Day 41 and Day 42
I moved to a 1:2:3 ratio of Gro:Micro:Bloom for flowering on day 41, at EC 1.1, and the usual pH target of 6.1-6.2. It's been between 20°C and 29°C, and humidity beween 49% and 72%. It's usually about 27°C and 60% unless it's lights off or I have the tent open.
I have some leaf damage on the Sweet Trainwreck Auto in a couple of patches. I am not sure what this is but I would suppose some problem with nutrient uptake, possibly calcium? My other plants don't have this, at least not yet, though they do all have at least some red stems. I am sure that must indicate something about my environment or nutrients.
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Day 43 to Day 45
I have rearranged the three USB fans I have for air circulation - before they were all above the canopy, pointing at the walls. Now one is underneath by the dehumidifier, and one is above, pointing in the middle of the tent, as well as one at the top still. I have also turned up the extraction, from 85% to full. I think the changes have helped. The leaf damage seems to have stopped, or significantly slowed, and the Sweet Trainwreck Auto seems happier. I also swapped her to a corner spot the past couple of days, instead of directly under the lamp.
The readings were higher for temperature when I moved everything around, settling at around 29°C. I came to realize this was because the sensor was cited at the top of the tent which normally gives a good air temperature reading, but with the light as high as possible the heat was pooling up there.
Still on EC 1.1, they usually have a daily watering before lights on. Today I managed to give them an extra watering in the morning, when they were about 12 hours into the light cycle, since I noticed they were fairly light and dry the night before. I am not sure I can keep that up every day, but I am going to do it when I can. I need to get in there and empty the dehumidifier anyway, it is filling (2.4 litres capacity) after about 16 to 18 hours if I leave it at the moment, which will only get quicker.
I have moved the sensor to a corner of the tent under a bit of leaf shade, where it settles around 25°C -26°C now. I suspect it's a slightly warmer than that in parts of the canopy but it works OK there. Humidity is kept around 60% by the dehumidifier all the time the tent is shut and drops when I open it.
I'm really excited by all three of these plants. They are all growing nicely and there are some good smells coming from the tent now when I open it. They look great and I've spent ages looking for more hermie signs, thankfully without spotting any. The tent is full with the two other plants in it, I don't mind losing the other Sweet Gelato Auto, and my plants have made use of the space. It looks like I have a great plant in the original Sweet Gelato Auto seed I started, despite it's wobbly upside-down birth.