WEEK 8 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.
A great week in the tent, with big changes!
Monday - 2 pm. Reservoir measured 500 ppm, 6.1pH, 69F @ ~11 Gallons.
Tuesday - 2 pm. Tent 74F @ 60%RH. Plant is 24 inches tall and 20 inches from the light. Reservoir level down to ~9.75 Gallons. Reservoir measured 490 ppm, 6.3 pH, 69F. Ph'd back down to 5.8. Raised the light 3 inches to 23 inches above the plant canopy.
Wednesday - 1 am. Tent 75F @ 58%RH. The reservoir is down to ~ 9 Gallons, 480 ppm, 6.2 pH, 70F. Reservoir top up to 12 Gallons. Added 3 Gallons of R.O. water + 18mL CALiMAGic. Reservoir now at 500ppm, pH'd down to 5.8 @ 69F.
Thursday - 2 am. Tent 75F @ 57%RH. The plant is 27 inches tall and 20 inches from the light...wow 3 inches growth in a couple of days! Raised light 2 inches. The reservoir is down 2 Gallons to ~10 Gallons - measured 470 ppm, 6.4 pH, 71F. I then pH'd back down to 5.8 pH.
Friday - 1 am . Reservoir @ 9 Gallons and measured 470 ppm, 6.5 pH, 70F. Reservoir top up with 3 Gallons of R.O. water + 6 mL Green Planet Plant Guard + 6 mL GHE CALiMAGic + 18 mL Stock solution Part A + 18 mL stock solution Part B) = 510 ppm, pH 5.7, 64F. Reservoir now 490 ppm, pH'd back down to 5.8, 67F @ 12 Gallons.
Saturday - 7 pm. Tent 76F, 61%RH. Plant is 29 inches tall and 20 inches from the light. Reservoir is @ 10 Gallons, 490 ppm, 6.0 pH
Sunday 9 pm - The plant is now 15 inches tall (to the netting) after training flat for ScrOG technique. Adjusted the light to 24 inches above the trellis netting. The reservoir contains about 8 gallons of nutrient/water solution. The reservoir measured 480 ppm, 6.6 pH, 68F.
Reservoir change out. 3 X (4 Gallons of reverse osmosis water + 8 mL Green Planet Plant Guard + 12 mL GHE CALiMAGic + 26 mL Stock solution Part A + 26 mL stock solution Part B) = 580 ppm, pH 5.8, 68F, 12 Gallons. Defoliated, applied ScrOG netting, LST, HST.
Good growth this week, from 22 to 29 inches!, and drinks over a Gallon a day. At the end of the week, I applied a D.I.Y. PVC trellis netting frame (4 inch squares), to begin the ScrOG training process. After "pancaking" her out flat, I thought "YIKES!...What have I done to this beautiful bush of a plant?, maybe I should have just flowered her out?". That though lingered for a bit, and I soon brushed aside all doubts about my actions. Knowing from experience just how resilient cannabis is, I'm picturing a full trellis in short time. The stems on this girl were very flexible. I believe the Green Planet Plant Guard Silica really helped to keep her stems pliable. A 15 inch space between the top of the reservoir and the the trellis net seemed appropriate when judging how to splay out this girl. Enough room for me get my paws under her for training/pruning, and maintenance of the reservoir.
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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?