The frosting begins! At the end of last week I switched some stuff up and also did a final trim of the girls. The runt and the giant both went into a smaller tent under a 400watt HID and the three which were fairly similar in height and width stayed in the original tent. I put up the trellis in the main tent and have spread the girls out there nicely. About halfway through last week all the girls began putting on crystals and omitting a juicy aroma. All in all, they are looking good and I'm super excited to see the bud growth this time.
Nightime temps have been ~20 degrees F beneath daytime temps, but for whatever reason there isn't even the slightest hint of purple in any of the buds. Heres to hoping that changes in the next couple weeks.
Over the last week or so I've also noticed a growing deficiency/excess of some sort. I know my soil is still high in N which is causing the dark green leaves, but the leaves are also growing fairly thin with the very beginnings of small yellow/brown dots. I haven't been checking PH because I thought the soil buffer + lots of organic nutes would balance the PH for the duration of the grow, but I no longer think that's the case.
Checking PH I ended up with 5.15 with an EC of ~480. I adjusted with baking soda to ~6.6 and immediately delivered. If I see the leaves stretching upwards today, I'll know I nailed the nutes and PH. I'll probably upload some extra photos too.
The main tent runs 9am-9pm. When I got home at 1pm the light was out. I assume it never started this morning. They are now under LED.
Will they hermie?
Whats wrong with my ballast/light?
Hey no the light being out for half a day wont make them hermie. It usually takes more stress than that. I wouldnt worry about that. And as far as your light I would assume the bulb went out depending on the age of your equipment. You can usually see the burned element. You can check the light socket with a cheap volt meter but I wouldnt advise it unless you are experienced with electricity. Hope this helps.
Looking good ! I am also growing GDP clones mine are outside in 3 gallon pots with coco coir and perlite.
Can't wait to see how your's come out happy growing!!!👍
As of 8/9 I retried the HID and ballast which struck successfully, twice in a row. So now its back in the main tent, but I'm leaving and LED in there just in case.
Temp tents with LEDs absolutely plummeted, this morning with lights on I was looking at 61, compared to the standard 85 I'm used too.
I really need to save up and transition fully to LED.