04/26/2026
Readings before water swap.
pH: 5.6
EC: 1450 cm
TDS: 1050 ppm
Temp: 71.3°
So I'm going to start flushing today. She has a whole lotta nutrients left in those leaves and buds. So what I'm doing now is fill and drain. In my case pump and pump. I mix my nutes in a 5 gallon bucket. Then use another bucket to drain the DWC reservoir. Do it twice and then the last time with flawless finish.
Again! Something happened to my yesterday entry.
04/28/2026
Readings:
pH: 6.58
EC: 499 cm
TDS: 351 ppm
Temp: 66.7°
Will be pHed today. It's too high.
Anyway, she looks really odd with all of her branches just falling down. All around and the main top and some select branches are left standing up.
She has issues everywhere from clawing to tacoing spots and burned tips or whatever else is wrong. So she's getting her week of flushing. I haven't noticed anything yet. But maybe it's because theight is too close to the top.
Speaking of, does just the top getting too much light stress the whole plant out? Or is it just the top?
I honestly hope my plant isn't waterlogged. I wonder what causes that. Because when I hung the plant up, the branch I was going to use legit sqweeshed on me. Like it was soaking wet. And when I take leaves off, the break pours out water. Never seen that before. Just a new thing.
The environment looks really good
Now it's working.
04/30/2026
Readings:
pH: 6.7
EC: 521 cm
TDS: 371 ppm
Temp: 66.2°
05/01/2026
Well, I say she's done. I have her in the dark for the next couple of days, then I'll harvest. That'll give me enough time for the bucket to empty out and by the time it's ready, the bucket should be nearly dry. Actually, I wonder if that'll happen. I topped her off yesterday, so she should be fine for the next 3 days.
I'm gonna check the water one last time before she's in the dark for 3 days. I dunno. I think she's ready now. I'll also get a trichome video to make sure.
No top off just this one last trichome video and harvest will be in 3 days. Or sooner.
I took a trichome video this morning. It's not very good. But you can see the abundance of cloudy and in some spots, amber. Other than that, I might pop off a few leaves today before her official dark period starts. It was supposed to be last night, but I forgot to set it. So it's off this morning, but I have some things I still need to do. Like snip off as many fan leaves as possible. No sugar leaves. And if there's a ton of trichomes on the offending leaf, I shall leave it. It's really dry out now, so I'll need to keep a lot of the leaves in tact so it doesn't dry out too quickly.
Readings:
pH: 6.16
EC: 605 cm
TDS: 431
Temp: 69.6
I'm curious as to why both the EC and TDS have higher readings than yesterday. There's absolutely no nutrients, or shouldn't be in that bucket as I've added 2 flushes of Flawless Finish. And 1 top off of plain water. She needs about a half gallon now, but I'll let her take her own water down. I'm not sure how quickly it will be gone. She drinks about a half gallon a day. I think there's around 3.5 gallons left. Should be plenty of water left at harvest and not too much. I still haven't seen a single bit of color. I had to have done something wrong.
Back to the EC and TDS. Both spiked about 100 points. That might be my pH pen. I doubt it though. Something environmental or most likely not a colorful one. Which I don't get. It started flushing 3 days ago. Shouldn't I be seeing something colorful by now? All I'm seeing is a very earthy plant. Well, more plant like smell. As for the water situation. I think I might have to pull the water out and pH it back to 5.8 but I'm inclined not to do such a useless task. Of course if it goes over too much, I'll have to step in and add more Flawless Finish. Because I don't think she is eating at all. Or there's a nutrient lockout. Again, that should t matter anymore.
Another thing. I found more clawing leaves that were super dark. But how?! There's no nitrogen in this plant. No idea how it's showing signs of toxicity? I don't get it. Like at all. I don't understand why the EC and TDS are climbing when they should be like going down.