Hey all, so it's day 42 now and this week I did some major defoliation but I think I got carried away a bit as you can see from the amount of leaves I removed from the picture, the other photos are 2 days later and they seem to have recovered pretty well but I didn't have a clue what I was doing so we shall see! Added some calmag half way through the week which has had a positive effect so I will continue using throughout the rest of the grow, hopefully they will really start creating some nice flowers from here on in! Any tips, tricks, constructive criticism welcome, thanks for reading π
@BigDaddyK, yeah very happy so far but I think I'm getting into the stage of the grow now where the skill comes into it, the problem I have now is that adding the calmag in with my other nute schedule is that it's raised my PPM a bit higher then I would've wanted so then adding in silicon as well I'm confused which ratios I should use and which other nutes I should cut down on to keep my PPM from getting to high?
@MrGreenFingers,yes i do keep ph at 6.5 - i just found it to work the best - you can use silicon from whenever but it will up the ph,, and i flush with RO water. I looked at your diary and thought, yeah , he took it all in, good luck, she does look nice. :) lovely colour you must be happy π
@BigDaddyK, thanks man, I'm honoured you have dropped by as I started reading your DWC how to guide just before I started this grow and I have basically stolen everything I've done so far from you π, i live in a hard water area to and i dudnt bother buying any calmag to start with but the girl on the left started showing a calcium deficiency at the start of week 5 so I went and bought some calmag, also when I was in the store I bought some shogun silicon to but is it to late to use it now? Also in your grows you keep ph at 6.5 so is that for max calmag absorption from your tap water?? Sorry for all the questions but I want to learn from a class grower!
@SHOGUN, thanks buddy, got the Dragon force delivered yesterday so the girls are going to be feeling the force after my res change tomorrow ππͺ I'm going to probably drop it to 3 ml/l though as I have been having to drop my EC down alot this week as I think they are coming to the end in a couple weeks now and not eating a great deal π
@MrGreenFingers, That's correct. Dragon Force replaces everything else nutrient based for the last 7-10 days before flush. You can still use alongside your boost product.
Not many people can start and finish in DWC with 0 grow experance so just WELL DONE on that alone..
And then that best of a plant! Love big curvy ladies.
You knocked it out of the park on the first shot!
Little jealous but very happy for you
Can't wait to see you final weights
@Fun_Growin, thank you bro for your kind words, I never expected it to go this well myself to be honest, I did do a lot of research before starting and I also made sure I bought good equipment, I honestly don't think DWC is to bad as long as you check your EC and PH regularly and adjust your res from what the readings are telling you and great thing is, if you mess up you can just dump that whole res and start again!
@DutchPassion_Official, she's doing well so far but I think that's down to the awesome DP genetics rather then my skills! I just hope I get to the finish and get to try out these cookies π
@biggreens420, I am confused how to tell though, people say look at the trichomes but then I hear on autos the trichomes don't really start turn amber to much so what do you look out for??
@BigDaddyK, ah ok because someone else said it was a P issue and that I should keep my ph at 5.8 for the rest of the grow as this is where p uptake happens??
@BigDaddyK, thanks Bro, to be honest I set my ph to 5.2 when I do the res as canna suggest and then it set to 5.8 once bubbling, then I just let it drift up to 6.5 before adjusting although for some reason it seems to climb to around 6.2 pretty quickly but then stabilises around 6.2-6.3 for the week, I don't think I have really needed to adjust to much throughout the whole grow luckilly
Wow this has to be the biggest cookies Iβve seen. Very nice grow, keep doing what your doing and keep good notes to be able to replicate this one βοΈ
@CaliGrown, thanks bro! Just seen you are growing the orange sour livers which I'm doing after the cookies, looking awesome bro I'm definitely following this one π
@Tonino, cheers mate, only thing is I just did the res change and forgot about the light being so close so when I lifted the lid of the bucket I bent the main cola, hopefully she recovers, rookie mistake ππ
@biggreens420, thanks for stopping by, yes trying to learn from the master lol, that's the great thing about the canna community, everybody is willing to share there knowledge and help out noobs like me π
@PigBearMan, thanks bro, all chopped and drying in brown paper bags, 891 grams wet after trimmed, de stalked and cut into nugs, hopefully 7-8 Oz dry, will update in a couple weeks with dry weight and smoke report once dried and cured!
@SHOGUN, already have the liquid silicon being added to my line-up next time and I will probably start moving over the base and boost nutrients when I run out of what I have, thanks for viewing!
@Tonino, thanks dude, I think it's all down to Dutch passion genetics and how much oxygen i am giving to the roots, all i have done is give the girls a helping hand and kept them on the right path!