WEEK 7 VEGETATION
See VEG Week 2 for details of stock solution A & B.
I use the BlueLab Combo Meter to measure pH, ppm (TDS) 500 scale, and temperature.
Another great week in the tent!
Monday - 2 pm. Reservoir measured 560 ppm, pH 6.2, 69F.
Tuesday - 6 pm. Tent 76F @ 62%RH. Plant is 16 inches tall and 23 inches from the light. Reservoir level down 2 Gallons to ~10 Gallons. The reservoir measured 540 ppm, 6.4 pH, 70F. Added 2 Gallons of R.O. water + 10mL CALiMAGic. The reservoir now measured 520 ppm @ 68F - pH'd back down to 5.7. Added 2 more air stones to the reservoir, and another dual output pump, bringing the total to 4 stones for better circulation.
Wednesday - 5 pm. Tent 75F @ 60%RH. The plant is 18 inches tall and 21 inches from the light. Raised the light about 1 inch ( 4 clicks on the ratchet ropes). The reservoir is down 1 Gallon to ~11 Gallons. The reservoir now measures 510 ppm, 6.3 pH @ 69F. pH'd back down to 5.8. Defoliated some lower fan leaves and small branches.
Thursday - 6 pm. 74F @ 58%RH. The reservoir is down 2 Gallons to ~10 Gallons - measured 490 ppm, 6.5 pH, 69F. I then pH'd back down to 5.8 pH.
Thursday - 8 pm. Reservoir top up to 12 Gallons. Added 2 Gallons of R.O. water + 10mL CALiMAGic. Reservoir now 480 ppm, 5.8 pH, 68F.
Friday - 8 pm. Reservoir down ~ 1.5 Gallons. Plant is 19 inches tall and 21 inches from the light. Reservoir measured 450 ppm, 6.3 pH, 70F. pH'd back down to 5.7.
Saturday - No report, I was MIA.
Sunday 4 pm - The plant is now 22 inches tall - raised light to 22 inches from the plant. The reservoir measured 410 ppm, 6.8 pH, 69F. The reservoir now contains about 8 gallons of nutrient/water solution. Reservoir change out. 3 X (4 Gallons of reverse osmosis water + 8 mL Green Planet Plant Guard + 8 mL GHE CALiMAGic + 28 mL Stock solution Part A + 28 mL stock solution Part B) = 550 ppm, pH 5.8, 67F, 12 Gallons. Defoliated a few leaves.
Good growth this week, from 14 to 22 inches!!! She's bushing out nicely, and drinks about a Gallon a day๐. I'm thinking another week of veg to get this girl tall enough to fully fill and cover this 2x4 footprint when trellised down. After two rounds of fill, and reservoir change out, I am still pleased with my DWC set up and method.
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Peace,
DeaneR๐
@DeaneR, I grew some of crop kings Lambs breath over the summer, but didn't run a diary, if you want to get stuff done it is awesome the wife calls it my busy weed lol
Hey man! Just a thought, but maybe when those leaves turn 90 degs they are praying really hard, I mean it could be osmotic pressure in the plant that makes it turn that way, and apparently there's not much light difference on both sides of the leaf that it doesn't affect it's position
Great work as usual๐
Does that dwc method up the humidty in your house much?
I'm already running a dehumidifier in the basement and taking
almost 8 liters of water out of the air and keeping the basement at 55% RH and the rest of the house at 40-45% rh,
and I'm using soil.Hard to keep the rh where I want because our house looks like a jungle, plants everywhere.
I'm using the water from the dehumidifier to water all the house plants, I just add some (kelp me kelp you) to bring the PH up a little from
the RO water coming from the dehumidifier all plants are super happy.
Mery Christmas!!!
@northernMike, Thanks Mike. I don't think this DWC method raises my homes RH, any more than my previous coco grows, with fabric pots (think of the surface area of the pot and media drying, plus runoff in the tray). I found little loss due to evaporation using this DWC style. I put a plastic sheet around the stem of the plant, to block light and reduce evaporation. The plants do grow quickly though, and are transpiring a gallon per day...So its like having one of those room humidifiers running 24/7. It's been a warm/damp December in my area. Normally, my NG furnace helps lower my house RH. I disabled my HVAC's humidifier and run a DC furnace fan 24/7 to help circulate my house air. My house was built in the 60's, so the basement is always damper than the rest of the house.
Have a happy Happy, merry Merry!!!!๐
Hi ,
Can it be that the sympthomes are called canoeing? I had some similar leafs in 1 plant, beeing to wet. But your on dwc, so no idea. Its deffently wet!!! ๐ ๐ ๐
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@DeaneR,
Yes tacoing is an other name for it.
We called such joints spooners. Thats translated out of my language ofcours.
Allready an idea what is happening?
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@Organic_LarF, Canoeing was a term my friends and I, used to describe a joint that burned unevenly๐. I see what you're saying, some call it tacoing? Spelling? I Dunno?