Second week from 12/12 and the plants are now showing signs of flowering. Starting to smell but still weak. They have stretched a bit but now seemed to stop. Some of the lower leaves have been removed from both plants.
Raising nutrient levels a bit more. They can handle them quite well. Feeding them 1.2L daily each at 1.4 ec and runoff is around 30%. Runoff ec is 0.9 and PH is a bit high at 7 but do signs of deficiencies whatsoever. Humidity is a bit high but good ventilation is the key.
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
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