First Grow of 2022 - Mephisto Double Grape & SS O.G. Kush

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Day 39 (PM) - Notes

Tonight, the ladies got a special treat. I made them a super brown cocktail based on 1 liter split between the two -- see graphic below:

 

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Day 39 (PM) Stats:

Nothing significant happened today. Although, I can't stop myself from continuing to prune the OGK.

I'm still swimming in waters that are filled with Bro-Science and facts about Autoflower plants. Top, don't top, prune, don't prune, etc.

Since I can only hurt myself, I trudge on.

 

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did some scrolling through i like what i see. keep it up

 

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Day 40 (PM) - Photos

Nothing much exciting today. They continue to eat, and I continue to defoliate.

I must confess, I am a weak man. I promised to stop pulling leaves, but I am helpless.

Double Grape is on a mission to create medicine. O.G. Kush is still trying to figure out why am intent on pulling and cutting leaves.

 

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I deleted this post because I was using the wrong VPD chart. I needed to switch from Veg to Flower.

 

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Day 41 Observations:

I don't know why I don't like these plants with one single-dominating top going up the center. With that in mind, I think that's why am so into LST. I like the look of the plants when everything is equal, or at least corrected so the lesser flower sites get a fighting chance.

 

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More Day 41 Observations:

I spent a good part of my early morning lamenting about VPD and why I could not get my environment more consistent. I created charts and graphs and other nonsense to try and work it out. That post was quickly deleted when I realized I was on the wrong chart.

This dumb guy forgot to switch from Veg to the Flowering Chart. Once I started plugging in the numbers I realized I was doing just fine.

I understand there could be quite a few people out there that don't even track this. However, I decided to and I want to at least make it one of my many juggling chainsaws of growing.

I created the following graphic to go on the outside pocket of the tent so that I can make a few changes in the AM and PM.

Keep in mind, the Day numbers assume a leaf temperature of 2ºF below tent temp (lights on). As for the night, I am going to assume a Zero difference between the tent and leaf because of the lights-off period.

 

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Day 41 - Notes

Drum Roll Please - Important Announcement

Like losing your virginity, this day will never be forgotten. As of TODAY, the letters PPM will never cross my lips and rarely get typed into this keyboard. I recently bought a semi-fancy Apera PC-60 EC/pH meter and learned that it is factory set at 700, yet all my previous stats have been calculated at 500 (see graphic):

Speaking of EC:

I found the following chart on Humboldt's website for ideal EC through cannabis stages of life. Do you agree?

In Other News:

• The two plants drank about a gallon (total) overnight.
• I raised the light 4 inches to get the PPFD below 800. From everything I have read, the correct DLI for 20 hours lights is 40. Yet, I can't bring myself to go that low. I'm staying in the 50s.
• I did some canopy work
• Not one leaf was plucked or cut today. (cue - Serenity Prayer) Can I get a hallelujah!

Day 41 (PM) - Stats:

 

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Day 44 - Photos:

 

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Day 46 (PM) - Photos:

 

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I wanted to clarify that my Day 46 reservoir change nutrients listed are at a per-gallon rate.

Meaning, I used 6g (total for 3 gal) of A,B, Epsom and 3.6g of M-K-P. The other half gallon of RO was for dilution for E.C. and not included in the recipe math.

 

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Day 48 - Pruning Results

As you can see, the leaves look much happier some 12 hours later. I still don't know if I have hurt flowering.

 

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Day 48 - Pruning Results (Part 2)

 

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Day 50 - Pics:

 

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