Overall it was my best run ever in the yield and flavor department. The most frost and trim I’ve ever had stable grow medium going from Hempy bottom Fed to these fab bags and getting a hold of genetics directly from the brothers Grimm Rick sent me I hit it out of the park (not that I have ever failed) hardly any larf at all. With good lights good nutrients number one is genetics added with third week of flowering defoliation, I had a great run. Ran the numbers and its coming back as dry weight is about 19 oz. for 4 plants. 90% all hard nugs 10% larf.
Ty. Yeah I just talk to Rick from Brothers Grimm and I asked him if he defoliated in flowering and he said yes at third week as I sometimes have around that time as well. In fact my third grow was my best ever with green crack and I’m convinced it was because I defoliated topped and pruned correctly. With these quantum board lights that can be important because when photosynthesis hits more of the colas I had about 21 baseball bat size colas from defo in flowering before. So Right now I’m at about the third week mark in flowering so I’m trying to get good like penetration so i get less larf. Right now I’m at about the third week mark in flowering so I’m trying to get good light penetration.
@PlantParentHood, I am doing my very first, correctly planned, bud-based defoliation on my Minty Kush grow right now. I'm so excited! Keep developing 💪
Turning out really nice! Lamp you assembled has a serious punch! 👍🏻👊🏻 How did you like the Biobizz?
Seen your comment for week 3, Usually you don’t need to ph with organics, the water should be declorinated though, soil bio caries the nutes for you and auto regulates it, is best to start with a soil that has some kind of organic correction as opposed to inert. If you definitely need to ph down an organic way is Lime. Just something to think about...
Cheers happy growing, good luck!!!
@PlantParentHood, Thanks for the incite! Will give biobizz a go, since I’m preparing and organic super soil it will pair nicely. Recharge is so convenient and easy to use, adds a lot... I find RO more complex to use than regular tap water, i cant PH RO with the ph pens I have around unless is nutrient rich, a good balance maybe just declorinated filtered water, at least 20% of it helps on the RO ph stability.
Girls look amazing, enjoy!!! Happy growing!
@CANNASIM, I liked Biobizz a lot I had fish mix and the grow and bloom. Didn’t use it the whole way through but I like it a lot I think it just took some time to get used to the way it works. Plus going from RO to tap (160 ppm) changed the way nutrients interact with the water on ph. I did buy some earth juice natural down citric crystals which I have to admit I dont need to use often but I really like it and wish I would’ve found sooner. I do run recharge for my microbial in the coco also. I will definitely say this was my easiest run ( maybe my last for a while I don’t know yet) and without a doubt really basically no leaf or pH problems which is a first. I always had something going on because my hempy system before was quite unique and complicated. I look back on it and I’m amazed I made it through every run successfully especially considering my first was DWC. Thx for the help and advice.
@PlantParentHood, With that being said your doing a DAMN good job !!! And I thought the same thing this would be easy , since I actually starting growing by accident and decided I would give it a go, then tried it the correct way with a White LSD auto , and boy did I have hell. Lol. Like you said it just forces you to get it right and quickly at that.
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, thx bro. Not bad I guess for a guy who can’t turn his neck ever again since the age of 17. Nobody told me how much hard work this was going to be but it forced me to utilize and become efficient quickly. My first grow was DWC and it literally ran me in the ground especially when I broke my toe but I harvested and had great success
@PlantParentHood, I've been using AN Sensi for a year now, with excellent results in Pro-Mix HP. I've found when using less than 1/2 strength A&B that the PH doesn't drop close enough to my 6.2 mark I prefer. Friend of mine uses the AN Sensi CoCo and believes it is good.
@Hellhazard,ty. Makes sence and i do cause im kinda a detail 110% kind of guy so ive always got good ph checking and backups on backups. Try and never cross contaminate samples (water rinsing oral syringes) in between checks. I didnt get this ph perfect brand cause i fear or have issues other then my bottom fed hempy coco system needed a change and im still searching for the right Coco nutrients. I didnt feel canna a and b was sufficient after 5th week of flowering and to this day I’m not sure if it was because my system was so close to a DWC or that it basically made My Canna unbalanced. Not sure but ya I always check pH and everything including weekly calibration. So far everybody has given me great advice thank you
Hey awesome set up... but I see you have a humidifier right below AC outlets. I would change the position if I were you as that is a fire hazard. Just looking out for you fellow grower!
@MaryJaneUSA,Funny you say that because I was wondering the same thing I was thinking about googling it as I have never had to contemplate that particular situation before I didn’t think it would be an issue but you’re probably correct thank you very much
you can mix ph down with anything lol, dont listen to anyone except yourself, so much nonsense in this space. anyway you can just squeeze a bit of lemon juice to your feed, that should pH down for you.
Pretty sure you can pH decrease anything you want without a problem to nutes… lol. If your growing organically you don't want your H2O to be to acidic or it will kill the microbes and block the intake of nutes. A pH between 6.2 and 7.0 is fine. Your organic medium will usually buffer any pH of H2O to an acceptable range for your plants as long as your medium is healthy. I use RO water that pHs to about 6.8 lately so I don't add any decrease to it for the organics. I pH decrease to 5.8 for the hydro grow I'm running too. Happy gardening and Peace
Nice set up... love the Monstah! My first 2 grows are in coco and fabric bags and I just started a couple hempy buckets to give hydro a try. Happy growing and PEACE!
@PlantParentHood, i didnt check the label i like my kelp extract without extras that's why i said. it's an additive though , at least i hope so. main idea : check your micro 🚀