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First grow ever! Popped the seeds while still working out the kinks on the misting system. Growing in a custom built 24" x 36" x 48" fully insulated box. I've got the fans and humidifier dialed in to hold temps and humidity steady during the day and am only losing about 6°C during lights out (Depending on temperature in Garage). Everyone was sprouted in Rapid Rooters surrounded by hydroton. Right now I'm tweaking the misting system with solenoids to minimize dripping as I'd like to go water-to-waste... but without being super wasteful. Only the two autos (AKxCM and SCH) will be staying in the box for the duration of the grow. The other four seedlings are photos and will be moved to a sunny window to put on some size prior to being moved outdoors towards the end of May.
I'm a total rookie, but have tried to pay lots of attention to other diaries and lots of forums. I'm sure i'll make some mistakes along the way, but hopefully ya'll will keep me on the true garden path. I'm looking forward to all your questions, comments, and nasty remarks.
After Battling some clogged nozzles and deficiencies we might be able to save this girl. She's stunted, and I've stressed her tremendously, but I think she'll be resilient.
We've got Tiny Buds! Tried to get some nutrient burn and nitrogen toxicity under control. Ended up cutting Cal-Max and probably should have just eliminated the Grow Nutrients.
Getting some good bud growth and continuing to play with nutrient ratios. At the end of this week I also decided it was best to go with Drain to Waste as my pH levels kept fluctuating and by dialing in the misting cycles i really started to minimize runoff. The girls are getting thirsty!
Bud really seem like they're starting to grow. Since I've never done this before I'm just starting to get anxious. I know lots of people do WAAAAAY better than me, but I'm starting to get excited about how the buds seems to be taking off. I wonder how much bigger they'll get!?
Continuing to gradually increase the bloom nutrients. Runoff has also started greatly reducing so she must be getting thirstier. Thus I've reduced the off cycle time slightly and will do so some more as she drink more. Happy with how the buds seem to be coming along, but also feeling a bit impatient as I'm hoping they fatten up so I can a few decent nugs.
Looking for experienced high pressure aeroponics (HPA) growers to input on nutrient levels. This strain seems to be pretty sensitive to nitrogen, and higher ppm levels in general. What are the best nutrients and levels to ensure good bud growth? How do the plants and roots look?
I am not using high pressure Aeroponics but I am using high flow rate Hydroponics with lots of air and water. I notice I have to do almost everything differently then what a lot of others are doing.. I have to feed very light amounts as if I use recommended on bottle amounts it just throws everything for a Loop ha ha. But yes my observations are like 1/4 recommended feedings and I don't even bother with EC.. I just stabilize PH, Change reservoir weekly and use a schedule... I'm thinking by continuous feeding we may hurt and hinder ladies and there is also a very popular thread on Icmag where a guy uses R/O water has good values at reservoir times. But he purposely lets the ph go all out of whack, he swears by it. We are the frontiers brother... Not a lot of understanding or research has gone into growing Cannabis and even less has gone into growing Hydroponic Cannabis. So really opinions and ideas are gonna change and it'll be a while before we have anything really concrete.. And the system to system variable coupled with water source is huge so it's hard to pin down something that is going to work for everyone.
Buds seems to be coming along nicely. My only concern right now is that she is sharing the room with some AK-47 x Critical Mass Autos that are refusing to flower and taking up way to much space. I don't want her to lose out on any light or nutrients, so the AK-47xCM may be in for a haircut!
Buds continue to come along nicely. Checking Trichomes seem to be coming along nicely, many are cloudy with a few amber showing up on leaves, but not yet on buds. Giving her sister plants a big haircut this week as they're refusing to flower (bad auto genetics) and don't want them stealing her light.
Kind of just hanging around and waiting. Seems like maybe I'm starting to see a "Fade" - is that real thing? Or am I just hurting my plant someone? The younger buds are nice and green, while the more mature ones seems to be showing some yellowing with spots of brown / purple.
Is this just "Fade" or am I missing something? Also, Upon zooming in I am starting to catch glimpses Amber, am I getting close? The more mature colas are starting to show yellow /browny purple on the leaves, younger ones are still nice a dark green. Any help is appreciated!😏
Nope you are not missing anything.. Your seeing what would be described as micro deficiencies in the leaves.. But do not be alarmed this is actually a good sign. It means she's clean and a lot of the "excess" you see in a lot of other grows are not present in yours. Depending on the Configuration of your 50watts cobs.. You would have pulled a lot more weight by having them closer... Like 12"-14" or something around that.
Jay_Gardener
