Weekly Update: HST Disasters, Time-Change Chaos & The 12|12 Flip Another week down, and let us just say my well thought out master plan took a few hits, literally and chronologically. Here is what happened. Throughout the week, I kept busy applying a mix of low and high stress training to keep pushing the mainlining structure forward. But right on the eve of my scheduled flip to flower on Wednesday, the one handed curse struck again. While tying down a shoot on the already battered Plant #1, I accidentally managed to top it in pure Hulk mode, just snapping it right off with my bare hand instead of using a clean scalpel like a civilized grower. Speaking of the flip, I went ahead and switched them to 12|12, but I completely forgot that we were heading into the end of Daylight Saving Time, the switch from summer to winter time. My master plan for the lighting schedule was pristine, featuring a nice long dark period leading into a 9pm to 9am light cycle. Instead, because of the time shift, my lights ended up running a completely scuffed schedule. Now I am forced to manually adjust the timer step by step over the next few days to nudge the window back to my preferred nine to nine slot. If I had just waited until today to switch, it would have been a seamless transition. So much for bulletproof planning. On top of that, I performed a complete nutrient solution change this past Friday. The EC is now sitting at 2.1 and the pH is held right around 5.6 as usual. Both plants are now officially deep into flowering territory, managing their taped up wounds and surviving my chaotic calendar management. Let us see how they handle the new schedule. Nearly forgot to mention my new grow cam. The Lumatek ATS 300W Pro has enough space in the middle to mount the cam directly onto the frame. After a week, I have to say that I need to find a better spot because the distance to the plants makes it hard to see all of them. Since the lamp is nearly the same size as the HOMEbox, it's hard to find a good spot for the cam. Dunno, maybe I'll find a good spot, maybe not. I guess I have like a week left until the ladies flower, so I have about a week to find the best spot for the cam.