Middle 9, Master 32

VEG

Something interesting is happening with the clones that I've never noticed before. There's a little condensation accumulating on the side of the humidity dome that wasn't there during the first few days after I made the clones. Most of the clones themselves are spreading out their leaves. My guess is that there was almost no metabolic activity until a few days ago when the condensation became apparent, and now the clones are officially "alive." A few of the sponges actually became dry and I had to change out the water, which I have to say is a lot easier to do now that I'm using sponges with slots. However, I did notice some spider mite tracks on some of the leaves, so I might have to spray fungicide on these clones if I see more.

I saw some signs of mildew on the Bubba (of course) and some of the other strains as well, so I sprayed fungicide on everything just to be safe. I'll have to drop the HPS tomorrow to make sure these plants get as much light as possible before the next rotation. They already seem like they're behind schedule.

MIDDLE
Day 9

Mildew on the Bubba again, so I had to spray it off, again. I'm a little worried about the integrity of the crop, but I'll take any other problem over mildew at this point. Considering how these plants are progressing, I probably could've afford to put 16 instead of 20 in this rotation, but it's a little too soon to call it. I don't see a lot of change in height yet, but I'm definitely seeing a lot of lateral growth, probably because they were all topped a day before flowering. I estimate that most of the room won't reach the second trellis. I could be wrong though.

MASTER
Day 32

One of the Phantoms on the Gavita side fell down the other day. Fortunately, the whole pot tipped over with it, otherwise the stem would've snapped. I planted some bamboo sticks to support the trees on the edges so it doesn't happen again, along with the GSC/NO-Q that I believe caused the tipping to begin with; one of its branches is actually bent all the way down. The price of not using a trellis at all, I guess.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how the Gavita is performing. Even if I didn't overcrowd that side with an extra row of trees, each tree looks like it could be a heavy hitter. Middle colas are far more developed than I would've expected. The foliage is ridiculously thick, to the point where I can't even see past the first row of trees. I'm also pretty impressed with the number of colas I'm seeing at the top of the canopy. It may be that using a trellis might have actually been hurting my yields this entire time. And this is only a single Gavita. I still have to wait until everything gets cut down, but it looks promising.

I changed the batteries of my PPM meter (finally) and I noticed that with a combination of base nutrients, Terpinator, Big Bud, and Overdrive, I'm getting a PPM of 1300-1400. I vaguely remember PPM being a lot higher in the days I used to hit massive yields, but the orange hairs on the colas right now are making me hesitant to play around with the food. I also noticed that the water by itself is actually reading 100 now, which means I have to do something about the reverse osmosis filters. Most likely, I'll have to order a fresh set tomorrow after I take it apart and examine them.