Week 13! ๐ฑ
Things are going well! The buds are getting bigger and things are starting to smell very nice.
Day 85 (day 25 of flower):
- temporarily increased the light intensity from 85% to 90%.
- set up our makeshift air conditioning duct, which is just an old cardboard box with a 4" hole and 4" duct that we put over top of our portable air conditioner.
- we'll run the air conditioner only if the outside temperatures get too high to provide adequate cooling.
Day 86 (day 26 of flower):
- nothing to report!
Day 87 (day 27 of flower):
- watered Plant #2 with 8L of dechlorinated tap water, with nutrient solution equal to 780ppm, pH 6.1.
- tested runoff of Plant #2, results were 1490ppm and pH 6.9.
- watered remaining 1.5L of nutrient mixture to Plant #1, no runoff.
Day 88 (day 28 of flower):
- the smell is increasing
- the lower leaves of Plant #1 are yellowing... Is this early signs of fading, or is there a problem? We're not sure yet but so far it's looking reasonable.
Day 89 (day 29 of flower):
- increased light intensity from 95% to 100%
- increased AC Infinity exhaust fan maximum intensity from 50% to 60% when temperature reaches 78F or higher.
Day 90 (day 30 of flower):
- watered Plant #1 with 9L of dechlorinated tap water, with .5ml/L of General Hydroponics' "CALiMAGic" & Remo Nutrients' "VeloKelp", 1ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Grow" & "Top-Max", 2ml/L of Biobizz's "Acti-Vera" and 2.5ml/L of BioBizz's "Bio-Bloom". This resulted in a 830ppm mixture, pH adjusted down to 6.3/6.4.
- runoff levels from Plant #1 tested at 1560ppm and pH 7.0.
- lower leaves of Plant #1 have really yellowed over the past day. It still seems a little bit early in flower to be fading that much so we're suspecting that there is a deficiency or imbalance. At the moment we are just continuing to feed normally.
Day 91 (day 31 of flower):
- no changes
- A/C used for 3-4hrs
@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. ๐