04/04/2026
Water change day! We're adding Overdrive and taking out big bud. I. Pretty sure she has 2 to 3 weeks left. I haven't checked trichomes yet. No point when I can tell they aren't ready yet. Just by the amount of white pistils. And somehow I can tell she's not ready. Colors, swelling and water intake.
Readings:
pH: 6.58
EC: 1214 cm
TDS: 858 ppm
Temp: 67.8°
The environment is a bit wonky today. 73° and 50% humidity. I have a feeling the heat is being blocked by the canopy. That's why the environment is off today. No heat increased humidity and decreased temp. Honestly not sure what to do here. I'll just have to let it do its thing. I'm pretty sure it was from me opening the tent up. Oh well. She does look happy. Good nice green. Excluding the dark color of course.
There's a bit of an issue with the rear fan. The way she's moving around the tops has left one of them to fall right onto the oscillating fan. Not to mention the area around the fan is super stressed. Not exactly sure what to do about that.
Anyway, lots of work to do.
04/05/2026
Readings:
pH: 6.55
EC: 1180 cm
TDS: 820 ppm
Temp: 70.2°
Readings after pH:
pH: 6.08
EC: 1190 cm
TDS: 850 ppm
Temp: 65.5°
So we can see that there is a fluctuation in all readings. The EC went up by 10 cm. TDS went up 30 ppm. Temp dropped 4.5°. Finally there's the pH. I dropped it to a reasonable level. Around 5 points.
Something I'd like to note. The buckets don't drain completely. There's roots in the way. So there's always a gallon or so left in the bottom of the bucket. After pHing, everything changed. I believe that is just a common pH swing. A little high, but I brought it right down. I'm going to check later this afternoon and see if it leveled out. Hopefully it'll be around 6.1. That's when you know the pH perfect is working.
The EC and TDS are higher than yesterday. But I'm assuming the pH was high as well as the water temp. It should be down to about 65° and that would fix the portability of the nutrients.
The environment is doing pretty good. Temps right there at 73° the Humidity is a bit high today. 47%. I'd really like it down to 40% but that's probably not happening until this wet weather goes away. Then everything should level out.
04/06/2026
Readings:
pH: 5.95
EC: 1158 cm
TDS: 823 ppm
Temp: 67.3°
04/07/2026
Readings:
pH: 5.68
EC: 1187 cm
TDS: 836 ppm
Temp: 68.4°
After pHing:
pH: 6.04
EC:1192 cm
TDS: 878 ppm
Temp: 67.1°
After Topping off the bucket:
pH: 5.8
EC: 1240 cm
TDS: 880 ppm
Temp: 65.3°
04/08/2026
Readings:
pH: 5.54
EC: 1250 cm
TDS: 889 ppm
Temp: 63.1°
After pHing the jug:
pH: 6.17
EC: 1465 cm
TDS: 965 ppm
Temp: 69.1°
Bucket Readings:
pH: 6.15
EC: 1302 cm
TDS: 927 ppm
Temp: 66.7°
04/09/2026
Readings:
pH: 5.91
EC: 1288 cm
TDS: 917 ppm
Temp: 69.4°
It seems as though this lady may be a bit hungry. TDS and EC are both dropping. Not much, but I can see a pattern. She wants more. But she's stressed out. The tacoing is real! But I'm not sure it's from the light. What else is there?
There's more spots on the top leaves. Definitely seems like a deficiency to me. Along with the tacoing. Which I might add also has tons of trichomes to help protect the leaves and buds.
The environment is looking good today. However, the heat must have been on this morning when the light turned on. Oh well. An ice bottle from last night would have done nothing.
04/10/2026
Readings:
pH: 5.5
EC: 1298 cm
TDS: 528 ppm
Temp: 67.8°
Reading top off water:
pH: 5.8
EC: 1244 cm
TDS: 949 ppm
Temp:67.3°