I think she is finally recovering from the pH being too low and adapting to the quick adjustment I did a week ago. You can tell she looks alot healthier at the end of this week vs the beginning. Just mixed up some water with a tablespoon of garden lime, flushed the soil and she started to do alot better after a couple days. Also took off a lot of the fan leaves, probably not the best time to do it now that I think about it but I was at home bored so went ahead and did it. I'm thinking I'll either have her in flower or at least start the transition by the end of next week if she keeps doing good. Got my co2 tank yesterday, hopefully that helps her out alot. Was wondering what you guys pay for refills? I was quoted $78+ tax for a 20lb tank refill. That seems kind of high. I decided to just buy dry ice and fill mine myself. Only $38 for 20lbs of dry ice. Saves alot of $$ over time.
@DILLIGAF, I try to keep my soil around 6.5 but mix the nutrients up a little higher because my runoff is usually low. If i pour it in at 6.2 it comes out 5.5-5.9 im guessing from nute build up in the soil. Or because my soil is a little too acidic. Ive been told ocean forrest uses oyster shells to control ph and as they break down they make the soil more acidic, like peat moss.
@zedoninha, Ive been worried about that. Was hoping with all those tops she would gain height a little slowler like she was in veg but not sure now. Ill make her fit one way or another.
@CanaryGrow, i usually try to just cut the leaves that have grown to full size and start to reach further out away from the plants. I read that the leaves that grow from the stem use the sugars they produce for stem and root growth and the ones that grow from flower sights support flower growth. Ive also noticed that the chutes of my side branches reach up quite a bit and have more stem space on the buds, but if i cut the large fan leaves off at the base of the chute then the chute will not stretch as much and instead just grows fatter and denser with little to no stem space.
@bobthebudder, yes man i know and it makes sense to me, ibut i have a problem knowing what to actually cut off, i did a lot of training and i have many nice looking branches. I am thinking to wait for stretch to see easier what should i take away. Stretch jsut started today :)
@CanaryGrow, it does seem to help. I was paranoid about trying it at first but was told by several people it really helps because the plant can send more water and nutes to the bud plus more light to the lower buds. Tried it on my last grow and had denser buds than ever.
By the way i made a mistake this week (week 5) i forgot to change sugars from liters to gallons. I only 15ml of technoflora sugar daddy per galon not 50+