Day 44 - March 25, 2021
Started noticing a couple gnats in our house. It's been warm outside and they are starting to come out. Unfortunately saw some in the room as well and can only assume there are many more feeding on the ladies. Gave foliar spray using Bee Safe Organicide.
Gave all the girls a thorough haircut today and worked on trying to get canopy under control. Vegatation was very thick.
Doesn't look like deficency issue with F7 is spreading. Continuing to watch for any changes indicating the problem is still ongoing.
Gave foliar spray (1:00AM):
* Bee Safe Organicide
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 10:45PM
* 2.21 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 73.94F (with ambient temps being higher, res temp is higher as well)
* ~13-gallons remaining before topping off
* Added ~5-gallons (solution mixed 3/24) (11:00PM)
* 2.16 EC (after topping off)
* 5.9 pH (after topping off)
* 73.40F (after topping off)
* ~18-gallons remaining (after topping off)
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
** 1:00AM-4:00AM (Reduced light intensity to 50% for foliar spray)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars Off 24-hours
Air control:
69F-82F (80F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
50%-65% (56% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1181PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~690PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 45 - March 26, 2021
Didn't do much in the garden today. Tucked a couple branches under trellis netting and that's pretty much it. Hoping will have the trellis on each cage filled out by next weekend.
Nutrient deficiency with F7 seems to be resolved. New growth not showing any issues.
Found a dead gnat on a leaf. Bee Safe foliar spray seems to have done the trick. Continuing to keep close eye out for pests.
Mixed of nutrient solution (11:00PM):
** 50-gallons RO water (0.06 EC)
** 10ML h2o2 per gallon
** 5ML Botanicare Cal-mag+ per gallon (0.54 EC after Cal-Mag)
** 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
** 10ML Mills Nutrients Basis A & B per gallon
** 4ML Mills Nutrients Start-R per gallon
** 1.25ML pHup per gallon (bring PH from ~5.1 to 5.8)
** ~2.02 EC
** 5.8/5.9 pH
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 11:30PM
* 2.16 EC
* 5.8/5.9 PH
* 73.94F (with ambient temps being higher, res temp is higher as well)
* ~10-gallons remaining
* Didn't top off today
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (81F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
50%-65% (60% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1268PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~620PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 46 - March 27, 2021
Did some more pruning to remove thick foliage and open up nodes. Continuing to tuck branches through trellis. Expect will be ready to go into flower in apprxomately a week.
CO2 tank ran out and co2 levels dropped to 330PPM for the first couple of hours of lights on. Replaced tank at 10AM.
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* topped off with ~18-gallons
* tested 9:30PM
* 2.06 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 73.94F (with ambient temps being higher, res temp is higher as well)
* ~20-gallons remaining
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (80F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (64% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1397PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~330PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 47 - March 28, 2021
Didn't do much in the garden today. Deficiency issue on new growth is continuing to newest nodes on F7 and is starting to show in F6, F2, and F3 as well. Also noticed a few leaves with small tip of nutrient burn.
Flushed F2, F3, F6, and F7 until runoff EC was equal to input. F1,F4, F5, and F8 look good but will flush those tomorrow as well just in case.
Flushed with:
* RO Water (starting EC 0.05)
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* 5ML Cal-Mag+ per gallon
* pH 5.8
* EC 0.53
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:30PM
* 2.06 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 74.48F
* ~13-gallons remaining
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (79F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (65% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1312PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~1292PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 48 - March 29, 2021
Flushed F1, F4, F5, and F8 until runoff EC was equal to input.
Gave Foliar Spray
Foliar Spray:
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Flush with:
* RO Water (starting EC 0.05)
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* 5ML Cal-Mag+ per gallon
* pH 5.8
* EC 0.54
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:30PM
* 2.06 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 73.40F
* Topped off to approximately 20-gallons
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (78F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (67% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1301PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~1117PPM CO2 (Lights Off) [Goofed up on setting timer for UV bars and were on during dark period causing CO2 to stay on.]
Day 49 - March 30, 2021
No work in the garden today.
Gave Foliar Spray
Foliar Spray:
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
7:00PM-7:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:00PM
* 2.05 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 73.76F
* Topped off to approximately 20-gallons
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (76F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (70% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-75% RH (Lights Off)
~1288PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~793PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 50 - March 31, 2021
Deficiency Issues:
Still having issues with what looks like Zinc deficiency. Also found 4 of 5 fan leaves with Calcium deficiency over the last couple of days. Runoff is PH 5.8 and EC is 0.78. EC in runoff has been very low. I'm pretty confident it's not a PH issue at this point. Seems plants are rapidily soaking up the nutrients in the water. I also found 8 or 9 fan leaves with slight nutrient burn a few days ago. Nutrient burn seems to have tapered off and haven't noticed any spreading. Going to try adding an additional watering to the schedule to see what happens. I'm hesitant to mix stronger nutrients due to nutrient burn I started to see earlier this week. At the same time, need to figure out the cause of the nutrient deficiencies. I'm currently using the Light Feeding Schedule from Mills Nutrients (says "light", but is still 2.06 EC including 0.54 EC for water + CalMag) Need to switch to flower soon but need to figure out deficiency issues before the switch.
Defoliation:
* Removed quite a bit of fan leaves suffocating nodes. Girls are 10lbs lighter.
Despite the nutrient issues, the girls have been filling out fast. Did a timelapse over the past couple days and can see significant growth in a short period.
Gave Foliar Spray
Foliar Spray:
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Watering:
03:00AM-3:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
11:00AM-11:10AM
~0.33 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:10PM
~0.33 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 11:30PM
* 2.06 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 73.40F
* Topped off to approximately 20-gallons
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 18-hours (10:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
** 11:00AM Reduced intensity to 50% for foliar spray
** 12:00PM Increase intensity to 75%
** 1:00PM Increased intensity to 100%
* Gavita LEDs Off 6-hours (4:00AM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-82F (77F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (67% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-75% RH (Lights Off)
~1574PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~880PPM CO2 (Lights Off)