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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:44 pm

SisterMaryElephant wrote:Yes, or you can add some dolomite lime, hardwood ash or other amendments to the soil mix...


should I top dress the soil with the amendment or wait until I transplant and add it to the new soil?
I will start by increasing the pH of the H2O and the nutes additive.
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:58 pm

You can top dress until you transplant again and adjust pH in the water/nutes as needed. Shoot for the 6.7-6.8 range since you know the soil is acidic...
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:02 pm

Basic agronomic principles! I should know that.

Thanks SME,

GR
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:53 am

trees wrote:And I always water by misting with a spray bottle when the seeds are that young, so you don't disturb the seed and so you can just get the soil damp all the way through and not soaked.


Trees, I believe you are right on the misting, I was watering using a solo cup, and I bet I disturbed the soil around the tap roots causing them to not sprout. Damn it, hate it when that happens. :cry: Oh well lesson learned.

I am using the Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil, it is very light.

Thanks for the input, what ever else you see please let me know.

GR
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:37 pm

Well when it happens it comes in buckets, today my chain broke on my CLF fixture and it swung down and hit one of the plants taking out one entire side. Not sure what to do with the main line grow on this plant. Need to do some research. They were both looking great under this grow method, the second plant looks super.

Will update when I come up with an answer.

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Re: New to the GFP

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:57 pm

Is the light OK? You can always start over on the plants. It's not like it was 7 weeks into flowering. You can take clones from the surviving plant and then kill it off or flower it outside by itself, depending on the neighbors, etc...
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:42 pm

Thanks SME,
It was my homemade CFL fixture and it hit the wall and broke one bulb, but other than that it is ok.
It did make me work on the cabinet tonight, need to get the SS400 up and running in the cabinet.
Thinking of doing a one sided main line, lol, not sure how that will work.
I did take the busted off shoot and am trying to clone it as we speak.

Will update. Hate being down to one unknown (male or female) plant.

GR
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:34 pm

8-19-13 Q1 top.JPG
Test!
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Re: New to the GFP

Postby gr865 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:16 pm

Well this afternoon check the two ladies, (?), Q1 had dropped off the other side of the two shoots, not sure why. It was off colored and when I touched it the shoot fell off.
I still have the Q2 and she(?) is looking good. have split her now to the 4 node point. Hope it works, if not, I will not give up. I have some White Widow ordered.
I know this is a learning curve, but damn hate seeing them not achieve!

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Re: New to the GFP

Postby SisterMaryElephant » Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:32 pm

Don't give up on the picture posting thing either.. :P
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