1PoundClub - GLOOKIES - 1st grow

Day 15- Week 3 Okay, so this week I corrected a large PPM issue. Was sitting at 3500 by the time I got to it, oddly enough, the plants didn’t look to stressed about it. Maybe it was like a bud ignition happy fuck up!?!!? Anyway, I had to run some flawless finish to dissolve some salts in the root ball and I cleaned through the hydroton as well. New RO water running though the pump came in at 100 PPM, much better than the 1400 after a reservoir change last week! We back on track with special thanks to a fellow grow diary member, MOSPEADA, for putting me right with the plant gods. So now, with everything looking good, the left side plant has greener foliage and is about 2 days ahead of the plant on the right. Not really sure why at this point but hopefully it’s not genetics cause I took clones of the right side plant only. I kinda suspect it’s because the water level is slightly lower in that bucket due to pump and less roots were able to suck up nutes. I plan on getting a small 4 inch hydro mesh bucket to use as a cover for the hole inside bucket to increase the surface area and push back roots. They are sneaking through but not clog worthy yet. I’ve been thinking a lot about the nutes lately, expensive liquid from shops is eating away at my wallet. Noticing how other diaries are incorporating raw nutrients such as Calcium Nitrate...(again Mospeada) I did some internet searching for hours and learned about the 6 base nutrients and ratios to mix them in and save a shit ton of money... I have ordered; 5Kg of Calcium Nitrate, 5Kg of potassium nitrate, 5KG of Potassium Sulphate, 5kG of mono potassium phosphate and 5kg of chelated Trace minerals. I also picked up; 5kg of fulvic acid powder ..and now I got to save a bit before investing in amino acids, humic and B1 vitamins. I have recipes in grams per litre that should work well for grow and bloom and I may tweak a bit to get the most perfect veg ratio for cannabis of 3:1:2. And bloom of 1:1:2... I also bought a kilo of Jack’s 5-12-26 Hydro, I should be able to manipulate the nitrogen ratios to anything I want. I guess I bought it out of curiosity... I’ll wait till after my CX horticulture nutes are used up first tho. I just got excited and blew my load (money) on dry nutrients... Oh ya! I’ve been defoliating daily, always trimming the upper fan leaves shading lower sites, about a handful from each side. I hope I don’t go too far and fuck something up, maybe I should dive in and really aggressively do it. I think everything is good so far for 2 weeks complete in flower... hope week 3 brings more fat buds. Day 21- I’m increasing lights on to 12.5 hours. Day 23 - I haven’t done any defoliation this week and the buds have not visibly increased in size for a couple days. The stretch is minimal at this point, haven’t noticed much vertical growth lately. They are still drinking and eating. I Topped up water yesterday with added nutes. Today I noticed some purple on a branch, I believe that’s magnesium or sulphur deficiency. I added 3 tablespoons of magnesium sulphate. ppm rose 300 to about 1180. Day 18 right plant showing first signs of calcium deficiency, I noticed a couple days ago and added magnesium sulphate and cal-mag. It raised the ppm to 1250. Some branches are showing more purple blotches, seems like a lot of calcium and magnesium tho to prevent it... I’m using a lot. I think. Currently sitting at 1990 PPM with the extra cal-mag and light base nutes. I feel lost with the current reservoir not knowing exactly what’s in it...not sure what the plants are and are not taking up. I know they want more cal-mag... I’ll try a 3ml/L next change out on Sunday. Also, my lights are cranked as high as they can go, closest tops pushing 20” away. I think it’s likely I’ll get light bleaching on a couple. Day 20 - I’m just gonna drain reservoir, I don’t feel good about all the shit I put in it. - reservoir changed, but, I didnt go light... I decided to try to find a max PPM they can handle so added nutes at full strength (manufacturer recommendation). Now I’m sitting at 2200 PPM with all nutes available to plants in CX-horticulture ratio. iPhone note recent change 2 days early from start of week 4. Starting EC of 100PPM Water volume 150 liters. Cal-mag 200 mL. 600 Epsom. 2 table spoon 740 Hydro A. 300 mL 1075 Hydro B. 300 mL 1600 Mighty Bloom Enhancer 200mL 2030 Headmaster 200mL. 2075 Citrus sweet 200mL 2175 Royal black 50 mL. 2190 Royal Gold. 150mL 2200 iPhone note from start of the week... Starting EC 100 Added 25mL silica. 120 Added 75mL cal-mag 375 Added 110 mL Hydro A 549 Added 100mL Hydro B 765 Added 100mL regenaroot NO CHANGE Added 25mL growth enhancer 980 Added 100mL bloom enhancer 1330 Added 100mL headmaster 1440 Added 90mL sweet citrus 1500 Added 1 table spoon. Epsom salt 1575 Added 30mL royal black 1580 Added 50mL royal gold 1578 Added 50mL planticillan 1605 PH 6.8 Added ph down pH 5.6. 1600