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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.
@timbarin, so far we've only used it the one day, for about 2-3hrs during the warmest part of the afternoon. When the outside temps are above 10C, and with our light at 90% intensity, the tent would reach 84F, instead of the 78F that we're aiming for.
@MrHightimes, Ya, it's kind of weird because for the first few months that we had that pH meter, it needed calibration almost every week! We never knew if we could trust it... but since then, it seems to have stabilized and we haven't had to calibrate it for months. We check it with pH reference solution every few weeks and it's been spot on. We'd love to upgrade to the Blue Labs meter but it isn't necessary quite yet. The only complaint that we might have is that it takes a couple of minutes to get a true reading, whereas the TDS meter we have gives you accurate readings in just seconds.
nice grows! can you tell me how satisfied you are with the AC INFINITI T6? have you used other brands and how dos it compare? I am eyeing one now for the controls set up features, does it clear humidity? heat? and how quiet is it?
thank you for your feedback!
@Stonyways, Hi, we've been really happy with the Cloudline T6 fan. It works very well and has programmable settings. We currently have it set to turn on any time the temperature reaches 81F or any time the humidity exceeds 61%. We're glad we got the 6" version instead of the 4" version, since we can run the fan at lower speeds, which means it's very quiet. It's actually much quieter than our little oscillating fan! It's quite powerful and has no problem managing heat and humidity in our little tent. I think you could easily put this in a 4x4 or 6x6 tent and it would work just as well.
As the female half of "VanCplGrows", i don't have a lot of experience with other fans so i can't really compare it to anything but it does everything that we want and it does it well!
@timbarin, Thanks brother! We're a bit slow with our replies this week but we are happy to be back and happy to have ya following along on our latest grow. Cheers!
@Beachbudz, Absolutely! They may not be the biggest plants for 14 weeks but it's been a great learning process and we sort of prefer the leisurely schedule compared to the autoflowers we were growing before... which always seemed like a race against time, especially if you run into any problems like deficiencies or other. This has been a very comfortable grow for us. 👍
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