Monday night I cleaned the res and refilled. This time, I pulled all of the stones and instruments and rinsed them too. I need to do that at least once a month.
Tuesday morning I dosed the barrel with FloraKleen and H2o2. I will run that for 4 full days (thru friday).
Friday night after the lights go out, I will unplug the lights and the water timer. The plants will sit in the dark, with no water, until Sunday morning (36 hours of dark). Then when the lights would normally be coming on, I'll go in and CHOPPY-CHOPPY!
I'll chop the fan leaves and hang the plants to dry
inside the tent. I've heard that you're not supposed to dry them in the same room you grow in, but I never heard WHY, so fuck it. I've already got fans and the dehumidifier set up in there, so I see no reason not to use it. Of course, I will NOT be turning on the lights during drying.
I'm taking the power bill out of my name, and putting it under someone who qualifies for the CARE program (cheaper rates with no tiered pricing). That week that the lights will be off will be perfect because I can have the meter reader come out and he won't see the dial spinning like a nascar rim.
NEXT GROW UPDATE:
I received 11 OG Kush clones from my friend on monday night. They're pretty well rooted in rapid-rooters already. I put them in 4" rw. I've got a mix of seeds I started a few weeks ago. So I've got 19 babies going in my closet right now. They will stay there for another week and a half, until the room is ready.
I plan on vegging for 3 weeks (under 1000w MH). Closet time doesn't count imo. I will super-crop them once a week or whenever they need it. Last time, I vegged for 5 weeks but I only had 8 plants to work with. This time I'm going to run more plants with less vegging. I probably won't run all 19 plants, but we'll see how it looks when the time comes. I don't want to over-crowd them, but I don't want to waste space either.
I've taken a few pictures of the babies progress. I will create a new journal for them when they go in the tent. This journal will close after the bud-porn shoot and a good smoke report (after the cure).