Bob's Journey into Hybridisation and Genetics - For Dummies

[DOA]

What controller do you have again Bob, is it the 67 or 69 Pro? I'm going to grab a new fan at some stage and upgrade the whole extraction process. I see those Infinity fans are running low noise like 25db, is that right, seams to good to be true? I know the EC fans are new gen but that's quite.

Basically I want to automate temps and humidity through one controller and ditch my Inkbird and sms speed controller, tidy things up and help my OCD

PS The tents looking spot on

 

[Bob's Auto's]

What controller do you have again Bob, is it the 67 or 69 Pro? I'm going to grab a new fan at some stage and upgrade the whole extraction process. I see those Infinity fans are running low noise like 25db, is that right, seams to good to be true? I know the EC fans are new gen but that's quite.

Basically I want to automate temps and humidity through one controller and ditch my Inkbird and sms speed controller, tidy things up and help my OCD

PS The tents looking spot on

Nope buddy. I've built it completely from scratch.
Each device is connected to an ESP32 some way and this connects to my Blynk (old legacy) server, which runs on a rPi.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey friends

Every growers worst nightmare, lol...After two hours I readjusted the values slowly back to the nominal ones...When I checked the time lapse pictures last night around midnight I saw this battlefield. Instant heart attack, don't have to tell you guys anything different!!
Day 25 - Junk Dealer's Wedding - Eight hours after applying Ethephon!

So, without waking anybody up I went to the tent and after opening up with a small heart, I felt assured at what I saw...it was the same reaction I saw in the past. The plants didn't look that bad as from above with the time lapse cam. This is actually a normal response to the Ethylene that's currently dispersing inside the plants. A side effect of the product is that the Chlorophyl loses it's bonds with the plant cells and everything stops, but this recovers soon enough. What did I do wrong? Is stepping up the values to soon and to high. As there was no movement of nutrients and water inside the plant, everything that evaporated didn't get supplemented back, resulting in the drooping.
Day 25 - Junk Dealer's Wedding - Eight hours after applying Ethephon!

What did I do after this, is give each plant 200ml water with Orgatrex added to it (20ml/5L), dropped the light back from 80% to 40% and also dropped the VPD from 1.1-1.2 to 0.75-0.85kPa. Dropping both values gave the plants the time to recuperate further, while I though two hours was enough...reading back in my documentation I found that some species of peppers had no reaction, while others took two days to recover...It will take my ladies a bit longer.
We're now 14 hours on and if I compile a small time lapse with the footage I have from 24:00hours until now, I can see the leaves going back up and regaining their posture. We are not there yet, this will probably be for tomorrow, but we're getting there
Day 25 - Junk Dealer's Wedding - twenty-two hours after applying Ethephon!

Regards,

Bob

p.s. Sometimes things aren't pretty, but that doesn't mean they aren't informative. The good, the bad and the ugly baby!!
p.s.2 Thanks to @DOA for the rep points!!

 

[Sawney_bean]

The bounce back king . Solid mate .

 

[Bob's Auto's]

The bounce back king . Solid mate .

You wait until flowering kicks in... That's going to be a pistil p0rn fiësta my friend

 

[Emerald Archer]

Thanks Bob, that's a great idea with the gorilla pod, I have a cheap one of those too, so I can do the same.
I'll have to look into a usb powerstrip, thanks again Bob.

I have a powerstrip with a cpl usb ports in it that i use to power my ‘desk’ fans (circulatory system). I like the versatility.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Hey Guys,


I'm not going to boast that everything is going perfectly in Bob's tent...But it is working like the product describes.
The plants have completely stopped growing and the leaves are hanging like crazy. Still, the leaves feel nice and firm.

Because the fanleaves aren't as widespread as they used to be a couple of days ago, the nodes underneath the fanleaves are starting to gain some extra height. Also flower production is at an all high.

The internals of the plants has been shaken about by flooding the system with Ethylene gas. This results in the plant going from vegetative fase to flowering in two days. And you can see this everwhere where you look, one can see pistils emerging.

I kinda have the feeling like when I did my first Schwazzing, remember @Vapo? That stomage churning feeling....Looking at these pictures I'm thinking to myself, why-o-why did you do that??!!!

My input for keeping all the values right and the plants as happy as can be is very time-consuming. Checking the time lapse footage every few hours to see if the VPD is in check. Also have I noticed that the plants now prefer a temperature af about 25°C with a VPD of 0.75kPa, so that's what I'm aiming for right now.

Every time the temperature goes higher the plants start slacking again...such a horrible view...looking at at those curled up leaves. sigh...

Contacted my buddy and showed him the pictures. He said everything looks like it should be, nothing to worry about...In some species of plants the leaves even start falling off, this is normal Bob! In a weeks time you'll have forgotten this all happened.

I'm putting my trust in science you guys, but will I do this again? Well this will have to be seen when this grow is finished, but if I should have to choose right now, I'd toss all those little vials in the trashcan!!
Should have been listening to the words of Karel...Keep it simple Bob!!
To end todays post, the all to famous time lapse. I would like to warn sensitive viewers as what you're about to see isn't pretty at all!!
Speed = 30fps, duration = 70 hours. Around second 9 I introduced the Ethephon...

Regards,

Bob

 

[Corum59]

Too much-too often for such young plants maybe???

but if the man says its ok, then you just have to follow through and learn as you go.

 

[Antonio_DutchPassion]

They look rough indeed mate! Hope they will fully recover soon..

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Yeah guys, it's been a rough couple of days...Why I ever did this??!! To be honest to you and myself...You know the saying, the grass is greener on the other side... Well, let this be a lesson to you all! Rather listen to what Karel preaches, Keep it simple!
Meanwhile I am contemplating which torture methods I'm gonna implement on my buddy. First have to get him over here. But the foresight of a well cooked BBQ meal will surely do the trick. And I still have those werther's original bonbon's with 300mg THC in each one, lol...What do you guys think?
Ok, enough sad stories...As you guys might be thinking, this guy is glued to his screen, compiling a new time lapse every hour or so...Well, this is not the case. I do compile one each morning and each evening, but doing more doesn't reveal much as everything goes so slowly. I did see a little light at the end of the tunnel. At the very end of this mornings time lapse I saw the leaves starting to raise themselves again...not much, but it's a start. I'll make a new time lapse tonight and show it here, so you guys can judge for yourselves