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Do other plants you grow (besides cannabis) have a tough time with the water as well? Or just the cannabis. We have well water and whatever is in it just wants to hold that ph between 6-7 and won't change for long for anyone or anything. We found RO water much less of a fight for our needs and in the end, worth the money. You say they are drooping less?
hey weedhound, I checked the size of the pots , 7.5 litres, not too small I think :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
Yeah since I watered these plants with the phosphoric acid solution 1:1000 ratio @ 84% source, and added some more nutes, the plants seem to be a lot happier.
I think its a combination of nutrient lockout , me undernuting physically, and the PH problems have compounded this issue.
I spoke to my guy in our local shop and he suggested RO, I really can't afford it though. How do you think they are looking, better?
Ahh just looked at the pictures, I'm sure you will agree both plants are looking a lot happier, particularly the short stubby one which wasn't drooping as much. Sounds like nutes already really doesn't it when i put it like that.
Heres for hoping these PH issues stay at bay now and are under control.
Thanks again weedhound your questions remind me of sanity. We have mint plants and plants in the garden, because the water in the area is generally hard and we have a lot of clay it can affect some of the plants and rooting systems, so it's hard to tell if its our hose water or not. I think we are in an extremely hard water area, one of the hardest in the country (from what i've been told). I wonder if i can measure water hardness somehow. I'm sure I can , lol, silly question :D
Peace,
denial
They ARE perking up. Good job......hard water can be a real PITA!
good luck and happy growing.
wh
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Originally Posted by Weedhound
thanks weehound for the goodluck, definately happy growing - I love doing this ;) and the great thing is when all this fun is over, it's the best part!! smoke it and start again wooohooo!
I just took some more pics, you can literally see the nutes and phosphor ph 'fix' traveling up the stems erecting from the bottom up. Guessing this is normal plant behaviour, grown once or twice before hehe.
Thanks for all the help guys! Going to flower these 2 soon.
I have another 5 bagseeds germinating now. :) Heres to hoping for females.
Peace,
Denial
hey guys, I was cleaning out my room and i found some weed, wedged betweenb a floorboard between me and the next rooms ceiling, i was like W T F.
Turns out its red hair skunk i grown 7 years ago... about to light up guys.
God has been watching over me it seems ;)
Got to love shit like this it doesn't happen often.
Peace,
Denial
Ok guys, well the plants are looking very happy now. The soil is now damp so I have to wait till tomorrow before I give the next PH'd 6 nute feed.
I was warned by my guy at the hydro hobby store that phosphoric acid reduces yield. I personally think this is bunk, does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks for looking and the help guys and girls :-)
Peace,
denial
looking like one definite female!! :D wohoo!
well guys growth still seems a bit stunted, the PH is a bit acidic now lol, so I had to add lots of my hard untreated water to bring it up towards 6.8 . I was going to take pictures but the batteries died half way through, sucks :( Until tomorrow :)
Also added 4 pots with some really amazing bagseed. More redhair and K2 once the whitewidow is finishing and the bagseed is starting to flower (want to do a continuous grow).
Peace,
Denial
Well guys, i finally charged the camera, and here are the pics! One of the WhiteWidow is a bit poorly, the female one, I had to give it a lot of water to balance out the PH and this has made the leaves droop. Must remind myself to be more careful with the amount of nutes/water to add..
I've identified 1 Whitewidow to be MALE
and 1 other WhiteWidow to be FEMALE
see if you can tell which one has the pistols :-)
Peace,
Denial
Hey guys I was looking at the other plant and it appears to have some pistols? hmm still could be a male, or a hermy.. *waits* - anyone any ideas?
oh and does anyone know how long it will be roughly until males produce pollen? I've never checked just.. curious I guess, and don't want to find out the hard way!! :)
enjoy the pics!
Peace,
Denial
Hi Denial. I can't tell which has pistils...I'm too wrecked and I don't see so great to begin with. <G> Glad the plants are doing well and you have a female WW. That good news!
hi Shovel, thanks for stopping by hehe.. I blame the camera for not giving the sharpest definition its resolution should allow!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
I think the plants are doing alright, ironically the male is a lot short, bushier and healthier than the female, irony!!!
will take some more pics tomorrow!
Peace,
Denial
Congrats on the girl! :thumbsup:
looks like the other whitewidow is definately male, i almost took it out but i decided to give it another week and see if it changes its mind hehe.
Peace,
Denial
ok guys so a quick update, I've managed to diagnose 3 problems with my female WhiteWidow plant! for some reason the male seems pretty healthy hehe.
1. Overwatering causing droop and dry leaves, reduced uptake of water, nutrients
2. Overnuting, yellow tip burn on all leaves. Fixed by reducing nutes and giving more water to flush. It has worked well.
3. PH, the PH was a bit too acidic, I'd overdone it with the phosphoric acid it seems.. was sitting at somewhere between 5-6.5 (orange PH). Solved with starving it off water for a few days and using PH 7 nutes and PH 7 water.
4. Lighting, the HPS lamp was a bit hot for the plants and they were overtranspirating this made the leaves curl up. Fixed by LST'ing my plants.
5. Stunted growth/slowed growth due to the above.
6. Carelessness, if I had been more careful LST'd to start, been careful with the nutes and watered down PH corrections and tested soil inbetween I wouldn't be in this situation.
teehee, almost seems like im better at identifying problems than growing hahaha.
I include some pictures to affirm everyone following my log as to my progress :) note the LST, thats all one plant :) and the last pic is the pic of the MALE and me experimenting with a harsh LST to see how it behaves hehe
Peace,
Denial
still lookin good despite the problems
not a bad operation going on there. i will check in to see how this goes
Denial,
Heya brotha, I wondered what happened to you after your old log! Figured you probably got way blitzed and forgot your password or something. :jointsmile:
Good to hear from ya again, and thanks for the rep. Seems you've got your hands full with the new setup, but I think you'll really dig that cooltube when you get everything else exactly where you want it. Air cooling my lights was one of the best decisions I ever made, and really made worlds of distance being able to get the lights so much closer to the plants. I wish ya the best with yours! :thumbsup:
Not around quite as much as I was, but I still lurk around the boards from time to time. New job hasn't been leaving me much free time for message boards, or my favorite hobby. :mad: With the economy in the shape that it's in, though, ya never know... I might have the opportunity to get back into the swing of things sooner than expected.
Be good, chief!
hey mr clandestine, thanks for dropping by, no worries with the rep, you've helped me out so much before with my other log.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
well got 5-10 red hair seeds germing so i can make a mother plant and get some germed seeds to flower ASAP.
New setup is going good, practically 90% of the seeds germinated, (only 1 didn't) woohoo!
Peace,
Denial
heres an update to let you guys know how my grow is doing. Notice I've repotted the whitewidow into a 40litre, it is just a bit fussy with the PH, repottings helped a big deal.
Let me know what ya think homies,
peace,
Denial
here ya go for those following the log. I will let the pictures speak for themselves I think ;-). Things are coming along nicely.
Thanks for looking.
Peace,
Denial
Your plants are looking good man keep up the good work:jointsmile:
~One~:rastasmoke:
~BudG~:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:
yo thanks killerbud, I might take a few pics tonight :)
Peace,
Denial
Hi guys,
I've been so busy trying to get a job, family is struggling for money. ahh!! Anyway sorry I've not been so active in my posting.
Looks like the WW clones are hanging in there. I've got a couple of K2 seeds I will germ for the next lot, but for now keeping it at 7 plants, makes sense mon!
Anyway... Enjoy the pictures.
Redhair F3 Nirvana - Age from seedling: 1 Month 14 Day, Week 1 Flower
WhiteWidow F2 Nirvana Age from seedling: 3 Month 14 day, Week 1 Flower
Peace,
Denial