Hey PlainJane, looks like this is gonna be an awesome grow.
I love your cabinet... Very nice setup. Clean, too!
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Hey PlainJane, looks like this is gonna be an awesome grow.
I love your cabinet... Very nice setup. Clean, too!
I'm
Hey PlainJane, sorry I'm late!
Looks like this is gonna be an awesome grow.
I love your cabinet... Very nice setup. Clean, too!
I'm pulling up a chair. Best of luck for some ladies!:rastasmoke:
Sorry about the double-post... Stoner fingers. :jointsmile:
Thanks guys. :hippy:
I had a bad feeling my pH meter was more than just a piece of junk so I decided to stick it in pure vinegar, and wouldn't you know it, that useless POS read "7". Bullshit! So if it wasn't broken before I think it's safe to say that it is now. I went and got some bottled water for them until I my new pH meter arrives and I can figure out what the hell is going on with my water. :detective1:
Here are a few photos from today
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(I tried to correct the colour balance, taking photos under and HPS always makes things look weird)
The leaves are still looking droopy and "Lisa" (front right) still looks like hell. Her leaves have an almost purple hue to them. I took a whiff to make sure I didn't smell mould and I don't smell any, but for the first time I did smell a subtle but distinct aroma of weed. :rastasmoke:
The leaves don't feel too soft or too stiff and do feel a bit dry at the edges. Is there a specific way they feel that would indicate over or under watering?
Another sort of dumb question, I have a fan blowing over the tops of them 24/7, it's not excessively windy but that couldn't be contributing to their curling leaves, could it? It's a bit hot in there and I don't want them to scorch and I know it's good for the strength of the stems. (at the plant level it is about 30ºc, by the way)
I re-potted the "baby" because I didn't want it to get root-bound like the others. The roots did reach the bottom of the pot and all looked well. The others seem to be coming around even since that photo this morning. I took one photo of the little "star" of the bunch outside of the HPS so the colour wouldn't be all ballsed up. I like how it turned out:
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And the whole fam:
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They got their first nutes (just under half strength) on sunday. I'm easing them in. They seem to love it, they've gotten a lot bigger even in just the last 24 hours. The little one didn't get any though, too small.
They have signs of slight heat stress (leaves curled up a bit) which I only just now figured out was the result of the position of one of my fans. I thought that a fan blowing upward at the HPS would help cool but it basically just funnelled hot air at them. Duh. :o Not having that fan on took the temp down by a couple of degrees. It's still warm (28-29ºc) but they're going to have to deal with it and I think they can. By the way, the heat stress signs were showing before the nutes so it isn't that, and they're looking better since I fixed that fan problem.
appx 25 Days since germination:
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And as for getting them used to nutes, which is better? Smaller amounts of nutes each watering or larger amounts every other watering? I suppose the plants will let me know one way or another but any insight is appreciated.
I have BioBizz Grow, which is 8 (N) 2 (P) 6 (K)
Looking fine jane.
For soil I suggest a water-water-feed schedule. Nutes every third watering.
Thanks. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
Would you be able to elaborate on whether or not this is your recommendation for a nute schedule now (as in while they're still "young") or for the entire grow? So you think every other watering is excessive?
I agree. I follow that schedule the whole grow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
Plain Jane,Quote:
Originally Posted by PlainJane
Spend the few coin, and buy one of these...I'm always lookin for good but inexpensive meters...this has worked well for me...Your "kids" are lookin great...nice cab as well..
Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:
TDS-4 Pocket-Size Meter - HM Digital
And here I had it in my mind all along that every other watering was totally the norm. Cheers guys. :thumbsup:
I'm trying not to be too fussy with them and just letting them do their thing. I had a brief moment of considering FIMing them but I just don't want to, it seems like a cruel thing to do to a plant. :o They're bushy little buggers as it is. I hope I don't end up wishing I'd done something about that later on. This is their amount of grow space:
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This is them today:
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Peek-a-boo!
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Thank you and thanks for the recommendation. I got a different digital one already and for truly accurate readings the damned thing needs calibration and fluids for doing that which I don't have. It's always something. I REALLY wish I had just gotten a manual pH testing system and done it cheap and old school. Indicator, test tube, water, shake, compare the colours. Live and learn. :smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Treetops