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Blue Dream was assigned the color blue for this grow.
===== 8/9 Germination Day 0 =====
Put about 1.5cm down into a rapid rooter that had been soaked in distilled water with h202 in it.
Placed on top of a vivosun heating pad.
I am germinating 3 other varieties (all sativa dominant) and have a fifth rooter I've used just to put the vivosun probe into for checking temperature.
===== 8/10 Germination Day 1 =====
Not much to report. Just been tracking metrics and will be spraying the rapid rooters and lid 1-2 times a day to maintain moisture levels.
===== 8/11 Germination Day 2 =====
Put together my cloning machine. It is sold as a kit by PA Hydroponics. The plan is to move the plants here after they have sprouted and grown tall enough to clear the neoprene nicely.
===== 8/12 Germination Day 3 =====
I drained the hydro today. I had been running it to get a feel for what the environment will be like inside the grow tent. I will fill it back up nearer to when I am going to transplant. I have the drain kit installed on my fallponics system. You can see I have an extra inch or so clearance than I need. I might try to get smaller bricks or build support from lumber in the future.
I expelled the water outside into a garden. One pic is when it is working at full capacity and the second shows when it starts to trickle: at this point I shut off the pump. You can see the reservoir and plant bucket levels at this point. Next step was to drain the remaining water with a wetvac.
I have been spraying the humidity dome but after talking to an experienced grower I added a few drops of water treated with h2o2 to prevent the rapid rooters from drying out.
===== 8/13 Germination Day 4 =====
I decided to move all the rooters to the cloning machine since I didn’t want to have to figure out the proper environment for both. For the cloning machine, I added 2ml h2o2 / gal to distilled water. I put 1 ½ gallons of water (and 3ml h2o2) into it. I covered them with humidity domes spritzed with water. The net pots couldn’t fit both the rooters and neoprene nicely so I cut the bottoms out. I tried varying levels of prong length to ensure the rooters didn’t go too deep. Now they fit better. But holey moley, while transferring them to the clipped pots I made a mess with water spraying everywhere. I should have turned the pump off for this part.
I talked to a more experienced grower about how wet the rooters were getting and learned this type of cloner is more for clones and not for seeds since you can’t really drown clones. I pivoted by removing the pump and putting in an airstone from the hydro system. I will adjust the dampness by water level and air pump speed. I gave the rooters a gentle squeeze to remove some of the excess water. I hope the plants forgive me for trying to drown them. 🤣
I also turned on the inline and rotating fans and the tent had its first period of darkness last night since I swapped the lights to 18/6 timing. Big day for the lil ones.
===== 8/14 Germination Day 5 =====
I ended up adding another ¼ gallon of h2o2 water and found a good level for the air bubbles to be at in order to keep the bottom damp but not drenched.
Now just hoping that the blue dream seed wasn’t a dud. 🤞
The tent seemed to regulate its temperature way better with the hydro system running. It is a good time to fill it back up and use a method described to me by @Lishrakk to make sure I set the water levels correctly inside the fallponics system:
Use a wooden spoon (or in my case wooden dowel) marked with inches to fill the system to 2 inches below the net pots bottom.
Let the system run for awhile
Remove hydroton until you run into the wet clay.
Measure this level and use it as a base for how high your water should be depending on whether you need your rooters higher or lower.
And more tips from him to dial in the system easier:
Take a gallon or two of tap water
Measure its PH and PPM
PH Down it to 5.85 -ish. Record how many ml it took
Divide this by the number of gallons balanced
Record this ratio and use it for balancing your water in the future
And using a water meter on my hose to accurately track amounts of water added to the system.
I bought a little air pump to power the cloning machine so the fallponics system could have its fourth back. At first I was worried it was too small so I put 4 gallons in there but it was drenching the rooters again so I removed some water. I’ll hone in on the right paramters soon enough.
My meter said 40.6 gallons was added to the fallponics but I’m pretty sure I forgot to reset the 4 I had used in the cloning machine. I’ll make sure to zero it next time 😄 To the water in the cloning machine I added 1mg/gal each of micro, grow and bloom as well as 0.5mg/gal orca to give them a little taster of what’s to come.
I remade my PH solutions and opened a second ph meter because my vivosun one was giving erratic results. I’m still not sure everything is OK as it only took 1ml/gal PH Down to achieve 5.86 PH. I’ll keep testing in the days to come. I will check the hydroton for how high it dampens tomorrow.
===== 8/15 Germination Day 6 =====
I moved Blue Dream back into the seedling tray. Hoping that the warmth helps her come up.
===== 8/16 Germination Day 7 =====
I gave up on Blue Dream. I went splunking and found that the seed had cracked open but the growth that came out was brown and didn’t look healthy. I also accidentally damaged the growth opening up the rooter. I don’t think it was the genetics fault but rather my inexperience and drowning it. I’ve popped another one and this time I am committed to following protocol to a T. I soaked two (one for the probe) rapid rooters in h2o2 water phd to 5.85 then squeezed out water until they were 25g. Blue Dream was inserted butthole up ~1/2inch into the rooter and a corner was placed over the hole. I put 4 drops of the h2o2 water on top, spritzed the humidity dome and placed it on top.The seeding tray was placed on top of the vivosun warming pad and is under ~190 ppfd lighting set to be on 18h a day. I will not disturb her for 3 days. If she’s too far off sync with the others to go into the fallponics I will grow in a soil pot or figure something else out. RIP Blue Dream. Long live Blue Dream!
One of my cats entered the tent and did some parkour but everything was mostly unharmed–I had a small hole to patch in the tent. For now I am blocking the ventilation hole with my scrog net (it has a hard frame). She can probably still get in if she is determined but it should deter. I will probably make a chicken wire box around it so she cannot get in. I’ll also be more vigilant about clipping her nails in case she tries to scale the outside so there is less risk of holes.
===== 8/18 Germination Day 9 =====
I haven’t done anything with Blue Dream other than cut a little slit in the lid so I could close the ventilation holes tighter. It is retaining moisture well. Hopefully I’ll see it poke up soon 🤞
===== 8/19 Germination Day 10 =====
Blue Dream (v2) is going gangbuster! It already has a small root poking out the bottom. It pays to follow the guides exactly 🙂
===== 8/20 Germination Day 11 =====
BD growing. I put 40 ml FloraMicro, DynaGro, and FloraBloom into the system as well as 20 ml Orca.
===== 8/21 Germination Day 12 =====
BD continues to grow! Just waiting for some more roots before I transfer her over.
===== 8/22 Germination Day 13 =====
Still waiting on more roots from BD.
===== 8/23 Germination Day 14 =====
BD has grown in size but just one lil root poking out. I fed it 10 drops of water and respritzed the dome as it was getting a bit dry. I’m really hoping to transfer in the next 3 or 4 days or she’s going to fall even further behind the others.
===== 8/24 Germination Day 15 =====
Just waiting on BD to present some roots out the rooter so I can transplant (She’s got one little one right now, maybe 2mm out the bottom?)
===== 8/25 Germination Day 16 =====
I turned down the humidity and turned off the heat setting on the humidifier since it was approaching 75 degrees F and was at 74% humidity. It has been hot and humid here and I think our AC is struggling to keep up now.
===== 8/26 Germination Day 17 =====
BD was found to have a second root poking out the bottom so I decided to move her into the hydro. She isn't quite tall enough to fill up all the hydroton so I'll have to fill it in a bit more as she grows.
Top fed.
===== 8/27 Germination Day 18 =====
I top fed twice today, roughly 12 hours apart and the last feeding with several hours before lights out.
BD looks sad, I may have rushed her transfer.
I am doing an alternate feed chart that I got from Lishrakk and has worked for him in this system which you only have to feed every 1-2 weeks (depending on where you’re at in the cycle). I might do week 1 veg nute reservoir swap (which will have some calmag in it) in the next few days.
===== 8/28 Germination Day 19 =====
Morning: Top fed.
Evening: I was concerned BD was being overfed so didn't top feed.
===== 8/29 Veg Day 1 (overall day 20) =====
Didn’t top feed as BD is showing signs of overwatering. No roots yet visible.
I dug out blue dream after concerns she was too deep. I replanted her about a cm higher.
Rez swapped to week 1 nutes:
36 gallons water
18 ml CALiMAGic
108 ml GH Micro
72 ml DynaGro
72 ml GH Bloom
18 ml Orca
===== 8/30 Veg Day 2 (21) =====
PH from yesterday’s rez swap is slightly lower than targeted. It is reading 5.72. It may still drift upwards as the system settles.
===== 8/31 Veg Day 3 (22) =====
Added 2ml PH up to res and will track how it adjusts from its current 5.76; I’m doing small increments so I don’t overcompensate and have to chase the dragon.
Afternoon: after about 8 hours, ph is now reading 5.88
BD growing.
===== 9/1 Veg Day 4 (23) =====
I'm hoping her roots are working their way towards the bottom.
===== 9/3 Veg Day 6 (25) =====
PH a little up to 6.08 over the last few days (I assume from the adjustment 8/31). I administered 1.5ml PH down.
I think the light is a bit far from my plants. I lowered it 6” and adjusted it to keep the same PPFD - 250.
BD looks a bit strange but its getting bigger so I’m counting it as a win. Still no signs of roots growing out of the bottom but he is about a week behind the others, age-wise.
===== 9/4 Veg Week 2 Day 1 (26) =====
PH back down to a good value at 5.91
Top fed BD.
===== 9/5 Veg Week 2 Day 2 (27) =====
Still on root watch for BD.
PH floating back up a bit. I put a gallon of tap PH’d down to keep the water levels up and bring the PH down just a smidge. I upped the PPFD to 315, partially in an attempt to raise the tent temperature which is sitting around 68 F.
===== 9/6 Veg Week 2 Day 3 (28) =====
I plan to top feed BD tomorrow. She still doesn’t have any roots poking out the bottom.
===== 9/7 Veg Week 2 Day 4 (29) =====
Top fed BD. I’ve just been leaving the dome on and going around the outside with about a cup of the nutrient solution. Still no roots 🙁
===== 9/8 Veg Week 2 Day 5 (30) =====
BD has a root out the bottom!
===== 9/9 Veg Week 2 Day 6 (31) =====
MW has presented with gnarly rust spots on her bottom leaves that have started to appear on her top ones. ATF has smaller spotting. After talking with HWG and rewatching the chloramine video, as well as researching and finding more anecdotal evidence online– I believe this is from chloramine in my water supply. While I have the dechlorinator I forgot to add in for this rez swap.
I will be doing two things to mitigate:
1. I will be doing a rez swap tonight using the dechlorinator.
2. I have ordered an RO system to be installed once it arrives
===== 9/10 Veg Week 3 Day 1 (32) =====
Last evening I did a rez swap with the following:
36 gallons water
18 ml dechlorinator
18 ml tps silica
27 ml CALiMAGic
151 ml FloraMicro
137 ml DynaGro Grow
108 ml FloraBloom
18 ml Orca
I’m hoping BD’s growth kicks into high gear now that she (hopefully) isn't being poisoned by chloramine anymore.
This morning I moved the lights down. They are ~20” from BD. Set to 320 PPFD.
===== 9/11 Veg Week 3 Day 2 (33) =====
The reservoir read 6.11 this morning so I administered 3ml PH down.
BD is hard to read, I think she has been severely limited by the chloramine.
===== 9/13 Veg Week 3 Day 4 (35) =====
I am struggling to see growth on BD. I might have to cull her... but I'll give her some more time. I raised the light 6” and measured the PPFD at 328.
===== 9/14 Veg Week 3 Day 5 (36) =====
I’m excited with BD’s root growth, I’m hoping it translates into growth up top soon.
===== 9/16 Veg Week 3 Day 7 (38) =====
Blue Dream looks like it is actually growing, happy day!
===== 9/17 Veg Week 4 Day 1 (39) =====
Just letting BD chill and grow. She is growing weird.
===== 9/18 Veg Week 4 Day 2 (40) =====
BD is just chilling.
===== 9/19 Veg Week 4 Day 3 (41) =====
There is some foam in my hydroponics system. I’m debating a couple options: adding more orca, sterilizing with root drip or h2o2, or rez swapping.
I haven’t started training BD yet. Hoping she catches up a bit, and she is growing wonky as it is kind of want to see her natural shape first as I don’t think she’ll fit my initial blueprint.
Evening: HWG helped me diagnose MW as most likely having a phosphorus deficiency. That combined with the foam led to a rez swap. Since my RO reservoir hasn’t been set up and filled yet, I used tap water treated with dechlorinator again. I plan to have RO ready for the next swap on Sunday. I did the same nutrient composition as the last swap but raised the rez to right under the net pots:
43 gallons water
22 ml dechlorinator
22 ml tps silica
32 ml CALiMAGic
181 ml FloraMicro
163 ml DynaGro Grow
129 ml FloraBloom
22 ml Orca
43 ml PH down
===== 9/20 Veg Week 4 Day 4 (42) =====
BD got her first topping.
===== 9/21 Veg Week 4 Day 5 (43) =====
No training today.
I installed a float valve supplied by a line from my RO so I don’t have to replace the water manually in the humidifier anymore. I plan to drop a few ml of h2o2 into the humidifier every couple of days.
===== 9/22 Veg Week 4 Day 6 (44) =====
BD just chilling.
===== 9/23 Veg Week 4 Day 7 (45) =====
Only light training today: moving stems away from budsites.
The plants continue to show many different signs of deficiencies. I’ve checked and rechecked the ph levels, so I’m lead to believe the issue is either overwatering or too many nutrients. I have lowered the water 2 inches like it was before to prevent the rooters from becoming soaked, and plan to cut the nutrients in half at tomorrow’s regularly scheduled feeding (except calmag which I will keep the same since I’m switching to RO water).
===== 9/24 Veg Week 5 Day 1 (46) =====
I swapped the reservoir last night, cutting my chart in half to combat the nutrient issues. I’m planning to convert to the HWG feed chart starting in Week 6. The only modification will be adding Orca instead of H2O2.
35 gal water
18 ml TPS silica
35 ml CALiMAGic
84 ml FloraMicro
70 ml DynaGro Grow
67 ml FloraBloom
18 ml Orca
3.5 ml PH Up
===== 9/25 Veg Week 5 Day 2 (47) =====
LST today: bending, tucking fan leaves, and tying down to keep them squat.
PH settled a bit lower than my target so I added another 1ml PH Up. I will keep micro adjusting until it arrives where I’d like it.
===== 9/26 Veg Week 5 Day 3 (48) =====
Just tucking big fan leaves today to try and expose node sites.
===== 9/27 Veg Week 5 Day 4 (49) =====
Installed scrog net today. Lights are 14” from the net and are currently just over 400 PPFD. I ended up raising the net a bit after the pics as I was worried I wouldn’t have any room for trimming the undergrowth. The tent and hydro temperatures are rising a bit and if they continue to go up I will have to add a swamp cooler or iced bottles to the rez. I started filling the barrel for swap on Sunday. I would wait until Saturday but I will be out of town and don’t want our house sitter to have to mess with the grow stuff.
===== 9/28 Veg Week 6 Day 5 (50) =====
BD has some time yet until it interacts with the scrog net. I will be out of town until Sunday so I triple checked everything.
===== 10/1 Veg Week 6 Day 1 (53) =====
Had a bit of wrangling to do after being out of town for a few days. I might have flipped to bloom if all three plants in the tent were the size of ATF, but as it is I think I will go another week. I plan to do my first big defoliation session tomorrow, then let them recover before flipping next week.
For today’s rez swap I switched to using HWG feed chart with the only difference being that I added 0.5ml/gal orca instead of the h2o2. My water stopped part way thru the rez swap for a bit so my meter didn’t get the count. I just used 40 gal as my estimate but in hindsight I probably should have used 35 or 36. Oops.
I calculated the amounts of each nutrient I needed to add by making 1 gallon of veg juice, which measured 3550 PPM. I made an assumption that it would mix linearly and calculated I would need ~282% of the gallon for 40 gallons of water to reach the target 258 (which includes +8 from the water). I’m not entirely sure it will mix linearly but it made sense to me since it is parts-per-million. I will track the PPM reading of the next couple days to see how close I was.
40 gal water 🤷🏻
62 ml silica
113 ml micro
34 ml grow
45 ml bloom
56 ml diamond nectar
20 ml orca
I’m not entirely sure I put diamond nectar in but I am not gonna worry about it since it is optional. I’ll try to be less exhausted next rez swap 🙂
===== 10/2 Veg Week 6 Day 2 (54) =====
I started to lollipop BD but she is hard for me to reach. I’ll have to devise a strategy for getting over to her corner.
===== 10/3 Veg Week 6 Day 3 (55) =====
Daily scrog maintenance: try to move tops to their own square. Tuck down fan leaves.
===== 10/4 Veg Week 6 Day 4 (56) =====
Some stretching and tucking. Added 1g epsom salt to a gallon of RO water and then added it to the system. The PH was drifting downwards so I added some PH UP.
===== 10/5 Veg Week 6 Day 5 (57) =====
Scrog maintenance and light defol removing the largest most annoying fan leaves so they don’t block nodes.
Even though BD has had a weird zebra-like pattern for a bit (I believe from nutrient lockout) she has now presented with worsening / slightly different signs. It is still zebra-like but now has browning.
Magnesium deficiency? Or just continued fallout from nute burn?
===== 10/6 Veg Week 6 Day 6 (58) =====
Scrog maintenance. Continued defoliation attempts, removing ugly leaves and anything that is blocking light to nodes.
The two laggard clones were culled, leaving us just the one. I think I’m just going to try to grow her in the cloning machine and flip her there. Will see how it works out.
===== 10/7 Veg Week 6 Day 7 (59) =====
Scrog maintenance.
===== 10/8 Bloom Week 1 Day 1 (60) =====
Rez swapped and fed with 80% veg juice / 20% bloom juice. I switched the clone to the same feed.
38 gallons water in
57 ml TPS silica
6 ml CALiMAGic
98 ml FloraMicro
39 ml Dyna-Gro Grow
55 ml FloraBloom
12 ml TPS Signal
60 ml Diamond Nectar
20 ml Orca
Interestingly enough, the 2 gallons I mixed for the cloning machine ph’d at 5.94 which is right where I want it.
Performed scrog maintenance and switched my lights to 12/12.
===== 10/9 Bloom Week 1 Day 2 (61) =====
Didn’t do too much maintenance today. I think that I have been moving the tops a little too soon and a couple got pinned and didn’t erect themselves correctly. I took the picture before, but really I only moved the tallest couple. I will see if it makes tomorrow a bear.
===== 10/10 Bloom Week 1 Day 3 (62) =====
Scrog maintenance.
===== 10/11 Bloom Week 1 Day 4 (63) =====
Scrog maintenance. I took the photos before today to show you what they look like before training.
To maintain water level and bring the PH up a bit, I mixed 1 ml orca and 8ml PH Up into 1 gallon RO water and fed it into the system.
===== 10/12 Bloom Week 1 Day 5 (64) =====
Added 1 gal water with 1 ml orca and 3 ml UP.
Turned the lights down a bit to 512 PPFD.
===== 10/13 Bloom Week 1 Day 6 (65) =====
Raised lights to 18”. Lights measuring at 509 PPFD at the scrog net.
Continued scrog maintenance.
===== 10/14 Bloom Week 1 Day 7 (66) =====
I lollipopped the plants. I’m a bit nervous that I went too far. BD the most trimmed. Hopefully I'll get a feel for what is correct.
We will see how the canopy fills in over the next couple weeks.
===== 10/15 Bloom Week 2 Day 1 (67) =====
Rez swapped then performed scrog maintenance. I super-cropped a couple branches to try to get the tops back into shape. I should have taken some before pics too since they aren’t very pretty after scrog work.
My formula for the HWG chart hasn’t been nailing the target exactly, but it has been working out since the PPM starts high and ends under the target. For example, in week 1 of bloom the target was 280. The feed ended up reading around 360 but yesterday’s reading was 220.
40 gallons water in
56 ml TPS silica
13 ml CALiMAGic
92 ml FloraMicro
50 ml DynaGro-Grow
71 ml FloraBloom
26 ml TPS Signal
65 ml Diamond Nectar
20 ml Orca
12 ml ph UP
===== 10/16 Bloom Week 2 Day 2 (68) =====
My guestimate was high and the PH is too high at 6.3; I’ll be administering PH Down in small increments measured twice a day until I get back to 5.9-6 range.
Just some scrog maintenance today.
===== 10/17 Bloom Week 2 Day 3 (69) =====
Just living the scrog life. pH settled fine after just the one down adjustment yesterday morning.
===== 10/18 Bloom Week 2 Day 4 (70) =====
Light defol & scrog.
===== 10/19 Bloom Week 2 Day 5 (71) =====
I’ll be away for a couple days so I’m going to babysit the pH throughout today and get the system slightly higher than my normal target so it can drop a bit and still stay in the sweet spot.
===== 10/22 Bloom Week 3 Day 1 (74) =====
Defoliated. I tried to leave at least 3 nodes, and remove most large fans. I hope this is the last big defoliation I’ll have to do.
Scrogged. They were a bit high above the net after a couple days away so it took some doing to get them back in line. Gardening wire was clutch.
Rez swap:
41 gal water
52 ml TPS Silica
21 ml CALiMAGic
77 ml Micro
59 ml Grow
86 ml Bloom
42 ml TPS Signal
70 ml Diamond Nectar
20 ml Orca
===== 10/23 Bloom Week 3 Day 2 (75) =====
Went easy on them today. Just tucked fan leaves that were blocking node sites.
===== 10/24 Bloom Week 3 Day 3 (76) =====
Scrogged. Mostly bending and tying with wires since they are getting stiff and hard to move under the net without damaging the limbs. I will definitely have to do one last big defol session with ATF. She is the bushiest plant. I feel like when I remove a fan leaf that 3 grow back in its place 🤣
===== 10/25 Bloom Week 3 Day 4 (77) =====
Just tucked fan leaves today.
===== 10/26 Bloom Week 3 Day 5 (78) =====
Some scrog.
===== 10/27 Bloom Week 3 Day 6 (79) =====
Defol + scrog. Trying to fill in gaps and keep ‘em even. Will work on it again tomorrow. My understanding is after Week 3 you stop moving them so much during scrog?
===== 10/28 Bloom Week 3 Day 7 (80) =====
Light defol and scrog. I think they are in about their final positions now.
They are starting to chug water and the pH dropping. I put 20 ml pH UP in yesterday and it still dropped to 5.45 by this morning.
===== 10/29 Bloom Week 4 Day 1 (81) =====
Defoliated. Removed most fan leaves, just leaving the sugar ones.
I found today during the defoliation that BD had hermed. 🙁
In frustration? Panic? I lopped off the offending limbs. After reflection I probably should have just pulled off the sacks and kept an eye on it. I found a third limb where I did just that. I will keep a close eye on her.
Rez swap:
41.5 Gallons Water
46 ml TPS Silica
30 ml CALiMAGic
60 ml FloraMicro
69 ml FloraGrow
102 ml FloraBloom
60 ml TPS Signal
75 ml Diamond Nectar
21 ml Orca
===== 10/30 Bloom Week 4 Day 2 (82) =====
Letting the plants recover. Gave BD a once over for any balls I may have missed. Will continue this ritual for the foreseeable future.
===== 11/1 Bloom Week 4 Day 4 (84) =====
Just letting ‘em grow the last few days. Continuing to make sure BD hasn’t grown more pollen sacks.
===== 11/2 Bloom Week 4 Day 5 (85) =====
I just moved leaves to expose node sites better.
===== 11/3 Bloom Week 4 Day 6 (86) =====
BD just got checked for balls.
===== 11/4 Bloom Week 4 Day 7 (87) =====
Just letting ‘em chill. Took some close-ups.
===== 11/5 Bloom Week 5 Day 1 (88) =====
It is too hard to get into BD's water reservoir to take its root photo. :(
Rez swap:
41.5 gal water
38 ml TPS Silica
38 ml CALiMAGic
38 ml FloraMicro
76 ml Dyna-Gro Grow
114 ml FloraBloom
76 ml TPS Signal
76 ml Diamond Nectar
21 ml Orca
===== 11/6 Bloom Week 5 Day 2 (89) =====
Just checked for balls and adjusted pH for after yesterday’s swap.
===== 11/7 Bloom Week 5 Day 3 (90) =====
They be drinkin’. I got the lights at 16” 678 PPFD. Should I turn them up more now?
===== 11/8 Bloom Week 5 Day 4 (91) =====
Did some defol on ATF. Will keep on working on it.
===== 11/9 Bloom Week 5 Day 5 (92) =====
Just moved some fan leaves from blocking nodes below them today.
===== 11/10 Bloom Week 5 Day 6 (93) =====
Man are they starting to smell fantastic. Didn’t do much except for ball check on BD.
===== 11/11 Bloom Week 5 Day 7 (94) =====
Ball check on BD.
===== 11/13 Bloom Week 6 Day 2 (96) =====
I forgot to prep the water reservoir for swap yesterday, so I started to fill it during the day. Was out and didn’t make it home before lights out so swapped today.
Rez swap:
41.5 gal water
38 ml TPS Silica
38 ml CALiMAGic
38 ml FloraMicro
76 ml Dyna-Gro Grow
114 ml FloraBloom
76 ml TPS Signal
76 ml Diamond Nectar
21 ml Orca
===== 11/14 Bloom Week 6 Day 3 (97) =====
Just checked in on ‘em.
===== 11/15 Bloom Week 6 Day 4 (98) =====
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===== 11/16 Bloom Week 6 Day 5 (99) =====
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===== 11/17 Bloom Week 6 Day 6 (100) =====
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===== 11/18 Bloom Week 6 Day 7 (101) =====
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===== 11/19 Bloom Week 7 Day 1 (102) =====
Some browning on BD. I’ve been plucking the really bad leaves, and will attempt to mitigate with two measures: I increased the CALiMAGic 50% this swap, and will try to check pH twice a day instead of just once.
Rez swap:
41.5 gal water
38 ml TPS Silica
57 ml CALiMAGic
38 ml FloraMicro
76 ml Dyna-Gro Grow
114 ml FloraBloom
76 ml TPS Signal
76 ml Diamond Nectar
21 ml Orca
===== 11/20 Bloom Week 7 Day 2 (103) =====
Trying to check pH twice per day. Checked during the morning routine and again mid afternoon.
===== 11/21 Bloom Week 7 Day 3 (104) =====
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===== 11/22 Bloom Week 7 Day 4 (105) =====
I discovered today that something slimey was growing in my 55 gallon drum reservoir. I put some orca in there to hopefully occupy the bacteria niche and prevent bad shit from growing. I’m debating pulling it outside and draining it then bleaching it. It is freezing outside so I’d have to wait until next week when we are supposed to get back up in the 40s for a bit.
I have ordered a UV sterilization pump which I will install and run for a few days straight then turn on a couple hours each day afterwards.
===== 11/23 Bloom Week 7 Day 5 (106) =====
Checked and balanced ph.
===== 11/24 Bloom Week 7 Day 6 (107) =====
Checked and balanced ph.
===== 11/25 Bloom Week 7 Day 7 (108) =====
I’ve gotten the ph levels back into a safe range consistently for the last few days. I’ll keep on checking it multiple times a day until harvest.
===== 11/26 Bloom Week 8 Day 1 (109) =====
I mixed new ph solutions to ensure accuracy of my equipment.
Rez swap:
41.5 gal water
38 ml TPS Silica
38 ml CALiMAGic
38 ml FloraMicro
76 ml FloraMicro Grow
114 ml FloraBloom
76 ml TPS Signal
76 ml Diamond Nectar
21 ml Orca
===== 11/27 Bloom Week 8 Day 2 (110) =====
Checked and balanced ph.
===== 12/2 Bloom Week 8 Day 7 (115) =====
The pH has been pretty stable so I think whatever the issue was has been resolved. I will keep checking often to make sure it stays that way. BD has a bit of yellowing still and I’m not sure if I should snip off the crunchies or just let ‘em ride?
zakku
