Hey Sis,
I like the idea of mixing the nutes the night before, that may make my pH adjustment easier.
Thanks,
GR
Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by gr865 » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:38 pm
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:26 pm
So the runoff of my K.B. is now 6.7 and I got the S.W.O.G. Back up to 6.5 I hope it stays steady until it dries out in a few days. Should I make the nutes now or just the night before?
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:58 pm
Night before or morning of as long as you give it plenty of time to stir/mix/stabilize/equalize or whatever it needs. The goal is a certain stable pH going in and coming out. Let's start with 6.7 for now and see how that goes next feeding in a couple/few days.
I'm a bit concerned with the clouding. It could be nutrients falling out of suspension from a spike in pH in one direction or the other.
.5ml/gal is light...I think it says 5ml/gal on the bottle. How bad is your tap water again?
I use a Hanna combo meter for hydro, there are better, more expensive, meters too. Virtually any digital meter would be better than nothing.
If you want to test the cloudy problem with a small batch lets try this:
.5gal RO
1ml calmag (does it cloud?)
Stir VERY well
wait 30 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)
wait 15 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)(any change?) (repeat until stable)
Shake FNB bottle VERY well
3ml FNB (cloudy again/no?)
Stir VERY well
wait 30 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)
wait 15 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)(any change?) (repeat until stable)
adjust pH a few drops at a time
Stir VERY well
(repeat "wait/wait/small pH adjust/stir" loop until you hit 6.7 - stable)
Feed...
Pray...
Take pictures...
I'm a bit concerned with the clouding. It could be nutrients falling out of suspension from a spike in pH in one direction or the other.
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.5ml/gal is light...I think it says 5ml/gal on the bottle. How bad is your tap water again?
I use a Hanna combo meter for hydro, there are better, more expensive, meters too. Virtually any digital meter would be better than nothing.
If you want to test the cloudy problem with a small batch lets try this:
.5gal RO
1ml calmag (does it cloud?)
Stir VERY well
wait 30 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)
wait 15 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)(any change?) (repeat until stable)
Shake FNB bottle VERY well
3ml FNB (cloudy again/no?)
Stir VERY well
wait 30 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)
wait 15 min and check pH (and EC/ppm if you get a meter)(any change?) (repeat until stable)
adjust pH a few drops at a time
Stir VERY well
(repeat "wait/wait/small pH adjust/stir" loop until you hit 6.7 - stable)
Feed...
Pray...
Take pictures...
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:48 pm
Thanks sme, the yellowing seems to have come to a halt or at least slowed down and a lot of the leaf curl is going back to normal. I will work with the nutes the night before I water until then it's just a waiting game. I hope this smooths things out, it might be because I stopped putting the ph up in drop by drop and stirring I didn't realize that even made a difference. I'm really hoping that after the next feeding that my ph is back to normal as for my tap water it smells of chlorine and I don't even drink the stuff because that's all I taste for hours. That's pretty much the reason I started growing in the first place so I can know what I am putting inside my body.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:27 pm
You don't need to, literally, go drop by drop when mixing larger quantities. Especially once you get used to how much you use per batch.
Hope they're doing better...
Hope they're doing better...
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:19 am
Day 63 of 12/12 S.W.O.G and thing are doing much better. water in is 6.8 and run off is 6.5
ss400 is with in 3 inches of my Kushberry plant and no sign of light bleaching, it has been there for three days now.
It is on day 53 of 12/12. Things are starting to fill in nicely still some minor issues with p.h. But slowly coming out of it.
I cut a sample from a lower part of my SWOG today and it is drying. I have used the uv through the whole grow, everything is super frosty.
I am hoping to finish out this round harvest in the next 2 or 3 weeks on the SWOG and 4 to 5 weeks on the kb. These pictures are from last week and the next post is from tonight.
ss400 is with in 3 inches of my Kushberry plant and no sign of light bleaching, it has been there for three days now.
It is on day 53 of 12/12. Things are starting to fill in nicely still some minor issues with p.h. But slowly coming out of it.
I cut a sample from a lower part of my SWOG today and it is drying. I have used the uv through the whole grow, everything is super frosty.
I am hoping to finish out this round harvest in the next 2 or 3 weeks on the SWOG and 4 to 5 weeks on the kb. These pictures are from last week and the next post is from tonight.
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by SisterMaryElephant » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:50 pm
OK, lets see this weeks pics... 
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:34 pm
Hear are tonight's pictures after I did some minor LSTing and defoliation. I only removed dying leaves and already dead leaves. Along with one sample to see how it is going to turn out, some of the branches are get heavy and are starting to lean and I put up supports for the weight. PH of water 6.8 runoff 6.5 temps 75 humidity 50 with the lights on 60 with them off but I have really good air flow so I hope that I can keep from getting mold as it will be humid for the next seven days
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:10 am
I checked my trichs last night still seeing a lot if clear maybe about 30% cloudy and the rest clear. Things are starting to get some real density to them while of course everything in the lower parts of the plant are light and fluffy.it is a very strong smell coming out of my closet, when I open the door but with the door closed I have negative pressure so it is all contained.I can only imagine if these plants were outside,the whole neighborhood would be looking for a skunk lol
SME, I'm starting to get temps running lights on/lights off 74/66 should it be warmer? Will that stunt growth?
SME, I'm starting to get temps running lights on/lights off 74/66 should it be warmer? Will that stunt growth?
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Re: Flowering room 2 (A New home)
by Purpmonkey » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:52 am
Hello again, last night I tested my uncured sample and it was very strong. I also found one of my new cross bred seeds skywalker of kush crossed with pure kush can't wait to get it planted it will be called pure Jedi
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