Day 28 of flower roughly. Officially turned into a gas chamber. Chopped the auto/drying. Have it on a flat surface so you can figure buds looks flat lol. Dry trimming that…. So finally recieved my new awesome ph instrument. My gosh it is just as good as blue labs at work. Got my storing solution (potassium chloride) it should be, but I spoke with chemist as work and said 4 ph buffer solution works perfect (which meter usually comes with free of charge) and I believe that solution is (potassium silicate) he said which you want submerged in something slightly acidic for electrode storage. Unless you like replacing your meter and fucking your plants up like me. So should have this one for the long run. And get the ph Straight again before deep flowering. I’ve been getting by with strips lol. they suck
that's a beautiful garden you got their 💚 wish you the biggest harvest and most tasteful buds ever growmie🌈🍻
About the PH meter electrode...so do I understand it right that it's ok to store the electrode in a leftover of the PH buffer that I got from calibrating it ? I'm actually doing that for years now but curious if it's an acceptable methood 🤔
@Swanberg, Thanks for the advice i really appreciate it. It's funny that yesterday my PH electrode did get bonkers, it's my second electrode in 7 years so 42 months of life expectancy for one is not a bad result considering that i don't store them in any special liquid except the buffer.
@Metatronix, thanks friend :) 💚but yes slightly acidic is better conductivity so the lower buffer solution (4 range) basically most potassium based solution is 100% acceptable to preserve electrode. Make sure to knock off whatever rinse water. I’m sure over time it’ll collect if you don’t replace solution every so often. But yeah at work ours last for years and we test some very hazardous things.
Hey there friend. Would you be alright with me offering some pointers? So cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit. Also, I know cannabis plants CAN grow under 24/7 although it is not ideal based on their genetic function. Cannabis plants photosynthesize when the lights are on and store up energy for growth from the breakdown of nutrients during photosynthesis, Then use that energy to do the majority of their growth during the lights off cycle. For this reason, I recommend a minimum of 20/4.
I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily.
https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/
For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1
This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil.
https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/
As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they gh sidedo not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully.
So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process. I really think you would benefit from our tutorial series on youtube, Our channel is linked off our main grow diaries profile. We just put up week 3 of plant life care so you got time to subscribe and catch up before the next episode is out! I look forward to seeing you over there and hearing your feedback to better help me shape the tutorials
Happy growing friend!