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Started off the week with a watering of 3 gallons pH'd to 6.5 on 3/18/19/ Runoff was between 6.4 and 6.55. I am starting to regret how heavy I LST'd the plants. While I have a large number of bud sites from keeping the branches so horizontal, the sideways stems is causing a lack of stacking and instead they are forming their own bud sites where I believe it should actually be stacking. So, with that said I am starting to rethink doing scrog next grow and instead perhaps think about saving up for a LED for flowering. I have a friend who planted at the same time as me but started flowering 2 weeks after mine. He also used CFLs for veg. He is however using a LED for flower for the first time. I have included a photo of his results under the LED in comparison to mine which is 2 weeks ahead. The difference is too astounding to not want to save up for a great LED. I know I could pick up a cheap one but I do not want just any old junk. So... I think that will be the goal for the next grow. Especially since the 2nd T5 has a transformer out and is only running on 2 of the 4 bulbs. Luckily the plants are just beyond the width of the first T5 and so the buds that are growing towards the other T5 are getting hit with the functional light. That is all for now. I will start checking the trichs on DoSiDo's in the next couple weeks and including pics of those.
All but one plant is showing some red/purple on the main stems. Temp drops to 66 which I did not think was cold enough to bring that out. Ph is on par with no issues. Calcium def? Worth adding cal-mag 5 weeks into flower? Only source of cal was in the lime in initial blend.
hey there Jayann, yeah the red stems, you're right, it's the first sign of stress. This might sound wierd because you dont hear this ever, but your CFL is probably a bit too close and it's causing this stress you're seeing. You can fix it with more dolomite lime or any other calmag supplement and by moving the light even just an inch further away. the plant should recover within ten days. Hope this helps ! 🚀
@CRiSPrGrow, Thanks for the great response. Very helpful! I certainly would have never thought of the CFL's being too close. I appreciate the suggestions and you taking the time to help!
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Secret File - Forbidden Zkittlez X Golden Cobra
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