07/09/2026 New week folks! This week is kinda busy. I have to either lift the light or drop the intensity. I personally would turn the light up to level 6. For the time being that is. I think I get to use a much higher intensity with the thingy I have. We'll see. It's a 500 watt light, so I have plenty light to work with. She is growing quite rapidly at least the leVes are all getting bigger. Readings: pH: 6.31 EC: 2.21 TDS: 1.57 Evening Readings: Temp: 68° I think I'm gonna change the water out instead of mixing a new gallon. I really don't want to though. It's wasting my poor nutrients. DLI: 42 mol PPFD: 631 PPFD 09/10/2026 The goal this week is clearing out the big leaves and cover leaves. Readings: pH: 6.3 (very steady) but it needs to be closer to 5.8 just don't know how. EC: 2.18 cU? The thing changed on me. TDS: 1.55 ppm? Temp: 70.1° ice bottle added. I'd like to keep it below 70°, like 65° would be good. Update: I have decided to defoliate my plant today. I've already removed a few branches that just won't reach through the canopy. I'm also taking all the big leaves off. The ones with purple stems seem to be a sign of readiness to me. That was quick. Lol there's a whole bunch. So I've got my work cut out for me. 07/11/2026 Readings: pH: 6.26 EC: 2.27 ? TDS: 2.28 ? Temp: 68.2° 07/12/2026 Readings: pH: 6.3 EC: 2.19 mS TDS: 1.6 ppt? Temp: 69.1° will drop a bit more. With the ice bottle, it'll cool down much faster. Granted it was 70° when I first opened the bucket. I took some more foliage and a few lower sites and branches that weren't going to make it. 07/13/2026 Readings: pH: 6.33 EC: 2.44 TDS: 1.74 Temp: 67.5° Honestly I'm not sure how it changes, but I have people trying to explain. Lol. My meter reads in both ppm and cm. I'm still not seeing how the TDS is higher than the EC. I'm confused. I've been topping her off with a half mix of nutes for now. Also I also increased the Hydroguard to 5 ml per gallon. I will get this brown stuff somehow. Hopefully it will clear up before I flip to flower. But there is so much root mass. I don't think it's getting all the bubbles. I have 3 air stones in there. It can't be oxygen related. Environmental is also out of the question. My system is pretty on point now. The water temp is fine as well. Just around 67°. I feel like I'm missing something. I'll update if I remember. 07/14/2026 Readings: pH: EC: TDS: Temp: She's about a half inch away from the net. She'll definitely be touching the net at some point today or grown over the net. That would be cool. I have a few promising tops. They are a little low, but I'm hoping for the next week and a half to really get some growth. And the trellis is gonna be used hardcore. I'm gonna weave this fucker like a bad sweater maybe. LMAO. She also looks great! The leaves are still kinda canoeing. Is the light actually that bright?! I need a person here to look at it and say yep or nope. Lol anyway, it looks more like they are opening up them old wrinkles. That has to be it. There's no way a photoperiod takes less than a DLI of 31.2 mol at this age. Nope. A+ environment. AI is coming through! 76° and 60% humidity. Readings: After a 1 gallon top off. pH: 6.26 EC: 2.69 TDS: 1.92 Temp: 67.8° I think I'm gonna do a plain water bucket with hydroguard for a couple days for the flowering period. 07/15/2026 Readings: pH: 5.88 EC: 2.41 mS TDS: 1.84 Temp: 67.5° Light changes: I added the light from the net distance. DLI: 41.2 mol. PAR: 621 ppfd Distance:: 24" 07/16/2026 We have touchdown! More like kissed.. Not completely, but there's a few leaves that grew over the net along with a top or two. Still touchdown. Ice bottle was replaced this morning. I also topped her off about 3/4 gallon. It brought the roots down a bit so they're fully under water. Just below the net pot. I know it should be 1" to 2" inches between the water and the net cup, but the roots are also important. Not to mention how fast she's taking the water down. She'll need another half gallon tomorrow morning. Maybe more. When I changed the ice bottles out, the roots blocked the bottom of the bucket, so I had to put my ice bottle in the one spot. With roots under it. I might be able to move them. With a paint stick. Lucky I have 3 air stones in the bucket. The only place it's not bubbling is by the access panel. The rest is a bubbly haven for dirty roots. The only thing is, the roots are officially too big for the bucket. Again. Sweeet. Now I just need a bigger bucket. Lol. A quick look at the leaves. They look fantastic. Beautiful rich green. Spreading out the wrinkles to make her big and strong. I had to pull some off as I went looking around at the plant. So far, I don't have any dead or dying leaves. So that's good. Oh and she SMELLS.iem wow. She smells. Good aroma. Powerful too. And we haven't even hit flower yet. Oh no. Not sure how I'm gonna keep the smell locked in while I'm working on the plant. Lol. No bueno indeed. Readings: pH: 6.3 EC: 2.93 TDS: 2.08 Temp: 65.1° Update: So I took a decent amount of lowers off today. All the bud sites that will be larf. Still needs to be cleared out. I also took a few leaves off. Everything that was pointing inward. I still have more to go, but I'm gonna wait for next week to pull the rest off. 08/19/2926 I added a time lapse video today. It's a month long instead of the weekly I was considering. You know, for more "meat" as it were.