which meant they were getting ~1200 PPFD. I’ve been told that anything over 1000 PPFD, without supplemental Co2, will cause photo protection responses in cannabis plants, and then if that is insufficient they will enter photo-inhibition which dramatically slows photosynthesis. Had I bought the adapter and controller I could have dimmed it down as much as 50% and I think I had enough height in the tent to dial in the proper intensity for atmospheric Co2 levels. However, I bought the light knowing it might be too strong hoping I could get away with it because for my next run I plan to build a sealed room and run supplemental Co2 to take full advantage of this light. Training. I learned a lot during this run simply by trying so many new techniques for the first time and making a lot of mistakes. I snapped off a quadrant, almost snapped off another, and I split the stems on both sides of the strongest pheno’s manifold. Also, If I could do it over again I would have pruned the side branching more aggressively after I had finished training the 8 mains, and I would have defoliated more aggressively 3 weeks into 12-12. I’m guessing that would have resulted in a lower yield overall, but a much higher percentage of that yield would have been top shelf quality. Thanks for following along. Until next time, stay frosty!