Welcome to my second run of ILGM Apple Fritter Autos
My first run of 9 seeds was a real shit show. Lost 2 to seed hull issues and 2 to gnants. One additional plant stalled at 2nd node curled up and died. Hoping to do much better
Specs on run will be:
4x4 400 watt panel with thermo and cloud forge environmental controls on 2 apps. Vivosun app running lights and fans and ACA running temp and humidity. This run I have modified the duct fan to exhaust outside of the 12x10 room with the carbon filter outside. I also have a transfer fan mounted low to pull ground level cool and dry air into the room. this is a small 10x4 duct fan booster made by Vivosun. I have a floor that can move up and down and will set floor at 13 inches up. This smaller volume is easier to control for temp and humidity. Fan control inside is 2 light mounted fans and 2 6 inch sweep fans both on app but this may not workout well. The speed settings will be the same and I do not think the wind needs will be the same for light mounted vrs pole mounted so they will bounce to local control off app. I hate this as the fans in local control have to be reset after power outage.
Tent 2 31x31x63 with 2 140 watt lights with fans. Temp control will be with duct fan 4 inch and humidity is on a Vivosun humidifier that has done fine for drying but now will be on the app. One sweep fan on local control.

Plan will be 8 3 gallon fabric pots on draining bases in the 4x4 and 3 in the 31x31. I will use the 31x31 for stretchy plants that require more light and keep the shorter more light efficient plants in the 4x4.
Training will be pulling and holding down stems as they pop off the main. I am pretty straight on this strain for timing and I have the nutrition plan figured out from the first 4 plant run. The time from preflower emergence to the end of stretch was 4 weeks. As soon as preflower starts I will top plant if it is at 7 nodes. If only at 5 I will let is go 1 week and hope for 6 at least. Main stems after top will be bent over and all stems trained upright for right left and up. Looking for the sickle pattern of growth like this

I did allow one plant to grow natural last run. It was big and beautiful and not going to happen again
Water will be reverse osmosis from a filter. Nutes will be top dress organic at week 2, 5, 7 and flowering handled by foop nutes and Dr earth flower girl. As these plants are nitrogen hogs I have EWC and will be liberal with the use up to mid flower.
Temps will be 80 during seeding and veg tapering down to 75 by mid flower. Lights will be aggressive but will not go over 48dli the whole run. These plants finished much better by trending lights down at the end of the grow. Not a little better like crunchy frost better. From about 43k to 35k the last 3 weeks. Shout out to the Trainwreck for helping with that technique.
IPM a 3 layer defense including honeypot traps at first line. Physical barrier include seals on self closing door and all entries to room on barrier screens. Close in sticky traps and have the standard bug list capt jacks, neem, dia clay ect.
One big boost to IPM is wife found some blue lit gnat traps that work better then I have ever seen. Will be used around the house just not in grow room.
Gnants are terrible this year the grass is full of them and they ride in on the cats.
First 3 plants for drying will go into the 31x31 which will be used for drying unless I make a drying cabinet or make a hacked cannacure box.

Hoping for 3 oz per plant. My last plant from the 4 plant run hit this mark.

Seeds dropping tonight.