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I never have had to use any type of support for any of plants during flower and I think its due to I always keep a small fan that keeps them moving around. So much that they grow on a lean and I have to rotate them. In other words they will always benefit from the movement as long as you don't break them.
that's what I figured. they do move quite a lot with the fans on high, but it's not like they're blowing over or anything. my ambient temps are what's killing me.
inside my tent is mid 80s with 30-40% humidity. 90 degrees exactly if I have to shut the closet for stealth reasons.
my res temps are about 10 degrees cooler(mid 70s). should i freeze bottles and put them in the rez?
I wouldn't, res temps are okay if they are 70 I would just keep an eye for anyi issues with roots. The closer the water gets to 80 the higher the chance of issues. Don't worry about the temps so much if its peaking out around 90. I have to battle temps of 115 -125 on the normal and although it takes longer then it should I get an end result. Temps make a difference but if nothing can be done, use your energy to keep an eye on other things. :thumbsup:
115 to 125?!? wow that's really hot. My rez temps got into the high 80s last night. I put in a frozen water bottle in each one and they were thawed and warm within 5 minutes.... My plants seem to be doing OK but I am considering ditching the Trainwrecks and consolidating the remaining plants into 2-10 gallon DWC totes and only running one set of t5s. The room temps these plants are in are in the low 70s. But my tent temps are still in the mid/upper 80s. I wouldnt mind so much if my rez didn't feel like a spa. I'm afraid of my plants going hermie on me. I've heard feminized seeds are more likely to than normal seeds?
So today I checked my rez temps... Exact same as my ambient temps. mid/upper 80s. EEEK!!!! My plants have grown, but the trainwrecks are looking weird/spindly and one fell over limp and died. All my other plants are doing great.
So I decided to take drastic measures, I ditched my 2 level setup and put my remaining plants in 2 10gal DWC totes. I insulated the totes with Stick-on duct insulation on top and foil tape on the sides. I consolidated my 4 air stones and put 2 in each container. I took out one of the t5 strips and my temps are exactly at 80 and my res stays at 70. YAY! I have SO much more room now and I rez changes wont be such a pain.
My plants seem to love it already and I swear there's been growth in the last few hours. First set of true leaves opened yesterday and I can already see the 2nd set forming on 10 out of the 12 plants!!!
I also added half strength Humboldt Roots and Roots Organics Trinity Catalyst.
Advanced Nutrients Mother Earth Super Tea says to add 3.5-7.5ml per liter. So that's close to 15-30ml. I added 2.5mL per gallon of solution.
My TDS meter is all but useless with organics. Barely registers any PPM change.
I will add pix tonight I promise!
Tonight all is well with my revamped grow. I now have 4 plants of each strain:
Grapefruit
Vanilla Kush
Super Lemon Haze
My rez temps are still a little higher than I want (mid 70s) but I'm going to put my air pump on the outside of my grow tent and see if that helps. I swear I can see growth in one day.
PH went from 5.6 to 6.8 over the course of a few hours. I added a little PH down to both rez's and its been stable the last few hours. Hope I prepped my hydroton right.
Some stems are a darker reddish? (i'm mildly color-blind lol) I know this can be due to a deficiency, but the growth seems good on all my plants and only 2 don't show the darker stems, but they are at the same growth stage as the others.
I'm about to embark on a 3-day trip to Mammoth. I can't wait to see how much they grow over the next three days! Until then...
first pic is of my new set up
2nd two are of a super lemon haze that stretched when I had the lights too high but now is doing just dandy
4th pic is of a Vanilla Kush baby
last pic is a grapefruit for some reason I'm the most excited for this strain. and the other two are Cannabis Cup winners... haha
So I'm wondering what nute concentration I should be using right now? I assume very weak, but how weak?
AN recommends 15-30mL of MEST Grow per gallon. Right now I have 2.5mL per gallon.
I have half strength Humboldt Roots and Roots Organics Trinity Catalyst.
Should I put more MEST Grow in? I ask this because All but 2 of my plants have darker/reddish stems. I read this can be Nitrogen or Magnesium deficiency....
Ok well due to amazing new trails in Mammoth, my vacation was not 3 but 5 days. Unfortunately, I didn't cure my hydroton properly and my pH was at 7!!!! All my plants were showing various signs of pH lockout (yellow leaves, deformed growth, spindly). But amazingly they over doubled in size since I left.
Upon further inspection I noticed my rez was full of yellowish/white slime and the temps were 76.
So I put my poor plants into smaller rez with frozen bottles to keep the temp down, and I've been constantly adding pH DOWN to keep the pH at the right level. It's been starting to stabilize after a day. I also purchased HYGROZYME and my plants have been soaking in that. Already all that gunky whitish stuff is falling off and my white roots are showing.
All my plants are turning green again and I swear they are still growing. These babies can take a lot. 1 Vanilla Kush looks like it has nute burn? and another vanilla Kush looks all spindly but its new growth looks normal.
I have purchased calcium and magnesium supplements and got 10 gallons of Sparkletts for my rez (my tap water was at 570ppm this morning). I also bought another air pump and bubble wall to aerate the resevoir even more to prevent rot + add O2.
I will post pictures tonight.
Sorry it's been so long. Between nursing my poor babies back to health and dealing with epic surf conditions, I have had little time to post here. All my babies are doing well. I have 2 'sick' Vanilla Kush and 1 stunted Super Lemon Haze that seem to be recovering well. All my Grapefruit are doing excellent and look the healthiest/largest overall. It's mostly C99 so not a big surprise there.
Here are some pix of my extra air curtain (instead of airstone) and I added an extra air pump. I have 2 pumps rated to 175gallons pumping air into about 15 gallons total lol. Somehow I got green buildup in rez, cleaning and sterilizing this and checking for light leaks.