Plenty of firsts

[No3odiesShad0w]

Thanks SoOrbudgal you were also right about that purple punch. It's so delicious. It tastes and smells like some fruit punch Kool aid. I can see this how this cultivar can become a favorite really quick with that flavor profile (I think it was you that said you liked purple punch. My memory isn't so good looking sometimes 😅)

[No3odiesShad0w]

It's been 5 days since the last picture and just....wow!! The Mandarin is already giving off orange smelling terps....... If..... It's smelling so orange already.....🤔. I'm going to be one happy orange camper in January! Meanwhile the UG is the opposite. It's smelling like dank incense and stacking flowers. It's only been 27 days since I flipped to 12 hours and I couldn't be any happier with the progress. There's still time to mess up the whole grow lololol but I hope that won't be the case this time. I'm past my 3 week mark. By now I would have seen spots forming on the leaves and red stems a plenty but I'm only seeing some red here and there and the leaves look healthy and strong. The extra calcium is all I needed in my mix.

The GSC has started stretching and V shaped petals are popping up all over the place. She's stretching all over the place. She doesn't have any claws like some of my other autos. Really loving this Coots Soil recipe. It's got punch while being gentle enough to not burn autos. Even when planted directly into the hot soil. (With the exception of the seed starting buffer of plain happy frog soil) The CBD White widow is looking fantastic. Next CBD might be some fancy 1:20 ratio from Purple Caper Seeds. Get myself some proper medicine going.

This is going to be the last post for this thread. In the next week, I'm going to get started with the next grow!!! Since the earth boxes are occupied and Christmas may have come a bit early, I got some 5 gal fabric pots and those AC infinity self watering bases. I'm going to be trying 4 more soil blends to see which performed the best in my grow situation. Hopefully I can squeeze in 2 more grows before the summer then I'm going to take a break for 3 months because growing in the summer sucks. (I say that now but watch.... Come summer I'll want to grow anyways lololol)

[No3odiesShad0w]

22 days since I flipped to 12 hour lighting. It looks like they've stopped stretching. Did a defoliation, gave them some ewc tea with some of the NLS flower power. Now just to sit back and watch the flowers get swole!!

Also chopped down the blue dream!! At 10.6oz wet, I'm definitely going to have 3oz of beautiful flower to smoke for New Year's!! It's been a good year. Accomplished a lot. Besides the cancer this has def been the best years I've had in a decade. Just wanna keep the positivity flowing. Life's better for it

[Bluey]

Dialing back the light can also assist with some nute issues.

I've been using that chart since beginning indoor grows in a climate controlled room...it's a good one and not too conservative or aggressive.

[golfnrl]

I have been playing around with VPD, but I haven't been trying to track and maintain VPD for the current grow because I haven't found a useful chart. Looks like that may change for the future. That's a very cool and useful link. Thx for sharing Bluey. I've dialed back the light intensity in both tents for the current grows. That has helped with heat and light burn and humidity.

[No3odiesShad0w]

Hey that's pretty cool .... Interactive!

[Bluey]

I've had crappy spindly outdoor grows give great effects and terrific terps. To look at it was crap. Ive never seen any correlation between quality and yield in my time growing..well not yet anyway.

Genetics obviously play a huge roll and there is a lot of crap out there.

I'd be focusing more on the dry & cure to get what you are aiming for.

I still can't go past old school sativa...when I find a strain that smashes those effects I grow it

[No3odiesShad0w]

I got a CO2 meter just because it was on sale for like 60% off normal price I didn't need it. I don't supplement CO2 but this apartment is so tiny that just me being in here gets CO2 levels to ample levels for higher growth potential if I can get my environment better dialed in. I think I got the lights, watering, and hopefully nutrients at optional levels. With the elevated CO2, if I got my environment better dialed in I could probably push them more in flower. In due time I suppose. Idc about yield so much anymore. Looking more after good flavor, smelly terps, good buzz. The weed privilege getting strong.

[Bluey]

I do the same, sit with my plants. Also working in the room..but I haven't bought a gas analyser so no idea but my plants grow great.
I have got a couple of spare full CO² tanks here I got fir free but haven't bothered with the regulator or switchgear....I'm happy without it.

[No3odiesShad0w]

The highest is the GSC at 1000ppfd . I'll be raising it in coming days

[Bluey]

Use this

https://vpdchart.com/

[No3odiesShad0w]

Yeah 45 max without CO2. I have about 1100ppm of CO2 ATM. I'll have to go chill with the plants for an hour later tonight when the lights go on top get the levels back up. I'm this 10x10x7 room, I just need to hang out here for an hour and I get plenty free CO2. Only 30 min left before they go off for the day. Off peak electric hours 🙌

[No3odiesShad0w]

Next thing I need to study up on is VPD. Mostly so I can fix some of these night day swings. Even though it gets cooler when the lights go off, I still try to keep it at 58 to 62% humidity and I see that does havoc with the VPD. So I just need to memorize a few correlations. If the temp is going to be 68 then what is the ideal humidity for that temp say when it's in early flower. And the same for when the temp is at 75 so I can keep the kPa at 1.2 or at 1.0 during veg. That's def an easy next step. And with the 69 pro control that's coming with the fan... It should be even easier. .......

But I still want to memorize some numbers. I don't want to just rely on the phone to do all the work for me. Because sure I can look at the apps to see what my VPD is at the moment or what it was, but I still don't have the proper understanding to know what effects what in what direction. So it's a bit of guessing at the moment and relying on looking at the app and the chats to see what temps and humidity gave me ideal results....... But I still want to have a better understanding of the 2 and how they interact with one another.

[Bluey]

Sounds about right but up there....it's about 45 Max give or take from memory.

I got regrowth on the tops of my largest colas last grow....had to redo the light setup so won't happen again. I had 1350 PPFD at the tops at 30" from the lights..they are quantum boards and I had them way too close together...live and learn

[No3odiesShad0w]

The viparspectra lights are at 75% same with the spider farmer. And sorry the GSC is at about 50 mol for the DLI. She's on day 26 I believe. So she's going to start stretching any time now.