Fully into flowering cycle now. I performed a major defoliation last week to open up airflow and focus energy on budding. Super stressful but she's bouncing back well and it looks like things are on track.
I'm supplementing with compressed CO2 and maintaining a much higher temperatures as well.
I also increased the drip to 4x per day now and trying to keep runoff to about 1.5 - 2 liters to day. Running to waste now since I have the dehumidifier also dumping to the waste bucket in the tent before it gets pumped out.
Update: Starting to see more signs of nute burned tips but my nute mix should be okay. I think the extra feeding is the issues so I've dropped it back to 3x per day for now until the plant fills out again.
Brown straight tips is potassium deficiency. I just grew this strain In coco. Your ph is likely drifting over 6.3 as well because she is really hungry. Feel free to check out my results. Was pretty neat. 👍🌱🌱
@CleverName, yes there is a balance in coco for sure. Nutrition too strong ph goes down. Not strong enough ph goes up. I have grown several plants in it. Once you get dialed In more of what it wants when during grow it helps with fluctuations in levels. You are still looking good 👍
@Roberts, thanks for the feedback! You're right, I had some pH and EC issues. I thought I had enough solution running through the coco on my watering schedule but I hadn't been checking the runoff very frequently due to the way I had the system set up (it was a pain to get just the fresh runoff or assess how much was running through). While addressing that design issue, I found that EC had gone wild and pH was off too. I assume that was due to salts getting trapped in the coco due to insufficient volumes running through. So, I have each schedule running substantially longer now and recirculating back into the reservoir instead of to waste and the numbers are back where they're supposed to be. I'm also checking the numbers going in and coming out daily now. I think she's recovering now (buds are still growing) but some damage has been done. We'll see how it plays out. Learning as I go :-)
I'll check out your grow now too. That should be a helpful reference. Thanks again!