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Hi everyone !
i have some trouble with pH stability, i washed my tank with bleach when i change the water, but since pH increase from 5.5 to 6.3 in almost 6 hours. i also use peroxyde hydrogen.
do you know if h2o2 can do that or is it because i used bleach :/
Thanks for your help😀
Perhaps, although it might not be due that. Keep in mind that as plants aborb more water (or more nutes) the pH balance of you reservoir will change as the concentration of nutrients dissolved in the water changes, pH instability can be a sign of a reservoir too small for your need, since a small water (or nutrient) uptake drastically changes the concentration of the solution. good hydroponic nutrients are buffered to prevent this. What you can try is to buffer the solution yourself by adding more pH DOWN AND pH UP, to force (buffer) the solution to stay stable at the desired range.
The screen is almost full :D,
Today is the first 12/12 day, everythings seems to be OK, some leafs are yellow on the edge, but i guess it was because pH was fluctuating a lot. New leaf are ok, so i am not worry about that.
See you next week for update ;)
Edit : i add some temperature screenshot, we can notice when i change the water ^^^today for with new nutrient and yesterday to clean root and tank with FloraKleen ( 20ml for 10L )
Edit : 8/11 cut many leafs to expose buds to light
Good News everyone !
after a week in 12/12 cycle they still feel happy ( no more yellow leafs ! )
They are thirsty AF ( i added 16L this week ) and it's only the beginning :x ...
Stretch phase has begun, i saw them growing visibly day after day, i made a small timelapse for you, tell me which one you prefer.
pH i pretty stable now, EC is between 1.8 and 1.9 and don't fluctuate so everything is ok.
the only thing that worries me is roots progression 😁 i can see some roots approaching the water pump in front of the tank 😂 ==> i'm gonna cut you if you go too close from the pump ^^'
Hi everyone ! 😀
Everything is ok, no disease, no carrency. but 2 ladies don't want to stretch a lot :/ ( the 2 on the corner, bottom left and Top right ) i don't know why. maybe it's the variety. i have 4 Skunk XL and 2 Critical. Maybe these 2 are the critical ( yes i lost them when i plant the seed 😩 ... )
No more pH fluctuation ( i love that )
EC is around 1.9/2.0 and increase to 2.1/2.2 when they drink a lot so i add water with 1.7 ec to decrease it to 1.9/2.0 again
I added 30L of water since i changed the water ( 2 tanks * 20L / i change it the 11/05/18 ) so i'm gonna change the whole solution during the week.
See you next week !
Hi everyone !
Everything is ok, no disease, no carrency. 👌
they start to smell a little and pistils appear everywhere 😍
i change the nutrient solution and start with PK 13/14
See you next week ;)
Hi everyone !
everything is going well, except i have burn some leafs with light ( i was too greedy and put the light too close ) but it's only on 2 or 3 leafs so it's ok.
i can't wait !! i wanna taste it 😍😍😍
Hi everyone !
Flo +43
I had a small problem of root rot, I had to clean the roots with hydrogen peroxide and empty the tank several times. they have suffered a little and the harvest will be affected.
From now on, I will use hydrogen peroxide from seed to harvest to avoid root rot and bacteria. I will not be able to use organic fertilizer anymore.
do you know an alternative to Roots Excelurator from House & Garden? (i guess it's organic ...)
Merry Christmas Everyone !
Flo +50 : I see snow everywhere ^^
small buds have 100% milky trichomes but the big one still have translucid trichomes so i guess i have to wait another week ( or 2 ) before start flushing.
Happy New Year everyone !
Flo + 58
i'll start flushing this week end and cut them around 12/13 january, there is a strong smell inside the box ^^ it's so pleasant, i'm so impatient to chop them 😁
See you next week !
Very nice strain, very resistant, everything was ok during grow period, but i had to cure them from root rot during stretch phase and early flo.
They suffered from the cure, but they recover well and i was able to complete this grow 👌
Incredible taste and smell, smoke is very sweet. I really enjoy this strain 😀
Hi everyone !
it's the end, a bit sad for these ladies, but happy to taste my own production and i hope i can be self sufficient
i learn a lot from this first experience, and i want to thanks all people who support me 🙏. I have a goal for the next session, keep a healthy plant / root system until the end 💪 thanks for all the advices.
if i can leave a feedback and some advice for my next grow and for people who are interested by this method :
- NEVER use a (too big ) rigid frame if you can't walk around your plant. you need full access to remove leaf, cut some branch, etc ... and check plant/root health during the whole session.
- For NFT Setup, Change the nutrient solution frequently and if you are a beginner and don't know how to keep a healthy system,
Don't take risk ! and change the solution each week or 10 day MAX, "you are not a wizard Harry !"
- Oxygen is life ! Oxygen is life ! Oxygen is life ! Oxygen is life ! Oxygen is life ! Oxygen is life !
- Don't try to make too big buds. with a 400W HID & cooltube, buds are correct 40cm from the top, after 40cm, bud are fluffy, popcorn bud 😕 so i think i'll keep only 40/50cm for plant who are under the light, 30 for plants on the edge and cut everything lower.
- Check water consumption daily ! the better way to know about plant health : 1:
- Thanks for support and see you on next grow 😁
- Here's your potatoe & a timelapse from 2018/11/02 to 2019/01/06 ( 4115 photos / 60 Go )
@NOJON, C'est clair que ca fait travailler ta patience xD avec le recul, ca parait moins long, mais pour pas prendre de risque, je vais les laisser que 2 semaines en croissance sur la session actuelle, mais j'ai doublé le nombre de pied histoire de garder ( à peu près ) la même quantité.
@Dedon, I think that'll help. If you can't keep it cool, at least increase the air and add enzymes or bacteria. Keep us posted, though. And good luck! You're doing good! 👊
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, Got it... I was diluating h2o2 to get a 0.5% solution before add to my solution to prevent h2o2 to kill everything in it but I wasn't really sure if it was effective. So i'll have to cool down my tank 😭 i'll put some bottle in my freezer
@Dedon, because while peroxide may just have an extra molecule of oxygen, that's not the way it acts. What I mean to say is, when you get a cut on your arm -- it's not that extra molecule of oxygen that's doing the wonder of cleaning the bacteria out of a wound. Peroxide kills everything -- good or bad. So if you add peroxide to your nutrient solution, you're probably damaging/destroying some of your expensive nutrients. You're also probably killing all of the good bacteria that plants use. For example, Voodoo Juice and Hydroguard are "good bacteria" -- they work by "eating" crap in your reservoir and turning it into nutrients that the roots can absorb. If you add peroxide to the mix, you kill that positive bacteria doing good work. I don't know exactly about the roots, but I can almost guarantee your roots don't enjoy being in a high concentrate of hydrogen peroxide. Your roots might look clean, but they're probably not healthy.
Hydrogen peroxide DEFINITELY will not solve your temp/oxygen level problem. The only time I'd recommend peroxide is if you are struggling with root rot; even then it's questionable if it'll be okay for the plant. Daily -- that's out of the question, way too often to be adding something I don't think you need in the first place. I don't even add nutrients daily!
Hi o and welcome :)
Everyhting is going well thank you, they have reach the screen today, but i'll wait to fill 70% of the screen before switch to 12/12
first time is a bit stressfull :) i hope, i'll be able to control them during stretch phase
@@hydrohippy, next project is an automatic pH controller. With another WiFi controller, pH probe and a peristaltic pump 😊
Then, i'll to check water level and change water each week,
@M3dicinal, Thanks for support 😁
Everything is homemade and open source ^^
i'm using domoticz server and RPI Cam server installed on raspberry pi 3 ( GPIO control HID/LED/Extract/water pump/etc ... via relay shield ).
Temperature & humidity (DHT22) and water temperature (DS18b20) sensors are connected to a wifi controller ESP8266, i write a program for this controller to read temp every 5 minutes and send value to Domoticz server, it also host a small web server, so i can uptate temperature from a web site,
i add some picture on my next diary : growdiaries.com/diaries/23474-skunk-xl-round-2
@CommanderCannabis, same, it's really usefull, it start heating and humidifier when it need. I wish I can control ph & ec with sensors and activate peristatic pump to adjust but i can't buy components rn, so I keep that in mind for next session 😉
@CommanderCannabis, thanks ! They scared me a bit when i went to the growshop and I show this picture, he was like "OMG your tent will explose during stretch" I hope not ^^ but I'm really impatient
@Dedon,
Oh, I too have small tank (18L). My plant drinks now almost half of my tank, so everything has to be really accurate. EC has to be like 1.31 or something like that or I run into trouble and fast 😬
@Turhapuro, thanks for this very instructive video ^^ i was pretty sure pH has to be low (5.5/5.8) in hydroponic to get nutrient available (specially phosphorus ). it reassure me 😀
pH is still fluctuating each day ( 5.5 -> 6,0 ) but i assume it's because i use small tank 2 x (3 plants in a 20L Tank)
i'm gonna try with only 1 plant by tank on next grow
@Dedon,Hi,
yes I see that what force! it's adolescence !!!
it is sure that the more plants there is the risk of moisture, for my part in scrog I never exceed 4a6 per m2, so it remains manageable with 2 to 3 weeks of growth ...
but otherwise nothing to say ... very beautiful!
@BADKUSS, Hi !! Thanks :D i'm so happy to see them growing so fast ^^ i've seen pistils allmost everywhere so i'm glad to see all these young ladies become woman 😍
i think there is too many branchs :/ leafs are stuck together et during transpiration, the water stay between the leafs so they are all wet :/ i guess i have to do a better trellising and put less plants ^^ ( 4 should be enough to fill all the net and let them breathe )
I use graph charts also to show my data for PPM, humidity, pH and chamber Temp. I find it useful if something is wrong to track where it could have gone wrong. Good luck on harvest.
@CommanderCannabis,
Thanks ! yes, it's very usefull, if i can i'll monitoring water consumption to see if i had root disease.
when i had my root rot, they were less and less drinking but it take me some time to react and cure them :/ ( anormal pH fluctuation is a clue too )
@Greenbirdbud,Thank you, i spend the whole day to try to solve my root disease ^^ i flush 3 or 4 time the tank and wash the root with peroxide. ( and i bought 2 brewing pumps 😖 ) i hope they'll do the job
Now they have a new fresh solution, i added enzyme and root excelurator for the root to recover
@ClubRiot, Thanks ! o they still recover of root disease :/ they were drinking less and less solution, so i check the whole root and see some rot T.T
i disinfect everything with peroxyde, but i hope i won't lose to many time :/ ( they still have to fatn up )
ohhh my goodness!!! they want go over the place my friend ...nice and nicer canopy i am fu(pieeiippp) ing like that..😀
looks better than mine??? i dont now.......
in this stage whats happend with the hesi booster ???it will help in the beginning of flower because of the yellow laefs........sure
take it!!!!
now plaese i want to see the white Hairs BABY
@Greenbirdbud, Thanks !!! 😁 i haven't fill the whole net yet but i'm too scary to fill it more ( i don't know how much they will stretch since i'm in hydro :/ ) so yours is better i suppose ^^
Anyway, i love the canopy too. it's the first time i do like that and i'll continue for nexts sessions.
good observation, i've added Hesi Booster this morning 😅 i forgot it yesterday.
now, it's time to enjoy ! i've started a new timelapse :p
Dedon
