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haftanara haftanara
6 years ago
So it's early in wk 5 and plant seems to have somewhat recovered from last weeks drama with PH fluctuations or w/e it was. I didn't have the balls to go hard with the pruning and just kinda cleaned them out. Newer growth doesn't seem to have problems so far. PH has kept really stable after I started swapping out fluids more frequently. We're obviously not gonna break any records with this one so i've been chilling and doing some reading on how to prevent this in the future. I'm thinking about swapping the air stone with just water pump that's gonna make ripples on top of water. Air stone seems to warm up the solution too fast and probably plays part in fluctuating PH, we'll see.. Also there's the possible root problems so I will have rootguard or something with positive bacteria in future for this. I still wanna keep this somewhat organic and try to overcome this with better chilled solution Plant is starting to show pistils so it's also time to try out sturdier mix. Upped micro/bloom a bit since they contain most of magnesium/calcium/potassium in case the leaf problems come simply from that. Also added growth excellerator which I didn't have in last grow ("contains mix of growth stimulating seaweed and vegetable proteins and essential herbs") Interested to see if it actually does anything. PPM for whole thing is bout 350 but i'm not gonna swap it all at once. Training is still in progress so maby pictures about that in couple days along with progress. In case there's someone interested, here's some useful links PH101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5vLME0N-54 Dissolved oxygen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dntOEpPqMOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjvUx4U17Y all of these: http://www.just4growers.com/blog.aspx
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Grow Questions
haftanara
haftanarastarted grow question 6 years ago
I know there might be millions things causing these but maby this is some common problem with hydro? Do things like this usually come along with root problems or have i messed up some other obvious thing? Other details in weekly/pics
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Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
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CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 6 years ago
hi there Haftanara, i can confirm that it's surely not N toxicity which you can from dark green leaves and glossy shine. It's not calcium problems which are more "spotty" and it's not magnesium which is more uniform around the edges of the leaves. It's could be PH fluctuations , certainly it looks exactly like it, but what i do think it is, is root problems that look like pH fluctuations because we're also seeing that leaf cupping and leaf curling ... and, you know... brown roots ! so what you can do is get something like some hydroguard, up the enzymes a lot maybe up to 2 , 2.5... or what i think will help the most is a technique called root pruning. Root pruning is when you cut all the unhealthy roots off, carefully. This technique is very effective at stimulating growth, so you'll actually see faster and more vigorous growth ! what you do is simply cut off any brown dark brown roots, until there are none left or until a maximum of less than 20% of the total root mass... then wait and see how great it helps ! you can repeat this once a week once every 10 days, up to you and up to the plant, but you wont be stunting it's growth, on the contrary, the plant will thank you for it ! does this make sense ? hope this helps ! 🚀
haftanara
haftanarastarted grow question 6 years ago
There's some purple hue thing going on, think thats another nitrogen / ph lockout kinda thing, pheno or is this the kind thing to happen when you keep temps sub 25C? I did give it fairly sturdy bloom and perhaps little too much micro hence the burns
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Leaves. Color - Dark-purple
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KrautFabrik
KrautFabrikanswered grow question 6 years ago
Looks like its normal i just would wait and maybe lower the ph a bit (5.5 - 5,8ph) . Some strains get/are purple/viloet/red/black or whatever (ww not really 😅). In the other hand plants turn purple at flower stage if the night temps drop (depends on strain how low, but in my experience normaly at about 15C° and strain which like it warm already starts sometimes at 20C°. Your PH can you geh down with a good ph down product. Take water, check ph, add ph down if necessary and mix it, wait some time and check ph again. Do it till your ph fits. (Ps the wait Time after adding ph down befor checking ph is important, so everything geh really mixed.) I use lemon juice to get my ph down, but im growing on soil and i dont know if lemon juice keep the ph stabil with hydro. Good luck ✌️
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LockDownGrow
LockDownGrowweek 6
Love the branches spread , your gonna do well here :)
LockDownGrow
LockDownGrow
@haftanara, check out my diary's I also removed a bag full of leaves last week and within 3 days they where all back , but then all the side branches shot up too meet the top ,
haftanara
haftanara
@LockDownGrow, thanks, sure hope so. It's really bushy still even tho I have removed at least 3 fistful of leaves from it :D
Tried_and_Tested
Tried_and_Testedweek 6
Hey man, the grow is looking awesome! I'm switching over to DWC in a few months so this journal is a perfect example for me to look at. I'm also thinking of switching from a 250W MH/ 400WHPS to a 315W CMH set up for a 3x3 area. From using it yourself, what do you think of it in terms of performance, and what area do you think it would be best in?
haftanara
haftanara
@Tried_and_Tested, I mean the 315W is perfect size for small space such as mine and I don't see reason to switch away from these anytime soon. I'm considering of upgrading it to 630W next with better, adjustable ballast to have that extra when the temps allow it. Philips bulbs have been recommended a lot (best PAR/efficiency) and they probably are the best since they invented CMH bulbs. Light penetration also comes down to quality of reflector and how it focuses the light so those are something worth looking into. As for DWC, you can't let the solution get warm or it's game over real quick. You're gonna want something to keep that chilled and do it manually if you have to. My next grow is gonna be with photoperiod and we're gonna find out what you can really do with just 300 watts of full spectrum light. hopefully you got some answers here, good luck with your grow aswell!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarweek 10
Congrats to the Nice Bunch of Flowers!!!
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowweek 4
hey hope i answered your questions, you've probably got root issues, as I can see from the root pics ... any other questions you can always message me - let me know ! 🚀
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrow
@haftanara, you got it Haft' ! let me know how it goes !
haftanara
haftanara
@CRiSPrGrow, Just what I wanted to know, thanks! Topping the bucket will hopefully get some new roots going so maby i'll get into trimming tomorrow.
SensiSmellYahLater
SensiSmellYahLaterweek 1
I love seeing a new grow start on this site. I can't wait to see what methods you employ to grow your plants and I look forward to checking back in to see how things develop. Best wishes my new friend.
haftanara
haftanara
@SensiSmellYahLater, Thanks. Looks like you got your own project going aswell, good luck with that. You're couple weeks ahead so maby I'll steal some ideas from there aswell. :)
HighTV
HighTVweek 2
Nice updates so far I like the details! Best of luck with this one 😎
The_Projexx
The_Projexxweek 2
Best of luck on you're grow ! Sending them ladies lots of positive vibes so they grow big and strong. -Happy Growing!