Skunk XL - Round 2

@Dedon,the rockwool has a lime content that can not be processed out when making the blocks. You have neutralise the lime content by pre soaking the rockwool for 24 hours in water with a ph of 5.5 I do add formulex cutting feed in that too👍 Haha don't feel shamed its all a learning curve. I'm just cutting out 10 years of fuck ups for you 🤣😂. Trust me I'm still learning everyday

@@hydrohippy, oh maybe i didn't understand well, don't you "prepare" the rock wool to down its pH ? i'll upload picture in a few second but ... i feel shame. xD

@Dedon, once you get them roots going you will shit yourself at how fast your plants will grow 🤣😂🤣 You only need to pre soak for 24 hours

@Dedon, a tent full of buds is never a bad thing lol

@GreenHouseLab, a tent full of buds, i'll be so pleased .... i can't wait to see the shinning trichomes. maybe i should wear sun glasses nexts weeks 😎

@Boricua420Grower, Thanks ! good luck with your grow 😉

@Dedon, that humdity is not to bad... environment control is another ball game...I struggle all the time. I look at the weather all the time and adjust things accordingly.... I use a humidifier at the start of the grow because once the lights are on for a few hours it will dry out the air but then when you get buds at the end I throw in the dehumidifier 🙄😂🤣....I can't win but i got it under control

@Dedon, Absolutely no problem...I'm actually glad I can spread some knowledge...just ask away if you need any help.... Your next problem will be trying to slow the the growth rate down 😂😂 You need to know if they are tall growing sativas or short indicas and think about training them...they will be over crowded with how many you have there

@@@hydrohippy, i can check them each evening from 5pm to 10pm so i guess it'll be ok with a 400W HID but humidity is really low during winter (40% / 50% with humidifer ... i have to stop the extract to increase it )

@@hydrohippy, yes, i think i'll keep this strain until i can grow it without any issue. then i'll taste others genetics 😋 but i don't know which one choose

@Dedon, now it is all about timing things right....if you are sticking with the same strain of plant obviously you will know how long things take!!

@@hydrohippy,🙏💪 Thanks 😄 i'm impatient to start new cuttings and air trim from the beginning 😁

@Dedon, I bet you cant wait to smoke the fruits of your labour... I haven't had the crystal white tested yet because of the holidays but hopefully this week i will

@@hydrohippy, Thanks 😀 it's been 9 days i've started to flush them i think i'll chop them on friday ps : do you get the crystal white results ? :p

@Dedon, good job you found me 😎when you did or your roots may have gone like the grow before🤦‍♂️

@@hydrohippy, Thanks 😀 Yes, I love how they grow all over the tray 😍 it'll be full in a couple of days. Stretch will start at the end of the week. I can't wait !!

@Dedon, i know its hard to get your head round but those rockwool blocks hold a lot of water...don't be scared to let them get 75% dry. Remember air trim in early stages is very important....obviously as they get bigger they dry out quicker so keel the roots damp but don't saturate the blocks 👍

@@@hydrohippy,😍 Yes !! Finally, i have some spaghetti too 😂 but they're still small. water is only on 15 min, 2 times a day. the other tank is still empty. It's disturbing to see them growing without any water xD

@Dedon,it really depends on how warm grow room is or how big the plants are and what the roots are like....when u have an abundance of roots you don't want them to dry out to soon

@@hydrohippy, your water pump was on 24/h a day during this week, right ? if i had to choose a week to place them in the system with water pump on 24h a day, it will be your week 3 i've been to impatient and didn't want to loose time, but i think i'll switch off the pump some time, you're right ^^

@PeppaWutz, Roots are a bit colored due to nutrient, but it's not suppose to be so brown. I had issue with root rot during my previous session. I hope it's over now, This diary is from 2018 and i wasn't experimented with NFT.

@@hydrohippy, thanks ! yes, i'm a bit sad about that leaves 😥, but i don't see more leaves affected, only those who where already affected last week are all dry. i don't see more damage since i flush the tank and divise the dose by half. leaves. i wanna give one more try with theses nutes before give up. ( = i don't want to throw all that nutrients to the bin 😭 ) but i'll lower the dose from the beginning. and throw away amino treatment. ( i still don't know about top shooter & bud xl, because it's the same A+B ... ) i guess i'll switch to canna when i'll finish this nutes, it'll be more easy 😋 .... one more thing, before, i didn't add water until it reach the minimum level, but ec was fluctuating a lot. now i add water everyday ( ~+4L in each tank ) to keep stable ec and near the maximum level. specially since the "accident" when i was away for a week. do you usually keep the water near the maximum level or are you waiting before filling it again ?

@Boricua420Grower, Hi! I think I still have 2 weeks with feed and 2 weeks of flush before I can harvest 😢 still 1 month to wait ^^' How is yours? Grow period is very long but you will have 2 or 3 monster after stretch :p

@@hydrohippy, it's not so expensive, but i have a shitty camera ^^ it's a Raspberry Pi cam with 2m cable lengh and a raspberry pi :p i need that Raspberry Pi to host a domotic server and other Nerd things, but i think you can find something cheaper and easier to use if you only need to make timelapse :p

@@hydrohippy, i empty the tank rn, i'll add a picture after. but yes i was thinking the same i think i'll wash the tank and let it empty to make root grow more before add water it was the first time i do cuttings, so it took me several try and cuttings don't have the same age, so i place the older cuttings which had 5 roots growing on the bottom into the tank on the left . the pump was set on 15 min / 6h and 24h/24h 3 days later. On the right came the yougest cuttings and some of them didn't have roots on the bottom of the big rock wool ( only the small rock wool inside had root ) so i only had water in this one a few day ago