1st Grow - Critical Kush - DWC

Thank you @OutForReal, @CRiSPrGrow and @CrazyDiamond, all great info. I am concerned with drying too fast since my buds are small and the outside temp here have dropped to -17C which drops the RH in the house to 35% at best. In the tent with the lights on and ventilation it can drop below 30% I have a humidifier in the house and it will run as much as i can keep it filled, but what RH do you guys think i should aim for?

Day 6 and we have lots of roots coming out on both girls!

Ph meters are the bain of my life, drive me nuts , i have 2 at all times that i know are correct , i used to use AN but i had issues, mainly with ph fluctuation, looks good tho so make sure you give it a good flush :) im sure that they also say to use too much on bottle, i used 3/4 strength, and i reckon they need a cal mag even tho they say they dont :)

Hope everything goes well with your grow my friend! I am also on my first grow!

Healthy looking clones you got there! best of luck with these! Great strain. ;)

Congratulations on your harvest!

If you drop them bases down to about 10ml/g your kush will really appreciate you! Probably help you with pH too. To see what I mean go look at the budsize on my Zombie kush (fed heavy) then look at the fat buds on my LA Confidential (fed light).

Its looking tasty up in there my friend , keep up the great work . Wishing you the best on you're race to the finish line ! -Happy Growing!

@Cultus Glad you got that PH issue sorted :) mate, I had a sample of my critical kush, i'm about a week behind with my updates, so i stripped off a few lower buds for airflow and due to me being impatient to try. Well i kid you not, I've smoked some good bud, generally i prefer the Blueberry Indica's and AK sativa leaning hybrids. but the girl.. wow - heavy heavy hitter. I was on a couple of days off work and on my own, so i thought lets have a blast before i take the dog - dog in in yard at this point and it's 5:45am - one bowl - a good 8 inch steamroller bowl.. bang I'm out like a light on the couch for three hours, poor dog! so quick walk, lots of dog treats and a nice fire in the burner to say sorry for leaving him hanging for three hours. another bowl and wtf three more hours on the couch spark-O.. oh yeah very frigging nice smoke, but it's going in the fireup and forget (everything) jar! lol - remember this is early bud sample I'd have said 75% cloudy 25% clear. IDK what she going to do come Easter when she is cured out and i'm back on the smoke - but can't wait to forget all about it! :) - (I'm now on a four month T-Break 25yrs chronic smoking catches up eventually so now i take T-breaks every once in a while but proper, pee strip self testing need to reset my CB1 and CB2 receptors occasionally.. :) "This girls is so good one bowls will last yer four months!! haha" ) Hope you are as impressed with your ladies, looking like yours will recover to nice fat heavy nugs - may the herb be by your side. Happy Smokes box

Any chance your ph pen needs calibrating? That messed me up a few grows ago. I now use storage solution and my ph pen stays correct then

Looking quite tasty man ! Keep up the solid work ! -Happy Growing!

@Cultus, 3 things: one, awesome diy bucket you have there! Two, it's not a waste to have top water as you can use it for smaller plants/seedlings some day. Three, and most importantly I strongly suggest you order some hydroguard and put it in your basin asap. You have some high temps there and hydroguard will help pythium which creates root rot.It will help keep your roots nice and white with the higher temp water/air. Good luck with your grow!

Hi @Cultus! In this scenario, I would act by priority, and give them a few days to build strong roots. When you top, you can remove as many nodes as you want, it's even better to wait for 1-2 nodes to develop above the topped node, plants will recover faster. If your goal was to top at node 3 [for example], you could do it now and take the risk of a long recovery time, or you can do it in a week, by removing a bigger part of the plant, but with a shorter recovery time and a strong root system. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊

I loved Critical kush

Good luck with the grow ;)

nice plants ! i wish you a good grow ;)

@Cultus They are looking real nice, looking sharp after their trim 😎 i waiting to see the stretch, they look like they are going to by chunky ass ladies though 😍

Looking nice and full there! I'm loving the healthy green color. I'm curious to see what they look like in a week from now as they finish the stretch. Best of luck Cultus! 😎

Well i seem to be guilty of being TOO strict with mt pH. I am continuing to get more brown spots on my leaves which i believe to be a calcium deficiency, but not because my nutrient solution is lacking, but rather i have been locking it out keeping the pH right at 5.8 and not letting it drift over 6 to get access to the calcium. So from now on i will only make adjustments when it drifts outside of the 5.5 to 6.5 range and for now i adjusted it to 6.1 for a couple days till next rez change. Bud growth seems to have slowed a bit, so hopefully this will improve things and make my girls happy!

Thanks @@Boxgrower, You should definitely start a diary, what are you growing in?