***UPDATE 12/30/24***
Start of week 2 & is looking like nutrient lockout is imminent! The Strawberry Dawg Pie is looking pretty rough & no longer drinking... The Purple Punch is headed south as well (looks worse in person)...
In regards to top growth leaves are curling downwards & tacoing inwards + discoloration
Will be sticking to the nutrient mixture listed above for the rest of the grow as well as all future grows auto wise, half the recommendation on the feed chart is too much & had a strong feeling I was gonna run into problems even at half...
Possibility they might still make it, a terrible time to be running into issues, does look like things are only gonna get progressively worse over the next while...
Gonna stick to plain dechlorinated tap water at a PH of 6.2 for now & hopefully they are able to recover some, also gonna rearrange them so the Strawberry Dawg Pie is closest to the clip fan!
Temps & RH have been good today, hygrometer is sitting in the Strawberry Dawg Pie's pot & readings are higher as a result because medium is still fully saturated!
***12/31/24***
Early morning update on these ones today! Honestly thought this could have been game over but the Strawberry Dawg Pie & Purple Punch are already showing signs of improvement in roughly 9 hours time!
Top growth on the Strawberry Dawg Pie is still curled downwards, clawed & tacoing inwards but healthier growth towards the middle/bottom has perked up a little bit which makes me think I just barely avoided a nutrient lockout!
Top growth on the Purple Punch has started to uncurl but the downwards tacoing still remains! I took some photos pointing upwards so that can be seen clearer!
Lowered the clip fan & rearranged the plants & that seemed to have worked well, kept the Strawberry Dawg Pie closest to the clip fan to dry the medium out quicker!
Removed a couple of leaves covering bud sites towards the middle of the plants am gonna leave everything else until they make a full recovery
Plan is to stick to plain dechlorinated tap water at a PH of 6.1 for as long as I can as they continue to recover!
Happy New Years everyone!!
*** UPDATE 01/01/25***
2/3 plants aren't looking so great... Aside from nutrient issues I also think overwatering has played a roll in their decline!
Been having some issues with the water itself I believe... Usually just leave tap water in a bucket for 3 days & give it the occasional stir to dechlorinate, have ran into issues in both my current setups!
Noticed other growers using Cronk are able to run much higher concentrations nutrients wise as well as more water during earlier stages of growth without any problems & I haven't been able to decipher what's gone wrong over here on my end...
Ordered a fish pump & some air stones so I can start aerating my water! Possibility the roots aren't getting enough oxygen despite air pots & Promix HP as the medium, am also gonna start transplanting in future grows in order to utilize the air pots!
Temps & RH have been good today!
Left the clip fan on the Strawberry Dawg Pie so it can dry out a little quicker, the Purple Punch seems to be the only one of three that's doing well atm & I'm gonna gauge the next watering off of that one whenever it decides to droop! Is currently the only 1/3 thats perked up, pot is light & medium is close to bone dry!
Also noticed I screwed the Gorilla Glue #4's air pot together on the wrong row of spikes & the pot is smaller than the other two as a result! Aside from the current droop it seems asthough it has been the plant with the least amount of issues throughout the entire grow thus far!
***UPDATE 01/02/25***
Gave each plant 1L of dechlorinated tap water at a PH of 6.1
They seem to be recovering rather quickly, the Purple Punch is no longer clawing/curling or tacoing inwards! As for the Strawberry Dawg Pie middle growth has perked up a bit after this mornings watering!
With the Strawberry Dawg Pie am probably stuck with clawing/curly leaves towards the top for the remainder of the grow, on the + side everything is still alive & nothing has turned crispy or brown!
Overwatering definitely played a roll in some of these issues!
Fish pump & air stones should be here tomorrow afternoon, I already got water sitting out for next go & will start aerating as soon as that shows up!
Temps & RH have been good so far today
Hopefully things continue to improve!
***UPDATE 01/03/24***
Plants responded well to yesterdays watering! I'm gonna keep it at 1L per plant for now!
Things are continuing to pick up! I'm probably safe to feed the Purple Punch & Gorilla Glue #4 next time they need water but am gonna keep the Strawberry Dawg Pie on plain water over the next little while!
Fish bubbler showed up today & have water aerating for the next go!
Went ahead & bumped the light intensity up to where the tallest plant is now receiving 700 uMOL of light after taking photo's this afternoon!
***UPDATE 01/04/25***
Plants do not seem to mind the bump in light intensity so far which is good!
The Strawberry Dawg Pie is definitely drinking again should probably water later on this afternoon! Had the clip fan over the medium & was rotating pot every couple of hours to dry it out quicker just in case & it ended up drying out completely where as the other two probably aren't gonna need water until tomorrow afternoon/early Monday morning, thinking it should be safe to feed those two when the time comes, they seem to be doing well!
Temps & RH have been a little bit off after increasing light intensity but got them to where it seems to be managable just had to roll the external AC closer to the tent!
Aerated water seems to have worked extremely well in my other setup & I'm hoping i see some significant improvements over here in this tent as well!
Strawberry Dawg Pie got 1L of dechlorinated tap water at a PH of 6.1 around 7pm
***UPDATE 02/05/25***
Gave the Purple Punch & Gorilla Glue #4 1L of dechlorinated tap water each mixed with nutrients listed above at a PH of 6.0
The Purple Punch has remained perked up where as the Gorilla Glue #4 stayed drooped after todays watering, pots were dry & at this current stage not quite sure if 1L per plant is too much would be crazy if it is! Am hoping the GG4 looks a little bit better tomorrow!
The Strawberry Dawg Pie is still looking pretty rough but better than it was! Am hoping I can just keep it on regular water over the next little while without running into anymore issues!
Temps & RH are back on point but ran into a problem with this new humidifier earlier on in the day! Decided to just go full blast for a little while & got up to 80% before I caught it & switched back to auto mode, it seems to be working fine now but unsure why it switched over to manual, will continue to monitor!
