We are getting close now folks! Day 40 and we have roughly 2-3 weeks left depending on what Hillary says about it.

A quick update on the fan/filter problem. Switching the fan to pull out of the filter instead of pushing into it, along with sending the hot air out of the house has done the trick. Now, even the heat of the 500w of CFL's along with the 8 HO florescents is being neatly handled. The efficiency of the air flow has increased noticeably and I am able to maintain a 79° temp even on a hot day.

I probably should have flushed again last week. Today is a bit over 4 weeks since the last flush and Hillary spoke up the day before yesterday to tell me it was time again. Her last plain water uptake was just a bit slow and when I checked the moisture level before her nute watering time 48 hours later she was not quite ready. This was the sign I was looking for!

I waited an extra 12 hours for her to dry out completely and then gave her the nutes knowing that a flushing was due for today. So today I flushed her again at twice the rate I did the first time. Her normal watering level is 1/2 gal, so I gave her 2 gallons and flushed the salts out of the soil. Fox Farm seems like a very good nutrient program, but heed the warnings out there... the salts do build up, especially if you are giving the maximum amounts that are recommended in the schedule.

So she should be cleaned out again now and I will give her about one more week of nutrients before we head into the last week of flowering before harvest. At that point I plan on flushing her again completely, 9 gallons in a 3 gallon pot, and then maybe one more watering before starting to let her dry out for the harvest.

Things are looking good! Consider the following picture of our sample bud at the edge of the SCRog screen. About 6 inches of bud is sticking up here, but below this are the secondary and tertiary buds that would have made up a large 8-10 inch cola if this plant had been allowed to grow vertically. These additional buds in the SCRog now are separate from the "cola" and are growing upwards by themselves, fulfilling the prediction that in a SCRog you get smaller buds, but more of them. Now after seeing how this works, that makes sense to me.
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Hope you are having a great grow at your house,
Emmie
emilya Reviewed by emilya on . Emmies Grow Log - White Widow Grow Log (pics coming when I get the ability to post them) 12/06 - Started germination 12/09 - 10 5/5 seeds germinated and transplanted to 6? pots. Light set to 24/0. Light is bare minimum at this point, 4? shop light with standard grow bulbs from hardware store. Ordered $500 of new lights online. 12/13 ?? got programmable thermostat and light timer today, now set to 77° day, 70° night. Also set light timer for 18/6 and added a fan to the closet to evenly distribute heat Rating: 5