[6/22] - The heater dried some of the plant it was hitting so I had some dried out tops that needed to be topped a node or two. The heater should have been lower hitting the sides of the bag rather than the plant matter. Anyway, I traded out the crappy heater for Vornado! Trying on low settings first then working up a bit at a time. Still using humidifier off and on. I should be more consistent and refill it daily. Plants grew 4" since last measurement. Did some minor LSTing of a few taller colas not too much. I have 7" more to grow in veg before switching to 12/12. I expect by the end of the week. Removed old built in timer power strip for a an AFC one that has good ratings. I do need to secure it better with some duct tape to keep it from putting stress on the heater plug. Smell has not increased. Did not water today or yesterday as the temp was only 70 degrees when I got in today. I hope to have it up to 80 to 85 by end of the day after playing with the Vornado. No change in nutes yet. I plan to flush on Sunday before switching to 12/12. I am tempted to defoliate but I won't do that until a few weeks into flowering and just the lower canopy.
[6/24] - Nute watered .5 gallon each at about 6.2 pH. When I had done previous calculations I had forgotten about leaving space between light and canopy during flowering which will be between 12" max closeness to 18". 60" tent - 12" for light and filter = 48" -18" for flowering light space = 30"-8" of soil in pots = 22" of total available growth. Theory is that when reached half of desired growth switch to 12/12; in this case is 11" tall. Plants are after current round of LST: 9", 11" and 12". Theoretically, any time would be good to switch them over. Perhaps 1-2 days of LST recovery, then flush with 2 gallons of 6.2 plain water into container for each plant, then switch over to 12/12. Did some mild defoliation today on fan leaves. ONe plant appears like its leaves are smalle than the other two. Only explanation is that this is the plant that got the brunt of heat stress from the old heater. Bad news is that I had hoped the electrician would have been done by now fucking around, but no. So there is a risk of fucked up shit happening next week after I switch to 12/12; unless I make it so its only on from 9pm to 9am? UGH. Added second fan blowing down from top and lowered light to around 22"
@MarijuanaFarmer, My first full-grow and I wanted to manifold. Made some mistakes but one of these plants looks like an 8-pack of colas, lol. Thanks for the kind words, Spade.
Looking great! take it easy on the LST you dont wanna stress too much! Maybe try a few days of flush as you can clear the nutrient burn and restart slowly. PH is super important 6-6.5 that was my problem last year lol. Pretty excited to watch yours too as i have the exact same seeds just growing mine outdoors!
@thelastopera, Yeah flush is always in my arsenal, but only if I have consistent symptoms across a plant and across plants. I will likely flush just before 12-12 switch and definitely before harvest; potential to flush 1-2 times during flowering. Depends on how crazy I get! New pH meter coming tomorrow to narrow in on 6.2. I have done 5.8 with soil successfully but that was using GH's hydro nutes; while I am using soil nutes now.
I know the LST looks painful; super scared doing it but I eased off Doing it too harshly yesterday with Plant A: James Hetfield. I will check it out in a few hours and make some adjustments.
Looking good bud! I am doing the same WW fem seeds also from crop king but growing outdoor and in coco. excited to see how it goes will be following you along with way. Happy growing!