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xanado18 xanado18
5 years ago
Blessings to all and thanks for checking me out. May All your harvests be of frost laden nugs. Transplant day. Originally popped 7, one failed to germ and one failed to Sprout properly.(she’s a “special” one) popped three more to pick one to fill the remaining pot. After a week and a 1/2 I put these 5 lil guys into pots, their roots were shooting out About 3 inches all over the tray. I see no shock as of yet, they’re growing happily and a lot faster since removing them from the germination tray. used a guide to load nutrients to 800 ppm for first week of veg but after research found 300 to be better so I diluted the res with RO water to around 500 PPM since that’s all the RO water I could get at the time. If they start to burn which I haven’t seen yet I’ll drop it down a bit more. Plant #2 looked a little off yellow, my PH may have been high in the germ tent, so I’ll continue to monitor.
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xanado18
xanado18started grow question 5 years ago
noticed the ph in the Pots is at 6.5+, something to do with the Hydroton. In order to balance it i had to drop the res PH to 4.0, but it constantly rises back up to 6. Using RO water Suggestions appreciated, will the Hydroton eventually stop having the ability to raise my PH?
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HighRoller909
HighRoller909answered grow question 5 years ago
yes but it'll take time.probably longer than your veg time.I would try to keep it at 6 if so.Ideal ph for hydroponics.by the way,over time as you feed it,try to feed it some more if you are really concerned about pot ph not coming down,don't overfeed but nutrients you'll give will also drop ph so if it is 6 now,keep it no problem.
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xanado18
xanado18started grow question 5 years ago
feeding great on a really low EC at 0.8, but i see other grows at pushing 1.5 at the same week. im flooding (Oxygen Pot w/ hydroton) every 4 hours, which feels pretty often. are the amount of floods proportionate to the EC? ex. if i flood less then my ec should be set higher?
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PlaguedGardensanswered grow question 5 years ago
Flooding every 4 hours seems excessive, I would reduce the frequency to every 6 hours initially and assess the how the plants look at that point with your current EC, Keep in mine even though other grows are at the same week with a higher EC those plants could require different nutrient needs or can even tolerate higher nutrient needs than yours. Overall your plants look healthy and green, they are a little droopy but that might be resolved if you change the water frequency
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xanado18
xanado18started grow question 5 years ago
At this point the garden feels a tad out of hand. I ask you pro growers and novices alike, what would you do? Defoliate and open up the canopy or let them ride? If I defoliate (I know there’s tons of guides on the web) but how much would you take out?
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Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimaranswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi, you have reached a point of grow, where LOOOTS of leaves appeared . Defoiliation is a looong theme... andI do it like .. as much as needed. So i clean up their "feet" that means the lower 30 percent of the Plant. I take away all leaves and small shoots. This iam repeating until around week 4 of flower. Especially the small shoots that cannot reach the surface were cut. And anything else depends in the RH. If the RH goes to high for flower and i cant reduce it with airflow, i cut fanleaves. Those leaves transpirate . So my goal is to let the miost leaves on the plant , but taking away everything thatholds her back from developing big bus // or staying healthy( mold). So its always a question of growingstyle and setup. And so you have to find your Style that fits to you and your setup. More in the comments
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xanado18
xanado18started grow question 5 years ago
two part question: how can I prevent roots from chasing the drain? they ended up clogging until I picked up the airpot and rotated the plants Around 15 degrees Each in their plastic pots. And I may have handled one roughly, Should I be worried about damaged roots?
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Wicked_Stixanswered grow question 5 years ago
There is nothing you can do to stop them from growing into the drain other than switching to a larger container. It looks like that would be a challenge at this point. I would look up some info on root pruning. Trimming a few roots won't hurt a healthy plant at all. I run Dutch buckets and roots grow out of the drain all the time. I just trim them off to keep the drain clear. The plants stay happy and healthy. When you grow big fat plants, you get big fat roots. Definitely a good thing. Good luck finishing them up!
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Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongscommentedweek 45 years ago
First of all I love that you openly admit you don't know what your doing. Secondly good job!.. They aint perfect but they look good overall. Thirdly I admire your willingness to experiment and try new things lol. It's soo easy to just doo whatever someone else is doing :).
PurpsInMyCloset
PurpsInMyClosetcommented5 years ago
@@Darkwarsongs, well said! The fun in growing is trying new shit!
Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongscommented5 years ago
@xanado18, Yea for sure dude.. It's all about growing for yourself and finding what works for you.
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@@Darkwarsongs, Thank you kindly! Yeah Reading and research can only get you so far, I think when we’re doin something like this where there are 100 different variables and methods to achieve the end goal it’s best to find what works for yourself!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 95 years ago
hahaha.. ooking great.. you should add to your Diary title----" but iam good at it" Girls look extremly happy and healthy
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, thanks!! that means a lot coming from an established grower. as per your request ill change the title 😂. Serious side note, thanks for all the support and stopping by to check out my grow every week!!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 85 years ago
as for having no clue what you do, you are good in it^^... Girls look nice. How about humidity=? can you keep it low , with so much plantmaterial that is "transpirating" =? Happy growing
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, For the most part it’s been running real high With an RH OF 70-90, I just ordered an excessively large dehumidifier to get it under control for when they fatten up. I’m going to try Setting it up in the lung room first and set it to 40 and see if that fixes the problem!
Resin_Randy
Resin_Randycommentedweek 75 years ago
Looks awesome 🍀👌🏼
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@@Resin_Randy, thanks for checking out my grow dude!!! heres to some frosty heavy nugs for all!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 75 years ago
heres alil tutorial for better visualisation https://www.growweedeasy.com/nebulas-flowering-stage-defoliation-tutorial
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, thank you for the advice! i had seen nebulas defol tut, fantastic information in that single article...one can only hope to get their yeilds to that magnitude!! im definitely hoping for the best though!!
Buddha2
Buddha2commentedweek 75 years ago
For somebody who claims he does not know what he is doing, your jungle is looking spectacular! I do not see anything that should concern you! Regarding defoliation: ask 10 people and you will get 11 different answers 😄 Personally I do not like removing leaves from a living being. But if there are really too many, simply remove the ones that are shadowing budsites. But only do it once flower has started, before it does not make sense. Just ensure good airflow so you do not catch mold. But given the state of your plants, I think you already have a very good feeling for their needs, so just follow your gut feeling. You definitely are on the right track!
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Buddha2, thank you kindly for the support!! im stoked at where im at, just getting positive from established growers makes me that much more eager to see where these plants go! much love!
MovingOn
MovingOncommentedweek 45 years ago
I thought Recharge was only for soil grows.
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@MovingOn, you may have a point! this whole setup is new to me, so I'm trying different things and seeing how the plants react. In the meantime I'm gonna hold off on using any of those nutrients anyways. I burned my babies, even though the EC was at 1.2. It could have been the balance of the nutrients too I don't really know to be honest. anyways with the EC reading 0.94 they already seem happier after only two days. We'll see what happens in the coming few months!
MovingOn
MovingOncommented5 years ago
@xanado18, that's interesting that it made your root growth explode, because it is basically just microbes and molasses. Even though the molasses is enough to keep the microbes alive, they still need other food sources to actually poop out more nutes. Maybe the Florablend was enough of a food source, but I am assuming that Florablend is a nutrient system in itself. So basically the microbes are just eating the nutrients to just poop out the same nutrients. I bet if you actually did a side by side comparison of a plant with Recharge/Florablend and one with just plain Florablend, you wouldn't see any difference in rate of root growth. But that's just a guess, I don't really know, but always am skeptical about what people say works online, because I don't think anybody actually does side by side comparisons of clones. Oops, I'm rambling, ha. Good luck with the rest of your grow!
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@MovingOn, Right so it is for soil and I’m sure if I was actually doing soil I would probably love the stuff. Lotta info on the web says that if you make a gallon of recharge in RO Water and topfeed the plants in between floods once a day to every other day it works. And in my case yes it worked, root growth exploded but I didn’t think it was worth all the slime.
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 135 years ago
Its so kind that you tell us alittle about your life ( as growerand person). And yes its great to have big sources of Information about Growing. And yes where would we be without mr. cervantes^^--- Happy harvesting But iam a nosey Person too. What were your criterias for " just" 8 from 10 stars".....
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommented5 years ago
@xanado18, Ok I understand. I just read the Notes for harvest and was wondering why... Thy for explaining
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, As much as I would love to give the strain 10 stars, and say it was amazing there were problem phenos, 3 out of 7 of the plants sprouted nanners early and as I went through trimming I did find about 4 seeds. I also would have preferred honesty from the breeders “Finnish flowering in x amount of time.” According to them, I chopped more than two weeks late and yet even though I chopped when I did I wonder if it could have still gone longer. Anyways that’s my reason!
MadeInGermany
MadeInGermanycommentedweek 135 years ago
She looks great 😎 Keep it up and let it grow 👍🌱
MadeInGermany
MadeInGermanycommented5 years ago
@xanado18,Nothing to Thank
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@MadeInGermany, thank you kindly!!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 115 years ago
wow, on the first look they look great. But so many hermies=? maan that sucks. I hope you can find all the male stuff and they go on budding up like before
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommented5 years ago
@xanado18, Girls look so good, and to me happy too, i cant see any stress on them.Sounds Interesting to read that you are Living in a desert….and able to grow in that warm Climate... Hemp is such a great Plant.
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, Idk - I found a couple little seeds growing but they won’t reach maturity by the end of the grow. Regardless yeah it still sucks. They keep growing more and more and are getting thicker and the smells are getting really defined though, so I’m still satisfied with the result. Whatever the reason they still are maintaining a very top shelf look - fat calyxes and some of the frostiest buds I’ve seen in a long time. We’ll see what happens, thanks for stopping by!
Seedtoweed
Seedtoweedcommentedweek 85 years ago
Love me a good defol haha mate everyone has an opinion on defoliation but like everything else what works for one guy might not for another and what someone tells you is nuts might create an absolute beast I always defol as I go but usually week before flower il do a big one and supercrop where possible and then again once flowers set sometimes my girls look bare but well they look beautiful again 2 days later
Seedtoweed
Seedtoweedcommented5 years ago
@xanado18,yeah sometimes my girls look pretty bare but within a week they look beautiful again Good luck man shore the girls will like and always remember that it's about experimenting with things whether its mediums or training ect as the best advancements in growing techniques have all come from people trying new things
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Seedtoweed, thanks for stopping by with the advice!!!! I went ahead and stripped most of everything off of 6 of the plants, left one as a “control” and didn’t pull much off of her, & I’m gonna see how it works. I’m out of town on buisness but I’ll post some pics up when I get back to my girls. But like you said they bounce back real quick!! Can’t wait to see how they bulk up in the next few weeks!
Mrs_Larimar
Mrs_Larimarcommentedweek 135 years ago
Happy Harvesting
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Mrs_Larimar, Thanks!! They are all chopped down and looking great, drying in the tent now, as soon as they’re finnished I’ll start taking pictures throughout the process and put up the harvest update. As always thanks for the support!
Darkwarsongs
Darkwarsongscommentedweek 55 years ago
Yea your doing great bud. Keep it up, gonna follow along and see how she turns out for you. Your doing better then I did my first time around for sure 😀
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@@Darkwarsongs, that means a lot to me, as my first grow I've done a lot of reading on the internet, and it seems like for the most part there's a lot of different advice - left or right kind of stuff - and I feel like that's the going rate with something that for the most part (in most places) is still illegal lmao. just gonna do what my gut instinct tells me to do and see where this goes!
I_and_I
I_and_Icommentedweek 75 years ago
Looks like your smashing it mate, similar sea of green to my first two grows Looks awesome, have fun in flower
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@I_and_I, im straight up doing my best, trying my hardest to establish some self control with the nutes, they dont seem to need much compared to other grows. just trying to listen to the plants needs!!
raptor65
raptor65commentedweek 55 years ago
I think that they are Looking great 😎, All the best in your grow ,and having a great harvest 🙏, good luck 👍 TLC mate
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@raptor65, The positive words are appreciated! we'll see how they turn out!
GrowBeforeHoe
GrowBeforeHoecommentedweek 135 years ago
Really nice diary! Enjoy your harvest mate. 💚👍🏼
ShotGunBob
ShotGunBobcommentedweek 135 years ago
Wow💚 nice grow😊check my grows out if you want
Buddha2
Buddha2commentedweek 85 years ago
Incredible! Simply perfect! 👍
Catsmeow
Catsmeowcommentedweek 115 years ago
Looks great. What size tent is that? I am using Migro 300, and 2 bestva. One Bestva 3000 and one Bestva 2000. The temp gets too high so I'm ordering 3 more Migro and using a Migro 600
xanado18
xanado18commented5 years ago
@Catsmeow, its a 5ftx5ft. youre gonna love the migro - and shane, the owner is really on it when it comes to questions.