Northern Lights Auto Hydroponics

10/26 Day 52. House keeping and water bucket cleaning. Probably a week or 2 too late, but better than never. Pulled each one out of the tent and placed them one at a time in the green bucket while I cleaned. Roots looked ivory white and no smell so the UC Roots is doing its job! There was a slight amount of algae in Yuki's sight/drain tube so a little bleach fixed that. I was able to reset the air stone disk and finally put gallon increment marks on the sight gauge as well at 2, 3 gallons while the zip tie is right at 4. I used store bought spring, purified, and drinking water. The purified had the lowest TDS / EC of the 3. I will see how they do for a few days with their refreshed water supply. I also added a bloom booster "beastie bloom" from fox farm which came in a yummy green powder mix, St Paddy's day coming early ladies. I am hoping that this will work to fatten up the buds. Feeding. Ruby - PH 6.03 TDS 383 EC .810 Drinking water. Bertha - PH 6.10 TDS 413 EC .874 Spring water. Yuki - PH 5.75 TDS 188 EC .442 Purified water. I will check the chemistry tomorrow. Since the levels are low I am considering a boost on their feeding levels. 10/27 Day 53. I decided to double the feed. Will monitor PH, water chemistry, and what the leaves will tell me. I also added 3ml of PH down for Bertha to get her PH down from 6.5 to 5.9 as right now she is really hitting her stretching and packing on the flowers. From what I've read the last few weeks is when the flower growth should pack on size and weight. 10/28 Day 54. I moved the tower rotating fan so now it will blow on the plants verse deflection air off the walls. Today's Chemistry values Ruby - PH 5.6 TDS 537 EC 1.127 / Bertha - PH 5.87 TDS 599 EC 1.255 / Yuki - PH 4.56 TDS 512 EC 1.087 Researching why the PH values can swing up or down drastically. I know in hydroponics that is a downside. I am seriously considering advanced nutrients line for the next grow. Using small amounts of PH up and retesting Yuki. 10/30 Day 56. Refilled almost 2 gallons of water after being away for 2 day. Slight nute burn on the tips, but clear trichomes on all 3 plants. Yipee! 10/31 Day 57. Happy Halloween All. Did a 1/2 gallon re-fill on each after testing the water chemistry. Ruby PH 4.91 (will up to 6.0) TDS 504 EC 1.061 / Bertha PH 5.64 TDS 558 EC 1.178 / Yuki PH 5.94 TDS 549 EC 1.161. Did a 1/2 strength feeding for the spooky plants! UC 10ml, CalMag 5ml, Micro 5ml, Grow 4ml, Bloom 6ml, Beastie Bloom 1/2 tsp. I will check PH again in an hour and adjust to 6.0 as best I can. Bertha is now the biggest girl in the tent. This grow has been so much fun so far and I've learned so much compared to my years of growing hot peppers and herbs in Hydro! 11/01 Day 58. I had to make a final height adjustment to my Burple light as Bertha has stretched to the point I needed to increase the distance to prevent light burn. I will probably hit Lowes and get some wire cable to make a shorter length. I also tried out the new USB camera, it's hard to hold it steady to snap pictures. I'm still using the jewelers loop to inspect the trichomes and they do still look clear, the camera is giving a false milky white appearance due to my inability to hold the camera still. I'm thinking Yuki is getting close to harvest soon! Lessons Learned: - Have some extra cable lengths to have the right distance from lights to flowers.