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Ummm... I showed this to my wife and she wants to talk to your wife about this 'deal'...She's packing it on BudMan!
I've already taken my FPa down. Please don't forget our deal.
LKABudMan Grows A Fruit Punch Auto With The Vivosun Smart Grow System! - Featuring Herbies Seeds, GeoFlora & Dynomyco
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Well that can't be good!Ummm... I showed this to my wife and she wants to talk to your wife about this 'deal'...
Hi BudMan, does the Zesh use uv light?
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That light really shines! Far red too! Amazeballs!It does have UV-A in addition to far-red lights.
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Date - 11/11/22 - Day# 65 (W10D2)
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Flowering- Mode
- Light - 13" away, 450-500PPFD, 35-40DLI
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Flowering, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan
- 00:00-04:00 - AUTO Temp 74f Humidity 54% Speed 1 Default:OFF
- 04:00-24:00 - AUTO Temp 80F Humidity 58% Speed 1 Default:OFF
Nutrients - Geoflora Bloom, Purpinator, Sweet Candy, calmag
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco Veg and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pHed to 6.5
Weekly temperatures
It really is amazing how much more heat you can keep in the tent with the exhaust programmed. I'm seeing 5f increase with the @VIVOSUN AeroZesh installed. I bumped down the max RH to 58% during the day, which should give me a 1.4 vpd. I also added another oscillating fan on the canopy. Especially in flower, it's hard to have too much airflow.
I got some organic calmag with no N so I've added that to the daily additives. For a top-dressed organic grow, I sure am adding a lot of stuff to the water every day
I love the way pebbles is building. The main branches on the outside are starting to get chunky little buds on top. The middle branches and inside branches are building too. She still has a lot of light green leaves on top, and a few brown splotches. It doesn't look like it's progressing too bad, and hopeful the increased feeding will help. I'll also be top-dressing again in a few days.
If you are a veteran, thank you for your service. If not, make sure to thank a veteran today! Have a great weekend!
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Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Flowering- Mode
- Light - 13" away, 450-500PPFD, 35-40DLI
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Flowering, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan
- 00:00-04:00 - AUTO Temp 74f Humidity 54% Speed 1 Default:OFF
- 04:00-24:00 - AUTO Temp 80F Humidity 58% Speed 1 Default:OFF
Nutrients - Geoflora Bloom, Purpinator, Sweet Candy, calmag
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco Veg and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pHed to 6.5
Weekly temperatures
It really is amazing how much more heat you can keep in the tent with the exhaust programmed. I'm seeing 5f increase with the @VIVOSUN AeroZesh installed. I bumped down the max RH to 58% during the day, which should give me a 1.4 vpd. I also added another oscillating fan on the canopy. Especially in flower, it's hard to have too much airflow.
I got some organic calmag with no N so I've added that to the daily additives. For a top-dressed organic grow, I sure am adding a lot of stuff to the water every day
I love the way pebbles is building. The main branches on the outside are starting to get chunky little buds on top. The middle branches and inside branches are building too. She still has a lot of light green leaves on top, and a few brown splotches. It doesn't look like it's progressing too bad, and hopeful the increased feeding will help. I'll also be top-dressing again in a few days.
If you are a veteran, thank you for your service. If not, make sure to thank a veteran today! Have a great weekend!
#SmartGrowSystem #Vivosun #LoveWhatYouGrow
That's an impressive auto BudMan. I hope the calmag helps with the yellowing/spots.
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Me too. If not I may try adding a little Epsom instead.
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This is my first auto. I've always been somewhat intimidated by autos. With photos you can veg longer and take your time to make up for any mistakes. With autos, you need to have your seedling and veg game on-point to get the most of out them. I think I'm ready, but we'll see
Safe to say you were ready. Haha.
Still fascinated by the system LKA, Pebbles definitely demonstrating the value in programmable environmental control.
Those solid stem plants you grow are a definite signiture, Pebbles no exception.
As she nears the end Im curious to see the yeild.
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Me too!Especially if you can control your lung room you can really control your vpd.
Thanks man.
Yea, you and me both
I’m in process of catching up here now that my pressure is gone. LOVE the tent setup. Perfect. The little clip on shelf for the camera is an especially nice touch.Hey ANPF as you can see I still have a bit of room left in the tent, although I have been surprised before at how quickly that room is taken up
Sooo excited for your first indoor grow, that @VIVOSUN smart grow system will help a lot! I have a feeling you'll find a way to get that second AeroLight one way or another
Stellar training. A man after my own heart. I do something very similar with the sticks and twisties. I like the horizontally placed stick for the tops. Nice call.Date - 9/30/22 - Day# 23 since sprout
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Vegetative- Mode
- Light - 18" away
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Vegetative, Intensity:100%
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-4:00 Low Speed
- 04:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan:
- 00:00-04:00 High 75F / 65% RH, default 1, Max 5
- 04:00-24:00 Cycle: 00:01 Speed#3, 00:29 off (Flush air in tent every 1/2 hour)
Nutrients - Geoflora Veg & Dynomyco
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco and GeoFlora Veg
Other - Humidifier with distilled water set to 55% RH
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm)
Weekly Temperatures
During the day I'm venting the tent for 1 minute every 30 minutes so it looks like the temperatures/humidity is constantly changing. The VPD is good, though, if a little high (avg. 1.3). I'm still assuming that there's plenty of humidity coming off the SIP buckets, though. Once she gets some more vegetation and really starts respiring I'll need to bump up the ventilation, but for now she's good.
So I took originally filled the SIP res with 3.4L. A couple of days ago I took out about 2L to give her a chance to catch up. I ended up putting all that back in, plus another 2L. Her roots have got to be going crazy taking up all that water.
Pebbles is starting to settle into her new home. She still hasn't put on much height or width, but her inner nodes have really taken off. I was waiting for the two top branches to get long enough to LST and this morning it was time. I used some CarHooks to bring down the top four nodes. Then a few more to bring the lower nodes sideways and expose them to the light.
Before the LST Pebbles looked much prettier, but you could only really see the main two buds from the top. After LST she looks a bit like Frankenstein's monster, but look at all those tops!
I'll continue to train everything to the outside while keeping as many buds exposed as possible. This is my first auto so I'm not sure how much time I have left before she flowers. I can see pistils on her so I don't think I have long. Then again, I shouldn't need more than a couple of days and I can get her eight main tops on the same level. Give me a week and I'll double that
Oh, and the top that I dipped in clonex and put under the dome with the tomato seed. Well, the tomato seed popped yesterday. There are no roots growing out of the plug for the top, but she it still moving and growing in there. I left her in the dome on the heat mat for now, sitting next to a weak light. If she does root I'm not sure what I'll do with her, but I had to give it a try. I'll keep checking her for roots periodically.
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Date - 10/5/22 - Day# 28 since sprout
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Vegetative- Mode
- Light - 16" away
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Vegetative, Intensity:100%
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-4:00 Low Speed
- 04:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan:
- 00:00-04:00 High 75F / 65% RH, default 1, Max 5
- 04:00-24:00 Cycle: 00:01 Speed#3, 00:29 off (Flush air in tent every 1/2 hour)
Nutrients - Geoflora Veg & Dynomyco
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco and GeoFlora Veg
Other - Humidifier with distilled water set to605% RH
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm)
It's been four full weeks since Pebbles sprouted. She's been in the SIP bucket for 11 days and has gone through 6 liters in that time. I filled up the res today, along with a few ml of Hydroguard (it can't hurt). Watching her on the camera, she looks more like DWC than soil: she's always moving and growing.
I thought she was going into flower a week ago when she started throwing pistils. Right now she's still in veg, though, and growing quickly. Every day I move her LST to open up the middle, and every day she fills it back in. I had to make more CarHooks this morning and start hooking the sub-branches that are popping up above the canopy. I'll need to make a lot more tomorrow. She's really starting to fill in.
Her carhooks are almost to the edge of the bucket. If she keeps growing like this I'll need to find another way to LST. We'll see how much longer this girl is going to veg.
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You have really spread her out nicely and trained very effectively. Should be a great yield.Date - 10/12/22 - Day# 35 since sprout
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Vegetative- Mode
- Light - 16" away
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Vegetative, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-4:00 Low Speed
- 04:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan: Waiting for new exhaust fan, temporary fan on low speed
Nutrients - Geoflora Nutrients (Veg & Bloom) & Dynomyco
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pH'ed to 6.5
Pebbles is at the end of her fifth week and finally in full flower. I only had to tighten a couple of her tie downs this morning, just the ones that were taller than the rest. I removed a few leaves that were growing toward the center and covering buds, the rest were tucked away. I'm still trying to keep the middle open to let the buds there fill in. And wow there are a lot of buds!
For the buds that are too far out to CarHook, I'm using binder clips on the side of the bucket along with a stiff coated wire. By using the CarCrook and a bend in the wire, I can hold branches out way outside of the bucket.
I'm really excited with the number of flowers I'm seeing across her canopy. She's a little uneven, but she's almost 2 feet at her widest. The @VIVOSUN AeroLight is doing a great job across the canopy right now. With GeoFlora in a SIP bucket, all I need to do is keep the res full. Pebbles has all the light, water, air, and nutrients she needs to do the rest
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That is a glorious canopy my friend. Spectacular. May I make a suggestion? You are SO dialed in, and you have all the bells and whistles for record keeping and measuring….except one that you might find helpful. A light meter app. I use Phototone. There are many of them. So you can actually measure and put numbers to your light intensity (ppfd if you like). It beats guessing in my opinion. It’s free. Just $5 to unlock the spectrum you use (full, red/blue, MH, etc..). Might help?Date - 10/21/22 - Day# 44
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Flowering- Mode
- Light - 14" away, 25K lux, 490 ppfd, 35DLI
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Flowering, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan: Waiting for new exhaust fan, exhaust on LOW
Nutrients - Geoflora Nutrients (Veg & Bloom) & Dynomyco
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pHed to 6.5
Weekly Temperatures
I'm still waiting on the 2nd replacement Aerozesh so I have a variable speed exhaust fan for now. It's really hard to get a specific humidity manually, because a little change in the exhaust makes such a big difference. So I set it as low as possible, and as the humidity goes up or down I fiddle around with it until it's good enough. Fortunately, the VPD is still pretty good for early flower.
The other problem with the exhaust always running is that it doesn't allow me to keep any heat in the tent. Without the big tent running in the basement, it's been cool down there this week. It's warming up over the next couple of days, though, and the temps don't seem to be bothering her right now.
I'm giving her water twice a day now to keep her res full. I threw in some terpinator with the water today, and I plan on feeding her tomorrow 11 days after her last feed. To grow her best her roots need water, air, and nutrients. The SIP is taking care of the first two and I don't want to fall short on the third. I feel my chances of overfeeding with Geoflora is much less than the chances of her running low on nutes in flower. I figure there's 3-4 gallons of soil in there, but I'm going to feed her as if it's 7 (2/3 cup of Geoflora Bloom).
I didn't do anything to Pebbles today other than water her. Her canopy is still nice and even. Her vegetation is getting a little thick but a couple of days without plucking will do her good.
I raised the @VIVOSUN Aerolight 2.5" today to keep it 14" away. I should still have plenty of room for her in this tent as long as she doesn't do anything crazy
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Awesome. Pink pistils!Date - 10/26/22 - Day# 49 (W7D7)
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Flowering- Mode
- Light - 14" away, 25K lux, 490 ppfd, 35DLI
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Flowering, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan: Waiting for new exhaust fan, exhaust on LOW
Nutrients - Geoflora Nutrients (Veg & Bloom) & Dynomyco
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pHed to 6.5
Getting ready to start her eight week, Pebbles is still stretching hard. She's more than doubled in height since she started flower and she's drinking more than 3L/day now. She is starting to get a bit of a fruity weed smell too.
I really didn't have time to much today except give her water. I need to spend a little time with her soon and even up her canopy again as much as possible.
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I was going to say the same thing. I’ve had this problem many times. It’s definitely calcium. Up your CalMag.
Excellent trichome development. You seem to have stopped the yellow? You might benefit (well, she might, lol) from a little underneath defoliation? It’s pretty leafy down there and many of the leaves are getting no light and could go. Would improve your air flow. Just a thought.Date - 11/11/22 - Day# 65 (W10D2)
Strain - Herbies Seeds - Fruit Punch Auto Fem (Heavyweight Seeds)
Grow space - The 'Playpen' - a 32x32x60 tent outfitted with the VIVOSUN Smart Grow System
- AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- AeroZesh - 6" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- Growhub - Controls all tent equipment simultaneously
All controlled through the VIVOSUN App
In -Flowering- Mode
- Light - 13" away, 450-500PPFD, 35-40DLI
- 00:00-04:00 OFF
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Flowering, Intensity:100%, Simulate Sunrise/Sunset
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-24:00 Natural wind
- Exhaust Fan
- 00:00-04:00 - AUTO Temp 74f Humidity 54% Speed 1 Default:OFF
- 04:00-24:00 - AUTO Temp 80F Humidity 58% Speed 1 Default:OFF
Nutrients - Geoflora Bloom, Purpinator, Sweet Candy, calmag
Medium - 5g SIP container with Sohum soil amended with Dynomyco Veg and GeoFlora Nutrients
Other - 8" Fan
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm) pHed to 6.5
Weekly temperatures
It really is amazing how much more heat you can keep in the tent with the exhaust programmed. I'm seeing 5f increase with the @VIVOSUN AeroZesh installed. I bumped down the max RH to 58% during the day, which should give me a 1.4 vpd. I also added another oscillating fan on the canopy. Especially in flower, it's hard to have too much airflow.
I got some organic calmag with no N so I've added that to the daily additives. For a top-dressed organic grow, I sure am adding a lot of stuff to the water every day
I love the way pebbles is building. The main branches on the outside are starting to get chunky little buds on top. The middle branches and inside branches are building too. She still has a lot of light green leaves on top, and a few brown splotches. It doesn't look like it's progressing too bad, and hopeful the increased feeding will help. I'll also be top-dressing again in a few days.
If you are a veteran, thank you for your service. If not, make sure to thank a veteran today! Have a great weekend!
#SmartGrowSystem #Vivosun #LoveWhatYouGrow
Phew! 21 pages is a lot of catch up. Thanks for the tag 21 pages ago, lmao! Glad I’m finally caught up. Great work.
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Welcome, glad you could make it. And thanks.
Thanks. I was happy she gave me so long in veg. Those CarHooks make the training much easier, especially in the beginning. Now I'm just hoping to get ahead of her nute issues to keep her packing on bud.
I have photone on my android (which was completely free), and I calibrate it with a light meter. When I post the ppfd/dli, that's an average across the canopy.
She is a pretty one.
I've never had a calcium issue before. I usually have magnesium issues and need epsom. I'm giving her organic calmag with every feeding now.
The @VIVOSUN AeroLight is really impressing me so far. Nice trichome and bud development across the 32x32.
I'm hoping the purpinator and sweet candy are giving her plenty of PK now.
I was thinking the same last night. I stuck my hand up under her skirt and could feel a breeze from the floor fan. She's more open in the middle than she looks.
Thanks for stopping by and for the great suggestions. I loved watching your autos, they were one of the reasons I decided to try one. Congrats again on a fantastic harvest.