Pheno Hunt

A little late to the game, but glad to be here! I recently found this website and figured I'd write what the hell I'm doing and maybe help someone else along the way through my mistakes. I've been trying to take as many photos as I can daily to document on my phone, but this seems a hell of a lot more organized and fun. I'm currently on my second grow with my setup besides the few changes I have made since my last grow. I have added pictures as far back as I have saved, but this is where I'll actually be starting the journal. Backstory on set up: I had initially bought one 600w equivalent led light from Viparspectra for my first grow and quickly realized I would either need to add another light, or add two smaller lights to even out the light across the canopy. I went with the latter, but also needed to raise the lights significantly because the light stress and foxtails from the leds was really noticeable as well. I have the lights up as high as they will go and had to remove them from the adjustable height pulleys and zip tie them to the top of the tent. On a side note, I often wonder if it would have been better to have bought the two 600w led lights because they have the ability of independent veg and bloom light switches while the two smaller 300w ones I bought do not. I have yet to get a par meter as they are really pricy, but suspect there's now more than enough light for my tent and would be nice to be able to test both on veg and/or bloom only and find that efficient sweet spot. I could have also just got three 300w leds and would have most likely obtained plenty of dual spectrum coverage for less money. But, I digress. For ventilation, I have an 8 inch adjustable exhaust fan and carbon filter. There are a total of 9 plants (3X3) in the tent under a home made screen. Plants are in 3 gal hempys for simplicity and they are watered every ~2-3 days. I also switched to all Botanicare Pure Blend Pro nutrients and supplements. I had used GH Maxi series on the last run and I was not a fan. I tried the Pure blend Tea and Cal-Mag Plus when I noticed deficiencies and loved the results. So, I ditched GH and the girls and I have been happy thus far. Approaching week 4, they are filling in pretty nicely. The cold weather had the humidity a little low last night but doesn't seem to be affecting the plants too much.