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Topping
weeks 2-3
LST
weeks 3
Defoliation
weeks 7-9
Soil
Grow medium
11 L
Pot Size
0.38 L
Watering
Grow Conditions
Week 2
Vegetation
8.89
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inch
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
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Topping
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dagwood dagwood
5 years ago
Day 12: Waiting for a faucet pressure adapter from Sustainable Village online. They are U.S. distributor for Blumat products. I tried to get Blumat tropf 'carrots' set up using various convoluted ways but could never get water pressure low enough. The actual one from Blumat was more expensive than I'd hoped but my workarounds likely ended up costing more time and definitely time/energy. It should arrive tomorrow and maybe then it will work. The mottling yellowness of the leaves today worry me some. I have pH drops from a few years ago and if they're still good then my tap water may be too basic. Unless someone suggests some other way I'm guessing I'll end up using a reservoir anyway so I can lower the pH before the automatic watering sends it to the soil. Thoughts? Day 13: Blumat pressure reducer arrived. I'd emailed Sustainable Village (great customer service!) so see if there is an affordable in-line way to continue to use the tap while also ensuring water pH'd correctly. One comment I'm hanging on to is that with good soil you shouldn't have to worry about your water pH because of how well it should buffer and adjust automatically. I'll keep an eye on the health of the plant and use tap water for now.... Day 14: Blumat tropfs set up without problems using their pressure reducer. Also paid for the Blumat digital moisture meter. Following the instructions it seemed to show moisture level of 60 (mbar?) I set the carrots to that level. Today, I realized 60 is wetter than ~100, which I'm thinking is my target, so I dialed back the tropf carrot setting a bit. I also realized the moisture meter is meant to live in the soil once set up so I went through that process again. (Soak meter without digital electronic top for at least an hour, then fill to the top with water and reattach top, then insert in appropriate spot in soil, then wait ~2-3+ hours, then take reading. I'll use the pot I stuck it in (Plant 1) as the reference and compare to the other pots based on picking them up and judging weight. I decided to top two of the seven. I plan to LST all which from my reading could happen now but they're still so compact! Gonna give it more time.... Tomorrow is the first day of Week 3!
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Grow Questions
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
That's my guess for now. I was going to use Blumat Tropf hooked up to tap but house water seems too basic. Only way I can think of remedying is to hook Blumat Tropf up to reservoir and make sure the water in it is the appropriate pH. Will that be stable?
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Feeding. Automatic systems
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Cannapprentice
Cannapprenticeanswered grow question 5 years ago
Making sure you're watering at the right ph is indeed very important. out of range and the plants can't uptake the nutrients. After a few correctly ph'd watering you should see some improvements
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
This question is being asked on day 20 of this autoflower grow. Based on pictures, any advice regarding LST / defoliation? Thoughts/advice overall? Your time and consideration is much appreciated!
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Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Techniques. LST
Techniques. Defoliation
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Budofpray
Budofprayanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hello buddy... first advice for the futur, keep in mind that more you give lot of informations, better are the possibilities for u to have good answer and better diagnosis. this plant is so complex sometimes that it could be difficult to be precise for a grower to answer you properly. 👍 your nutes schedule for example is strongly recommend to indicate... is your led has a dimmer ? how work your watering system ? solution ? with a pump ? settings ?....etc etc without these elements....it is more a "crystal ball" diagnosis 😏....if i were near you on your tent i could be 100% affirmative...so you told that u keep the pH to a good range ok but.... i noticed some indexs..... are you sure of your pump watering settings ? i mean now they seems droopy.... it could be one raison wich can explain a lot of others. auto's are much more sensistive/fragile to all stresses than photos or regulars ! so too much water, or a soil too much wet all the time can slow down the growth....due to the lack of oxygen in root..... and it is a vicious circle.....😷 😜 cause if you feed her, she will loose habilities to absorb correctly some elements and micro elements and she will go to a lock out process (on your leaves and on others plants in your tent )...etc etc....try to let roots breathe a bit.... in other hand if your led is a 453W (from the wall ?) and you didn't have dimm it correctly of you dont have any dimmer....the right height must be find....to ensure a grow a bit better taller..... branches and main stem need a lot of water to be build 😏... don' t hesitate to mp me if you want to give me more information... lst is a good thing to do a low stress training but u have to be effective on the overall growth of the plant.....to ensure the best yield at the end! i am not an adept of defoliation due to the very specific short cycle of autos (only in the case of fluxing techs)...... especially for the flowering time. the leaves acts as a tank for nitrogen and semi/mobiles nutrients. you have to know that when she starts to flo the plant loose their habilities to properly/ totaly absorb N....and leaves can be a good partner if you dont feed correctly at the veg stage.... a lollipoping is to my point of view the only thing to do to ensure a better concentration of energy on upper buds.... the last advice i can give you if u don't know it already.....is to have a good soil mix ! auto's most of the time have low demands than photos especially in veg stage....u have to cut your light soil for example with coco or perlite or vermiculite....or a mix of tree.....u cut close to 40%.... even 50%..... depend of knowedge of the strain needs....it will ensure you a better penetration of roots and a bigger plant.... when the flow starts go easy with nutes from the beginning to mid flow....after that u can use more pk hope this help 👊 Happy growing buddy
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
My plants are struggling and I’m not sure why! Advice? Please read through my long comments before trying to answer...
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Leaves. Wilting
Plant. Wilting
Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
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mrpink
mrpinkanswered grow question 5 years ago
Your pH is too Deep, ist should be at 6.5-6.8. How are your cal/mag values in the Water without nutritions?
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
Other than today which has unlimited Grow Questions to celebrate 4/20, we have three Grow Questions? Is that per grow diary? Three Open questions at a time or three whether Open or Answered. If only 3 Open then if they're answered do the three open back up even if same diary?
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
It is 3 per month , you’ll keep 3 questions even if the answer is given during another month
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
Look at these leaves! Help!
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Leaves. Wilting
Plant. Wilting
Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
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Thee_HoffGuyy
Thee_HoffGuyyanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey dagwood!! first off from what I read above I would at least give them 2 hours or dark a day if not 4 I find to get better results with that. give the plants a lil rest. it also looks to have something to do with your watering system, either it is overwatering. or not enough but I'd lean more to the over watering due to where you said the "lightest" one looked the best. it's good to let them dry out like that before they get another watering. Also looks like a slight nitrogen deficiency nothing much tho so I personally would bump up your base nute just a tid bit like where your running 1.25mL/gal Id go up to 2 or 2.25 and see if that helps if it does not then go just a little more just try not to over do it lol hope this helps Happy Growing an Plentiful Harvests🙏
dagwood
dagwoodstarted grow question 5 years ago
Is flushing the last two weeks something that really affects flavor/quality of harvested flower? Consensus among websites support it as real.... (But plenty of commonly held beliefs such as you shouldn't swim within 30 minutes after eating aren't true.)
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Buds. Other
Other. General questions
Feeding. Schedule
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DeadwebsiteBoringcommunity
DeadwebsiteBoringcommunityanswered grow question 5 years ago
https://www.rxgreentechnologies.com/rxgt_trials/flushing-trial/
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dagwood
dagwoodcommentedweek 25 years ago
If I adjust the pH of the reservoir to 5.8 then will it remain there or drift upwards? Any way to minimize fluctuations?
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Euphory
Euphorycommentedweek 75 years ago
I hope your ladies will fully recover from that issue you had. Good luck and big buds!
dagwood
dagwoodcommented5 years ago
@Euphory, thanks for the encouragement!
GreenGrows
GreenGrowscommentedweek 44 years ago
Hey i Know this grow is old, But i think i can help u avoid future problems... your VPD (vapor pressure defecit) is really high for all stages. These sites that say lower humidity is good to rule out mold dont take into account plant transpiration at different temp/RH combinations... For example, you could counter the really low humidity by removing more heat and cutting down airflow slightly if conditions are very windy... Cannabis can tolerate dry conditions but only at low temps, it seems you were actually potentially not watering enough since your environmental conditions wick so much moisture out of the air around the plant and the medium... It also seems that you have a lot of perlite, which will further hinder your grow mediums ability to retain moisture. hope this helps
dagwood
dagwoodcommentedweek 25 years ago
If I adjust the pH of the reservoir to 5.8 then will it remain there or drift upwards? Any way to minimize fluctuations?
rhodes68
rhodes68commented5 years ago
@dagwood, If you are using ANY organic like Recharge in the res then yeah its going to change as the organics start playing with each other. Do you use Recharge all the time?