Damn, 3 months I don’t even know where to begin.
Here’s a recap of what went on in the grow since then:
Started these PRxCD and GRxCD autos at the end of October. Had originally started 9 but something happened early on that killed 3 of them so had to start the other 3 two weeks later. Was a rough start all around and the plants struggled with EC and pH issues.
By 10th of December they were all burnt up and yellow but I knew I was still gonna get a decent yield so just saw it through:
It was at this point I started monitoring my pH and EC daily in both the reservoir and the runoff. I was getting crazy spikes overnight from pH6.0 to 6.8 and my EC would shoot up rapidly from 1.3 all the way up to 2.0.
My first thing I did was mix up a big batch up nutrients and just leave them sit for a couple days then check. Well when I checked it there were no swings like I was seeing in my reservoirs.
So that led me to switching both of tents to a Drain-to-waste setup.
Idea here was to have more control over input levels. The old setup was return-to-reservoir where runoff would drain back into the reservoir, taking with it lots of algae, coco pith, and out-of-balance nutrient solution. This new system I know that what I mix up for nutrients is what the plants are getting, and if there’s any buildup in the media I just run the pumps more often. Things have stayed in check ever since. I didn’t expect this to magically “fix” the already burnt up and damaged plants I had going, but was excited to see what this new system would do if ran DTW through the entire cycle.
So at this same time I started another round in the SP-250 tent of the same strains, same nutrients (2 part MegaCrop at the time)
Less than a week later and I was seeing the younger plants in the flowering tent were really digging the switch to DTW and had found a second wind.
And some pink pistils on the PRxCD
Early Christmas gift from the legend @McMuffin. Thanks bud!
December 22nd
@George sent me some of @Sebring’s Dragonheart CBD autos a while back and I grew one out during this run. Was a bit of a runt but that was likely more due to the early issues. The plant grew dense, resinous buds and smelled (and later tasted) really good. Thanks George!
Christmas day!!
Harvested the two runty plants on the 30th
Cookie Devil
Dragonheart CBD
Still lots left though!
January 3rd seedlings are not seedlings anymore and are ready to be switched to auto-watering. In hindsight I should have started this maybe a week earlier.
Also harvested a GRxCD
And this PRxCD
And another GRxCD
Which gave the younger plants some room to finish up
I’m digging these drying racks and the whole process of not hanging up big branches to dry, cuts processing time in almost half and makes for better looking buds. Also, not a bad haul for effectively a 2x2 space.
Made a homemade cannagar press! It works!
Bought a set of hash bags a while back and have just been dry sifting my trim and getting some really nice returns. Much easier than solvent based extraction.
January 8th, still some time to go on these
Youngsters have exploded ever since the switch to auto-water and DTW! Should have done this sooner!
January 14th the fade begins
Holy wow look at what’s going on in the other tent!!
January 17th and 2 of these plants are pretty much ready to go:
Chopped 2 of em on the 19th
PRxCD
GRxCD
And that brings us to yesterday, where we have a packed tent about 3-4 weeks out from harvest, and boy is it packed in here!
So that’s what I’ve been up to over these last 3 or 4 months. Apologies for not keeping the journal updated but there’s been a lot going on and it’s been tough to find the time to throw a post like I just did together, especially considering how long it’s been.
I hope everyone had a healthy and safe holiday! Stay tuned for the new 2021 Trailer Park as I’ve got some big plans for the year I look forward to sharing with everyone!