Great results from this. Easy used. PBT can leave a brown residue everywhere but...Everything is bigger this grow with generally same conditions as last grow (3/4 of the plants had a relatively hard start this grow so started at a disadvantage to the last one that was faultless at the start). Worked from a feed chart I built before even buying the stuff!!! Wouldn't not go anywhere near Botanicare's strengths (EC2.8 in flower...mental!!!) Run more like 60% of what they recommend and adjust if deficient (which nothing was this grow).
*Probably* not needed as most Hydro feeds are chelated anyway but can't not help ensuring the plant gets what it needs in the right way...No defs during the main grow so looks like it did its job!
Nitroyme...great in the veg stage to get the plants uplifting nutes well. Ran as a foliar once weekly and stopped once flower sets began. Moved to Sumo Active then to take up the mantle
Aquaburst does what it says on the tin...leaves soaked up foliar feeds in minutes...no beading and no "lensing" as I did spray lights on.
No root root and water did hit the mid 20's in the tank a few summer days. Looks like it got their 1st and out-competed the root rot which is what this needs to do and is for so A+
Seems to do its job dechlorinating. Was running Great White and had no root root. Tap water wouldnt be strong enough to kill Pythium but likely would a direct dosing of Great White...as the GW seemed to survive, the Ecothrive did its job! :)
2nd Outing of this bulb...Plants were stretchier this time. Wouldn't have expected that but great flowering bulb...Bright as the sun and gets them going. No issues going direct from a 6/2 to a 12/12 using this.
All looks good so far. Plants did stretch a fair bit in switch and really only on the last week...couldn't train them down as stems were starting to stiffen (and I am shit feared of Super-Cropping!!! :P ) - This left me with a few Less Ripe lower buds but sure, there's nothing wrong with hash!!! :D
@@@hillman, Cheers sir...hopefully now just pH management and tucking for the next week and then watch them bloom! :P Next time, 1 strain again for only 1 diary though!!! Its a pity I had so many issues at the start of this one with humidity and all...too busy concentrating on nursing them and forgot to do my Time Lapse videos. Will do them again on the next grow! :)
@Grow3rPT, Best thing about it, it was one ofthe lowest EC's I've ran. That leaf took just over a week to get to that size and plant was only under lights 3 weeks (so 5 weeks from seed...still a pup!!!)? I am putting it down to the 6/2 schedule I ran. They had time to rest, dump feed to roots and concentrate on growing and didnt have to be stores for long periods of the day! :)
@Grow3rPT, Much appreciated. Really took to the 6/2 and the Botainicare Kind..they were DEEP green and biggest leaves I've ever had on a plant! Its been one healthy grower!!!
@@hillman, Had a good look there tonight. Plenty of pistils in the growth nodes and the top growth nodes appear to be clustering grand. Seeing as its only 8 days, cold turkey from 6/2 to 12/12, I'd say its looking pretty successful so far so here's hoping to a decent crop! :)
Che belle piante! Stavo cercando informazioni sul ciclo di illuminazione 6/2 e ho trovato il tuo diario. lo sto provando anche io con una autofiorente. Che differenze hai notato nella tua coltivazione?
@Bryankush, Hello, The veg period seemed great. Massive leaves (But I have changed feed this grow so don't have a parallel with a different nutrient line to see if it would do the same). I have never done auto's but I was under the impression if you're going to do them...just batter them with light for as long as you can (i.e. if you can do 24/0...do it! :)). I didnt have any issues going straight to 12/12 either for flower and since you dont have that problem at all, I'd say go for it! It does no harm and the veg stage was as healthy as you like...no issues them taking to it either.
@xbrico, well documented ! Will meditate on this for a while because the idea of a comparative grow (18/6 vs 6/2) has begun to circle. Just for the fun of it if nothing else. Thank´s man, You´ve made my day!
@@@hillman, Hello, I have to say, I am/was curious/skeptical myself about it but thought sod it, was already having a few problems with the start of the other plants so thought could do no more damage! :P So far though, its actually quite good. The leaf mass seems higher - all plants have some gorilla hand leaves on them. This one went in as healthy as possible and seems to be thriving!!!
The logic is supposed to be is no one *really* knows at what point in any light cycle the plant's photosynthesis saturates the leaves with sugar....is it 14hrs, 16, 18....nothing really can say (no mater what weedspert pops their head up!!! :P) and it could be totally plant specific (as in to the plant, in that 1 pot, not the breed/strain or the other plants of the same breed in the other pots in your tent) or if it even does saturate. On the dark cycle, the plant sends the sugars to the roots to help fuel and power their growth - that's always known. This cycle is supposed to ensure there is never "saturation" or "wasted photosynthesis". It regularly gets to dump the sugars to the roots which should in turn, give better growth as the roots are always well fed with sugars to grow, which in turn allows the plant better uptake more nutes on the light cycle.
There also naysayers to say "its not natural, its evolved over millions of years to do this in this way...". Difference I see is with an indoor grow, you've turned it into the Truman Show. You control every aspect of how it lives and it only really knows what you tell it (apart from how to eat and breathe!).
Cheers for the like/follow and I hope we both get something good out of this grow! :)
** Update ** - trying a flush. Not pure tap water but close. Added 60ml pure blend tea, 50ml active boost, 50ml fulvic and 50ml Sensizym to a 50L tank. Probs add 5ml ATA Clean just to start to cleaning process too. Last days now!!! :)
Edit - Added PK Warrior in the end, but very little compared to recommended...added at 0.2ml/L as opposed to the 0.5-1ml/L (1ml/L usually used the 1st week [week 4] and then 0.5 for the following 3 weeks).