Hi Guys and girls...
This is my first journal on Growdiaries. I already grew other strains in coco coir with good success, such as Blue Widow (Dinafem) and Lemon Skunk (DNA). Germintaed 2 seeds last sunday and put them in solo cups last week. Today they were transplanted in 6L airpots.
My DIY grow room size is 0.3m by 1m for veg and 0.6m by 1m for bloom.
Lights for veg: Viparspectra 450W (I only use the veg switch with an actual draw of around 130W)
Lights for bloom: I modified an old led Viparspectra 300W grow light. Managed to fit 8 citizen CLU 048 3500K 80CRI led cob lights. They are running on 2 0.7Amps led drivers. If I am not mistaken they should draw around 200W in total.
It's a normal thing and it's good for you : it means your babies are eating nutrients, which tends to decrease the electrical conductivity. I'll be around, happy growing bro!
I just gotta say these plants are looking so beautifully bushy. I wish mine would fill in like that, just goes to show how much better certain lights etc are compared to others.
Happy growing to you :)
Whatever you do don't make my mistake, either net or stake before flowering. Once my plants went full bush mode in flower it was near impossible to stake up all the cola's.
Yes....I already made that my mistake with my previous grow. they grew too much and one of them was full of mold. the other plant grew too much near the lights and almost got burnt.
About your runoff question...
You need to run 2x the volume of your container before you measure your EC or PPM runoff
Meaning.. if you have a 3 gal pot you cannot run 1 gal through it and get an accurate measure of the runoff... you need to run 3-6 (closer to 6) to get an accurate measure of your runoff...
I have played with this ALOT when I am flushing my plants due to the fact I try to get under 200 ppm run off with 10 days to go at the end...
Hope this is helpful
Looks great! Nice work. If your interested in watching some auto's gown in organic living soil with minimal salt nutrients, take a peek at my 3 new diaries!!