RQS Northern Light Auto (with LST)

Thirsty_Grower On day 21 I started with LST

Thirsty_Grower Day 42 - Lollipopping. Based on my previous experience, I removed nodes 5, 6, and 7 to create more space for light and allow nodes 1–4 to grow stronger and more robust.

Thirsty_Grower Day 50 (03.08.26) – The Start of Flowering. 29.07.26 - First watering with nutrients: 5 L of water with 1.77 g of Hybrids (0.35 g/L), total EC = 1075 µS/cm², with runoff. Runoff pH = 5.3, EC = 2000 µS/cm². 03.08.26 - plain water. Since the runoff EC was quite high last time, I decided to water with plain water this time. My tap water has a pH of 7.5 and an EC of 700 µS/cm², so I normally adjust the pH down to 6.0–6.5. However, because the runoff pH was only 5.3 last time, I didn't use any pH Down on this watering and simply watered with plain tap water. Despite this, the runoff water had an even higher EC compared to last time - a full 2880 µS/cm²! The pH also dropped even lower - to 5,0. Apparently, there are still enough nutrients remaining in the soil, so the next watering should probably be done with plain water again. LIGHT: I also turned on the Bloom mode on the lamp in addition to the VEG mode. The total PPFD is now 600. When increasing the power, the leaves start to curl upwards slightly (canoeing), so for now I will keep it at 600.