Day 30: March 11,2021
New growth continues to look good. The small humidifier I'm using is struggling to keep up and isn't getting over 45% RH during lights on. Lights off RH quickly increases to 60%. Going to setup my larger humidifier over the weekend (just need to get a couple small items for the reservoir).
Watering:
8PM-830PM
~1 gallon per pot
Reservoir 1:
1.79 EC
Ph 5.7
70.16F
No topping off / no adjustments
Reservoir level ~10-11gallons
Reservoir 2:
1.77 EC
Ph 5.6
70.7F
No topping off / no adjustments
Reservoir level ~10-11gallons
Air control:
74F-78F (Lights On)
68F (Lights Off)
45%-60% humidity
~1000PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~650PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Lighting:
Gavita LEDs @ 100%; 20-hours on (8am-4am), 4-hours off (4am-8am)
UV bars off / 0-hours on
Day 31: March 12,2021
All looking good. Removed some of old fan leaves that were beat up from previous mag issue. Going to do some topping and work on the girls this weekend. Also setup my larger humidifier this evening and is running nicely. No issue with keeping room 50%-60% RH now.
Watering:
8PM-830PM
~1 gallon per pot
Reservoir 1:
1.77 EC
Ph 5.8
71.2F
No topping off / no adjustments
Reservoir level <10 gallons
* Water getting warmer as water level drops
Reservoir 2:
1.76 EC
Ph 5.6
71.9F
No topping off / no adjustments
Reservoir level <10 gallons
* Water getting warmer as water level drops
Day 31 - Room Stats.PNG
Air control:
74F-78F (Lights On)
68F-69F (Lights Off)
45%-55% humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1000PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~650PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
* The wife had her hair done today and came into the room... you can see the VOC and CO2 levels in the room skyrocketed moments after lol
Day 32: March 13,2021
SPA day for the ladies. Gave haircut followed by full body massage. Topped and removed excess fan leaves covering branches. Girls were looking a little sad after, but perked back up after a couple hours.
- Really like F2 plant structure compared to the others.
- Accidentally broke a branch on F1. Propped it up and looks to be healing quickly.
- F7 looks like it might have an iron deficiency.
Going to let the girls recover and will begin LST soon.
Watering:
8PM-830PM
~1 gallon per pot
Mixed 8x gallons of Mills Nutrients
* CalMag+ (5ML per Gallon)
* Part A (16 ML per Gallon)
* Part B (16 ML per Gallon)
* Start-R (4 ML per Gallon)
* PH 5.8
* EC 2.65
Reservoir 1:
2.03 EC
Ph 5.7
70.2F
Reservoir level ~13 gallons
Topped off with 4 gallons Mills nutrient solution.
Reservoir 2:
2.01 EC
Ph 5.8
71.0F
Reservoir level ~13 gallons
Topped off with 4 gallons Mills nutrient solution.
Air control:
74F-78F (Lights On)
68F-69F (Lights Off)
45%-55% (48% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1000PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~650PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 33: March 14,2021
Training day for the ladies. Tied down and LST today for F2, F3, F4, F6, F7, F8 (Skipped F1 and F5 as I didn't want to move F1 / getting to F5 requires moving F1; giving F1 a couple more days to heal from broken branch)
* F2 plant structure looks significantly better than the others in the group. Going to start taking clones off the girls next weekend.
Watering:
8:02AM-832AM
~1 gallon per pot
8:00PM-8:30PM
~1 gallon per pot
Mixed 8x gallons of Mills Nutrients
* RO WATER (starting EC 0.08)
* CalMag+ (5ML per Gallon)
* Part A (15 ML per Gallon)
* Part B (15 ML per Gallon)
* Start-R (4 ML per Gallon)
* PH 6.0
* EC 2.62
Gave foliar spray:
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* PH 6.0
Reservoir 1:
* Pre-Top Off
** 1.92 EC
** 5.6-5.7 PH
** ~12 gallons
* Post-Top Off (Topped off with 4 gallons Mills nutrient solution.)
** 2.09 EC
** Ph 5.8
** 69.44F
** Added 150 ML H2O2
** Reservoir level ~16 gallons
Reservoir 2:
* Pre-Top Off
** 1.92 EC
** 5.6-5.7 PH
** ~12 gallons
* Post-Top Off (Topped off with 4 gallons Mills nutrient solution.)
** 2.09 EC
** Ph 5.8
** 70.34F
** Added 150 ML H2O2
** Reservoir level ~16 gallons
Air control:
74F-78F (Lights On)
68F-69F (Lights Off)
45%-60% (52% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1290PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~650PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 34 - March 15, 2021
Think the deficiency on the new growth on some of the plants may be Zinc issue.
Gave foliar spray using 1-gallon RO water (base EC 0.08), 5ML CALMAG+, 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize [Foliar Solution - PH 6.9, EC 1.19]. Reduced light intensity to 50% for 2-hours for spraying (4:50PM - 6:50PM) gradually increased intensity back to 100% over another 2-hours.
Watering:
8:02AM-832AM
~1 gallon per pot
10:00PM-10:30PM
~1 gallon per pot
Gave foliar spray:
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Reservoir 1:
* 2.06 EC
* 5.8 PH
* 69.44F
* ~14-15 gallons
* No Topping Off / Adjustments
Reservoir 2:
* 2.04 EC
* 5.8 PH
* 68.18F
* ~14-15 gallons
* No Topping Off / Adjustments
Air control:
69F-75F (72F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
45%-60% (53% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1155PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~700PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 35 - March 16, 2021
Gave foliar spray using 1-gallon RO water (base EC 0.08), 5ML CALMAG+, 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize [Foliar Solution - PH 6.9, EC 1.19]. Reduced light intensity to 50% for 2-hours for spraying (2:30PM - 4:30PM) gradually increased intensity back to 100% over another 2-hours.
Watering:
10:00AM-1030AM
~1 gallon per pot
Gave foliar spray:
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Reservoir 1:
* 2.04 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 69.08F
* ~13-14 gallons
* No Topping Off
* Added 12ML phUP (from 5.5 to 5.9)
Reservoir 2:
* 2.05 EC
* 5.9 PH
* 69.98F
* ~13-14 gallons
* No Topping Off
* Added 12ML phUP (from 5.5 to 5.9)
Air control:
69F-75F (72F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
45%-60% (53% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1155PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~700PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 36 - March 17, 2021
Removed large fan leaves smothering nodes at the top of each canopy. Gave foliar spray with Vitalize and CalMag+ solution. Took cuttings from bottom of F2.
Watering:
02:00AM-2:30AM
~1 Gallon Water
10:00AM-1030AM
~1 gallon per pot
Gave foliar spray (9:00AM):
* 1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.08)
* 10ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize
* PH 6.0
* EC 1.19
Reservoir 1:
* tested 9:50PM
* 2.02 EC
* 5.8 PH
* 68.72F
* ~12-13 gallons
* No Topping Off / Adjustment
Reservoir 2:
* tested 9:50PM
* 2.06 EC
* 5.8 PH
* 69.62F
* ~12-13 gallons
* No Topping Off / Adjustment
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 20-hours (8:00AM - 4:00AM)
** 8:00AM Lights On (100%)
** 9:00AM (reduced intensity from 100% to 50% to give foliar spray)
** 11:00AM (Increased intensity to 65%)
** 12:00PM (Increased intensity to 80%)
** 01:00PM (Increased intensity to 100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 4-hours (4:00AM - 8:00AM)
* UV Bars Off 24-hours
Air control:
69F-75F (72F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
45%-60% (50% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60% RH (Lights Off)
~1178PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~700PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Look like Zinc and Calcium deficiency?
Watering with 5.8/5.9pH, 2.06 EC (Runoff 5.8pH, 0.78 EC)
Few leaves had small nutrient burn on the tips earlier this week. Nutrient burn appears to have tapered off.
@GuerrillaNo_4, Thanks! This is my first grow in about 9-years now. I grew for a couple years previously. Cut a lot of corners back then though and caused myself a lot of headaches lol Trying to be proactive this time around and maintain a bit more control on all the variables.
@greenthumbartisan, im presently in my first hydro grow and am using a torus hydro perfect ph balancer drop in and I haven’t had to adjust ph AT ALL as of this point. Might be due to large res with single plant but they make an inline version as well you might want to look into and could still add to your system at this stage. Was skeptical of their claims and am still in veg but appears to be working! Your plants looks great!
@TheCode, Gotcha, yea I've saw quite a few designs using PVC and scrog on youtube. I also saw a video on one Mr Canucks channel and grabbed the scrog nets he used. (found size that worked perfect for my setup) From there just played around with PVC pips to build a proof of concept for my needs and once I had the measurements down, I built 8x of them. Like 10 years ago I tried growing under 6x 600 watt bulbs and grew some pretty big trees; however, I spent two months having to army man crawl through the room to do basic maintenance lol. That experience was my biggest motivation to try and build something more modular this time around.
Still a few quirks I'm running into with my setup, but will hopefully get smoother and smoother over time. 2G per watt will definitely be god .
This is my first attempt using LEDs. Been a long time since I've grown, but the tech seems to have come along way since then. So far I've been very impressed. Hoping to see a good harvest them.
As far as the pens, couldn't agree more. For the bloody cost, you would think maintenance would be easy. They're a thorn in the side. Every time I test, there's always the thought in the back of my mind, is this thing even accurate? lol
Would be nice to not have to worry about pH (feels like its the bulk of the work)
Good luck with your goal! hope you hit that 2G/w bar
@greenthumbartisan, Well especialy for newbies when they start this hobby all ph things can look difficult I mean knowing what pen to buy how to keep it working it looks the TDS meter is much easier to maintain and use because it's simple device, but with ph pen it lil bit annoying lol for me i change those cheap pens every year ,every new grow try to calibrate it and when im using it and finish using it put it in distilated water take it out and just put the cap back so idk cant really keep it really nice i dont have a fckn laboratory it;s little bit annoying .