'Glookies #2' by Barney's

Hey all. This is just an equipment schedule and initial propagation pictures. Much less about the plants and more about the automation and acclimation settings I will be running for this grow as I try to make things a little easier for myself and create a better environment for the ladies. All pictures will be the same across Entries for all 4 girls, so no need to look at it all. Cheers and here's the Deets: **Standard Tent Equipment** Unit Type: -Mammoth Pro 120, 120x120x200cm Extraction: -390CFM Vivosun w/ inline variable speed control and carbon filter Intake: -390CFM Vivosun w/ inline variable speed control Circulation: -x2, 30cm tower fans (early propagation) -x2, 90cm tower fans (late propagation) -x2, Hurricane clip on fans (Throughout full Propagation) -x2, Computer fans for supplementary air flow at floor level (Used as needed) Heating (supplementary): -”Heat Bud” by Honeywell. 2 setting ceramic heater (lights off operation) Humidity: -1 Gallon Ultrasonic Cool Mist by “Crane” Misc. Material/Equipment: - Large Variety of pots of different sizes, both fabric and plastics. (Future plans for Air pots) -Ratchets, strapping, ties, cords, patch cords, splitters and power bars **Control Devices and Operation** Heating: -x1, InkBird “Plug and Play WiFi Smart Controller” (ITC-308 WiFi) automation for extraction/intake air exchanges and temp control. (Current cycle: 3min exchange every 15min) -x1, InkBird “WiFi Greenhouse Smart Thermostat” for supplementary heater on night cycles Humidity: -x1, InkBird “Plug and Play Humidity Controller” HTC-200-WiFi automation for cool mist humidifier. WiFi enabled for manual overrides. Monitoring: -x1, InkBird “IBS-M1-WiFi Gateway” Data and Device Hub -x1, InkBird “IBS-TH1” Humidity and Heat Reader w/ Probe (High/Middle/Centre reader) -x1, InkBird “IBS-TH1 Plus” Humidity and Heat reader w/ Probe (Low/Middle/Master reader) Lighting and Misc Controllers/Devices: -x3, Digital Titan timers -x4, indoor/outdoor Humidity and Temperature readers (Close Proxy devices) **Parameters and Monitoring (Vegetation)** -Humidity will be achieved through automation and will hold 60-70% RH Vegetation/ 40-50% RH Bloom -Heat (Day) will be achieved through automation, holding 24-26 degrees in Vegetation -Heat (Night) will be achieved through automation, holding 23-24 degrees in Vegetation -Circulation on 24/7 and adjusted as needed (Direction/Speed/Time) **Flowering Parameters will be achieved and set to run at 23-25 degrees (Day), 18-23 degrees (Night) and a humidity range of 35-55%, pending on stage of Bloom** Additional Notes -Dual 4x4 tent units are acclimated and automated, same as listed above. The only minor difference is the exhaust and Carbon Filter in the Spider Farmer unit, but each motor is 390-410CMF and will operate at the same air pressure. -New devices for acclimation and monitoring may be installed shortly. This may include a night vision camera (custom for grow applications) and/or mechanical/electrical interlocking between equipment/devices to ensure a smooth operating system. -Not shown in pictures/videos sent are two locations. One is where I prep and mix nutrient feedings and the other is a propagation tent for new specimens (Mammoth 90x60x60cm). -All devices and equipment are slaved off a Surge Protection Power Bar, rated for 1500W, with the Futur Vert build having a dedicated 15amp branch cct (Installed and tested by myself) That's honesty it. Just Copy/Pasted between entries and I will not be doing a germination entry. Below I'll just write in method quickly...then leave it at that. Cheers all!👋 **Germination Method** -No pre-soak, direct to moist paper towel -Wait until 3/4 to 1 inch tap root and move direct to soil medium -Roughly 24-36 hour until sown seeds pop through soil -It's that easy... Peace!

Just a quickey here. Retroactive update of Glookies from Days 8-15. Seriously lacking pictures in these weeks, so nothing special. The Deets: The Good: -I know Glookies will be a good girl and she already is. Second time with this strain and I'm aware of what she can do. Though she is much shorter then her sister from last grow, she is solid as a rock and growing really, really well now. She's a prayer and all the way up till lights out, she's up and taking in every photon with pleasure😊. -Removed her from a 2G pot and pot her in new soil, new pot to test. Didn't know what was going to happen or even if I needed to scrap and start again. BlueSky Super Soil fixed that problem and the girls took off after a very slow start. After the test I moved the remainder over to BlueSky and things were starting to come up Millhouse. The 'Meh': -Lost some time, that's it. Done with the old medium and mix and have moved on to organics... Just kinda happened. Also turned a couple friends onto this new soil as well and none of us have complaints. It's going quite well, all round. Notes of the Week: -Got sick of doing manual slurry tests that were just a very rough estimate of soil pH. They worked well enough for awhile, but with issues I've had in the past 3 grows with an "off" medium, I just don't want to guess anymore and purchased a BlueLab Soil pH tester with Dibble built in. This and a new BlueLab Digital Liquid pH tester have made for a more confident grow, now. Not guessing and checking anymore, but have solid reads and calibration with this set👍. -On pot up I decided to drop the Bone Meal this round and move to Dolomite lime instead (sparingly). With the P/Cal issues I had in grow 3, I would like to avoid any root zone blockage that may occur do to excess. Miicrobial mass was also purchased for this reason and is being used intermittently (usually half dose) to help break up any compounds building at the zone, and making them more bio available to the girls. I picked up this tip from @Nor_Cal_Kannabliss who walked me through using my first super soil and how to use what's there before jumping into synthetics or other nutrient lines. Works like a hot damn NorCal, thanks!😃 -Have two tent units fully operational now (except one has no lamp😅) and we are expanding. In current talks for a new peice of lighting tech that I'm really hoping goes through, so I can start using the second unit and amp up production. Both these units were built to the exact same specs... except for ones carbon filter exhaust (425 CFM vs 390 CFM). Acclimated and automated in the exact same way as well. These units will hopefully be used for future product testing and equivalency tests between lamps, nutrient lines, soils, etc... Just stuff to experiment with! -Plan to start cloning and working out my first SOG grow once the ACMPR license comes back. Something I've always wanted to do, but didn't have access to that many plants before. So! Hopefully in a few months I can start my first 12-16 plant SOG on 4-5 week Veg. Niiiiice and quick. Thanks for stopping by and I'll be getting to Week 1's retroactive update where I'll list equipment, devices and automation👍. Germination week may not be added in... Probably just throw breeder notes and germ method in Week 1. Cheers and happy trails today folks. Much love for the community and your projects🙏. Peace!👋✊

Knocking these out super quick! Hi all! Good to be back in good company😊. Proxy project #2's plants are now being kept with me and a new set will be started for my friend. Couldn't give these up, especially with the unfortunate circumstances in Mid-October. Things change and I felt it was best to hold on to these little ones and continue my journey with my own set-up(s). Really happy to be back and pleased to show off the new little ones. Will start on Veg Week 3, but will go back to cover Germination and Week's one and 2. Limited photos for those weeks, but I did document their progression👍. This Entry right here will cover Days 15-22 w/ little Glookies. The Deets!: The Good: -Different pheno then the first Glookies I grew for 7.5 weeks, but just as healthy and vigorous as the first. She's smaller then her sister and has a much, much tighter build, but oh boy is she sturdy and looking to move. Really happy with her so far and since I feel I know what to expect, I think she'll be a great little specimen to work on. I know she's versatile and that's nice to know going into this. -Great tent acclimation and all the girls are happy, with Glookies perpetually praying to her light. Such a happy kid and really nice to see her flourish😊 The 'Meh': -Little too small and backed off the lamp to allow for some upwards growth. It's definitely working but in doing so there's a catch 22 and QS/MS are moving a little too quickly, upwards. To combat this I've started preliminary training on the tallest girls and plan to corkscrew their mains back in on themselves in order to attempt an even canopy. Just like the past 3 grows, I have a runt, a super hammy girl and two that sit right in the middle. Yah! Multi-strain grows!😅 Notes of the Week: -Right off the bat, good to be back... Nice to have girls in the tent and seeing green everyday. I'll get a new set to my friend in time, fulfilling the agreement, but for now, it's just nice to have them around. -Tent is full automated now, with Inkbird Wi-Fi line and Data Loggers in operation. Really nice not to have to touch anything! Ya, it costs money up front, but it's paying itself off in time I don't have to spend time manually opening and closing flaps, messing with everything, just to try and get some decent numbers, haha. Have cut the intake/outtake and supplementary heater power by 66% aswell, since it's been commissioned👍. No complaints. -It wasn't on purpose, but I somehow fell into organics and it looks like I'll be 100% organics in the coming months. After some early problems, I turned to organic brands and super soils with great success and not sure if I even want to go back now... There is also a starter package of dry amendment, all organic nutrients I landed from a supplier/sponsor from EU that I'm greatly looking forward to using. After a few revelations, it just feels simpler this way. The end game was always to go organic, I just didn't expect to get into it so soon. Neat!😀 -Medicinal license is finally being processed. Got off my butt and did something I should have done the first day of legalization. I really hope to have upwards of three separate projects and units running in the next few months. It's in but who knows when it'll come back... Their window says 3 weeks to 4 months, lol! Thanks guys!😀 -Equipment listings and such will be listed in Week 1 or germination when I get to updating them👍 **Super Special Note** Where's EVA 3? Good question. She's currently hanging in an empty unit, unplugged, and the equivalency project has been postponed indefinitely. I will update any further changes when/if they arrive. Throw me a PM for further enquiries👌 Thank you, thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you all around in the near future as I'll be a tad more active on GD for a bit. Things feel like they fell back on track after a lot of BS, but things are growing and I'm a happy camper. Thanks all for your support through the garbage I went through in October. I learned some valuable lessons and it was really reassuring, knowing I wasn't the only one that had experienced this or these people before. It was cathartic, so seriously, thanks...🙏. Much love all, enjoy thy weeks and thy projects. Will catch you on the flip side. Cheers and happy trails👋✊

Howdy howdy and welcome to Week 4 with little Glookies #2. The Deets: The Good: -Another positive week with this girl. Absolutely love her and she has proven to be the most versatile in the tent, now that some issues have come up. Very pleased and confident that she will be a winner and will hold her health as she has this entire time👍 -Stalky but very firm and rigid. She's building her own great shape, and though I've started LST, she's kinda just doing it on her own. My lines are acting more like braces then they're actually pulling on anything. She free ballin'!😄 The 'Meh': -Needed to raise lamp to allow for some stretch so there was something to train. Non issue but had to clean her lower half up a bit in order to open her up more and allow light and air penetration. -Week 5 is the poopy week and I'll run through the circumstances. All I can say is Oof...😬 Notes of the Week: -There are some unfortunate happenings that I will go over in Week 5, but they are not happy😒. Trying to focus on the solution right now and see what I can do. If things don't go well, I'm really tempted to flip and just see what happens.... -Commissioning second SF 2000 soon, but can see there will be a heat issue with both running and them being in a smaller room now. Trying to find simple solutions to get the balance I'm looking for. -Turning to BlueSky organics complete line now and going full organic*maybe(?)* Big change but willing to learn. -Due to some lack of N in all girls that the soil medium couldn't keep up with, I added a small Cal/Mag dose and 2-0-0 to help color return. She worked and started to make her way back in a day. I'm keeping em' short! Thanks for stopping by and I'll update you all on this current poopy week, in a week👍. We'll see where they are then and hopefully I've made some progress with them. Cheers all and have a lovely day/evening/night/week. Catch you on the flip side and happy trails👋✊

Hello! Here be Glookies #2 in her combined 5th and 6th Week update. Recovery procedure and "Notes of the Week" are copy pasted between journals, so no need to read this whole slog if you checked out another diary👍. Just adding in the Good and the Meh for this specific girl. The Deets!: The Good: -Really happy with her, even during the rough Week 5. She's just kicking it and holds on really well. This is the second pheno/Glookies I've had that's taken a beating and just bounced right back. Love this genetic and am very pleased that my mistakes haven't kept her down. -Great form... And I did very little. I love her bubble form and she did most of it all by herself! Good lady!!! The 'Meh': -Lots of foliar symptoms and clearly stunting with a limited root system (was not travelling after transplant). -With a limited root system, I did accidentally over water and her water retention was very high for Week 5. She was not happy... Procedure and Contacts to Rectify Issues: Turned to some veteran growers and Future Harvest Nutrients themselves. If 99 people say the product is good and I'm the only one saying it's not... It's almost a guarantee it's me, not the product. So I talked at length with all of them and this is the process we came to a conclusion on: 1. My 250ppm feed was a mistake. I triggered the plants into high metabolism but did not provide near enough to support this new growth. The quick degradation of the plant was not due to poor nutrients but an inadequate amount. 2. Use of Microbials along with a very small first feed expedited their starvation as nutrients were not being held in the soil for longevity, but taken and processed immediately, leaving nothing else for them to work with. Left with just water and high soil retention. 3. Moving forward, use a full dose schedule and apply at least a 1000ppm feed to help them move again. If there are slight burns due to the amended soil, pull back 10% and keep going. And essentially, you know, FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE! lol! 4. Until issues are rectified back off on the microbials and see what their needs are before pushing too much or too little of a micro or macro. Re-apply in future every three weeks when the plants are in full force and blooming. This will also help with P/Cal take up which they will be looking for in Bloom. Recovery: -I did what I was told and they bounced back... sigh*😵 No crap right? HA! Followed the schedule and applied an exact 1003ppm feed (doesn't include tap ppm) at 6.3pH. Within 24 hours they perked right up and started to move super quick. Stems shoring up and growing, new laterals very strong and firm, nice bulbess node points growing with positive pressure. Everything is making a comeback. -After 3 days of recovery I trained out and let them go. They blew up in 3-5 days and it's about time to flip. -Once again, we lost some time with the starvation, but luckily some great people have my back and help me out whenever I do have an issue, self made or not. Notes of the Week: -Flipping this evening on Day 52(?...I think). Would like to start wrapping these girls up as I am actually doing what I said I was going to do, and we're amping up new projects and more plants very soon here. -I keep things close to the chest so I won't count my chickens yet, but it does appear I will be landing a brand new 660 Watt lighting system from a very respectable maker out of Eastern Canada. This is a company and manufacture I made a point of contacting. I left all other makers alone and was both smitten and sure that this was the system for me. After some talks, we will hopefully be moving forward with this very soon. Fingers crossed! -With the ACMPR license being processed, a new lighting system possibly on the way, and a flip this evening to bloom with the current girls; I hope to have my tents free and clear for new, LARGER grows by the end of two months, or Early February. Lots of plans that I don't feel there's a point in getting into, b/c I'll probably change my mind ten or eleven times between now and then😀. -Spider Farmer spotted me a new SF-1000 lamp for my early Veg purposes and will not be utilized as a permanent fixture in the 2x2x3' propagation tent. Couldn't say no to a free lamp and am really happy I built a good relationship with them last year when I purchased my first SF 2000 -Frigging Genetics and nutrients flying at me in all different directions. I went from bare bones to "where the hell and when the hell will I be able to use all this"😂😂. Great problem to have! Sitting on over 100+ feminized seeds and 24 different strains with more in mail. Holy crap! Don't think I'll be needing to buy new genetics anytime soon! -One of the two next runs will be all organic with Bluesky Organics out of BC, Canada. Love their line so far and picked up their craft kit on black Friday. Paid 75 bucks all in instead of 150! at the hydro shop. HA! can't say no to that. Cheers ALL! Thanks for checking out the versatile beast that is Glookies💪. I hope you all have a gooder and I'll try me best to get these updates finally finished. I know no one cares, but I do, lol! Would like to get them wrapped here so I can move forward👍. Peace folks and have a lovely day/week✊👋 If intersted in the SF series, here's a link to their website: https://www.spider-farmer.com/

Hello! I love this girl.... Here's the Deets for Week 7👍: The Good: -She's just doing really well. I don't have any complaints about her at all and she carries so well. Bamboo is in place now, but she doesn't need it. Just love her shape man, and now that we're in bloom, I'm starting to see what her final form will be. Real Purdy😍 -There are no remaning symptoms of deficiencies at the end of Week 7 and just before the flip. Nitrogen was lacking for a bit as she tried to catch up, but she has gotten much fuller and vibrant. Appears as though she is in a very good place and I'm happy to let her do her thing. -Doing less. Really working well. The 'Meh': -Mid week after some feed adjustments she started to move so quick she was showing Nitrogen deficiencies. I knew not to push more and that she would catch up, but when I gave her what she needed, she just blew up. Used a Cal/Mag/N foliar spray from FH again and it did help expedite this recovery. That is all👍 Notes of the Week: -These are retroactive reviews and I've already flicked the switch 7 days ago. These girls are on the move and looking ever so happy. Looking at 50% stretch all the way up to 125% with QS. Need to prop the second largest girls to QS height and a single SF will serve those two, while the second SF (without dimmer) will cover the two smaller girls in the back. There's a will, there's a way. All will be fine. -Had a big revelation and I won't go to far into it, but after talking with a tonne of people's, including my nutrient line manufacturer, themselves, I realized...I've been underfeeding this whole time. Not a big issue at all, but I see and know now that I can go a little further and create larger plants with higher potency yields and product. But ya, I've always fed to keep them happy, but not enough for optimal growth and output. That's changed now and the move to higher EC feeds has worked wonders. Another learning curve, but really happy to have sorted it out and see it now, in Grow 5👍 -Official shoutout to Exotic Seeds. After the loss of that grow and a friend, Exotic seeds reached out and sympathized with the happenings. They offered me free beans, no strings attached. Hell yes. Free is good, but when you actually want and love the product, it's even better. With Malanasa and QS kicking it like queens in the tent, I have no reservations about Exotic and can't wait to pop a BLUE MONKEY AND TANGERINE KUSH!😃 You folks are the best and I greatly appreciate it🙏. Also a massive shout out to @Polaskis for setting this all up. Made a genuine new friend and passionate grower. Really good relationships have come my way as a result of that tough time, and I'm really happy the universe works in weird ass ways. -Moving back into Miicrobial Mass soon to help with P/Cal and micro nutrient uptake. They're in a good place, have tones of food and I feel they will do well with some additional help. I'm going to half dose at first to see how they do, along with their next full feeding. I know not to use this much and I won't. Was suggested to use once every 3 weeks or so, by other growers that have been using this for a long time and have great results👍 **Happy/Special Announcement and something I'm a pig in poop over** More then pleased to say I'm now officially a part of the Futur Vert Team and have become an affiliate. This is a company I had been hounding for awhile and was addiment that this was the system I wanted/needed to expand my grow experience. Well, it happened and a brand new FM8 series, 660Watt, 8 Bar full spectrum beast of a lamp is on a truck and on her way to her new home👊. I am not required to post on GD about the lamp, but I am going to anyways. I know and trust the product and will happily showcase her functions as we go alone here. I will also be getting my hands on the first WiFi dimmer/control mod from this series and can't wait to play around with some new tech. Wanted to share because this wouldn't have been a possibility at ALL if it weren't' for the love and support. Thanks for getting me here!💚 That's it, that's all! Thanks for dropping by all. Will catch up on all the happenings again, very soon! Everyone's projects look great and there's a lot of great new fruit out there👌. Cheers to that and have a gooder all. Peace✊👋

Here be Glookies during her photo shoot on Day 9 of Bloom, haha😂. Here's the Deets: The Good: -Love, love, love this little plant. I don't do frigging anything and she just keeps plugging away. LST is minimal and those ties are coming off right away here soon, anyways. She holds really well and is starting to show her stacks. There is a lot of potential for such a little lady and it's getting better and better by the day👍 -She's caught up on some lacking micro/macros and is dialed right in for her first days of Bloom. Happy as a clam and tracks her light very well. The 'Meh' -Not complaining! but my previous mistakes stunted her and that's a for sure now. Felt maybe her first week in Bloom and higher dosing of P/Cal would shore her up more, but she is who she is, it appears and I'm okay with that. Definitely know what I did wrong and looking to make some amendments to my methods to avoid this, but I think she may have the smallest stem of my last 12 plants...😳 -That's all👍 Notes of the Week: -QS and MS have been put under the SF 2000 that has a dimmer. They still have a lot of buffer space at this time, but with this weeks progress I see where they're heading and just planning ahead. Glookies and Gelato OG are now under the non Dimmable 2000 since they're much more stout girls. -Feeding is still going quite well with all of them and they seem to be dialed in. Not really taking any chances at the moment and just following the schedule. Picked up a little burn with the smaller girls but I backed off a tad and it grew out quickly. Non issue and really happy with Future Harvest right now. Starting to show. -The amount they've started to eat since the switch was literally overnight and they're taking about 25% more fluid over a 24hr period. I got caught once this week with a little under watering on QS and promptly pissed her off with a little too much to make up for it, hahaha. Gotta watch this for sure as I'm certain it'll only increase from here on out. -I'm not making any changes to my current medium for awhile, I think. Really happy with BlueSky and just going to normalize with it for a few grows. Took my punches with microbials and organic soil this round, so I'm comfortable using it from here on out and won't be messing around for awhile. Tis best for everyone involved. -The new 660 W Futur Vet FM8 has come in! but all of these pictures are retroactive and will remain listed as SF until I make the switch or the grow is over. I will be moving at least two of the girls over to see how they do in Bloom under the new system anyways. It won't be a super accurate test (Three weeks into Bloom under SF) but it'll give me an idea and I can see test my limits before next grow👍. Gotta say though, it's frigging sweet😍. When I catch up to Week 2's update I'll post some some of many specs available on it. Cheers all for stopping by and checking out the little one (The new hobbit house). If I don't catch you in the coming week, Merry Christmas/happy holidays and all that... Just hope you have a good, peaceful time, for reals. Smoke up and find merriment my friends. Reach out if you need! Much love and happy trails. Catch you on the other side👋✊

Hey! I'm not doing to bad on these updates, being high af and all😃. I always did them before I toked, but this is much better...what the hell have I been doing this whole time... Anywho, Imma rambling already. Here's an update on Glookies on Day 19 of Bloom (I am waaaaay off😅. Almost Week 3 in these pics). Following time stamps and this is the correct day, so here's the Deets: The Good: -Just like MS, this girl is stacking very fast and I haven't seen this early girth before. Had other plants like it, but didn't look like this till at least Day 28 (Checked my old photos and grows to check this). Her nutrient schedule is working really well for her, it seems. She has a great color and texture, moreso then the other ladies. A Perfect green hue that these pictures do not really show. Next week I will throw in some photos of her behind a black sheet so colors can pop. -Terpene profile has also started with this girl. She is the weakest of all four so far, but she is picking up on a daily basis. Feel like I smell pepper, earth and some cheese(?). Whatever she's doing I feel it will be a great taste/aroma once all said and done. The 'Meh': -Tent acclimation, that's it. Everything else is on cruise control👍 Notes of the Week: -It was near the end of this week that the FloraMax8 came in from FuturVert and I was able to make some moves and changes to accommodate QS's ridiculous growth rate. She is now on her own under a single SF-2000 in her own tent, dead center. Pretty much tapped out the buffer space with the lamp so the dimmable SF is being used at 65% and 45K Lux at 16-20" above canopy. -MS, Glookies and Gelato have all been moved over to FuturVert tent now and am currently running 65% at 45-50K Lux (I know lux isn't a hard/good read, it's just all I got and I use it as a benchmark). I feel I've dialed in the light but not the environment in the new unit, just yet. -Not too happy with my Inkbird automation right now. Devices were calibrated but fell out of whack. Two devices side by side will have a literal 3-4 degree Celsius difference and that's just not cool... These are now being used as benchmarks too and I've kinda gone back to manual acclimation to cover my ass. I see that I need something more accurate so I can actually walk away and be comfortable with the device(s) readings. That's just not the case right now. Looking at TrolMaster as a new means of control and automation. -When I get busy in other areas of my life, even if it pertains directly to cannabis, I tend to lose sight of my own projects and make mistakes. This has been happening again and I'm taking a step back for a bit to focus on what's important. I want/need my medicine and would like to pay a little attention to my end of things before over-stepping again. I'm an obsessive fella and can fall down rabbit holes very quickly. When my focus drops it takes time to get it back and it would be best to stop doing this, lol! I'm good, girls are good, current schedules are good, just see the writing on the wall and know where I'm heading if I don't buck up. -Have a little project for an EggHunters challenge w/ a Skunk #1. It's, ahhhh, not going too well😂. 14 days old and looks great today, but I stunted the crap out of her and she's maybe 6 days old looking. Have three weeks of Veg before I have to flip for the contest rules and I really don't know what to expect. Just for funsies👍 *FuturVert FM8 Update (Power-Point)*: -Stupid powerful lamp man. Going from 240W SF's to a massive 660W FSG is a game changer and I have to be careful with this. Running at 24 inch buffer at 65% and this is achieving the 45K+ Lux rating in and by itself. -This lamp is one of the first test models with WiFi Dimming using ZigBee Ports and controls App. This may be a feature and integral in future, but for now it's not within the system and part of my job is to run some tests to ensure there aren't any issues. So, Day 11 (Jan 29th at time of typing) of running this girl and I've had zero issues....well, a couple, but it was my input errors and lack of reading instructions! 😂 -With WiFi Control I may set the lamp intensity, on/off times, fade in's and outs (Sunset/Sunrise), Alarms, special schedules and even frigging monitor power draw and savings by plugging in your kWh rates... I had no idea it had this much going on with it and I thought this was all just for dimming. Nope, it does a lot of fun things😄. I can even make it dance and should take a video of it running it's calibration test, lol. It's fun to stare at and play with. -So, Zero issues, plants are praying, no fade or light damage and it doesn't put out much heat at all. I don't have an IR gun but can see that this 660 puts out about as much BTU's as a single 240W SF. No fans or anything, just well engineered heat sinks to pull any heat up and away from the board. More then impressed. -Will post actual listed specs next update if you'd all like to see them. This is getting long, however, and I'll stop here. Thanks for checking her out everyone! I didn't say this in the other entries, but I have nowhere to take photos anymore, after the move to the new room😂. There is literally nowhere to do it and they're way to big to get 2/3'rds of the plant in frame, ha! Soooo, in tent pictures for awhile now. I remove the other girls so there's a focus on the one, but it definitely isn't optimal. Another thing I'd like to work on and feel I'd enjoy getting into photography more/already am. Just a phone, a couple apps and any black backdrop and it's totally doable👍. Cheers all and have a great Week! Enjoy the girls and your fruit. I will catch you on the other side. Peace👋✊

Hello👋. This here be an update on Glookies but time stamps are 50/50, leading into Week four (Day 25). Time stamps are correct, however! Here's the Deets: The Good: -Glookies is making herself known and is stacking very well. I don't do anything with her but she forms, grows and plugs away all on her own. Besides some bracing and Defo, I do jack-all except feed the lady. -Impressive potential on all her tops. She's short(er) but is building very nice columns, bulking out, and defo is mandatory to open her up for light penetration. So much going on in such a small space... I didn't expect this at all, especially considering she has the smallest stem and thinnest laterals, but is just pushing incredible tops👍. She looks bigger and bigger everyday I look at her and this little one is on cruise control, sucking in her light and hasn't so much as dipped out once since the flip. She's loving Flower and I'm happy for her. The 'Meh': -Talked with a few people about it, and I do get a little off her now, but she has a very, very week terpene profile. The other girls are getting heavier and heavier, but little Glook just doesn't seem to be smelly. There's some Mercene there, along with maybe caryo(?), but doesn't really hit you at all. Whatever profile she does have is easily overwhelmed by the other girls. Hoping for a change and a stonger, more pungent plant in the coming weeks. -She's thick and lots of defo needs to be done over time. Just a little rainforest that's really hard to see through, but definitely need to keep up so there aren't humidity pockets and sweating between overlapped fans. Notes of the Week: -Everyone's doing pretty well right this week and right now. I've past the paranoia stage where I'm extra vigilant about hermies. No balls or nanners going into week 6 soon, so I think we're good👍 -Re-vamping my seedling process again... but honestly it has to be done. It's the one part of growing that I feel I still don't have down at all. I struggle and stunt them almost 100% of the time, losing days here and there. After 2.5-3 Weeks I'm on my way, but this initial process is painful for me. Did a lot of talking (of course) and started grilling multiple people on their methods, specifically people I could see that had amazing expedited growth early on, prepping them for a great Veg. Lots are on IG but @Philindicus answered a bunch of my questions and b/t everyone's input I've found a new method, medium and additive to help out. Canna family provides man, and thank you Phil for giving me your time. Will be following a few of your pointers and get this right👊 -One of two tent's genetics have been picked and I'm going to keep it simple, believe it or not. Will be running x2-3 LemonGrass and x2-3 Mango Sherbet by Humbolt Seed Company. Depending on whether I go 3 or 5 G fabrics, there will be 2 and 2 or 3 and 3. The other unit hasn't been decided yet, but will be moving on lemon and mango in about a week. Rebuilt and re-acclimated the prop tent so it's ready to go again and we can have a much faster turn over. Cutting a week off per grow and hopefully next round will be a full 3 weeks cut off by starting them elsewhere. -Bought a vaporizer from Arizer... Love it. Not wasting as much product now and still getting the job done without scorching my lungs. I do like cough lock however... and kinda miss it. Strange. -Where's my license Health Canada!😂 Going on 12 weeks and still waiting. I know it's with an agent, so there's that. At least I know they have it and are processing it👍. Anyways, I have these plans in my head and I'm ready to go. Just need that little piece of paper and I feel I'll be able to exercise my grow ambitions to their full extent✊. That's all she wrote folks! I'm going to quickly throw in a Week 1 here, but just ignore it, lol. It's a seedling... Not much else to look at. Will be the same photos and equipment schedules/materials/etc... between entries. In time I'll throw up a Germination Week...but that too will be copy paste and be more for Breeder notes and less about germination. Again, it's a seed... I use PT method and I'm positive the community doesn't HAVE TO SEE THIS FOR THE 1000th TIME! 😅 Anywho, cheers all and have a real good week with your projects and ambitions. I'll catch you on the flip side, but for now, happy trails👋✊

Taking breaks between entries doesn't work...lol. Lose motivation. Here's Glookies in short form. Day 31, Bloom. The Deets: The Good: -Fat girl...incredible. Smallest stem, smallest laterals, biggest colas. Pretty surprised over here and just expected a diminished harvest from the stunting in Veg...buuuut she's getting thhhhick and I'm pretty stoked watching this go on. She's a fighter and just ignored my mistakes. Thank you little one. -Holds so well, really fuzzy and will pack some weight. Win, win and win. No problems with her whatsoever. Cruising👌 The 'Meh': -Still not much of terpene profile on her. Getting a bit better, but still weak. Since it has gotten better I do have faith it'll build, but for now it's only slowly coming on. I moved and changed some schedules so hopefully I'll unlock the potential I'm currently missing out on. See what happens. Notes of the Week: -All in all things are going really well in the units this past week, but I did dial out a bit on my feeds, especially with Malanasa. All is well and just learning some more valuable lessons. Documenting everything for future so maybe, just maybe, I won't repeat this next grow. -Moved into Royal Black this week from Future Harvest to further push some bud density and trich development. Seems to be a great little additive, but it's literally black... Super paranoid to be carrying this stuff around for manual feeds. I spill, I'm screwed😬 -Training officially ended early this week and there is nothing left to do but brace for future weight. Applied some non-static clothe to MS and QS for easier mobility and to focus some light energy direct to the tops. -Defo is ongoing and will be slowly opening up and cutting fans as the the days progress. -A little concerned for Malanasa's end game, but will get more into it with her update entry. She is thin, and seemingly behind her counter-parts. I have adjusted her schedule to bulk her up, but this is causing burns. She may not be as aesthetically pleasing at the end, but medicine first. -Over-Fed but rebalanced, displaced and watered for damn near a week before going back in. I found those limits though and I feel it was worth the hassle trying to dial them in and see how far I could go. Anywho, ppm's are back in check and I've turned to my last grow method of 3/4 dose-Water-1/2 dose or 1/2-water-1/2. This completes her full schedule feeding without being too heavy handed on my end. This takes more time, but I'm far more comfortable doing this lower volume, lower EC feeding over a period of time instead of a one shot kinda deal. It works... and I'll probably be on this regiment till the end. *Note/Opinion/Method** Was asked about my plant health the other day and how I never seem to get droppage. I do in late day Veg, but never in flower. I use the same method I was taught in grow #2 by @Mrs_Larimar. I do not let my plants go to complete dry out, especially to the point of drooping. I see this as a completely unnecessary stress on the girls and it always felt counterintuitive to me. I wouldn't over water and drown my girls, so why would I drought them? Some say it's to purposely kill off old root systems to be replaced by new hairs (and I can get behind that) but the stress of doing this just isn't worth the risk. I achieve new root growth and remove deadage through air pruning and Hygrozyme, always replacing the old with the new. So...prime those plants and never let them get dry. Moist soil is not overwatered soil. It keeps the medium receptive to moisture and nutrients without swinging too far one way or the other and/or stops heavy/fast eating with low RH and low soil water retention. It's an extra step I can understand growers may not want to take, but trust that if you prime your soil a few hours before a feed (literally just a liter or so of plain water), the changes of prolonged drooping from that heavy feed will be mitigated and halted. Doing this for almost a year now and can't remember the last time I had a droop in flower. It just doesn't happen anymore. Credit to Larimar for teaching me this little method long ago... thought I would share it again now, as I have been getting questions here and there about my plants vigorous constitution. This is one of the biggest things I do. Prime that soil and you'll never see them droop or drought again. Thanks @Mrs_Larimar!👋👍** Cheers! Notes of the Week was copy paste, so this was short for me, lol. Hope you all have a gooder and I'll catch you later. Next grow may have changed a bit as I'm getting my hands on genetics I never thought I'd have access too, so Imma go with a different variety. Will list some things soon when the beans come in and I'm pretty damned happy to get them. Onwards! Peace all and happy trails✊👋 Oh! Hard Specs. I'll post this next week, but just in Glookies for now. Link to extensive specs and models at FuturVert. I run the FSG FM8 but there's a tonne there (For 25 Square feet). This is waaaay easier then typing it all out, so here ya go👍: https://futurvert.com/en/

Yo, hello and how goes it. This'll be a short update on Glookies up to her 38th day in Bloom. Here's the Deets: The Good: -Very happy kid and still stacking really well this week. Hoping for pop can size buds and I may just get em'😃. Weight keeps packing on and she's still quite young, with several weeks to go here. -Terpene profile is finally catching up and she's sporting a nice earthy and peppery aroma. Still not as profound as the others but very happy to finally pick up something on her. So, here we go! -Great form and really strong. Weight is making her splay a tad but she all round holds herself well👍. The 'Meh': -Heat is a crap shoooooot. Seeing the catch 22's of converting this room into the grow room, lol. It's a little confined and I'm gonna need to bite the bullet here... Planning for a small AC unit in the coming months, or summer is going to be a shit show. -She's got massive colas but she will probably be a little lighter then the others. Kinda projecting to harvest time and I'm hoping to pull 3 ounces off her. Mistakes and stunting have come to rear their ugly heads, hahaha. End game may be a little less then I'd like, but once again, live and friggin' learn. Notes of the Week: -All girls are on cruise control now. Besides performing some pruning and re-bracing laterals, I don't do much of anything. Feed, observe, feed, observe. Very happy but a little bored now. Chomping at the bit to go to my personal Grow #5🙌. Genetics are picked for Tent #1/Part #1 and I'll be moving on it relatively soon. Will list the genetics chosen in near future👍. -Gelato OG and Quick Sherbet appear that they will be wrapping up within 14 days (at time of typing this) w/ Malanasa and Glookies looking like 2.5-3. All a week past breeders latest projections, but again, I feel my feeding schedules were off and my mid Bloom schedule warped their time line. Tad more time to bulk up, anyways. No problemo. -FM8 is stupid and I love it. The trich and cola Dev. on the girls under her is impressive and I'm starting to see what it can do, personally. I really need next grow and a direct comparison to make hard line opinions on the system. For now, it is certainly evident that the girls are bulking far faster under the FM8 the previously under the SF series. -I don't have them in my possession yet but they are in the mail. Tent #2/Part #2 of this upcoming project will include.... @Wicked_Stix genetics!!!!! Through and with a Mr. @Budxs (Thanks Bud!) we will be running some very special beans...and I'm nervous. Only one shot per and I must be diligent. The three genetics being run include: Frozen Diesel! Herecane! and Platonium! In House Genetic Crosses and more than humbled to get a shot at these beans. Wicked is no joke and he has proof out the butt-hole that he knows what he's doing. That Frozen Diesel alone should be proof enough of this dude's abilities. If you haven't seen it yet, please go check out this girl on his page. She's wrapping up and is pure, bulbous sugar buds. My God. A pre-emtive thank you to @Wicked_Stix for the opportunity and to @Budxs for helping set this up and send a set my way. Cheers boys👌. -I mentioned it previously, but my seeding method is changing now. All new methods have been thoroughly spoken about, a new soil media has been chosen and Canna Rhizotonic XP (Seaweed/Kelp) will be introduced early on in the seedling stage to assist in nutrient/oxygen exchange. I have these peoples results and am confident in their methods. I look forward to trying and refine the piece I feel I'm really missing here. So! Cheers and thanks for dropping by. As per the usual "Notes of the Week" is copy pasted between weekly entries. No need to read it all over and over, lol. Hope you folks had a good week and a coming one. Take care and I shall see you all on the flip side👋✊.

Hello all!👋 Made a desision to wrap all Journals up over two weeks and than a harvest report. "Week 6 and 7" of Bloom will cover the final 3 weeks up to day 63 (Or day of Chop for this girl). Next grow I'll have a better system, but hey, it is what it is for now. The Deets!: The Good: -Great Week/2 Weeks for this lady. The weaker profile has definitey kicked up and she's sportin' pepper and earth. Getting more pungent and I'm pretty pleased with this. -Massive tops and probably the biggest colas I've had so far. Looks a little more fluffy than the others, but there's a good amount and looks pretty high end. She's starting to fade well and her soil is currently being gassed out and run down. -She held really well throughout her Bloom period and she packed on a lot for such a little girl (especially with a smaller main stalk). Didn't expect this much flower production but here we are😲 The 'Meh': -Heat. Just that. Nice that there's not anything else. Cruise control still. Notes of the Week: -Everyone is starting to turn in with Glookies looking like she'll be the last to finish up. At the time of typing this, Gelato has already gotten the chop, Quick Sherbet will come down tomorrow (Feb 3rd) and Glookies/Malanasa will probably both come down on Saturday (Feb 6th). -Project #1, Tent #1 genetics have been chosen (officially). Will be running Lemon-Grass and Mango Sherbet by HSC, Blue Monkey by Exotic Seeds and Fat Banana from Seedsman. We ready to go, time to pop. -@WickedStix_ genetics came in the mail several days ago and all looks good. Doesn't look the cold or shipping messed them up and they're good to go for Project #2, Tent #2. Frozen Diesel is going to be stupid good folks. Pretty excited to get going on these ones... Thanks once again to Budx and Wicked for paying it forward and just being good people. -Seedling method will/is changing. Grilled multiple veteran growers on their methods and I've finally come to a conclusion... I've been cooking my seeds😬. Soil media has been far too warm/hot for such young girls and this explains their limited root system and early stunting. As soon as I transplanted in the past, they took off and all was well. No heat matt...more media. It took me 4 grows to figure this out. Wow😂. Anywho, learned a new method to use the heat mat but still reduce media temps. Will list this below (and yes, it worked). Thanks @Nor_Cal_Kannabliss! -Dipping into Canna now, and will probably be leaving FutureHarvest behind for a much more simple schedule. As previously mentioned, I'm happy with FH, but why so many additives/nutrients. Compile them! I really don't like having to measure out 11 doses from 11 bottles every frigging time. Canna results and schedules are impressive, so I've started to make the move. Rhizotonic XP is the first buy and will be used for the seedling process in order to expedite early growth. Hoping to land their whole line before it's time to start feeding the new girls who are just in BlueSky super soil and have been fed Miicrobial Mass. Around 3 weeks will be when feeding starts. I'm pretty sure I can get things in order before than. So, that's her in retrospect and she is coming down in real time this Sunday (Feb 7th). Will catch you with the final photos and fade of this lady next time, right before she comes down👍. Hope you all have a gooder and are enjoying your projects. Catch you soon here as I actually have some time😃. Peace and happy trails👊👋 *Heat Mat Method* I don't have the heat mat thermostat to control. It cost more than the mat so I said screw that, but now I see I do need a means of regulation. I had some InkBird readers w/ probes kicking around, including two inline thermostats with probes. Cheaper than the thermostats and doesn't have to be InkBird...like at all. There's many options. Anywho, NorCal told me to take that inline and plug the heat mat into it. Take plastic wrap and cover the probe tip to protect from any erosion. Than make up a faux* pot of soil with the same amount of media and water as the actual seedling pots. Shove the probe in the soil and boom, direct read and direct control over the heat mat. Set to always hover between 72-74 degrees (21-22 degrees Celsius). The ambient tent temperature and humidity are now held at 76 degrees and 65-75% RH. Method and dialing in has been accomplished! Confident moving to next grow👍. If this is helpful, thank NorCal for this hot tip. Just another thing I feel I can check off the list moving forward.

Hello All! Gonna buckle down and wrap up the final Week of Bloom for Glookies and the other two. Will jump into Harvest Notes next week when they've all reached a two week cure (New rule!). Just like Gelato, this will essentially cover the final weeks all in one update (Roughly Days 49-Day 66/Chop). Anywho, enough talk, the Deets: The Good: -Absolute cruise control for these past couple weeks (or 17 days). It was a breeze and she took damn near no intervention or extra help. Smooooooth running and I'm more than happy with that👍. -The Fade! She turned in real well. Very little degradation in her final weeks, looking good and held her form like a champ. Strong laterals, minimal bracing, phat tops, stinky bud, sugary and still stacking to the bitter end. I am so impressed with this girl and if the smoke is half as good as the looks of her, this bud will be fire, for sure🙌 -Her profile did well in the end! She got nice and pungent even though I didn't get much of anything for the first 5 weeks there. Was a tad worried but no need to be. She caught up and her aroma definitely came through during end game. Thanks Glook! The 'Meh': -Gelato started to self seed, clear as day. She shares the FM8 tent with Glookies... Uh Oh😬. I dug through a sample bud and didn't find anything, but this didn't stop me from being paranoid (and for once I feel it was justified). I had a whole plan to dry in one unit and compile all the girls in the other. But with the Gelato seeding and Glookies paranoia, I didn't have the space all of a sudden. I don't have a drying area without that plan, so initial drying has been brutal. Will be working very hard to create a better dry area for Glook and the other ladies. Really don't want pop corn dry buds again. Notes of the Week: -Keep this short. Glookies is under observation but seems okay. Gelato seeding seems to be isolated and no one else is showing new signs of seed development. Chops are still scheduled the same, but Glookies will be run down faster to avoid any further issues and chopped before MS now. -Project #5 is already underway and doing pretty well. Trying new things again so there's speed bumps, but will hopefully get through it like I have before. Time will tell. Gotta pull back on the new methods again though. Too many new things at once. -It's been about -30 to -40 degrees for two-ish weeks and RH is a stupid 10-15%. Wreaking havoc on the girls and I'm struggling to keep things in balance. This is part of why I'm struggling and the girls aren't 100%. Supposed to warm up soon but the weather man keeps frigging lying to us! Tell us the truth Jerk! So! That's end game for Glookies. I haven't sampled her product yet, but she is knowing clean. Nice low run down and ripening. Should! be stellar but maybe I should hold onto my expectations, lol. Cheers all for stopping by and thank you for putting up with the late updates, weeks being smashed together and the all round confusing nature of this set of journals. Still thinking on how I'd like to proceed with the journals and if I'll start combining them and all that. Will know soon enough! Peace and take care! Happy trails🙏