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1st week so far good germination and good transition to tent had some timer issues with the light but need to switch power strip and timer to mechanical for light air pump ,1/4 hp H2O chiller , fans , on 24/7. Using humidifier small to raise RH to 65%. Constant 64.7 F H2O temp with 800 gph pump turned 3/4 strength running to 1/4 hp ecoplus H2O chiller. constant 6.0 ph with 600 ppm
good growth , close internodal spacing, wavy leaves went away, lowered light for veg stage water change, stronger nutes, roots have hit the water in the bucket now
i am going to let them grow one more week before topping and pruning have got the nutrients up to 50% recommended strength. I lowered the light and added some t5 florescents for side lighting
There was a lot going on this week in the garden.
"Ok kids"
"yeahh"
"Do you want to the park?"
"Noooooo"
"Do you want to go to the movies?"
"Nooooooo"
"Hmmm ok well, do you want to go to the punk rock show?"
"Yeahhhhhhh"
Thats the intro for Nofx let's all go to the punk rick show and without futher ado week 5 day 29
First change in the garden was switching to a 240 watt meanwell driver QB full spectrum led light from Kingsbrite. I switched out the mars hydro ts600 and the 2 75w hyper tough t5 lights for the QB.
I hung it at 24" and set the dimmer to 50% to ease the ladies into the new light. I used a phone app lux meter to get around a 20000 and a 19000 reading respectively from the top part of each plant. Not sure if the app will cut it so a lux meter is going on the wish list.
Second the tomato cages where put on to try to have some support for the massive leaves that are just laying on the hydroton and the net pot also some bamboo for support of the lady in the front left due to her weak stem or heavy leaves or both.
Third switched nutrients to a mild vegetation general hydroponic flora series feeding chart, still used the hydrogaurd , and the cal-mag because now I am using Ro water from my new portable ro filter.
yeahhhhhh buddy!
Fourth I am now on a 30 min on/ 30 min off top feed drip schedule, and have put another pump with 1/2" tubing running to the top of the bucket to recirculate the whole system while the dripper is on its 30 on/30off time. There is a new 90cfm 4 " inline fan with a bandana as a filter pushing air into the tent. There is also some non itch insulation on the resivoir to try to help keep temps stable even though the ecoplus 1/4 hp water chiller keeps the temps a nice crisp 63.5 f. The tent itself had a few hot days where it got to the mid 80 f but the humidifier is running on a 30 min on /30 min off time as well trying to raise the humidity from 45% to 65 %
That wraps up this weeks activities and like I said busy week in the garden coming into week 6 strong ready to bumb up nutes and the light intensity. One of these lucky ladies may just be the mother plant of my dreams
so one of the og kush has been pronounced officially dead and removed from the garden. I am left with one og kush so I decided to use her as my mother plant and took 24 clones from her am looking for the best 9 to flower in the big tent.
I decided on a flush and light nutrient solution as a response to the other plants death
feed
7.5ml armor si
6ml cal mag
6 ml hydrogaurd
2 tsp mykos
30ml flora micro
45 ml flora gro
15 ml flora bloom
3 drops of superthrive