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Daily Update: Perpetual Tent - Week 8
Ahhh, finally, time with the girls.
I open the tent with an upbeat "Good morning my lovelies" and the smell hits me in the face! 
Everyone is fighting for the prize of most coveted perfume. I work my nose around the group. Mmmmmm Cheese Candy is beginning to give Auto Destroyer a run for the money with a sweeter version of that intoxicating scent Auto Destroyer has been taunting me with.
Today we take this soft tie splint of and let it be free.
hahaha! Flashback: first episode of Mork And Mindy when Robin Williams takes the eggs out of the carton, tosses them into the air with an exuberant "Fly!! Be free little brothers!" LOL! Sorry, it just blasted across my brain there.
Cheese Candy is now 51 days old. Those leaves make my heart beat faster. She's one healthy plant and she's frosting up beautifully.
Auto Destroyer: Day 51 You can see how this one's frosting up down inside. There's a close up later in the update.
Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia, Day 49. I sense a desire to be stunning. I hope she has enough time to pull it off. I have many more seeds just like her.
I have enough seeds on hand to replicate this grow if I wanted to, but there were some tasty alternatives in the seed order. I really need to get the list done. We're days away now from dropping new seeds and getting back to doing it right. 
African Buzz, Day 50. This one suffered the most from their gasping start at life. She's coming along slowest, has the least amount of floral development and is the shortest in stature. For all these reasons she has been chosen as our test case for a flush. More on that later.
We'll finish off with a group shot of the Kit Girls. They're just so tiny.
I need to stop thinking of it like that. They're still developing and by the end they could be quite spectacular. This is my test run anyway. I'm training for the next cycle. I have to keep reminding myself of that.
A closer look at frostiness on Auto Destroyer.....
..... and on Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia.
Environmental monitoring:
Let's talk about soil overload for a moment. You've no doubt noticed my frustration about the necrotic leaves. The only logical conclusion is that I overloaded this soil by mismanaging the drenches early on. I was running them too close together and forgetting the 1/4 Trans/Tea drench that is supposed to fall between the specialized drenches. So I shouldn't have been surprised when following. Monday's Growth Energy/Tea drench I found leaves dying off.
In talking to PeeJay about this we've concluded that it's worth a shot to flush one, let it dry out and throw it right back into the drench rotation, watching to see if it helped at all. It gives me the opportunity to do my first flush and if it works it give me another tool to put out. For reasons listed above African Buzz was the chosen test case. Following PeeJays directions I set up a bowl with enough water to cover the bottom 2/3 of the pot.
In she goes, to be left alone for 15 minutes or so, at which point more water is gently poured over the top.
Lifted out and set to drain thoroughly before repeating the entire process one more time.
I discovered that tilting the pot made it easier to get all the runoff out. .
Our last look in is actually two. I took the shots from either side of the tent and got different colors represented, which I found to be incredibly cool, so here they are.
Aside from the drench and topping off the reservoirs, no other maintenance was necessary.
Ok people, get out there and make the world a more joyful place because of your presence. I know each and every one of you has more joy than you believe, so dig deep and have a blast with it.
My brother just brought up the FedEx ticket. New light tomorrow! 
You all have a wonderful day. I'm going to finish that buzz I've been trying to get in for over three hours.
Ahhh, finally, time with the girls.
I open the tent with an upbeat "Good morning my lovelies" and the smell hits me in the face!
Everyone is fighting for the prize of most coveted perfume. I work my nose around the group. Mmmmmm Cheese Candy is beginning to give Auto Destroyer a run for the money with a sweeter version of that intoxicating scent Auto Destroyer has been taunting me with.
Today we take this soft tie splint of and let it be free. hahaha! Flashback: first episode of Mork And Mindy when Robin Williams takes the eggs out of the carton, tosses them into the air with an exuberant "Fly!! Be free little brothers!" LOL! Sorry, it just blasted across my brain there.
Cheese Candy is now 51 days old. Those leaves make my heart beat faster. She's one healthy plant and she's frosting up beautifully.
Auto Destroyer: Day 51 You can see how this one's frosting up down inside. There's a close up later in the update.
Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia, Day 49. I sense a desire to be stunning. I hope she has enough time to pull it off. I have many more seeds just like her.
I have enough seeds on hand to replicate this grow if I wanted to, but there were some tasty alternatives in the seed order. I really need to get the list done. We're days away now from dropping new seeds and getting back to doing it right.
African Buzz, Day 50. This one suffered the most from their gasping start at life. She's coming along slowest, has the least amount of floral development and is the shortest in stature. For all these reasons she has been chosen as our test case for a flush. More on that later.
We'll finish off with a group shot of the Kit Girls. They're just so tiny.
I need to stop thinking of it like that. They're still developing and by the end they could be quite spectacular. This is my test run anyway. I'm training for the next cycle. I have to keep reminding myself of that.
A closer look at frostiness on Auto Destroyer.....
..... and on Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia.
Environmental monitoring:
Let's talk about soil overload for a moment. You've no doubt noticed my frustration about the necrotic leaves. The only logical conclusion is that I overloaded this soil by mismanaging the drenches early on. I was running them too close together and forgetting the 1/4 Trans/Tea drench that is supposed to fall between the specialized drenches. So I shouldn't have been surprised when following. Monday's Growth Energy/Tea drench I found leaves dying off.
In talking to PeeJay about this we've concluded that it's worth a shot to flush one, let it dry out and throw it right back into the drench rotation, watching to see if it helped at all. It gives me the opportunity to do my first flush and if it works it give me another tool to put out. For reasons listed above African Buzz was the chosen test case. Following PeeJays directions I set up a bowl with enough water to cover the bottom 2/3 of the pot.
In she goes, to be left alone for 15 minutes or so, at which point more water is gently poured over the top.
Lifted out and set to drain thoroughly before repeating the entire process one more time.
I discovered that tilting the pot made it easier to get all the runoff out. .
Our last look in is actually two. I took the shots from either side of the tent and got different colors represented, which I found to be incredibly cool, so here they are.
Aside from the drench and topping off the reservoirs, no other maintenance was necessary.
Ok people, get out there and make the world a more joyful place because of your presence. I know each and every one of you has more joy than you believe, so dig deep and have a blast with it.
My brother just brought up the FedEx ticket. New light tomorrow!
You all have a wonderful day. I'm going to finish that buzz I've been trying to get in for over three hours.
