It's been a while since I updated this because I've simply been busy as fuck. I harvested a week and a half ago and I've had to juggle harvesting, cleaning, cloning, more cleaning, and basic chores around the house over the past week. Since Christmas just passed, I also had to show my face around with the family for a couple of days. I would've rather enjoyed staying my ass home and completing all my work.
The Master hit roughly 3.2 lbs for this month. The weight distribution is as follows;
Bubba - 800 grams
Abusive - 300 grams
GG - 350 grams
Candyland? - 120 grams
I say roughly 3.2 because there will be shake. Considering that I didn't expect anything over 2, it wouldn't be a bad harvest, except that there's mildew all over the Bubba, which I happen to have the most of. I tried to sell a small amount of it to one of my more loyal customers, and he noticed the problem right away and refused to buy. It was a rushed trim job, but it's still demoralizing. I'll have to do a better job of eliminating the mildew, otherwise I'll have to either find another way to deal with it or drop the price completely, if that would even work. The market isn't too hot for mildew-infested weed.
MASTER
The Master looks a lot better going into the next rotation, but I spent part of today trimming the bottom leaves. I told myself I would leave it alone this time around, with all the research I did on trimming during flowering, but it would really be a waste for those branches to stay on the trees. I didn't trim the Middle and it seems to have caused a bottleneck in growth somewhat. I changed the tarp this time around. The old one was nasty and probably covered in mildew. I also mounted the wall fan by the entrance to the bathroom. It seems like this has helped the humidity problem a little, although not much. I haven't set up the dehumidifier yet, so that's one more thing I'll have to do as this rotation progresses.
The trees themselves are looking healthy as they should. I didn't water as often as I usually do because of time constraints (and some laziness). I figured they wouldn't need that much water since they were just transplanted. The lack of watering didn't seem to harm them as much, if at all, but they're generally more forgiving during the first few weeks of flowering anyway, so I shouldn't take it for granted. While I trimmed, I also rearranged a lot of the top branches to allow more light distribution. This was a huge problem with the previous Master rotation, so I'm trying to fix that problem this time around.
MIDDLE
The Middle still looks promising, but I'll have to keep a close eye on mildew and spider mites. It doesn't seem like there's any problem with the growth so far, only that it's smaller than I would've liked. (What a surprise) I didn't use Phosphoload this time around for fear of stunting growth too much, but I may have made a mistake. Hitting 3.2 in the Master changes things a bit, especially with regards to the Bubba. I noticed a lot of the buds had what I would call "calyx crowding." It's like more calyxes being bunched up together on the same bud, adding density and weight to the flower. It completely destroyed the other trees, so maybe there's a certain time frame in which I can use it? For now, I'll just have to compare the results of this rotation to the Master's. Hopefully it'll be better.
I chose not to trim these trees because the canopy was looking a little thin to begin with, but now I feel like that might have been a mistake since the flowers don't seem to be as big as they should be. I also used a lot of Big Bud this time around, so hopefully that will have some positive effects on the yield.
VEG
This room is an absolute shitshow. For starters, the HPS Veg that I tranferred from the MH is now overgrown. I transplanted them into the PW Heavy pots and now they're growing even more aggressively. I've decided to use this towards an expanded Master rotation rather than for the Middle. Considering I have about three weeks to veg for the Middle, this shouldn't be a problem. I have 14 trees total under HPS, of which I can only use 12 for a decent flowering. I figured I can use either two 1000 watt HPS bulbs or one special Gavita bulb for this. If I decide to go with HPS with the reflectors I have now, I'll have to purchase another two bulbs which could cost up to 350 bucks, not to mention I'd have to draw another 2000 watts and add additional ventilation. I also suspect that I'd have to find a way to cool the room even more, since HPS bulbs tend to produce more heat. If I decide to go with a single Gavita, it'll cost me about the same amount of money but would draw less power and produce less heat, but I'm still somewhat skeptical about how it'll perform. I'll have to test it here, side by side with two HPS bulbs, to know what they're really worth.
The MH Veg is looking good. I have a total of 25 pots in PW Mid pots. I think this was a good move, since the growth seems to be accelerated ever since I transplanted. I should stick to this type of rotation from now on. I haven't trimmed these plants yet because I need the clones from them. I lost a lot of the Abusive clones I wanted from the previous trays I made, and I want to continue using it for future rotations. It's a popular strain and I need to be very selective from now on regarding the strains I use.
Clone trays are a different story. I think leaving the humidity domes on them was a bad idea. Mildew completely infected the Phantom tray, which turned out to be a disaster. Ideally, I wanted about 60 clones to survive for the net cups, but now I only have close to half that amount. A lot of them also look pretty weak, and I had to throw some away today. I even had to plant the older clones I made about a month ago, which is even more upsetting since I know those Phantom clones would've been strong had they survived.
I made a new tray today consisting of mostly Phantom, with some GSC and No-Q, which is probably also GSC. I dipped each one at the cut in a generous amount of Clonex and then dipped the heads in a fungicide solution before stabbing each clone into the rockwool plugs. Hopefully this will help the plant resist any mildew that might infect it in the weeks to come. I expect that these clones should root in about two weeks, when the Middle cuts down. This will still fit into the rotation I've set up here. I have two weeks until the MH goes to flower, and I have a few days to set up the Master to receive the HPS Veg. If I wait a few days to clone off these trees, I'll have about a week and a half until they have to go into the Middle. They'll be shorter than usual, and I'll have to time the topping and trimming accurately to allow enough branches to fill out, but I have 25 trees to work with instead of the usual 16, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. In all likelihood, the increased number of trees might actually be much better.
I still have some leftover Phantom clones that survived the mildew attack, not to mention lack of water. I threw away all the duds and dipped the remainder into the same fungicide solution and I added the cloning water, (with root accelerator) into the tray. Hopefully these will root in a few days to replace the net cups I had to throw away.
All in all, not really a successful month, but not horrible. I had a decent harvest, but I'll have to keep working on the Bubba to get rid of all the mildew so I can actually sell it. I have enough money to take care of bills for now, seeing as I probably won't be able to clear out my entire inventory before the bills are due. The Middle room comes down in a few weeks, and with proper maintenance I should be able to get a decent harvest out of there as well. It doesn't look like the 4+ lbs I wanted, but then again, the Master initially looked like it was only going to give me 2 lbs, so I'll have to just wait until the final weigh-in. The Veg seems to be coming along, although I'll have to adjust the rotation slightly to accommodate for the fact that I'm short on plants for an entire room.
I think I'm going to go forward with the Gavita plan, as I'm calling it. If these 13 trees are under HPS for another two weeks, they'll be massive and disproportionate. I don't have the space to accommodate these trees in the veg. They're already just as tall as the trees in the Master anyway, despite being nearly two weeks behind in terms of flowering time. This plan hinders on the ability for the MH veg to catch up, but I can stretch their veg time if I have to, even if I have to trim and clone them. This will also be a good opportunity to test the Gavita against the HPS, and from then on I'll have up to 30 trees for an entire rotation, which was the first step towards expansion anyway. All of this is pointless without more 4+ harvests, and I'll definitely be able to get there with another light. Ironically, one problem has presented multiple opportunities.
I'll have to stay more current with posts from now on. It's no coincidence that my work seemed to fall off as I stopped posting.
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