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***************** Week 4 - May 2 to 8, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination **********************
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It was a good growth week for her....compared to the other girls😀 Killer Kush is taking the higher pH better than some of the other girls. End of veg coming soon so starting to introduce Rezin this week. Overall there was not a lot of activity this week as life was busy outside the tent☹️
Slit cut in the bottom of the bag has noticeably allowed the moisture to run off quicker leaving less time in the bag to mess with things.........so why still battling high pH issues? Tried tp keep things lighter this week as not sure what is happening to the medium?? Thinking there is an issue with the fabric bags because nothing else has changed?? All that is in the medium is coco and perlite....I am controlling the pH at 5.0 with a calibrated pen?? There are 4 plants all suffering the same issue so going to transplant 2 of them into plastic pots and work on ruling out the fabric pots.....there isn’t anything left. Killer Kush has been pushing through this better than others and growing better so deciding to leave her in the fabric bag.
Since acknowledging there is a pH issue I reacted with regular, heavier waterings and she seemed to be in a good enough pH range to uptake most of the base nutrients and has been growing. I will keep up the regular watering to runoff and work on controlling the pH through these increased feedings.
Little more detail.........
May 2/20 - Day 22
- 2L feed - CalMag @ 0.5ml, Vitathrive, Sensyzime, Pranha, Voodoo @ 1ml, Dual Fuel @ 1ml
- 625ppm and 5.0pH.
- Bringing ppm closer to 700 by end of week.
May 3/20 - Day 23
- 2L feed - Vitathrive, Velokelp, Densyzime, Rezin, Dual Fuel @ 1.5ml
- 685ppm with 5.0pH
- runoff numbers - 480ppm with 7.2pH
- she is eating but the pH is not coming down.
- leaves wider and looking happier this morning
- Been hitting them with a fair number of enzymes with the intent of helping to cleanup any issues building in the medium.
May 4/20 - Day 24
- dry out day
- she is still not taking off vertical in her growth
- her leaves are getting bigger.
May 5/20 - Day 25
- 2L plain watering pH to 5.0 with 40ppm
- just plain watering with low pH to keep working the medium down.
- leaf color is nice.....not overly green....no burnt tips
May 6/20 - Day 26
- 1.5L feed - Dual Fuel, Vitathrive @ 1ml, CalMag, VeloKelp @ 0.5ml
- 675ppm and 5.1pH
- She is still slow overall
- stem is getting thicker....good sign
- twisted, rolled, and moved around most branches on the girl. Was fairly abrupt on purpose.
May 7/20 - Day 27
- 1L light feeding - VeloKelp @ 1ml, Sensyzime @ 2ml
- she is looking a little bigger all around
- branches thickened more this week.
May 8/20 - Day 28
- Dry out day
That ends week 4. Half the girls in fabric pots and half in plastic. Giving lots of water to keep pH from drifing. This grow is not flowing on autopilot hmmmmmmm👌👍🙏