First Grow!

D47 (07/01/2021): Third week of flower and I did a proper defoliation. It's the first time I remove that many leaves. I saw some leaves with purple/red stem. I read that it can be light stress, PH issue or not enough nutrients. I will keep an eye on that but I think they will need nutrients for flower week next time I give water. The Glue Gelato is slowly starting to show trichomes 😍 - temp: 26 C - no water - RH: 53% D48 (08/01/2021): I fed nutrients with 3/4 of the recommended dose for early flower. Post defoliation: both plants look like they did not react to it. I read yesterday that maybe it was a bit too late in flowering stage to do a defoliation for an auto flower grow. It seems to be a grey zone when we are talking about training for auto flower plants. It may slow down there growth. I don't have enough experience to tell if it will slow down. What I can say is cannabis is really a resilient plant so I don't think it will affect them, will see but so far so good! Banana Kush is starting to show trichomes to! 😍😍 - temp: 25 C - water: PH6.25, 820PPM, approx. a gallon each - run off: PH6.8 and 949PPM for Glue Gelato; PH6.8 and 846PPM - RH: 52% D49 (09/01/2021): Nothing special for today. - temp: 25 C - no water - RH: 52% D50 (10/01/2021): I gave half of the recommended dose for early flower. Instead of giving tap water between nutrients feed, I will try to give lower concentration of nutrients. The idea is to control run off PPM and provide all the nutrients every time I give water. Will see how the girls react. - temp: 25 C - water: PH6.4, 580PPM, less than a gallon each - run off: 6.7PH and 1000PPM for Glue Gelato; 6.9PH and 1010PPM for Banana Kush - RH: 52% D51 (11/01/2021): Nothing special today. There is no sign of nutrient burn from last feed. So I might give nutrients next feed to. I will start writing the temperature and relative humidity for light ON and OFF. Since I'm trying to reduce relative humidity at night, I think it's a good thing if I'm starting to take data separately. - temp: 25-26 C light ON ; 21-22 C light OFF - no water - RH: 51-52% light ON ; 51-55% light OFF D52 (12/01/2021): I gave 3/4 of the recommended dose for early flower. PPM of the run off is high so next feed will be with tap water only. In the last weeks I read a lot on vapor pressure deficit (VPD). I found a lot of different charts with different values. I was a bit scared of developing mold in my garden and because I had bugs issue, I fought on maintaining a low relative humidity. I have a good air circulation (two fixed fan, one oscillating fan and one inline fan with carbon filter) so I will crank up a bit the humidity during lights ON and lower the humidity during lights OFF. All based on an average of different VPD charts I found. - temp: 24-27 C light ON ; 21-23 C light OFF - water: PH6.1, 746PPM, less than a gallon each - run off: 6.7PH and 1320PPM for Glue Gelato; 6.8PH and 1660PPM for Banana Kush - RH: 54-57% light ON ; 50-53% light OFF D53 (13/01/2021): At the moment, Glue Gelato is more frosty than Banana Kush and buds are bigger with more white pistils. Banana Kush look healthier with proper form leaves compare to this phenotype of Glue Gelato which still have crooked and misshapen leaves. Overall, both are growing fast and drinking a lot of water so right now everything is perfect! 🙌😀🙏 - temp: 24-27 C light ON ; 21-22 C light OFF - no water - RH: 53-56% light ON ; 53-56% light OFF