First ever grow attempt

Week 1 Northern Storm auto on the left. CLIMATE: 25'C/ 27'C ambient air ~ 65-70% RH LIGHT: 300w COB (100w actual draw) ~ PPFD: 300mmol/s/m2 CROP CONTROL: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

LIGHT: 300w COB (100w actual draw) ~ PPFD: 500mmol/s/m2 CROP CONTROL: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

LIGHT: 300w COB (100w actual draw) ~ PPFD: 500mmol/s/m2 CROP CONTROL: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

LIGHT: New Light: Upgrade to Niello 600w 600w COB (150w actual draw) ~ PPFD: 500mmol/s/m2 Spectrums: 2x Cree Full spectrum COBs ~ Supplemented with multiple Blue and Red LEDs CROP CONTROL: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

New light: Upgrade to Phlizon 1000w (250w actual draw) Didn't fill in the light distances as I don't really pay attention to it. I aim to get between 800-1200mmol/s/m2 at most bud sites. Crop control: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too.

First time growing. I decided to go all in and willing to make a few mistakes to learn. So far got to flowering without major issues, hopefully I won't mess it up before harvest! Didn't fill in the light distances as I don't really pay attention to it. I aim to get between 800-1200mmol/s/m2 at most bud sites. Crop control: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too.

First time growing. I decided to go all in and willing to make a few mistakes to learn. So far got to flowering without major issues, hopefully I won't mess it up before harvest! Didn't fill in the light distances as I don't really pay attention to it. I aim to get between 800-1200mmol/s/m2 at most bud sites. Crop control: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too.

I had an Exhale bags in the tent. They showed big growth fast, which was quite surprising. 1x1m tent, fully filled by the 2 plants. Amazed its going so well for my first grow, a few hick ups but nothing major. The hardy autoflower genetics are helping a lot as well I'm assuming. Very selective defoliation. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could give me tips on how to improve further?? Light Update: Dropped Light intensity to reduce light stress with higher temperatures. I am now getting between 700-1000mmol/s/m2 at most bud sites. Crop control: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too.

(Slight Nute burn this week so flushed with PH 6 water and dropped resevoir PPM from 1000 to 800) About 2-3C difference between ambient air temperature and leaf surface temperature (24.5-25C) . No defoliation, just pushing larger fan leaves down. Tying down branches to keep canopy flat. Light: Red/Blue/2x full spectrum CREE COBs (+IR and UV supplementation) At plant canopy = Avg. PPFD 770umols/s/m2 ~ Lux 25,000-35,000 ~ Daily Light Integral 50-55 Crop control: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

MAIN UPDATES: Nute burn from last week visible in some photos, it's not too bad and plants are doing pretty well. Very little training this week, just pushing the odd leaf out of the way. CLIMATE: Pushed temps and humidity up as the gap between the Leaf Surface Temp (LST) and ambient air temp was too narrow. Now running: 31'C/ 32'C ambient air ~ 60% RH ~ 29'C/ 30'C LST (plants are responding well due to high Co2 levels) ~ Leaf to air temp variance of 1-2'C LIGHT: Similar, dropped the schedule down to 17 hours to bring the Daily Light Integral down slightly (I think last week the leaves on another plant in the room (Purple Hulk) suffered light stress, see pics on last weeks grower question) Red/Blue/2x full spectrum CREE COBs (+IR and UV supplementation) At plant canopy = Avg. PPFD 770umols/s/m2 ~ Lux 25,000-35,000 ~ Daily Light Integral 50-55 CROP CONTROL: (Same as usual) Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Update: Now using higher powered (UVC) 253nm & 187nm bulb, to disinfect the gray room outside of the tent once a week for 30 mins. The Ozone (o3) gas that is produced is then directed into the tent to further control any unwanted pathogens. The gas is then exhausted outside into the open air. Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

MAIN UPDATES: Nutrient Deficiency last week, thank you to "Roberts" and "Accystoner" for helping to identify the issues. Light intensity increased as plant didn't seem stressed by other factors any more, so felt the plant could handle it. I'm trying to constantly tow the line between stress and damage to get the plant to produce optimally. Lux raised from 25,000 - 35,000 range to a 40,000 - 50,000 range. With the light spectrums being used, the PAR works out at around 1000umols/s/m2. DLI around 62 CLIMATE: 31'C/ 32'C ambient air ~ 55-60% RH ~ 29'C/ 30'C LST (plants are responding well due to high Co2 levels) ~ Leaf to air temp variance of 1-2'C LIGHT: Red/Blue/2x full spectrum CREE COBs (+IR and UV supplementation) At plant canopy = PPFD 1000umols/s/m2 ~ Lux 40,000-50,000 ~ Daily Light Integral 55-65 CROP CONTROL: (Same as usual) Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Update: Now using an additional higher powered (UVC) 253nm & 187nm bulb, to disinfect the gray room outside of the tent once a week for 30 mins. The Ozone (o3) gas that is produced is then directed into the tent to further control any unwanted pathogens. The gas is then exhausted outside into the open air. Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

Update: Plant was heat stressed last week so dialling back temps to 27C/28C Additional infection control practices. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) ranging from only 50ppb to 200ppb as you can see in my air quality data pics, so very unlikely to have any mold or mildew as they emit a lot of VOC's. Co2 ranges from 900ppm to 1500ppm CLIMATE: 27/28'C ambient air ~ 60% RH ~ 26/27'C LST ~ Leaf to air temp variance of between 1-2'C Under Canopy temp: 26'C LIGHT: Red/Blue/2x full spectrum CREE COBs (+IR and UV supplementation) At plant canopy = PPFD 1000umols/s/m2 ~ Lux 40,000-50,000 ~ Daily Light Integral 55-65 CROP CONTROL: (Same as usual) Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb Update: Now using an additional higher powered (UVC) 253nm & 187nm bulb, to disinfect the gray room outside of the tent once a week for 30 mins. The Ozone (o3) gas that is produced is then directed into the tent to further control any unwanted pathogens. The gas is then exhausted outside into the open air. Ed Rosenthal -Zero Tolerance organic pesticide on hand if needs be too. Hopefully to avoid ever needing chemical pesticides.

UPDATE: - Day/Night temperature differential is starting to bring out the purple colors. - Trichomes are mostly cloudy, just waiting on some ambers to harvest. - Did some defoliation to allow light at the lower growths in its last week GENETICS: -Free seeds from MSNL. Being used to test my system. CLIMATE: - Ambient Air Temp = 27/28'C ~ 26/27'C LST ~ Leaf to air temp variance of between 1-2'C - Night Temp = 21/22'C ~ Day/Night temp differential 6-7'C - Under Canopy Temp: 26'C (Day) ~ 21'C (Night) - Relative Humidity = 55-65%RH (Avg. 60%RH) - VPD = 1.30kPa (Avg.) - Co2 ranges from 900ppm to 1500ppm (Avg. 1200ppm) AIR PRESSURE: - Ambient Air Pressure (outside tent) = 1015 mbars (101.5 Kilopascals) - Actual Air Pressure (inside tent) = 980-1005 mbars (980-100.5 Kilopascals) - Air Pressure Differential = ranging from -10 to -35 mbars (-1 to -3.5 Kilopascals) LIGHT: - 2x full spectrum CREE COBs - At plant canopy = PPFD 900-1000umols/s/m2 ~ Lux 40,000-50,000 ~ Daily Light Integral 55-65 NUTRIENTS: - Mostly Advanced Nutrients (For base nutrients and most additives, as only company I could find scientific data on) - Canna (For Calmag Agent and Cannazym) - Plant Success (Great White Mycorrhizae) ADDITIONAL GROW TECHNIQUES: - Mostly getting out of the plants way and letting nature take its course. - Some LST. (i.e. tying down branches and tucking large leaves away) - No HST. INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL: Infection control practices i.e -PPE, Alcohol Hand wash -Gray room outside tent, -Carbon filter -HEPA filter -Plasma Ionizer -Inline UV-C germicidal bulb - Also using an additional higher powered COOSPIDER (UVC) 253nm & 187nm bulb, to disinfect the gray room outside of the tent once a week for 30 mins. - Ozone (o3) gas that is produced using the COOSPIDER, is then directed into the tent to further control any unwanted pathogens. - Ed Rosenthal (Zero Tolerance organic pesticide), sprayed once a week as preventative measure. On hand for heavier use (Once every 3 days before lights out for 15 days) in the case of an outbreak (No outbreaks yet, due to aforementioned preventative measures)

My desired amount of trichomes are present so time to chop. 1/3 - drying at 21'C/ 55%RH 2/3 - Freezing for hash The 1/3 that I dried weighed 34g. Still drying but took a sample. It hits fast, with a heady high you can feel in the face. Its only drying 5 days, it has another 5 or so left to be fully ready so the high may change.