It's been a decent week for growth as well as beginner mistakes. Broke two branches this week, one wasn't able to recover and I have to remove the stem. While the other is so far looking like it will mend. My previous feed I had crazy high runoff come up, around 3000 and looks like I'm developing a bit of nute burn on the tips. Watered with silica as they haven't had any in a few weeks. Also have been slowly increasing the light intensity over the past couple of weeks. As of today(6/11) I have it adjusted to 80%
I decided that I would test my runoff with a different TDS meter this go around, and it registered nearly 1000 ppm less. So I'm gonna go ahead and say my meter is off. While the pH is spot on.
These ladies also started their week off around a foot or so tall and as of today(6/11) they are both about 19 inches tall. I have been working the plants somewhat daily by either LST or tucking big fan leaves.
It's definitely starting to smell pretty dank. I can smell the cheese from the Strawberry Cheesecake while the Northern Lights still hasn't developed a specific smell besides just dank.
Minus my screw ups this week, both plants seem to be thriving and I will continue to give these ladies love. I did also notice that I will probably have to switch up my watering frequency soon her from about once a week to every 5 days.
Lookin juicy. Keep it up, almost there. Good call on ignoring that dude. I did some of the things he mentioned (not per his advice) and saw nothing but problems. Any βproblemsβ your plants are displaying arenβt even problems. Iβm psyched to see your first harvest πͺ
@WatercanWampa, Thanks! I've been having some issues lately that seem to be turning around with my 1st feeding. I am definetly dedicated to these ladies.
Plants look great for a first grow. Good job. Enjoy the flowers from your labor. Only thing I seen you might wanna watch for in future grows. When your leaf tips turned brown, and curled up and in. This is nutrition burn. In you case I think it was probably not enough irrigation when you fed them. The substrate likely had some build up from old nutrition, which caused the burning. I have done the same thing myself before. A good way to monitor it is to test the ph of your run off. Anyway, just hopefully a helpful observation. Again, awesome 1st grow. ππ»π
@Roberts, My media also contains dolomite lime, so I'm thinking that's countering the pH drop while still seeing a high TDS? I'm clearly no expert but sounds like it makes sense. I also ran a feed/feed/flush schedule, which in my next run I think I prefer the feed/flush. I appreciate the feedback and agree.
@B_Content,just trying to help your next grow be that much better is all. Good luck. Usually the high tds sends the ph down a lot is why I say what I did. π±ππ»
@Roberts, Thanks growmie. I actually agree with you 100% I believe it started in week 3. I actually had to pay more attention to my runoff TDS compared to my runoff pH. Not sure if it was the meter or what, but my pH never deviated more than .5 wound up calibrating a completed different TDS and pH pens and pH was still in range, while TDS on the otherhand was ridiculously high. Finally got a watering amount and frequency down. Thanks for stopping by!