Hello all you happy growers. No... my plants aren't dead😂. I'm just behind because my internet service provider decided I don't need service, lol! This week will cover Day 16-22. The Deets:
The Good:
-Ohhh so happy with Violator. She has been moving very well and taking her feeds like a champ. At first she was very runty but she seems to have some good vigor and I can see she will most likely catch up with at least 2 of her counterparts.
-Great texture, great color, good health and all is looking like it's up and up for Violator right now.
The Bad:
-No Bad😊
The 'Meh':
-Spent 4-5 days to acclimate and automate the unit w/ the InkBird WiFi line and Hub's. Took time and some headaches, but I got er'👊. Not even really a 'Meh', just took some time and was kind of pain. Now that it's set, it feels gooooood.
Notes of the Week:
-As mentioned I have taken another step further and wanted to automate my unit. I had no issue doing all this manually before, but I'm getting quite busy these days, have a lot going on and I really needed for them to take care of themselves. The days spent adjusting and calibrating devices were completely worth it... Best buy I have gone for in a long time and I caught them on their 10th anniversary sale. Couldn't say no to 40-50% off!
-With the new automation I have already cut my exhaust, intake, humidifier and supplementary heater power usage by 66%... Hot damn. Before it was an odd system, running 24/7 without the best balance between heat and humidity. Now, nothing is on in tandem with one another anymore and everything cycles only 5 minutes for 4 times an hour (20 min of 60 min). I'd say this power savings alone is worth the cost of the set-up, but it's so much better then that. I'm loving these things!
-All girls are healthy and happy. They may have had a slower start due to my tom-foolery, but we're on cruise control now w/ each blowing up and showing me who they're going to be. Preliminary training has started on all four as I try to expose some laterals for training. Coming into the 4th week, I appear to have all my main laterals I need for training and to create my bubbles👍.
-I'm doing okay with Future Harvest nutes and I haven't made a mistake yet, but I do feel I'm pushing my limits with Phosphorous again... The feed after the listed one above was her last for a tiny while and they're on water feeds with either a micro dose of M-G-B or Miicrobial mass to assist in unplugging any issues at the root zone (P/Cal). For now though, I'm not in a rush and they're moving fine. Don't feel like pushing my luck this round so going to back off my P as well until I feel it's necessary to apply such high doses.
-At the time of writing this entry (a week old) two girls have been topped and the other ladies will be fluxed tomorrow, September 27th. Training is going into high gear and it's time to fill a tent😀
*Moving Forward*:
Where do I even start... Ah, these girls right here are being moved. I will still be growing them to end game but they will not be on my premises for legal reasons. I have had my interviews with Fotonica and have a pretty good idea on when EVA 3 will be arriving and when I will need to commission this unit for a comparison grow vs SF-2000's. So here's the deal. These four girls are going to a friends house, the same fella I had mentioned I was walking through the growing process, built up his tent unit and gave him some babies to grow. Those babies are being taken back now and will either be scrapped or kept, pending on where I can find them a home. They're admittedly effed up and stunted, so I'm considering a fresh run (I effed them up, not my friend...oops!😬). I spread myself and my equipment thin and they did not get the attention they needed or deserved. THIS fresh run will be operating under one diary and will be a multi strain grow (4 plants). I will be propagating these for about 4-5 weeks before they TOO will move to a different friends house to grow to end game....😅😅. At this time, I should have EVA 3 and will start MY grow, lol!! Kind of a crap show, but trust me when I say, I've been working on this for 1.5 weeks and it's gonna work damnit! Hahaha. That's as far as I'll go for now cause it's confusing and I'm confused. I have a bit to go here and have been working everyday, converting rooms, moving equipment, acclimating new environments, piecing and building new tent units, etc...etc... It is all worth it as I have achieved what I wanted... access to more plants, product and equipment. In two months I should hopefully have a total of 12-16 plants running in 3 locations. Alllll legit and legal so I don't get crapped on!😄
If you read all that...thank you and I'm sorry, lol. I'll catch you all with a late 4th week update which will consist of pictures from my unit up until the move and new home at my friends place. A new set and that new diary will be up in a couple weeks. Cheers all! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to catch you on the flip side. If you know of a good way of transferring files from android to PC, let me know. I gotta get this figured out or I have to do this all through my phone. Ouch. Peace!👋👊
this are a lot of news,,,,, and inbirds products are very good.iam only using the humidity controller, and its such a release, to know the little plant gent enough humidity, without drowning my setup
@Mrs_Larimar, I'm already in love with the inkbird stuff. Just got it all set up and everything holds so nicely😊. Has already showed me where I can improve👍. Girls are super happy.
@Mrs_Larimar, Hahahaha, right? Don't worry! I'll be super long winded again, in no time😅😅.
Thanks for the well wishes Mrs_Larimar. This one feels good!
and from grow to grow you are growing too... its this time a " quantum_ jump------ I hope everything works out well with your new Project,, aaaaaaand iam very courious to your comparison grow with EVA and your Spiderfarmer Quantumboard