Indoor Mars Hydro grow journal: WildBill does Hubbabubbasmelloscope in EarthBoxes under MarsHydro SP3000

[WildBill]

It's hard not to do anything to the girls! LOL! But realistically, the only thing that I could do is fill the HBSS rez. I'm not doing that until first light tomorrow.
I sure hope this letting the rez works out. It does make sense.

Kong is drinking more than Stomper. I can feel the difference in weight. Which is expected. She does have more total bio-mass and she's Packin' N Stackin' the buds.

Stomper just Keeps On Truckin'! with fatter and more frosty buds!

HBSS girls seem to be doing better overall in general condition. Bud formation is DEFINITELY picking up very nicely. With every day's passing, I gain hope of running these girl out with very good results. Trichome production is ramping up and looks like she'll have nice sugar leaves to trim for hash,

 

[WildBill]

I checked the girls after finishing up work in the shop. Kong and Stomper needed some water. I gave them 1/2 gal of tap water with molasses and a little yucca.
I forgot to state it in this grow. Almost of the time I water my pots with a little 1gal Roundup pump sprayer. I could have picked a different sprayer, but the Roundup was better and cheaper. But the biggest reason is I think it’s ironically funny that I'm using something intended to kill plants and I use it to grow this amazing little plant that helps people!
And it helps in watering evenly and SLOWLY.
I need to update my infirmary thread. Almost all the new growth on the colas are dark green. All the lower growth is dark green also. This is on both girls. It's some of the upper fan leaves that are discolored and they are trying to green up. No, it's not fully fixed, but they have vastly improved.
I'm happy with the tent at the moment. That's always good when you can say something like that to yourself during a grow!

 

[WildBill]

Both HBSS got the rez filled up. No funky smells came from the over flow.
Everyone chugging along. Temp a little higher, but it's just too early to turn on the ac. VPD averaging 1.20 kPa

 

[WildBill]

Temps have been running around 82*F in the tent with our warm up. At this stage, I'd rather see 80 and below, mainly for Stomper and Kong. Been trying other methods without resorting to turning on the ac or rerouting the exhaust to the attic.
I guess I'll just bite the bullet and turn on the damn ac for the next 3 days until the next front comes thru!
I wish I had a growroom in my shop!
I guess, if I'm not building a growroom soon, I'm just going to have to run another circuit to the walk-in-closet and put a portable AC in there and vent its exhaust to the attic..
Girls still loving life and praying. VPD up a little to 1.32kPa this morning.

 

[WildBill]

Brought the temps down....................hour later lights out.

Anyway, I know what I have to do at the moment. I do think I'm just gonna run another circuit to the room and exhaust the ac out to the attic. That will let me make a summer run easier.
Lights out pics from a few min ago. Trying one of my shop lights that unfolds and extends into a light on a stand fer lighting.

Interesting cola formation that you can't see. Almost all of the smaller bud sites that you can just see the tops, have several inches buds stacking up below the top. I expected a couple of inches, but not this much. If those sites fatten up, there will be lots of canna. I'm just hoping, with what amendments I've added, there will be enough available for the flowering. I'm sure there's enough there, just hope it's available enough.
We shall see!

 

[WildBill]

That's my tent at the moment.
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VPD running at 1.22 since lights on. Looked a little closer at the large HBSS to see what lies under the canopy. Tenderly moving the top colas around, I feel how much resin this girl is making. Very sticky and stinky!
Other than that, the girls are just growin/ well and buds are swellin'.

You can see the cola development in both HBSS.

 

[WildBill]

OH LORDY LORDY LORDY!
IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!

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Well, not really, but it sure is getting frosty!
DAY 62
Stomper is starting her fade, so I get out my scope to see what's going on. Lots of cloudy, still a fair amount of clears and a few ambers on the sugar leaves, but none on the buds. Doesn't look like it will be too much longer.
Stompers buds are really hard the tiny bit of light squeezing I did on the bottom buds.

The one thing about the burple Cali light is it does make hard nuggs, just not a big girl. I put both girls on one more stand to bring them up. I moved the SP3000 over a little bit to give the 7gal pots a little more good light. I put the Cali light at 14 in above the main colas of the 7gal pots. I was hoping that I could water the 7gal girls, but I guess the HBSS has just shaded them too much. I should be able to at next cycle’s first light.

Tomorrow, I sho

uld be able to fill the rez in the big HBSS, but it will be Sunday when I'm able to fill the little HBSS.

 

[WildBill]

The smells are so intoxicating!


Just some pics just after lights out.

Yeah yeah! I know!
I need side braces!

SQUARE BOB
SQUARE PLANTS!​

 

[WildBill]

Day 63

Here we go again, I shuffled things around a bit. In order to see into the rez to see if it's empty.I just flipped the HBSS girls around. I really need to get those side braces for the Gorilla tent! LOL! The end that was facing the back wall looks funny. It should give the 5gal pots a little more room and better light for a few days.

JESUS! Both HBSS girls are resinous and sticky! My arms and arm hair was so damn sticky! I had to wash my arms afterwards! They were REALLY smelly too.

The big HBSS was empty, so I filled her up. The little girl has more time to go

Kong and Stomper got 3/4 gal of tap water.

Just gonna keep tabs on Stomper's trichs daily.

 

[WildBill]

Is it chop time yet for Stomper?.................maybe so! I'm seeing much more ambers and much fewer clears.........hardly any.
I'm seriously considering chopping at first light in 6hrs. I have a big cardboard box and some styrofoam. I think I'll try drying her upright WHOLE. Hopefully this will make for a slow dry.
Opinions welcomed!