A day from hell!
Today was supposed to be a simple nute change, adding my "tea", and possible move of 3 plants into the flower tent. Being that today is the last day of my vacation and I have some deadlines to meet, I figured I better move those 3 while I had the time. I'm a doctoral student working on my dissertation/project and I'm a bit behind (I didnt do ANY work on it over vacation, which was the plan).
Anyway, I had my process all planned out. I would simply change nutes then move the 3 to the flower tent on TOP of the connected system's lids. I had forgotten to drain the old solution in the buckets. I had also removed the air stones from those buckets. When I opened the lids, there was algae growing! The two painted buckets weren't bad at all. But, the one left unpainted was horrible. Note to self, THE ORANGE LIDS DONT STOP LIGHT! So, I drained the system, wiping the algae off the walls as it drained. Then grabbed the hydrogen peroxide and some bleach. I put about a 1/4 cup per 5 gallons and a cap full of bleach in some piping hot water and let it sit in the system for about 2 hours total. Then wiped everything down until it was bone dry. I then put the lids back on. I finished my nutes in all the buckets (the "system"/reservoir is SO much easier, and leaves solution to top off). I figured I better do something about those unpainted buckets being used in the veg tent before putting them under the stronger light. So, I grabbed the black gorilla glue tape and started covering. I ran out of tape on my last bucket and had to run to Home Depot before they closed in 20 minutes. I got back right at 7, when the lights were to go off in the flower tent. I quickly taped off the last bucket and had to turn on the lights for about 3 minutes to hook up the air stone and figure out which valve to turn on. And to snap a couple pictures of course. Tomorrow I will still need to raise the new additions up a bit with some wooden blocks. And tape off that last bucket in the system at some point as well.
I also didnt get a chance to add the tea. It's still brewing. If I get up early enough I'll try to add it before going to work. I'll also need to get the left over bottled up and put into the refrigerator. It is supposed to only last 10 days in the refrigerator before going bad. But, you are supposed to top off with 1 cup every 3 days. I have a mini fridge i gave to my son for his dorm room sitting on my back porch (he now has an apartment). I'm gonna bring it down to the basement and start storing all my nutes in it.
Pic attached from my crazy day...
The veg tent looks empty now. It was getting tight with those 3 though. They should do much better with some room to spead out.
Oh, and my back is killing me! Too much bending over and lugging around 5 gallon buckets. I've taken 4 Tylenol and broke down and took a Tramadol and I'm still in major pain. I think I pulled a muscle. It's really bad on my lower shoulder blade. Time to get the gel pack out of the freezer and lay down...
