Photo Grow Journal - "The Producer" Grow Cabinet - Start To Finish

Well I am getting ready to flush my plants and was wondering what should I expect durring this 24 hour period?

Are my plants going to yellow due to the lack of nutes?
Or is the period of time (24 Hours) too short to really cause any negative changes?

What else should I expect?

Thanks,

GrowerXLT

your place is kool man. your whole setup is fresh. your bud must be outstanding

Very very nice clones you got there, I was looking into getting one of those
bloom boxes but the price turned me down. keep us updated

when you flush/ run plain water.. ph 5.8... your plants will basically just stop growing for 24 hours... it is actually possible to sustain plants like this for a very very long period of time... during this period the plant will basically get a clean bill of health... kinda like fasting for a human...

IF you ae using Co2 and your plants are flowering.. I can not figure out why you PPMs are not at 1000-1600...?

i look forward to seeing the outcome of your grow ...

: )
cheers

Garden Knowm,

I am wondering if the problems I am having are due using too little nutes and not too much nutes. Would the symptoms be simmialr to what I am experiencing?

I just started the CO2 injection toady 06-25-2006. The instructions that came with "The Producer" suggested not using CO2 until the second week of flowering and today is the start of the second week. So I guess we will see how that goes.

Also, what is a "normal" PPM for someone to use in a hydo system simmilar to mine? After the flush would it be safe for me to put the PPM to 900-1200?

I am using the lazy man's nutes, General Hydroponics Flora Nova Series. I call them the lazy man's nutes because their is no mixing like with the regular 3 part Flora Series here is a link:

http://genhydro.com/genhydro_US/floranova.html

Thanks,

GrowerXLT

Day 27 - 06-24-2006 - 13 Days Into Flowering

Pic 1 - Overview
Pic 2 - Left
Pic 3 - Center
Pic 4 - Right

Well I am finishing up on my flush and was wondering what is a safe PPM to put my plants at. I was only using 450 before and apparently got signs of nute burn (see the previous posts in this thread). I even dropped the PPM to 225 for the last week and still was having yellowing leaves. So now I don't know if I should go up to 900 PPM or stay at the low 225-450. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

GrowerXLT

What was your Ph may have been as much of a Ph issue as over powering them with nutrients.

At that time in flower I normaly have mine about 1200 ppm from clones. From seed it's good around 900-1000 but you need to have your ph around 5-5 - 5.8

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Originally Posted by GrowerXLT

Garden Knowm,

I am wondering if the problems I am having are due using too little nutes and not too much nutes. Would the symptoms be simmialr to what I am experiencing?

I just started the CO2 injection toady 06-25-2006. The instructions that came with "The Producer" suggested not using CO2 until the second week of flowering and today is the start of the second week. So I guess we will see how that goes.

Also, what is a "normal" PPM for someone to use in a hydo system simmilar to mine? After the flush would it be safe for me to put the PPM to 900-1200?

I am using the lazy man's nutes, General Hydroponics Flora Nova Series. I call them the lazy man's nutes because their is no mixing like with the regular 3 part Flora Series here is a link:

http://genhydro.com/genhydro_US/floranova.html

Thanks,

GrowerXLT

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NOw you are thinking like a gardner.. yournutrients levels are definitley way to low.. but your plants are definitley being burned.. and you have to belive what you see.. as opposed to what some meter says...

once a leaf turns brown. its DEAD.. necrotic cells do not COME BACK from the dead....

so the only way to tell if your plant has recovered is from new growth...
and you would be the best one to see how that is.. cause you see your lants every day... they should be shooting up very tall now.. almost one inch a day for the first 2 - 3 weeks of flowering...

LIKE zandor said.. your PH is KEY...

you flushed for 24 hours correct?
is the new growth showing any signs of brown tips?
are the pistils staying white?

: )

Thanks for the replys Zandor and Garden Knowm. Well I ended up putting my PPM to 900 after the flush and I always keep my pH at 5.5-6.0 (Checked every 1 or 2 days). I changed the PPMs earlier today 06-27-06 so I am really nervous to see what the plants look like over the next few days.

Here is the big kicker. I don't have a TDS meter so when I say I put my PPMs at 900 it is based on General Hydroponics instructions on the nute label (TBS/Gallon ratio). I didn't really understand the importance of PPMs when I purchased my equipment. But now I am definitely going to buy one. So I guess it is off to the hydro store for me.

And yes the hairs stayed white and no new signs of problems with the flush. And even before the flush the plants have been growing at a steady pace and continue to due so.

I will update you all with some pictures over the next couple of days.

Thanks,

GrowerXLT