Beginning of week..
So it was a bit of a "spur of the moment" thing.. But I went ahead and flipped to flower. Tonight will be the first night of 12 hours of darkness for the ladies. I usually try to do the night before, but 1 day isn't much difference. Just going to feed branches thru the trellis.. And branches that dont make it to the trellis will be removed. I have also been HST a bit.. I dont actually damage the stem much.. I just keep twisting it till its finally a little weaker and easier to bend.. Meh.. Maybe actual HST would work better.. Idk lol
Mid week..
This update, including the pic, is 1 day late.. Whoops.. But wow the Mandarin Cookies is stretching like cRaZy! I REALLY need to get that girl defoliated.. Like ALOT! Some of her bottom leaves are showing that damn pH fluctuation crap.. It looks so hideous.. But its not spreading too bad.. Idk wtf.. ETHOS Cookies seems to have cleared up tho! That's awesome! But she is still just so tiny.. Growth is VERY very slow.. Was seeing some nute burn so ETHOS Cookies gets a little less nutes on feed days.. Only thing I really change is the amount of FloraMicro.. Instead of 1.5mL/L.. I just use 1 mL/L.. That's pretty much it.. Other than that.. Just been tucking branches when I can.. Gonna defoliate soon.. Very very soon. Its gonna take forever ughhh lol
End of week..
Mandarin Cookies is looking nice.. There are ALOT of smaller branches.. If this plant makes fat nugs, there is NO WAY that these long skinny stems can hold up fat nugs.. But we will be seeing how this goes together! Still weirded out by this runoff pH issue.. The ETHOS Cookies runoff is good now.. But the Mandarin Cookies runoff is still coming out at 5.7- 5.8 pH.. No matter what the pH going in is.. It will ALWAYS come out at 5.7 or 5.8.. BUT.. Since that is within the 5.5 - 6.5.. It isnt a problem.. Now that I have been keeping the pH steady, I am seeing no more issies.. No more pH fluctuation spots.. No calcium spots.. Just lucious, green leaves! I hope the Mandarin Cookies doesnt stretch too much, but more than likely, I think she will.. The ETHOS Cookies really needs to stretch tho.. The branches are solid as a rock.. Can't even bend them anymore.. I don't like how close the leaves are to the main stems.. They block ALL the light frok the lower branches.. And she is hardly growing.. I really REALLY hope she stretches some.. Anyways.. On to the next week!!!...
Can't seem to shake my acidic reused coco/perlite mix.. Ph going in is 6.2 - 6.3... Runoff is coming out 5.8 - 5.9.. Ive even ran 6.5 thru the mediun and still coming out at 5.8 - 5.9.. Should I try 7.0??? Help please!!!
I think this is problem with coco buffer. Try to use more cal-mag and change your nutrient solution. Lower potassium, raise cal-mag.
Problems with coco pH - always about wrong watering and wrong composition of the nutrient solution.
p.s 5.8 pH its not bad for vegetation.
@Ezzjaybruh,
You would think.. maybe the chemical compounding wont allow it? Maybe that why damnnear all the other companies have the same exact ratios? Idk.. could be a possibility
Get a flood and drain table set up. Did soil for 6 years. All ph problems and lockouts and deficiency dissapears with a resevoir. I let mine go for 2 weeks at a time without changing. Couple airstones ph to 5.9 and my plants are bushier and greener and healthier than ive ever laid my eyes on. Would never go back to soil or coco.
@MackMurder, I don't think I have enough room for ebb and flow. Unless I really cram it all in there. I have been thinking of trying DWC tho. Just 5 gallon buckets with plenty of bubbles. Same nutes minus the organic stuff.. still using the hydroguard.