day 25 - Earlier tonight did a water change on the right side of the tent and forgot to put the drain hose back into the res, so 13 gallons of water leaked into the closet. It happened within 2 hours of me doing a water change, but I'm really hoping it didn't drain into my neighbors closet. They are new, and we have never really spoken...I soaked up as much as I could, but not 13 gallons worth. pulled everything out and put 2 fans in there to speed the drying.
On another note, the plants are doing well. The tent is doing fantastic and they have almost reached the scrog; much larger than the plants in the tent the same age. The young-lings in the closet have not been growing quite as fast, I think the may light may be a little too close for them. The leaves are very wide and have deep ridges. The autos are doing well. Looks like I will get a decent amount of bud off of them before I have to get rid of them for the larger plants that will be filling another scrog. By decent, I mean enough to smoke on till the next harvest. Expecting ~3-4oz. Going to have to do some watchful trimming in the interior of the plant. the colas are too close together and when they start to grow together they could mold. i'm going to remove alot of the leaves, a little bit day by day to lessen the shock. The cool thing is I've mastered keeping all the bud at the top and not having any popcorn. Takes a bit more work and a constant eye but it's pretty cool. You just have to pull the new branchlets off as they show up before they get too big. Both of my tiny autos have 6 top colas each, even if they are weak little girls. Hoping for 6 weeks veg and 8 weeks flowering, but I'm expecting 8 weeks veg and 10+ flowering
Changed cameras back to an old iPhone 4 I had laying and they look a little better under the LEDs. After this harvest I'm definitely getting a top of the line phone for great pictures, and one of those macro lenses from eBay. Already tried and frequently use the microscope adapters and they are freaking fantastic. A must have for seeing those trichomes turning color and knowing exactly when to harvest. Ambering doesn't always work great for autos, because they color a little differently. They're both only around $2-5 I think...depending on where you buy from.
If you can tell, after the images are de-resolutioned by 420mag, I removed the new branches forming at the nodes before they have a chance to lengthen. I then keep only the top two-three leaf sets (excluding the new growth). Then once the 2nd leaf set begins to overlap the 3rd, I remove that 3rd/bottom two leaves. This will create one, thick, powerful stem leading straight up to the scrog, that will then break-off into multiple stems all being fed by the same, powerful stem. This, in my hypothesis, will even out bud size and stem growth. Once the top set of leaf growth reached the scrog, I will let it get about an inch or so above, then snip just above the nodes with new stem growth. Everything from that point will be tucked under the scrog, occasionally removing large fan leaves so that new branches and new nodes will receive light, to maximize the amount of colas. Once the scrog is full, then I will be switching to 12/12 and turning the ballast to 75% for 1-2 weeks, and 100% from their on out
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Right - Day 45
