Day 61 - April 11, 2021
Today was full of headaches lol. Checked the PH of the reservoir this evening and it had dropped to 4.6. Algae exploded in the past day. Removed reservoir and pumps and cleaned thoroughly. Thankfully just prepped a new batch of nutrient solution.
Humidifier hasn't had to run all week. Will be switching to dehumidifier soon.
Foliar Spray (9:30PM):
* ~1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.05)
* 5ML Liquinox Iron & Zinc
* 5ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 5.85
* EC 0.64
Mixed 50-gallons nutrient solution:
** 40-gallons RO Water
** 10-gallons Tap Water (In replace of Cal-Mag+)
*** RO + TAP water base ~0.40 EC
** 0.5 ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize (per gallon)
** 8.0 ML Mills Nutrients Basis A & B (per gallon)
** 6.0 ML Mills Nutrients C-4 (per gallon)
** 1.47 EC
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 9:45PM
* 1.47 EC
* 6.18 PH
* 74.48F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-81F (76F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
55%-70% (69% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
60%-70% RH (Lights Off)
~1407PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~780PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 62 - April 12, 2021
Hands off in the garden today.
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:45PM
* 1.48 EC
* 5.95 PH
* 74.12F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
69F-81F (79F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-70% (69% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
65%-75% RH (Lights Off)
~1370PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~840PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 63 - April 13, 2021
The Titan Apollo 9 timer using for water pumps is glitching out. It's randomly reset 2x over the last couple days. At first thought it was a fluke and maybe bump the reset button somehow. Seems unlikely, it randomly resets clock to 12am and erases the programmed times. Think I'm going to give a smart plug a shot instead (at least I can see notifications if scheduler fails)
So far seeing pistols on all ladies. No nannards so far. Will be working on canopy this weeking and will take close look at each.
Foliar Spray (9:00PM):
* ~1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.05)
* 5ML Liquinox Iron & Zinc
* 5ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 5.85
* EC 0.64
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM (Watering was skipped due to timer glitch)
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:45PM
* 1.49 EC
* 6.02 PH
* 73.76F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
70F-82F (80F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-75% (67% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
75%-80% RH (Lights Off)
~1401PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~795PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 64 - April 14, 2021
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 8:45PM
* 1.49 EC
* 6.19 PH
* 73.94F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
70F-82F (80F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-75% (68% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
75%-80% RH (Lights Off)
~1169PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~758PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 65 - April 15, 2021
Turned off co2 for 24-hours as I vented air out of the room to help with humidity a bit. Waiting for Anden dehu to arrive.
Also replaced the Titan Apollo 9 controller for water pumps as it keeps randomly resetting and has proved unreliable. Testing a smart plug and will create some conditions with IFTTT to send notifications to ensure pumps don't miss schedules, shut off correctly, etc.
Plants are doing well. Pistols are popping out faster and faster. Planning to do some canopy management this weekend and will be inspecting to make sure there aren't any pollen sacs forming.
Foliar Spray (9:30PM):
* ~1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.05)
* 5ML Liquinox Iron & Zinc
* 5ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 5.85
* EC 0.64
Mixed 50-gallons nutrient solution:
** 35-gallons RO Water
** 15-gallons Tap Water (In replace of Cal-Mag+)
*** RO + TAP water base ~0.52 EC
** 0.5 ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize (per gallon)
** 10.0 ML Mills Nutrients Basis A & B (per gallon)
** 6.0 ML Mills Nutrients C-4 (per gallon)
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 9:00PM
* 1.48 EC
* 6.17 PH
* 73.04F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
70F-81F (78F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-70% (67% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
65%-75% RH (Lights Off)
~788PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~602PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 66 - April 16, 2021
Foliar Spray (9:30PM):
* ~1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.05)
* 5ML Liquinox Iron & Zinc
* 5ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 5.85
* EC 0.64
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 9:00PM
* 1.80 EC
* 6.11 PH
* 74.30F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
70F-82F (79F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-70% (70% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
65%-80% RH (Lights Off)
~1234PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~660PPM CO2 (Lights Off)
Day 67 - April 17, 2021
Worked on Canopy for F2, F3, F6, F7. Will work on other four tomorrow.
ETA of Anden Dumidifier is next weekend.
Foliar Spray (9:30PM):
* ~1 Gallon RO Water (EC 0.05)
* 5ML Liquinox Iron & Zinc
* 5ML CalMag+ per Gallon
* 0.5ML Mills Nutrients Vitalize per gallon
* PH 5.85
* EC 0.64
Watering:
010:00AM-10:08AM
~0.25 gallons per pot
02:00PM-02:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
6:00PM-6:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
8:00PM-8:08PM
~0.25 gallons per pot
Reservoir:
* tested 9:30PM
* 1.80 EC
* 6.39 PH (Will top off and Reduce PH ~6.0 with GH pH down tomorrow)
* 74.30F
Lights:
* Gavita LEDs On 12-hours (10:00AM - 10:00PM)
** 10:00AM Lights On (100%)
* Gavita LEDs Off 12-hours (10:PM - 10:00AM)
* UV Bars On 8-hours (12:00PM - 8:00PM)
Air control:
70F-82F (74F AVG) (Lights On)
66F (Lights Off)
65%-70% (69% AVG) humidity (Lights On)
65%-80% RH (Lights Off)
~1442PPM CO2 (Lights On)
~701PPM 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 .