Week 6
8/23- Gave all the girls a lite watering this morning giving them 1/4 gallon each de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.8. They're all doing really well, albeit the FastBuds Purple Lemonade #1 in Natures Living Soil Autoflower Concentrate looks like she's overloaded on nitrogen as she's dark green and her leaves are super thick. Not much to do but to keep an eye on her but I feel it's going to affect her yield as she's nowhere near her sister in size or development....maybe just a funky pheno! lol The FastBuds Crystal Meth #2 in SOHUM Living Soil has her issues as well. She's the one that wasn't doing well so I checked the ph of her soil which turned out to be 5.2-5.4, which explains her issues. I've flushed her, (runoff was 4.8 ph! 1700+ EC) and her soil ph is now in an acceptable range of 6.3-6-5 (like to see it a bit higher but I'll take it) but she's showing deficiencies of macro nutrients which I'm hoping the last compost tea and top dress will help with.
8/24- Heavy water today with each lady receiving 1 gallon of de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.7 @ 74 deg. I continued on my daily quest of LST, gently manipulating branches to increase light penetration, and tucking shade leaves to achieve the same. I switched the girls around in the tent, putting the shorter ladies on the left and the taller girls on the right so that I can keep the HLG 650R's at the ideal height above the canopy. I checked the ph on all the pots and everyone is coming in @ 6.3-6.7...perfect! The FastBuds Crystal Meth #1 is getting SOOO dark now....freaking BEAUTIFUL! The FastBuds Purple Lemonade's buds have an extreme citrus aroma to them already!
8/26- Gave all the girls a drink this morning- 3 1/2 gallons of de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.8 @ 74 deg. split evenly between them. Started to induce supplemental UV on the right side (FastBuds Crystal Meth's) of the tent for 4 hours in the middle of the light cycle yesterday and will be continuing for the remainder of the run. Trained branches on the Gelato OG's as they are some bushy bitch's and tucked shade leaves on all to get the light IN!
8/27- The FastBuds Crystal Meth #2 in the SOHUM Living Soil was looking like shit...loss of color in leaves, leaf spotting/yellowing. Obviously a result of the severe PH imbalance that it experienced and now, I'm thinking, is deficient in several macro nutrients. I hit her with a 1/4 cup of Kelp Meal and then watered it in with 1 1/2 gal. de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.8 with 1 tbsp/gal Seaweed Extract and 5 ml/gal. CalMag+ added to it. All the other girls received 2 1/2 gal. de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.8 @ 75 deg. Daily "Train n Tuck"
8/28- Gave the FastBuds Crystal Meth #2 in SOHUM 1/8 cup Bat Guano by top dress and watered in with 1 gal. de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.7 @ 74 deg. I also gave the FastBuds Purple Lemonade #1 a sprinkle of Bat Guano for the nitrogen as some of her leaves are yellowing a bit early. All the rest of the ladies received 3 gal. de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.6 @ 74 deg. split evenly between them. I started a batch of compost tea for the girls Sunday breakfast- 1 cup Natures Living Soil Autoflower Concentrate, 3 cups Worm Castings, 1/2 cup Alfalfa Meal, 1/2 cup Kelp Meal in mesh bag hung in 4 1/2 gallons of de-chlorinated water ph'd @ 7.4 from the tap @ 75 deg. to which I added 6 tbsp. of unsulfured molasses as a catalyst. 315 ppm / 760 EC. Performed daily "Tuck n Train" routine.π
8/29- Six weeks behind us... about four to go!π
I'm running all 10g fabric pots- Six of them are filled with Fox Farms Happy Frog mixed with Natures Living Soil Autoflower Concentrate, two are filled with SOHUM Living Soil. Every pot's medium ph's @ 6.2-6.8 except one SOHUM which is @ 5.2-5.4! WTH? Don't know how she's alive!
Must be genetics, maybe that strain was breed in hydro for past generations, i have a plant that drinks 7.5 ph water and when i lowered it to 6.3 she started getting sick. Had to go back to 7.5 ph. Smh.
Hi, im getting into growing and use sohum, what does the " 2 1/2g" mean when you say "2 1/2g straight non-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.4". And what type of water do you use, Ro, Tap, Etc.
Thank you any help is greatly appreciated.
@CainHeim, I use well water from the tap which runs around 200ppm and 7.4-7.8 ph before I adjust. The 2 1/2g was referring to how much TOTAL water I gave which was split evenly between my plants. DON'T over water.... biggest 'noob' mistake. Let your plants tell you when they are thirsty and take care of what you can't see (the ROOTS) and the rest will take care of itself! Good luck with your grows and Merry Christmas! ππ
@TheCannaProphet, thanks for the reply. I got fungus gnats in my NLS as well. For whatever reason they all disappeared after my first application of SLF100 even though it's completely unrelated. Not sure how or why but they never came back.
@HashCakes, Thanks for checking out my diary! I had two growing in SOHUM soil and one did excellent, the other had issues. When I checked the ph of the SOHUM with the plant with issues I found that it was @ 5.2....WAY too low. I don't know if it was a bad bag or what but it pissed me off. The NLS plants did really well but using it brought Fungus Gnats, which could have only come from the NLS as I've NEVER had them previously. So now I've gone back to my Ol' Reliable Mother Earth Coco/Perlite with 100% Organic Dry Amendments or Liquid Nutrients depending on the run. Hope this helps you...Grow Strong! ππ
I have the seeds Gelato OG in my Run 2 diary & one of them is a freaking monster!! By far the biggest plant in my tent! Canβt wait to see how yours turns out friend! Happy growing!βοΈπΌπ±