Impressions about plant
The harvest numbers are for the whole tent. This one BBK plant was right at 8 ounces. It was easy to grow...I pounded them with nutrients at times and I topped aggressively. I also completely defoliated them twice during flower...they bounced back from all of that. I will grow a whole tent of it next time.
This was my first time growing a full size grow in a tent and the first of any kind in over 35 years. I jotted down some lessons learned...take them for what you will.
Lessons learned
• Start seedlings with the light much closer
• Do not FIM Indica dominant plants for their initial top– slows growth too much and may not break apical dominance
• Access to three side of the tent would have made things easier – this resulted in more larf than I wanted because it was hard to groom the plants with the front zipper broke and limited access to the left side. Will fix both before the next grow.
• Use a tarp under the tent and extended out for dirt and nutrient spills – use waterproof canvas
• A larger/ faster RO unit would have been better – I would forget it was on and overflow buckets…then had a capacity issue as feeding took more water
• Must have a good plan to handle the heat and humidity during all stages
• Reaching in a tent is hard on the back
• The various fans are louder than I expected
• I need to put more pearlite in the 7-gallon pots…I never really got to a 2-day cycle during flower
• Saucers under the risers would help know how much runoff each plant is having…easier to vacuum
• I probably can get the same benefit on the first defoliation if I leave some of the smaller, hard to cut, leaves. I literally took off everything I could wedge my scissors in…that added a day or so to recovery. Will just do ones I can “easily” cut off in the future.
• I probably should have flipped them a week earlier – the tent was jammed
• Will likely veg with light on 24 hours for the first two weeks from sprouting before going to 18 / 6
• I need to really bullet-proof the humidity during drying…this needs to be a priority. All but the dry trimmed GDP went into the curing bags too dry. My buddy turned me on to Inkbird humidity controllers and I am going to add one to the mix…the ones built into the units are unreliable
• I need to cut an entire week out of the middle of the Success flower feeding schedule for plants that are Indica dominant so that I get an adequate flush…I got the bare minimum this time.
• Wet rimming takes a long time and is sticky…but I found it easier
• If animals are allowed in the grow room, your power will get knocked out and there will be hair on your buds
• An 840-watt LED light uses a lot of electricity – need a smaller grow light for seedling stage
• Water is heavy…and you use a lot if it when using nutrients. Locating tent near the water source will make life easier
– never put more than 4 gallons in a five-gallon bucket…almost impossible not to spill
Thanks to @skydiver for getting me started.
Thanks to all of you for joining me on this ride.