Tried_and_Testedcommentedweek 86 years ago
Nice looking harvest, especially for your first time on hydro. Congrats! :D
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Very First Hydro Grow with Mendo Breath
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Just flushed with Sedge Hammer.
Before the trim early this week.
After the trim and yes the same week. Last trim was Dec. 30th.
Just flushed with Sedge Hammer.
Before the trim early this week.
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Week 5
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40.64
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Week 5 flower just flushed and straighten out tree a little. The budlets are forming many long white hairs and the foliage shows no sign of slowing. Will need to see how everything goes down this week because this should be bud building time to get those big colas. In the past I have only had miniature buds from grow tent and never really followed the ff schedule keeping it in line with what the plant is doing. Before I would just go week by week and spend a few extra weeks at the end letting it mature. I will post more photos this week as the plant progresses through the flowering phase. This week I will keep the EC low at 1.5 to start with inside reservoir with 2.65 gallons in DWC with air stone.👊
The EC went up from yesterday to 1.7 after refill of RO water. Diluted solution to an EC of 1.5 again and added 1 tsp of Bembe for microbe food that contains black strap molasses and am trying to get the hang of giving the carbo load.
I have notice that there really is no specified frequency of supplemental feedings for Bembe. Given that the EC is stable at 1.5 I added 10mL of URB & Bembe. Then I began to notice the flowers pointing up. URB is microbe rich and Bembe contain Black Strap Molasses and different sugars. Never really pushed the limits with Bembe and I already know that URB kicks ass! Lets keep an eye on the progression over night and give it time to react. Bembe may be a weak solution and may be worth considering adding frequently for microbe food and accelerated growth.
Wednesday: refilled water, noticed that the root mass has doubled this week and trimmed the bush. The last trim was 10 days ago and it looked like a bonsai tree. I have been playing with the notion that microbes are the driving force behind growth and bud production. So, to I added Microbe Brew and more Bembe.
Thursday: going to foiler spray Flowers Kiss with the intent to reduce any possible stress from the trim and promote healing with new growth. I can tell that there is a little shock after the trim but has rebounded well. I added more URB and am interested to see if I can get more root growth. So far, the buds are forming and they are dense. I feel like this is the right track.
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Casebonestarted grow question 6 years ago
Is she ready for Beastie Bloomz or should I continue with Open Sesame for another week until flowers are more developed?👊
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Athosanswered grow question 6 years ago
It isn't a matter if it's ready or not. That's a PK booster. Does your plant look like it's deficient on phosphorous or potassium? Besides your EC/PPM is quite high already, if you add this other fertilizer you will risk burning the plants.
Casebonestarted grow question 6 years ago
Using GH Waterfarm with air bubbler in res: plant consumed EC of 2.1 down to 1.4 overnight with Mother Earths Sugar Load. I have bio film on roots now and am flushing with Flawless Finish, Hygrozyme and URB Natural. How can I feed the microbes & protect roots & was EC drop good?
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OutForRealanswered grow question 6 years ago
The Ec drop can't be a bad thing , it means your plant is using a lot of nutrients to achieve flowering and to produce buds so I would just adjusts it was time the plant is eating. About how to feed microbs : idk 😊
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CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 86 years ago
hey there casebone the drop in the EC is due to the flushing nutrients and that's normal and to be expected. Dont worry about it, what's the point of the flush except to reduce PPMs of the solution and the nutrients in the plant right? bad news is the microbes also go down and die so dont bother mixing them with the flawles finish. Hope i answered your question ! congrats on the great grow and harvest ! 👊
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Experimentgreencommentedweek 86 years ago
You got 850 g off of the 1 plant! That's some seriously crazy growing! Good luck on dotm.✌️
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Experimentgreencommented6 years ago
@Casebone, awe...that would have been seriously bad ass! Yea i noticed a few glitchy things on here too where my figures got changed up. Regardless of yield great job on the grow, turned out beautifully. ✌️
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Casebonecommented6 years ago
@Experimentgreen,
Thanks for pointing that out! I got 31 Grams off of the 1 plant. Nice dense and sticky nuggets. Yeah, that would be some crazy stuff to get 850 grams. It is a type o that I change every time I log on but it never shows the correct weight. Must have been a glitch in the software, it is changed to the correct weight now.😎
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Athoscommentedweek 46 years ago
To answer your question: It isn't a matter if it's ready or not. That's a PK booster. Does your plant look like it's deficient on phosphorous or potassium? Besides your EC/PPM is quite high already, if you add this other fertilizer you will risk burning the plants
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Athoscommented6 years ago
@Casebone, as long as there is no deficiency, there's no need for increasing the feeding strength
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Casebonecommented6 years ago
@@@Athos, no deficiencies that I can see. It is not doing much compared to last week when it brought the EC down to 1.4 overnight. Next weeks will be a leaner solution and EC I can shoot for 1.6?
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Casebonecommentedweek 86 years ago
She is finally cut and will give it about one week to dry. Tomorrow will be day 5 of drying; the last time I checked up was day 3 and the stalk was shrinking as it dries.
When ready, they will go into a c-vault with a 62% humidity packet.
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Casebonecommentedweek 86 years ago
Quite a bit of what I believe to be algae. The leave and buds look fantastic for their small sizes. First thing was to change the res and replace with hose water with the addition of hydrogen peroxide at a rate of 3tsp/gal. Roots look like they are coated with a brown film over the roots. Once they are clean I will continue flush with Flawless Finish. Despite the buildup on the roots the plant is showing no signs of weakness.-Update: the dark film never disappeared!
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Casebonecommentedweek 76 years ago
The flush is started and better sooner than later. This solution was made with RO water: a few drops of Sledgehammer; URB Natural; Hygrozyme and Flawless Finish. This will be the final 4 to 10 days prior to harvest. It should time out just right with the trichome maturity. Strongly considering a final extended dark period for the final finish. All of the largest fan leaves were trimmed off. Now the focus is on the remaining dense foliage and the flowers.
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Casebonecommentedweek 76 years ago
My little nugs are getting plump. I could feel density in them a few weeks ago. Overall, I don't think that it will be a whole lot once she is dried out. Keep in mind that she is not done yet and there is still the flushing period with flawless finish. I think that I am ready to begin the flush tomorrow. Even though I want the best results that I can possibly get; I am still learning my grow technique as I am getting a feel for how to handle the flowering phase. I can totally tell that the Sugar Load gave the plant a nice nutrition boost as the EC dropped like over night. Not much water consumption yesterday, so I added Hygrozyme just to clean up the roots prior to the flush.
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Casebonecommentedweek 76 years ago
After pH correction maintained a static EC.
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Casebonecommentedweek 76 years ago
Opened up tent and the smell was so sweet! It was time to refill the DWC bucket so today I added Sugar Load High Brixx Molasses and a little bit of Sea green. Lots of foam and the EC jumped to 2.1 from 1.8. I do not think that I will change the solution because it is maintaining the EC very well. Will re-evaluate at end of grow week to see if the Sugar Load increases the consumption of nutrients.
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Casebonecommentedweek 66 years ago
Besides, come to find out that the grow schedule is for a 1000 watt system. I have a Cobb 600 watt and two 180 watt ufo's. The roots are not really massing up, still trying to feed the microbes. I think that it grows better with a higher water level but the root mass must be inside the hydro ton. LED's are like lasers, they beam straight and the Cobb LED seems to spread the light more evenly.
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Casebonecommentedweek 56 years ago
Essentially, the answer to my question may have been not to over feed as the EC is stable and to feed the microbe population giving URB a boost. I am going to try doing intermittent microbe feedings to bring out the potential of URB. URB as I know from previous soil grows really invigorates plant growth to an extreme .👊
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Casebonecommentedweek 56 years ago
Bembe and Microbe Brew contain Molasses. It may not have enough kick and may have to go with Blackstrap Molasses. Any ideas?
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