420PorFavor The Day I Saved the Grow.
The Battle of pH!
It was a normal day until I noticed the silence in the tent. My 12 warriors of Tropicanna Poison Fast Flowering were down, the leaves yellowing and with that horrible burn on the edges. It was a picture of total panic.
My intuition told me "more food," but the stoner inside me said, "MEASURE THE DRAINAGE!" And there was the proof, the pH of the substrate had plummeted to a deadly 5.5. In that acidic environment, the plants couldn't access Magnesium or Potassium, and they were slowly suffocating. It wasn't hunger, it was a massive nutrient lockout!
There was no time to waste first, an aggressive flush with FloraKleen to clean out all that junk. We saw the PPM drop to 339 in the drainage. We hit the reset!
The remedy was a precise solution with a high pH of 6.32 and a double dose of Cal-Mag. We applied it in the watering and, to ensure life, a foliar spray directly on the leaves.
After the flush, the humidity rose to 56.5 percent. Fungal risk! I set the Mars Hydro extractor to 100 percent and let it run non-stop for 8 hours, forcing the substrate to dry out.
The Next Morning, the plants are turgid, standing tall with new green shoots. The pH stabilized and the environment is under control.
Moral of the Battle:
Don't fall in love with your fertilizer. Trust only your meters. The day my grow was about to die, it was saved by a pH of 6.32 and an extractor at maximum. Now, time to plan the transplant to bigger pots!
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Week 3. Flowering
6mo ago
1/7
100 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.0
pH
Normal
Smell
1200 PPM
TDS
58 %
Air Humidity
17 °C
Night Air Temp
6.4 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
50 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 5
Koolbloom
0.6 mll
Sensi Cal-Mag Xtra
2 mll
pH Perfect Micro
2.75 mll
420PorFavor I had completely forgotten about this diary, but here I will track my plants since I can't on IG.
I did a lollipop pruning in the first week of flowering to avoid small buds. I've been checking the water that comes out after watering to maintain the parameters corresponding to the stage they are in.
When switching to flowering, I added two more Marshydro FC-E1500 lamps of 150w, placing them on the sides against the walls for support lights so there are no shadowy spots, ensuring that the buds grow evenly. So far, the 700w have been working well.
Right now, I'm feeding with 1200 ppm and keeping the pH at 6.
They're already releasing that papaya smell I remember from the last harvest, an incredible little scent in the morning, to be honest.