Week 10 update.
Just chugging along, lots of fat shinny sticky smells buds here. The smell might be starting to overpower the filter lol
I have a lens attachment to view trichomes, viewing that close its hard to see if they are clear or milky because my hand shakes a little too much. no hint of anything resembling amber yet.
The back two and the center plant look very nice and will probably be harvested before the front two as they look farther along than the front two which seem to have noticeably more yellowing of the leaves so far, and the middle plant has no yellow leaves at all from what I could tell.
I'm trying to take better pictures but its hit and miss.
Each pic here is a random shot from each plant.
Its only been 21 days since germination. Not 3' just yet but close, and they are all developing the 4th node.
Six of them look alot like this, not a great pic.
This one is growing notably taller and wider.
This one seems a little deficient.
This next round will have Four plants in Five-gallon fiber pots with risers and saucers. I'm prepared to water more since I'm certain it's been less than optimal. Since I probably won't transplant to those pots until next week, which will be 28 days since germination, the FFOF should last a month, Then I have to decide to either top of the soil or give it some Fox Farm trio since I've seen how much it really does improve buds as evident by the middle plant in the first tent. I've only given nuts in even small amounts then what's suggested for autos.
Of the remaining plants they will be set up in the tent they are now with the new light. Two of them are going to be Five-gallon bucket DWC, one will be in a Five-gallon fiber pot with risers and saucers like the original tent and treat it just like the other five to see the difference in the lights. I have a feeling I won't really need that Fourth sickly looking seedling as those 3 will probably fill it just fine.
The two set ups are exactly the same 3'x3' tent, same 4" exhaust and carbon filter, the same temperature and humidity monitors, both in the same bedroom. The big difference is the PlatinumLED P4-XML2 in the original tent and a Mars Hydro EC-3000 in the other. The hydro seems pretty hot even with the driver sitting outside of the tent.
Question... what water does everyone use? I've been buying distilled water, and I have never phd the water, even after putting in nuts. I've bought bottled water and never questioned if it was distilled or not, and it's just a noticeable added expense I'd like to remedy. I'm thinking of just using tap water, have it sit out between feedings, and this time around ph it for all the plants going forward. Not sure if I want to buy a reverse osmosis system though, it might be better in the long run but its more money. What do you guys think?
