My First Grow

Week 7 Day 43 (8/28) Ooooweeee it's gonna be another hot one today. I'm having a hell of a time helping her out with this heat. I've been able to maintain temps under 82F, but my humidity is super shitty, barely breaking 50%. I talked to someone on autoflower.net and took their advice and put a bucket of water with a towel hanging out of it in front of a fan. Hope this helps get the humidity up, she is still really pitiful looking and droopy as hell. Day 44 (8/29) Last night it cooled of significantly finally! I opened up the windows and let that cool air and humidity in. This morning she was so much better! Still a little droop, but compared to the past few days, she is looking good! I hope this wasn't too harsh on her. Today is supposed to be cooler, and it should be much easier to keep the humidity up where it should be. She seems very light in color, but it could just be that I only usually see her under the lights. Next watering will be a feeding, and I'll probably stick with still giving her the optional nitrogen boost, but maybe at partial strength Day 45 (8/30) Last night cooled off again, I'm really liking being able to keep the windows open! Overnight was finally able to get the humidity up. For today, I hung some wet towels in with her to attempt to keep the humidity up, my humidifier just isn't keeping up. She was still a little droopy in her tops, but hoping that feeding her this morning will help her out. I noticed some more spotting, looks like she still may be dealing with a lack of magnesium. I added some epsom salt to her feed to try and counteract this. I'm thinking that even though the Soil A&B have some magnesium, she may still be craving it. She took 3/4 of a gallon this morning before there was much run off. Day 46 (8/31) Well, noticed this morning that she has several leaf tips with slight browning or curl to them. Maybe some nute burn, but I'll ask around in the forums I frequent. Other than that, she was definitely perkier this morning. Between the cooler temps and the humidity finally getting back up, she's doing okay. I do think I have a calcium deficiency going on, probably because I use RO water. I'm going to look into either getting or making some cal-mag. Day 47 (9/1) *sigh* Well she wasn't looking the best last night, so I took some pics of her worst parts and asked around on autoflower.net. I thought I was dealing with nute burn and cal-mag deficiency. A guy who has helped me out tremendously previously says that she's hungry and that I need to start the Bud XL and maybe even the Top Booster. I asked for more details (when, how much, etc.) and am waiting for his advice. In other news, the temps lately have been amazing, but the daytime humidity leaves something to be desired. I'm still having a hard time keeping the humidity up. It sometimes gets down to low-mid 40% range. I have a humidifier going, a bucket of water nearby, and wet towels hanging in the tent in an attempt to help her out. When the humidity gets low, she droops a bit. It's pretty disheartening to see her like that... Day 48 (9/2) Last night when I got home, I mixed up a new gallon of feed. I did what was recommended by a guy that has been helping me out over at autoflower.net. If you grow autos, you have to check this site out. Great people who like to help out without being condescending (like I've seen on MANY other forums). They are also a good hub for vendors and such. Anyway, I skipped ahead on the feed schedule and went to week 4, but also added the Top Booster as recommended. I gave Soil A & B (18mL), Drip Clean (0.4mL), Bud XL (3.8) and Top Booster (4ml). Really glad I went to the school surplus store a few weeks ago and picked up some lab grade pipetts in a couple sizes. For $0.25 each, well worth it for measuring out larger quantities. Much better than the plastic disposable 1mL one I was using (I gave out soon after getting the new ones). I gave her the whole gallon and had some runoff but less than I thought I would. This morning she seemed pretty perky. Unfortunately it's going to warm up again today and through the weekend, so I'll have to keep a close eye on her temp and humidity. She is really kicking up her smell, to the point the wife says we need a filter. So I ordered an AC Infinity CLOUDLINE S4, 4” Inline Duct Fan and a 4"x14" carbon filter. I went bigger than what I need at the moment so I can use it in the future in my 4x4 tent. Once it comes in (Friday), I'll get it set up in my 2x2 tent and get my girl out of my janky homemade tent. I just haven't moved her yet because I was worried about handling the heat in it without any ventilation. I look forward to getting her in there. Day 49 (9/3) Closing out week 7, she seems so much better. Much perkier, no drooping, and I'm hoping whatever was going on with her leaves has cleared up. She is thickening up at her bud sites, but still quite a ways to go.