It has been a while, and the day to day has very much been in the way.
I'm still not sure exactly what nuked all of the fan leaves, and figure I may have had a number of problems. My current belief is that the humidity was way too high for way too long. (Should have purchased a dehumidifier the second I saw condensation on my lighting vent hoses...) Anyhow, I suspect some sort of fungus went to work on the leaves, and that the soil pH was too low and the soil was too wet.
I decided that it was humidity/fungus when I moved a little autoflower plant, that had been growing from seed with the other veg and was really getting along with it's flowering, into the big room. Within a week it was showing the same brown spots on the fan leaves and starting to head the direction of the other plants. (There is a pic of it below...it is the one that still has fan-leaves! lol)
I know for sure that the end result has suffered because if the problem(s), but I think that there is still some salvagable smoke. Actually, the UWxJack Herer seems to be doing pretty well considering, and will probably be ready around the 12 week mark...
The problems with the dried-up leaves sure has made the trim/manicure ugly as hell, looks all chopped to shit. (Of course that could be my super-noob technique!)
Here are some pics:
The little AutoFlower. (Dutch Passion Tundra)
Matanuska ThunderFuck. (This one is "Moe", and will be harvested next week)
Elephant Bud. (This one is "Old Bet" and will be harvested next week)
UWxJH. (This one is "Lumpy", and is at least 2 weeks out still)
Harvested MTF (back string) and Elephant (Front and Middle string)
These are in one of the boxes from a BlockBuster Hood, with a 6in inline fan exhausting moist air.
Some Elephant Bud
Some MTF
Thanks for stoping by to see the results, I will eventually post back here with final results/pics with wieght and and some lessons learned from a first grow gone a bit sideways.
Keep grinin'!