Week 4 is a wrap. I've been chasing a minor deficiency as the plants are feeding heavy right now. I've been adding the Gaia Green 2-8-4 power bloom dry amendments at twice the rates and Flower 2 at 1.5-2 times the feed rates to get it under control. Compost teas and seed sprout teas are still going in weekly and I will continue to add them weekly with the last of the teas going in start of week 6.
The weather here is all over the place. Cold then warm then cold then warm etc. So it's been hard to maintain consistent levels with respect to humidity but nothing to raise any concern as it's still in the sweet spot between 40%-50%.
The plants are happy and healthy. They're starting to stack up nicely and the trichome production is on point!! It's going to look like it snowed in here by the end of flower 😁😎. The 4 plants are taking up just about every inch of the 36 square foot tent. 44"-48" wide by 48"-56" tall. I lowered the lights to the 18"-20" range during week 4 and will lower them one last time to the 16"-18" range around day 35 to finish out the run.
I'm still selectively pruning as needed to accommodate air flow and light penetration but try to limit it to 5-7 fans per plant and only as needed to limit stress on the plants.
I use a fluctuating PH schedule for watering alternating from 6.2/6.5/6.8 changing the PH at every heavy watering. I water for run off(no more than 5%-10% run off) every second day and then have to give them a liter or two to keep the top 1/3 of the pot moist in between.
@CRiSPrGrow, no I'm not measuring VPD. For seedlings and clones I run 24 hrs on for the lights at 60%-65% and 28 celcius. Veg I run 18/6 at 50%-55% and 28-29 celcius for lights on/26-27 celcius for lights off. First week of flower I run 25-26 lights on at 50%-55%. After first week of flower I try to stay in the 45%-50%. Last two weeks of flower I bring my hum down as close to 40% as possible. I dont bring down temps for late flower.
@Horticulturehobbyists,add the flowering week numbers to the veg week so instead of "flowering week 1" say "week 12 (flowering) " that should fix it, there's an edit button for the week where it should be easy to do... anyway wasnt dropping by about that lol , loving the sprouts tea... by the way are you measuring VPD too ?
Love the details. I’ll ask the question in this week, but I’m really thinking in the end of the vegetative state, for a light mix of various amendment and soil how long does a plant take to use up the nutrients? The rate at which a plant can access amendment compared to liquid plant food is clear, but I’m still not clear on how long it would take a plant to use up the mixed in food in a large final pot. Lets say I’m generally mixing 3 parts soil to 1 part various amendment in a final pot, am I looking at approx. 1-2 weeks of food, or a month’s worth of food? Any insights are appreciated.
Thanks Horticulturehobbyists, I’m learning alot in a short time with this journal.
@@BeanswithPork, it's hard to say exactly but from the time you top ammend the pots until the time the ecosystem you've built in the pot makes that food available to the plants is in that 7-10 day range. You feed the pot and the pot feeds the plant.
The red striping is something we've seen and we do a lot of Kush. Have generally gone with a touch of CalMag and time... but hard to say 'cause they always turn out :) This is a seriously crazy grow you've got.