Maiden Voyage

Week Commencing 05/02/21 - On Saturday 6th inspected the garden around 5pm. Lights had been on since 1pm. Temperature was sitting at 38'!!! All the plants were limp and withered! With the benefit of hindsight, this was coming. I immediately removed them and reset the ballast to 250w. I waited for the cupboard temp to drop, watered and also sprayed to speed up rehydration. This could've destroyed the plants but lesson learned! - After a few days of watering and feeding, the plants rebounded surprisingly well. - I replaced my hygrometer with a digital gauge that records 24hr averages and highs and lows for temp and RH. Now I know what's happening when I'm not around. - Using HPS lighting without effective fan extraction is a massive mistake. - Continued to feed and monitor temps and things have stabilised. Average temp 25-26'. Although, driving a 600w HPS at a 250w setting isn't ideal. - I have ordered a 1.2m Gorilla tent and kit to finish the grow. The cupboard will work okay for seedlings and most of veg but it isn't suitable for an entire cycle. Anyway, the new setup will half my turnaround time. *dropped my phone and damaged the camera, so all pics have to be taken in selfie mode. This means I can't put my grow room glasses over the lens and my pics all look orange tinted now. What a great week!!! - The Fat Bananas range in size from 45-65cms. The Northern Light, which was easily the smallest and flowered a week later now measures 51cms i.e. it has overtaken 2 Fat Bananas! - Defoliation on 11/02 was more intensive than last time. Mostly it was removing heat stressed or lower level leaves that were badly discoloured. I did move 2-4 healthy fan leaves per plant but only those that overshadowed bud sites. I know you aren't supposed to defoliate after flower, especially autos but it'll be interesting to see how the plants respond.