6/29 I woke with a 100° fever again. All the other symptoms are fading so hopfully all this shit will be done with. I took some pictures and took a video. I was planning on FIMing or topping some of the Sour Moose but I decided to feed instead. The plants don't really look like they need anything which was why I was hesitant. I've fed once and due to the rain I haven't had to water. I fed the photos a pint each of 1tsp Grow Big and 3tsp Big Bloom per gallon. I fed the autos with a pint of 4 tsp per gallon big bloom. I'll check thing out tomorrow and see how it's going. I'm going to need to research autoflowers a little bit more and figure out what I should be doing feed wise if anything. My soil mixture is pretty hot and usually takes photos COMPLETELY through the veg state before showing ANY signs of deficiencies.
6/30 We are supposed to get a heat wave. It was 90° yesterday and it's pretty hot today. I decided to give the girls some water. The bags were still heavy but I wanted to make sure they got what they needed so I mixed up two gallons of water. I gave the clones like a powered bottle each which is 1.75 pint. I gave the rest of the girls half a powerade bottle. The bags were heavy so I didn't want to overdue it. The plants seemed to like the food I gave them. I also decided to FIM one of the Sour Moose. Everything seems to be looking good. I had to go around and tuck some of the branches on the clones under their cage. It went well and it seems like the plants are responding well.
7/1 Another very hot day. It's in the 80's topping at probably 90. Bags seem to be keeping their weight tbough. Normally I would be watering much more but the plants would be far bigger. I noticed two small leaves at the bottom of the 10th planet that have a septoria spot. I quickly exfoliated both bottom leaves that were affected and treated the plant with Plant Doctor at a rate of a half gallon to 1.5 tsp Plant Doctor. The extra 10th planet I checked also had several leaves infected with septoria. That plant was away from the cage and a dwarf so I just pulled it and disposed of it far away in the woods. If after another treatment of plant Doctor I see anything resembling septoria I will cull that one two. It's by far the smallest plant. Substantially smaller than her sisters. I'm not going to fight diseases this year. I went through everything and found a rolled up caterpillar on Rude Girl but luckily I was able to get the tip of the leaf off and dispatch the pillar that tried to escape. I'm hoping the FIM will take on the Sour Moose. Looks like it will. Boy these Autos are flowering like crazy! I watered everything. I mixed up a gallon and I had a half gallon already mixed up. I probably should've held off but everything looked dry despite being heavy. And this time last year I was watering like crazy. I need to research Autos a little more. I know they are significantly different and I'm sure underwatering isn't too good for them but I think they've got enough.
7/2 I held off watering today despite the ridiculously high temperatures. I'd rather underwater than overwater. These aren't like that plants I'm used to having this time of year. I'm used to having trees that are sucking up every little bit of moisture. These plants are significantly smaller and have received TONS of sheet rain prior to this heat spell. Since I watered yesterday (only a gallon and a half and a half gallon on the 10th planet) and the day before I decided against watering them again. Yesterday I just made a small ring around the plants. I've read that it's really easy to overwater autos. I went through everything again and everything LOOKS good. The autos are definately in flower. I'm going to feed when I water. Yesterday Banjo had a branch that looked like it was drooping a little bit but I watered it and now they all look happy. I hope they stay that way. I know it's supposed to be super hot today but I still don't want to over water. I also didn't want to treat the banjo auto with plant doctor. I know those plants are more sensitive and with the ONE spot on a very bottom leaf, I'm hoping that it is just something stupid that I can handle. Especially if I'm careful of how I water and I clean my watering can good. Maybe I'll put some mulch down or something to keep any spores that may be there from splashing up.. I don't know yet. I'll have to think about it. I'm also planning on feeding the autos the next time I water them. I guess it's time to give them a little bit of grow big with the big bloom and the kool bloom. Looking at the recommendation I read it said to feed the autos 2tsp Big Bloom, 1 tsp Grow Big and 1/8 tsp Liquid Kool Bloom. I know these are low does but I'm excited how they respond to the food. It will be nice to have a little early harvest. Even if they aren't real heavy yielders.
7/3 When I went over between 5:30 and 6a.m. I noticed that the plants had some dew on them and it looked like they MAY have gotten some rain. IF they did it was minimal. I'm kinda in the dark doing these autos lol. Everything looks like its doing great though. The 10th planet (that had the two leaves with septoria spots) that I treated with plant doctor shows no signs of any illness and actually looks much more vigorious than before. I can't say enough good things about thid product. I wanted to treat the banjo auto as well as I took the VERY bottom leaf off due to one septoria looking spot. Seems fine now though. Bags still seemed heavy but I don't know how they could be. It's been in the upper 90's to 100 so I'm wondering how the bag could be heavy. We did get torrential downpours of sheet rain for WEEKS. I noticed a ton of growth (especially on the autos) so I decided to feed and water everything. The 10th planet got plant doctor yesterday so I just gave it a half gallon if water. I mixed up 2 different gallons of nutes. for the auto's I used 2 tsp Big Bloom, .5 tsp Grow Big, and like 1/6th tsp liquid Kool bloom. I used the gallon on the 3 autos and tried to make sure each plant got enough. The other gallon for the photos was; 3 tsp Big Bloom, 1 tsp Grow Big per gallon. I gave each plant (minus the 10p) at least 1.25 pints a plant. the clones got double that. I then mixed up another gallon of phed water and went around and tried to split it between the plants. I don't want to overwater. But when the temps raise into the triple digits it gives me some concern. Plants have grown substantially.
7/4 I was supposed to do stuff with family today but my fever came back last night and when I woke up it was over 102°. Very strange that I'll feel ok and can even eat but then night will come and my temp will skyrocket and will remain high in the morning. Anyway, we've had this ridiculous heat wave (100°) going on for several days. I mixed up 4 gallons of phed water which I gave to the whole garden. I don't like watering this often but with absolutely no rain and the scorching temps i thought it prudent.
7/5 Another super hot day with no rain. Plants are doing amazing. Autos are flowering like crazy. Mixed up 5.5 gallons of phed water and split it with the garden. I don't like watering this much but I can't really help it when it's 90° out. I gave more to the clones. Took a couple videos and some pictures. I noticed what looked like some heat stress on two leaves on the lilac diesel x zweet Auto but I removed them. I saw two of those shiny flying bugs (can't remember their name right now) on a leaf on the 10th planet but I quickly reached out and grabbed them both. killing the bugs and leaving the leaf totally intact. Win for me. Tenth planet seems to have exploded since that treatment of plant doctor. I'm going to have to setup a more regular feeding schedule. It also looks like the Sour Moose that I FIMed took. We shall see but it looks like it.