**Week of Wednesday 5/12/2021 - Tuesday 5/18/2021**
This last week I've had a lot of personal stuff going on (or it's come to a climax this last week, but been the last month), and haven't had as much time to dedicate to documentation. I can barely keep my head above water with how much shit I've got on my plate. Anyways...
I didn't take pictures every day, which is a bummer. I also did not do a water change this morning. The reason being that I've ordered a battery powered liquid transfer pump because I'm tearing shit up every time I do a water change. I should be getting the pump today so I will be doing a water change this evening....I hope. My PH has been dropping pretty heavily for two reasons I believe:
1) The first part of the week my solution was way to hot. The plant is responding better (PH-fluctuation-wise) in the low 600 ppm range.
2) The plant is pounding down at least 1 gallon every 24 hours. I should be doing a water change closer to every 4 days instead of 7. Heck I'm not adding quite 4 gallons total with the size of the root ball (which I think may be part of why my starting ppm was high)
I'm still seeing the tip burn/nute-lockout/whatever very slowly progressing. This may just be the natural progression and nothing I'm doing wrong. However, I do believe the PH issues outlined above could be contributing.
Looking at picture comparisons in the last week she is still very slowly bulking up. I'm not sure her buds are going to get quite to what I was hoping for so far. All trichomes are clear, and hardly any red pistols so I'm thinking she is going to go out to 10 weeks in flower. This means I've got 2 more weeks left, approximately. I'm hoping by doing more frequent water changes (without having to move the ScrOG) will help the situation.
I added some "light's on" pictures as a comparison to "light's off." You can see the leaf damage a little better.
Is this root rot? I have fixed my temps in the last 4 days. I am already using H&G Roots Excelurator. Is Hydroguard better or should I use both? I also tried fixing light leaks. Any other suggestions?
You should be using both. As the last person said root accelerate nutrient helping grow roots faster, while hydrogaurd is a beneficial bacteria that will keep your roots healthy during harsher environment. Things like slightly higher res temps.
@PigBearMan, I'm sorry to hear that man. Most of my family is from the southern states so I understand exactly what your saying. Luckily I'm in a fairly temperate area, although the winters can be harsh. However, I'm growing indoors so it's much easier to deal with than high humidity and temps.
@Bertoxxulous, where i live the temperatures and the RH are pretty shitty. Summer, 28°C and 65% RH. Good for veg but not for flowering and smoking. It's like a fucking sponge. Like wet camp fire. I putting my 7 weeks old weed still in the microwave for 15 sec. Ridicolous. Will not grow next summer for sure.
@Bertoxxulous, yeah I am the same I couldn’t take to vaping and I bought the mighty vaporiser (just not the same) so I smoke blunts much nicer! Well the terpene most at this stage I thought limonene and that’s where the real lime/citrus taste. But also a spicy background which could be the caryophyllene. I am curing for a few weeks and I just know this will get better!
@TheGreenQueen420, Thank you so much! I cannot freaking wait! I saw your harvest pics, and you did an excellent job!!! All I have right now is shitty vape pen cartridges and I'm almost out of those too. I will never buy a vape pen cartridge ever again after this. I thought it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but boy was I wrong. Maybe others feel differently, but I do not like them. Are there any distinct terpene you are picking up?