that ScroG is so beautiful man! Really love the work you’ve put in! This was a great read.
Thank you Brother!!! Honestly, like the last grow, it's pretty much running on auto pilot. I hand feed every couple days and check for any issues but for the most part the ACI fan and controller are doing most of the work. Having the tent in a lung room makes controlling environment pretty easy. Trimming actually got me to sweat a little since I had to lay on my back when I was trimming the undercanopy but otherwise she's been mostly doing it on her own. I'm just here to keep the girls inside the guard rails!
04/18/2023
Lights on Tent Specs:
Temperature - 76.5*
Humidity - 66%
VPD - 1.06 kPa
Week 4 going into week 5 of Flower. I had to leave for a week which is another reason I set up the auto irrigate and she worked flawlessly. The
Floraflex plates will complete the setup for better media coverage but the water rings did their job.
When I opened the plants today, right after lights on, they weren't wilted and looked like they had gotten enough water to keep them happy. I had added around 20 gallons of clear water to the reservoir before I had left and when I got back today the reservoir had a little over 5 gallons left. 3 feedings over the week with one to spare which is what I had programmed the timer to do and what was left in the reservoir told me that the girls had gotten what they needed while I was gone as far as water volume so that worked out really well. The
Floraflex plates I'm going to order for the next run will make the auto irrigate that much better as far as media saturation.
This is what I saw the first time I opened the tent:
The foliage has filled out and it looks like I may need to do a 2nd trim, not as hard as the first one, but she's definitely filled out enough that I'll need to clear some of the foliage to get more light to the bottom of the canopy.
Side View of the canopy to get a different perspective of the foliage:
I also noticed that the MG had a slight tip burn from the high PPM feeds I've been doing through this stage of growth so it would seem I've found the limits of what she'll take. The FS and BFG leaf tips aren't showing signs of burn so they can probably take higher PPM but I think 1200 is about as high as I want to go. MG doesn't looked stressed so I think I'm OK. The soil was dry as last feed was a couple of days ago and the girls are sucking the water out of the soil every couple days. If I let them go for an extra day they start to show signs of wilting. Stretch seems to have stopped and flower production is in full swing.
Checked light readings at canopy and I didn't have to adjust any of the lights as it seems that they've grown into the next level they need to be at for Week 5:
PPFD - 859/DLI - 38/Lux - 50,000
I'm going to have to start thinking about turning on the dehumidifier once the girls are out of week 7 going into week 8 to try and lower the humidity little by little until I get to around 45% - 50% the last week of flower. I'm not sure what the added heat from the dehumidifier will do in terms of the lung room since this is the first grow in this lung room but I have a few ideas that may work. Stay tuned!
When I opened the tent I got this really nice sweet smell that just hit me in the face so I'm excited to see what kind of terpene profiles I get after cure is complete.
