For about a year I have had a number of issues, mistakes, foul-ups and memory lapses in my grows. Listing for the purpose of purging those problems from my life:
Last June, end of grow for final 4 plants before summer heat. All failed due to bugs, soil issues and inability to finish. Shut down grows until August. Rebuilt shed, new door, new filters and housings, painted, cleaned, bombed, cleaned and was ready to go in August. Discarded soil from June grow. Everything ready to go, got 5 of 6 females from regular seeds put into shed for flower stage. Mistakes begin:
1. Humidity was high so I decided to run fan for half hour after lights off to lower humidity. Instead I adjusted the lights adding half an hour to lights on. Immediately, one plant started to foxtail, but I did not notice for several weeks. Started a reveg somewhat on another plant. Changed the schedule but damage was done and unseen damage was in the works. Five nice plants growing large flowers, stupid Pink Gravy purchase from DonTesla had mold issues every grow. I took off for a vacation in Poland and came back to a Pink Gravy plant with Mold showing on outside of flowers. Four of five plants were damaged and basically unusable because of mold, only plant unscathed was Swami's The One \ Vietnam Black \ panama.
2. Stress issues cause three of six new plants in flower to show male ball sacks. I think the stressor was a change in lights from veg room to flower room. Went from veg under 315 CMH to flower under 400 Timber lights. Moved the three plants outside as I was still thinking my first five were in good shape. The stressor could be lack of light in the interior and down low, but I have found that if I trim up and remove more lower branching and pull nanners that they usually don't keep reappearing. Instead I tossed them outside in the back yard. They did good back there and two inside shed were doing nicely. So I am on my third set of seedlings at this point and running out of soil. I bring the plants back in the flower room from outside. What an idiot. Should have at least looked and sprayed for bugs. Adding grow 4 into room with bug infected plants. Stupid. Aphids and whiteflys.
Third grow left me with two really nice flowers Monkey Juice by HydroRed and SourBubba. Turned into my Christmas \ New Year smoke. Two nice plants since June 2019, geez that is pretty bad.