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What Lesson Did Your Garden Teach You in 2022

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The two that come to mind "for me" 1) I thought 200 cfm exhaust fan would suffice for about 94 sq ft because I had no problem with temps / humidity in the old 6.5 ft tent..Not the case, to control heat and humidity in a confined area requires more cfms..2) I learned this one last night so I will slide it in..It would be very wise to have a spare ec and ph meter, in the event the primary one craps out..

Count yourself lucky if your garden gave your a free pass for 2022...
 
Hello, the past year has been fun adventure setting up this new hobby... I'm on my 3rd grow since Feb 2022 ....GWE site and forums have always been amazing...
  1. my indoor garden was not big enough..i've since expanded to 4 tents.. I've been trying for that perpetual weed grow. lol
  2. start with quality known seeds
  3. keep checking for stress herms... my stomach dropped when i've seen a random sac or bannas/pollen drop...
  4. nute lockout is no joke.. don't waste all your time/energy.. at least check water PH going in/runoff
  5. I need better drying setup or maybe another tent for drying... lol
for 2023 I will be expanding to another hydro DWC bucket setup

Cheers to new year!
 
First hydro grow

Learnt to not panic....
Small changes 1 at a time
The right height for my custom lighting solution (produces huge buds)
That electricity supply matters in an indoor hydro grow
How to prune the Nebula way
That I still don't have enough light for my 9 x 5 grow area for all in flower
That my water system will syphon if I put more than 120ltrs in my 240ltr water tank (designing a gravity open system to stop that)
That accurate measuring equipment is vital..eg. pH meter and to look after it
How to accurately measure PPFD using a couple of mobile phones
That high humidity will kill my monster buds with mould before they finish growing and maturing (only just touched on the harvest window)
That I need a better humidity measuring and automation system..(fixed)
and dehumidifier on the way.
That I dont own enough jars to cure one plants mould effected yield....still got over12 Oz from one plant and I lost all the big buds to mould.

and most importantly I just love what I'm doing and cannot learn enough about this...love it.

and a big thank you to GrowWeedEasy...you lot rock!
 
Bigger pots = more pot... no need to ask. 5 gallon pots aren't much bigger than 2 gallon pots but make more than twice as much pot. Can barely tell a 3 gallon pot from a 2 gallon pot but I get half again as much pot. I need an idea for what to do with my 2 gallon pots. I grow more pot than I can smoke. So for 2023 I'll grow for fun. Happy New Year!
 
I stopped measuring the runoff when I realized that I didn't clean the drip trays each time. So the runoff dried and added mineral content as it discovered into the next runoff and so on. I think that it you don't clean your drip trays each time you're getting a false reading and I'm too lazy to do that.
 
I also learned that I should pluck way more blossoms off of my tomato bushes(outside veggies) if I actually want to harvest a decent amount of RED tomatoes, lol.
This season was pathetic. I ended up bumming 'maters from friends gardens and paying for them at the store/farmers market to make all my salsas. 😠
 
After only 3 years of growing, I realized that taking the diffusers off of my plastic watering jugs makes it SO much easier for precise delivery of H2O. I'm also able to increase the flow rate dramatically, which saves time and muscle effort.
 

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You might appreciate a liquid transfer pump and 5 gallon bucket…..even easier. Tip from GWE….I can’t take credit for it.
 
Overall, it was a fun year for lessons (good and bad).

I learned about VPD and using temperature and humidity to target ideal growing conditions at different growth stages. This required adding the AC Infinity Controller 69, the addition of a humidifier to my grow tents, and a source of fresh air for the lung room. (I vent my exhaust into my lung room and use a dehumidifier if necessary). I also learned that technology can fail….both with user-errors and controller glitches.

I learned how to SCROG for the first time ever…pleasantly surprised at how well it works. I also learned the importance of defoliating a SCROG before flowering….she really got away from me and there was no coming back.

I started to learn “Quadlining” to keep my grow short and canopy flat under the grow lights. I definitely recommend reading up on this technique. Now if they would just talk about sub irrigated planters on GWE.
 
Lefty my jug like that full of water and too close to the garage door. I knew it was going to freeze and crack with the big polar blow we got. Sure enough that's what happened. Had the jug since they were $1.99 too..... :(
 
High frequency Fertigation (only applies if you grow in coco).
basically watering your plants at least once a day, sometimes 2-3! The old general rule of thumb about only only watering when the pots are light/dry imo shouldn’t apply to coco as it hampers growth. Never let your coco dry out! It’s very labour intensive but would highly recommend trying it if you grow with coco.
 
I'll second that, I learned the same thing this year, except I use perlite (plus a bit of peat moss to buffer alkali tap water). I also use cheap irrigation pumps and 5-gal buckets to cut down on labor. I program my pumps for 4x a day and adjust watering as the plants grow. I'm able to use 2.5-gallon pots in place of 12-gallon pots and get the same yields. I also adjusted pruning techniques to a modified quadline. In a 2x2 grow cabinet with a 200w light I'm getting 8 to 12 ounces a plant.
 
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