ETHOS Clones (Diary #8)

VEGETATION WEEK 4/5 (Aug 1-7) ---------------------------------------------------- Aug 1 AM (2L) *MC In: 470 PPM/5.9 pH Out: 650 PPM/ 6.1 pH (21c) (+180 PPM) ❌ *ELB2 In: 470 PPM/5.9 pH Out: 536 PPM/ 6.1 pH (21c) (+66 PPM) ❌ *CG In: 470 PPM/5.9 pH Out: 524 PPM/6.2 pH (21c) (+54 PPM) ❌ Jesus Christ...now I think I need to flush. These ones in 3 gallon bags haven't given me a negative PPM runoff in two weeks and it's really starting to piss me off. EAT SOMETHING!! I built an evaporative cooler to drop temps and boost humidity. It gets packed with frozen water bottles and sits in the lung closet during lights on. The fan on top pulls air in, the ice cools it and it's forced out the 2" elbows. We'll see if it does anything. Aug 3 The leaf cupping is improving. Hard to pinpoint what's helping though. I've boosted the lights on humidity to 55-58% and keeping temps below 27c. Watering tonight. PM: 3L each "KC1 In: 607 PPM/5.8 pH Out: 716 PPM/5.9 pH (20c) (+119 PPM) ❌ "KC2 In: 607 PPM/5.8 pH Out: 715 PPM/5.9 pH (20c) (+118 PPM) ❌ "GS In: 607 PPM/5.8 pH Out: 732 PPM/6.0 pH (20c) (+135 PPM) ❌ "ELB In: 607 PPM/5.8 pH Out: 775 PPM/6.0 pH (20c) (+168 PPM) ❌ • 715 ppm = 1.4 EC out • 3L produced 600-700ml runoff (>20%) • Purple streaking on stalks/fan stems (Not GS) So the EC/PPM out is a bit high (just like me). There's a bit of clawing on the fan leaves indicating a nitrogen excess. I'm going to scale back the PPM to 550 and use mostly CalMag and the part B and cut part A in half. I don't really want to flush because the cupping leaves are improving and I think that has to do with the decreased watering frequency. A few fungus gnats have found the sticky traps but they're usually stragglers from the upstairs houseplants. If the runoff is crazy high next event I'll consider a flush with the final liter being a H202 water mixture to fry any eggs that might be in the substrate. 4:1 water/H202 ratio. Aug 6 PM (4L) "KC1 In: 515 PPM/6.0 pH Out: 615 PPM/6.1 pH (20c) (+100 PPM) "KC2 In: 515 PPM/6.0 pH Out: 627 PPM/6.1 pH (20c) (+112 PPM) "GS In: 515 PPM/6.0 pH Out: 733 PPM/6.0 pH (20c) (+218 PPM) "ELB In: 515 PPM/6.0 pH Out: 708 PPM/6.1 pH (21c) (+193 PPM) • 4L produced 1L runoff I'm getting conflicting information about runoff PPM/EC. Some sites say if you aren't getting a PPM lower than what you put in, you're plants aren't feeding and you're overfertilizing. Others say up to +300 PPM is ok and that EC SHOULD BE HIGHER OR THE SAME. I'm feeding at half strength of bottle directions. Some ppl say they use bottle directions PLUS 20%. I get that feeding is strain dependant but there's a huge discrepancy there. There's been more bug activity than usual this week. More and more flies are finding the sticky traps and I've seen a few fly up from the bottom of the pots when I lift them. Sometimes I see one on top of the coco while I'm watering. I can't tell if they're fungus gnats or root aphids though. Have to look closely with a loupe. If it's root aphids, this may have been the cause of the leaf cupping the whole time. I think it may be time for an H202 treatment. Aug 7 PM I mixed 1L H202 with 4L water and pH'd to 6.0. Each 5 gallon bag got 1L each, producing around 150-200ml of runoff. I'm leaving the runoff in the dish, maybe it will kill any that fall in. The Cherry did a lot fizzing so that was the one with the most larvae. I'll have to wait a few days to see how the plants react to the H202. Apparently it's good for root health because it adds oxygen to the root zone and helps with overwatering issues. Next watering will be a low EC mix of CalMag, Compost tea and Sensizym.