Grow Timeline (29 updates)
Auto dripper feed system set up , water set up with feed just waiting on water to stablise . Will run once now for 10min , giving 1 liter per plant . Then 7am for 10min and 1pm for 10min daily , giving 2 liter per plant per day untill increased
Training begins ties down topping in couple days once they recover from the butching
Still no sign of pre flower and temps hitting 30+ in tent so have reduced sf4000 from 100% to 50 % while this hot weathers around soon as it cools down be goi g bk to 100% . Uped circulation fans to setting 10 from setting 5 .Temps now under 28'c new res tonight for tomorrows fresh feed soon as i see pre flower be setting res up with canna a&b at 200ml each 100ml calmag and 200 ml of canna boost
Yea ive been running lights at night only so 8pm to 8am then dark during the daytime it makes it much easier ive had to do that last couple runs
Have you ever considered the AC Infinity IONFRAME EVO6 ? It's an amazing unit and the driver is detachable so you can mount it outside the tent for decreased heat soaking.
Tbh ive been looking at that for my next light, as my sf4000 is around 6 year old now but she still got full specrum and all the leds are still working so ill run that bitch till it needs replacing lol but i am looki g at undercanopy as i run scroggs most of the time. normally dont have heat issues like this in the uk but we have unfavourable weather at mo almost 35c in places this week so its screwed up my heat but once weather normalizes ill be at 100 percent power power again with temps at 28 max
Starting to stretch added under canopy lighting from my Led light from my ac germination dome. Both lights at 100% rised the light another foot to allow stretch. Tomorrow be setting a new res up now feeding 3 x per day for 10 min each time . Minuimal run off if countinues ill be adding a 4th feed in the upcoming weeks . Any advice on how to do what im doing better always welcome . Stay safe and happy growing people
Drinking 2 x 50L res per week now . Each res at 50L has
200ml a & b
100ml xpert bloom booster
75ml pk 13/14
200 ml calmag
On 3x10 min feeds each feed 800ml giving appox 2.4l per day per plant .
1 week into stretch lovely green stems flower sites everwhere .
2 more weeks then ill be defolling to alow light into the canopy, not much to do know other than keep filling res up . As always advice is welcome
3 more days till start of 3rd week of stetch growing mooooosive new res set up 400 ml anb 200ml boost 75ml pk13/14 ph to 5.8 for 50 L
Got that bitch stuffed i love it
Deflo undercanopy gonna do the tops either tomorrow or day after , moved undercanopy light closer to plants , moved the scrogg net up to aid with support , set res up as per set for 3x 10 min feeds per day per plant per everyday . As a side note ive never used undercanopy lighting how much do you take off underneith as im used to striping everything under the canopy
Noticed yellowing and brown pots on the leaves used a soil tester to find that the coco was ph 5.2 to 5.4 in all 4 pots . Done a flush with ph 8 water to bring bk to 6ish ph in all . Gonna leave a day for dry as ive put over 300l of water though them in 2 days , gonna set up res with full nutrint stregh as i only have around 10 days left of feeding before i go on plain water for the last 9 days
Yep your light is to close back up look at manufacturers recommendation at the stage u at . U at early veg stage . Umm it needs cal/ mag and nitrogen. Hope this helps
Hi funkey i was at 15 inch recommended is 18 inch so im uping thr light and i have always added extra calmag since using coco as it leaches it . Thank you for the advice much appriecatied
I’d say u probably ready for a feed your leaves seem kinda light in color. But yea I lil nitrogen should help green them up
They all got feed today, each pot had 1liter of canna a and b at 4 ml per liter and calmag at 1ml per liter full strengh , 3 days ago had 1/4 strengh so hopefully by next feed in 3 days there color should have returned and they will be at the 5th node so ill be starting a auto drip system drain to waste . Topping at node 3 and low stress training to accomatadate a scrogg net at late veg
Sounds like u know what u doing !!! Sorry but yea wow u take it down to node 3 . Yea I ussally top at 6 node and cut very bottom one . Idk more than one way to skin a cat !!! Good luck with gro
I run a halo dripper so as long as i got 2 inch clearance from top of soil to lowest branch then i have plently of room also help me keep my plants lower so im no streching to to bk for maintanace . Ive been doing this for 6 years now but i still struggle at the seedling and early veg lol but thank you for the advice . Always helpfully to get another perspective incase i miss anything
That’s something I accealed with this year so what I did was filled my solo cup half way with compost and peat 60% peat rest compost or worm castings would work then very top I filled it with pure peat with 50% perlite . I leave a little space at top . Um I use a heat pad and cover solo cup with bottom of a tea bottle I cut out it fits perfectly in solo cup to keep it covered while germinating as soon as it pops I hit with cal/ mag . And I always ph water for seedlings small cup easy to screw up ph . Idk I transplant in 10 days I’m full of roots . But yea fix it how u want and take what peices u like but that’s how I treat a seedling and I don’t feed until I transfer unless needed then it’s light feed
Ive only ever used roit rooting blocks in a dome and heat matt with darkness till they pop then before i bought the ac germination kit i was using a 150w cfl with hood to grow them till early vegaround 2/3 weeks then put under the sf4000 after that in final pots useing coco and perlite with clay balls . I use canna start for the 1st 2 week till the little round leaves yellow and fall off then start on canna coco a and b
We all go are ways I know I’m sticking to mines with a fast start . I never realized they needed cal / mag right away was always scared to cause of the nitrogen in it but yea not Evan a day old I been giving them humbult secret cal/ mag it has iron it too . I did look at your canna start , yea I never new there was starter nutes lol
Interesting to know someone else’s way I might try them root riot cubes someday . But u ussally buy Scott’s potting mix to germ in only 5$ for 1 cubic foot I just add perlite and mushrooms compost probably dang near same thing as root riot
Tbh probaly ,they are peat based so you are just doing a larger version if you do what you say in solo cups and ive used canna start for a few years now all the basic nutes in piss water strengh lol good for 1st 2 week or untill the colax... them small round leaves before the true leaf starts to yellow