9/19/19
1PM. All girls got a mainline training readjustment. I feel like a chiropractor. It’s serious, this time. I won’t be getting them into flower before my trip, so I need to get everyone snug and the blumats set up before I go. Remaining cuttings may be tossed. There will be at least one more round of cuts, so restocking inventory should not be a problem.
Mixing a batch of 6-row malted barley with fulvic acid and recharge added. Quite the gumbo! I’m pretty sure this is the rough recipe for Roots Excel without a wetting agent like aloe, agave, or soap plant. My mom would be so proud, what with me steeping milled barley sprout in cheesecloth. Hippy roots die hard, lol.
9/20/19
10AM. Watered in my tea with all remaining girls, clones included. The bubbles tell me it’s ready, and I used ~ gallon but I’ll be able to refresh by adding back a gallon of RO. The bacteria will repopulate, even if the other ingredients are diluted by half. Won’t be adding any of this to a reservoir, though, since blumats are already finicky in coco and I don’t need any blockages from biofilm or sediment.
All big ladies bounced back from their mainline training last night, except CBD Chem 1 which was already losing momentum. I may cut her entirely from bloom, if she doesn’t recover enough, but keep a cut running in the background. The stem smell from CBD Chem 1 is closer to actual Chem D than the other two cuts, but the lack of vigor is troublesome. Her cut is doing well as a clone, FWIW.
9/24/19
7PM. All clones culled. Even rooted clones mysteriously withering in the Main Tent. May switch to Root Riot plugs for net set of cuts.
All plants setup with Blumat carrots, before a weeklong trip. It will be a miracle if CBD Chem 1, still in its 2.3 quart pot, survives. It mostly provides feedback on the Blumat system now.
I will cut the Master Ghash just before lights out tomorrow, and I turned off the photo red, all in an effort to limit vertical growth in my absence. I may also top the CBD Chem girls, too. When I get back, feed strength will be increased roughly 25-30% to address lighter green growth and increased nutrient uptake from plants growing into the lights. This would change the formula to 4.5g Jacks, 3g Cal Nit, and 1.5g Epsom per gallon of water = ~850ppm (up from ~670ppm).