Middle Day 0

MIDDLE
Day 0

Transferred 20 pots into the room today, excluding the weaker Bubba trees and one WhiteFire (which is probably something else). These trees are about half the size they normally would be for Day 1 Bloom, but I'm thinking it might be more efficient to have shorter, bushier trees rather than tall and lanky ones. I fed them without any supplements and I sprayed fungicide. Hopefully I won't have too much of a mildew problem this time around, especially with about half the room being Bubba.

MASTER
Day 23

The tops of the Phantom are looking amazing, but the only drawback is that there aren't a lot of tops. I have to remember to keep everything shorter going into bloom from now on, because the bottom of the canopy simply isn't going to make me any money. This shouldn't be a problem with this new schedule I have. I still feel like I'm cutting it a little close, especially because I haven't been able to get any good clones. Abusive and GSC are also looking pretty good, but I'll have to watch for mildew on the GSC. I already noticed a slight outbreak of it and I'll have to spray fungicide tomorrow. Spraying once a week and keeping temperatures higher than usual is working on containing the spread, but I'm still worried that it's going to hurt yield.

I've been pretty consistent with using Big Bud this time around, and I'm curious as to whether I'm getting favorable results because of the Big Bud or the fact that most of the room consists of Phantom. Either way, the Master is looking as good as it's ever been, especially with the addition of the Gavita. That side of the room is progressing nicely, even on the edges of the canopy. If I can get 1.5 lbs from that side of the room alone, that would be enough to justify changing the entire house to Gavitas.

Temperature was an issue last week when I cut off the house AC, but raising the lights helped a little. Air flow is pretty good around the room with the addition of that oscillating fan in the corner, and there's even a cold spot in the opposite corner.

VEG

Clones are a serious problem. I lost more than half of the Phantom tray to mildew and the other tray is only barely starting to root. The net cups look okay right now, but if I have to cut clones from them later, they'll be too weak for bloom. I have a couple of Phantom mothers, but it'll be at least another week or two before I can cut some clones from them, and it'll only be Phantom. I saved a WF for mothering as well, for the sake of variety. I also held back four Bubba that were meant for the Middle room, but I'm trying to steer clear of Bubba entirely because of the mildew problem. I'll have to be even more proactive about mildew control if I'm going to continue using Bubba in my rotations.

I'm considering putting my clones somewhere else where they won't be affected by mildew. I know for sure now that opening the humidity dome early was a bad idea because the Phantom tray was most affected by mildew, while the other mixed tray wasn't. Now is probably a good time to do a Veg reset by taking both tables outside for rinsing and putting a new tarp on the floor. This might help with the mildew problem, since the floor is probably where the mildew is sitting, even though I can't see it.

HARVEST NOTES

Fucking mildew destroyed the Bubba. Even with rinsing with hydrogen peroxide, I know I'm going to have a problem trying to sell it. The H2O2 wash also eliminated the smell of the bud, which is not good. I have a few strains I can't really identify; I know I have GSC, True OG, and GG, but differentiating them is going to be somewhat of a challenge when they're ready to sell. Everything else, with the exception of True OG, also has mildew, but not as much as the Bubba. I didn't wash the other strains, so hopefully the mildew isn't as noticeable on those strains.

GG is a waste of time. It doesn't smell as pungent as anything else I've grown, and it doesn't have as many THC crystals as a lot of the usual strains I have, both of which hurt the value of the bud. Unfortunately, I still have to grow it, because I don't have any other substitutes at the moment.

All in all, I'm expecting a shitty yield, along with a shitty return for this month. I hope I can at least pay the fucking bills.