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no nutrients yet, still growing slowly
not yet under the lamp since the weather is great (and I was still waiting for it to arrive)
just controlling ph a little bit from 7,4 to 7,0 with vinegar (since the products hadn't arrived yet)
next week it will start to grow better.
First 2,5 weeks, I didn't use nutrients because the soil was pre-fed for some weeks.
Now my nutrients (plagron) arrived & lamp (migro) arrived, so finally it starts to grow very well.
From plagron, I use the whole package (GROW/ZYM/ROOTS), at half recommended dosage.
just noticed that I can't get the humidity up so I ordered a humidifier to raise it a bit (want it up tot 65% instead of the 40-45 right now).
PH of the soil was too high (7.4-7.5), but I am testing every feeding on PH and EC (water that goes IN and water that comes OUT).
Mostly, the PH & EC of the water that goes out is too high (PH 7.3 vs EC 2.00).
Next grow I will make sure my soil is already at 6,5...
Starting to preflower and growing faster and faster (still no full bloom/stretch)
This week I have put the canopy closer to the lamp (30cm instead of 45)
For the rest, still feeding grow/zym/roots from plagron on half recommended dosage
+ PHMIN which contains PHOSPHOR to control the PH of the feeding-water.
Humidifier came in; so now I can finally kind of control the humidity.
Since the flowering period is starting, i will try to keep it approx. 50-65% with enough airflow.
ph of water: trying 6,3-6.7
FIRST LST well-succeeded (bent the top down, was a pretty scary thing to do but it worked out fine.
Then I re-arranged the other branches, and a few days later I took the picture.
Starting to smell more
Starting to drink much
Throwing in the booster to boost flowering period (hesi).
next week I will stop the plagron GROW and begin the plagron BLOOM, and stop the ROOTS.
Having a few troubles with temperature (it exceeds 30 sometimes where I want to have it between 25-30), so I cracked a door a few CM.
By doing this it reflects a little bit less light, but temperature is OK again now.
2nd LST after the first real stretch.
It starts to grow ex-po-nentially! A Few cm every day.
instead of LST-ing all the time, I hang the lamp a little bit higher every time.
Terra GROW has been replaced by terra BLOOM. Just adding some hesi boost this week to really get the bloom-phase going (if this helps)
PH has been regulated by PHMIN by plagron (contains Phosfor)
I Still have some problems for which I need a little bit help in my next grow. I usually overwater a little bit, so I can test the PH of the water coming out of the pot.
The PH of that water, is mostly 7.3, which I think is odd since I always PH-control my feeding-water to 6.2-6.7... Very weird but I think it is because of my soil which isn't fairly enough adapted to 6.5 or something acidous..
Now, this week was a good week: plant didn't grow that much, but the buds are really starting to develop and you can see there are many many potential buds.
That's why I did some defoliation in the "1/3downpart" of the plant.
I removed all the little leaves and little buds where no direct light can get to.
There were 2 little stems who had developed little, but still potentially big buds, so I LST'd it to the side (with a hook/pen for tents, as you can see; very handy instead of wiring it down to the pot) so that they can catch more light...
For the readers, if there are any, I have a few questions:
- Can I still get the PH of the soil to drop? Or has this ship sailed? Is it worrysome, since I always make sure the PH of my feeding-water is about 6,5? Will they take up enough nutrients if the water's PH is OK?
See you next week!
For the readers, if there are any, I have a few questions:
- Can I still get the PH of the soil to drop? Or has this ship sailed? Is it worrysome, since I always make sure the PH of my feeding-water is about 6,5? Will they take up enough nutrients if the water's PH is OK?
Hey there, runoff PH and soil PH are 2 completely different things. You need a soil tester to check the true soil PH value. Not sure why the runoff PH is that high as usually you have the opposite reading like mine (around 6.0 more acidic). But hey, that’s not a terrible problem to have I wouldn’t say. She looks amazing. Try like a 6.2 when you water next time or if you are worried try to flush with straight water and really let it run off. You should always be loosing at least 20% out of the bottom of the pot when you are feeding nutrients. Overwatering means to frequently not too much at a time allowing for a good wet/dry cycle. Looks like you have done just fine 👍. I would lose any sleep over it buddy! Happy growing and good luck at harvest!
This week I defoliated a little bit more underneath the canopy: some leaves were very little and yellow or starting to go yellowish, so I removed these leaves.
Next week I will surely do the last checkup (last 4 weeks of flower) and trim some more (like the little buds which are not getting a lot of direct light).
Nutrients:
- Still having the PH-runoffwater-problem, (7,1 now, feeding 6.0) and EC-runoff is about 3 one time, about 2 the next time.... don't know what's happening but yeah, next time I will use special soil!!!!
- I am using Green Sensation since this week: 0,5ml/l = half dosage recommended.
- Because of the high EC in runoffwater, I decided to really cut down on the nutrients as you can see: at max half of the recommended dosage.
I hope it will keep on growing like this, with nicely green-coloured leaves.
Have a nice day and see you next week!
This week the buds were getting harder and bigger as you can see. In the pictures you can see saturday (yellow light) & monday (white/natural light).
Issue:
- runoff PH still 7.0, yet it is improving since a few weeks ago it was still 7.3
- runoff EC has been 3.7, but last two times I didn't add any nutriënts except PHMIN which contains phosphorus (P).
Tip for everyone and myself including: Runoff water really helps draining the nutriënts from the soil, AND I think it helps with lowering your soil-PH, yet very slowly.
I think she looks good: any ideas/tips/things you see?
Maybe 1 question: The last pictures show a few yellowish leaves with a green edge/contour? Any idea what this might be?
As the runoff-ec was >3, I suggested that I was overfeeding (I always used half recommended dosage, but because of the high PH in the soil, I think the plant was unable to pick up many nutriënts. After 2 days of "flushing" with clear PH'd water, EC dropped already 0,5.
Suggestions/optimalisations are very welcome!
Hi fellow growers.
As said after week 9, I had some problems with the runoff-EC: It was about +/- 3 where it should've been at max 2.
So I started adding only PH'd water (6-6.4), but after a few days I started to worry that the plant would run out of essential minerals.
So in the middle of the week, I added 1 dose of BOOST (which contains the minerals needed for flower, from calcium to iron and..., and also some enzymes)
EC went from 3,4 to 3,2 to 3 to 2,6 to 2,4, and today it was only about 2.14 so I can conclude following:
the plant is taking up everything, but slower than expected (due to the high PH in the soil (runoff explains this).
Tomorrow, I will be starting to feed the plant again (1/3 of recommended dosage), and see what happens with the runoff!
If the plant keeps on taking up everything (thus EC stabilises about 2.0), I will try to go to 1/2 of recommended dosage.
Since the PH of the runoff stays about 7.0 and doesn't seem to lower a bit, even after giving it ALWAYS PH6.0-6,5 feeding-water, I don't think I will be able to raise the dosages enough without overfeeding it.
About the plant/canopy: A lot of leaves are turning yellow, and the leaves on the buds are turning reddish. Is this normal?
Anyways, I will ask a few questions beneath, feel free to help me out.
The plant is showing a lot of yellow leaves. I think it's a little bit early to speak about a natural loss by flowering, or not?
There are also a lot of yellowish leaves (more yellow than green even): what is the problem?
the red leaves are normal to this strain I think? Thanks!
If temps didn't drop low at night or similar... it's possibly over fed. Too far away from harvest to call that senescence, in my humble opinion. some plants are more prone to it.
you've got ~3 weeks, make that canopy last. bit too early for a nosedive. I have a nut calculator you can use to look up all your products used and the resulting ppms added up for you. Links in my profile comments
So, consider recent behaviour.. if the "bloom" formula dropped N too far, you liklely need to boost that.. if you see issues elsewhre, you can make more informed decisions as to what to do in your context.
Keeps on flowering;
trying to controle the runoff-ec by using "feeding"-water one day and using just ph-controlled water the other day with an ec of about 0,8 mostly.
Seems to work fine, runoff-ec is now mostly about 2,2.
Maybe I'll try to feed only 1/4 of the recommended doses instead of 1/2 so I can feed every time I water her.
Runoff-ec still about 7.0, cant help it; tried feeding 6,0, always feeding 6,3-6,5, nothing works, lowest ph I got from runoff was 6,9.
?Any tips for my next grow for a good soil that has a perfect ph (6,0-6,5)?
?Can anyone tell me in what stage the trichomes are at this moment? I would like to harvest in a few days, on day 82-83 (almost full week 12)
Thank you for reading.
Hi!
I have not yet grown weed in soil but I have read about it quite alot and I think the best method is to make your own soil with dry amendments, bacteria and mycorhizzae. It does not have to be organic but "NO TILL" is an organic soil growing technique where you just amend the soil before planting and water only with pH'ed water and some hydrocarbons (sugars/food) for the bacteria and fungies from start to finish.
The idea with bacteria and dry amendments is this: Bacteria will break the solid stuff to usable form for plants and you only need good watering practice so right amounts of nutes are realeased and I've read and watched that once you get your soil right, it is really really easy growing.
Mycorhizzae fungi will make symbiose with the plants root and the fungi will eat sugars either from the soil or the plant makes it for the fungi and in exchange the fungi will give Nitrogen and Phosphorus for the plant and the fungi will also expand the root zone and give better nutrient uptake and stabilize it too.
NEVER expected that I could grow my own to be THIS potent. I have been smoking for 10+ yrs now, always bought, never really grew my own (although not with this level of experience and equipment), and the product hits me like a bomb! Also very dense buds. Not sh*tting you guys 😄.
I am looking forward to my next grown, around december/januari. With some new tools and better soil.
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