Poison is the Antidote

Welcome to Week 6 everyone! :) Our plans for this week included topping both plants, increasing light intensity and training the new growth. We're going to be slowly increasing the light intensity from 19,000 LUX up to a goal of about 25,000 by end of week, depending on how the plants respond to the small increases throughout the week. Day 36: - topped both plants at the 3rd node of the main lateral branches. Adjusted LST ties. Removed 2 large fan leaves from the bottom of Plant #1, which were shaded and had some leftover damage from our nitrogen deficiency a few weeks ago. - increased the light intensity of the QB96 boards in our "Elite 360" fixture, from 40% to 45%. This increased the LUX levels at the canopy from about 19,000 to 20,500 LUX. Day 37: - no changes Day 38: - no changes - very minor LST adjustments Day 39: - watered with dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Acti-Vera", .5ml/L Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp" & General Hydroponics' "CALi-MAGic". Resulted in a 500ppm solution with a pH of 6.4. - defoliated a few fan leaves on Plant #2, as well as trimming some of the small, developing side branches at the first node of the 4 side branches. - LST adjustments on side branches, as well as some leaf tucking. - increased the light intensity by 5%, which increased the LUX levels at the canopy to approximately 21,500. Day 40: - no changes Day 41: - LST adjustments Day 42: - no changes - temperature swing has been greater than normal. We try to keep the lights-on / lights-off temperature within about 10 degrees Fahrenheit but last night our temps inside the tent dropped to about 64F. With lights-on temps steady at 80F, that's a 16F swing in tempreature change. We hope to be able to fix this for next week by better controlling our fresh air intake.