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Update - I have new roots! I think they are coming back.
The problem is, I have 2 short plants and 2 tall. My options are to separate and raise the buckets of the short plants... or can I merely put them back under veg to do a 2nd grow phase after the talls are done?
My other issue is that after 2 weeks in flower, I'm not seeing flowers. Just female preflowers. The talls are still in stretch mode. Do the flowers not really appear till they're done with their stretch?
be patient...keep all4 in flower...you only drive plant insane with all that photoperiod switching...do as you said...raise the 2 or not...they will still grow into healthy buddage either way...Is it a drastic difference in height?
later lw
There's 13" difference between tallest one and 2 shorties. I guess I'll raise the buckets.
And - it's too late for clones (2 weeks into flower but still in stretch mode & not flowering yet)???
you could take a few clones from around the bottom...the 1st time I cloned...the MUM was in week 2f...don't hack it up...just find 2-4 on each plant near the bottom that appear healthy, goodluck. lw
ps...sometimes it takes a little longer to root cuttings from flowered plants, but you can do it.:smokin:
1 plant is 7 feet tall. I'm not exagerating. Possibly 7.5'. :( I tried bending down the main stalk and yep - broke it cuz it was so hard to work in there. :( Still attached though. I have to read up on splinting. 1 plant is 2.5 feet tall. The other 2 are also smaller at around 3-3.5 feet.
Tis a puzzlement as to the big boy's height. Freekish. Some roots are still darkish but they seem to not be rotting anymore. I put a 'real' air pump on them. My ppm is around 1200.
Due to the problems with the 7 footer and having all the plants turn out female - I bought a 600 hps today and moved the 7 footer to it's own room with the 400 hps so the remaining 3 shorties are on the 600. The 400 on the sequoia is a Hortilux. The 600 is not and I honestly didn't even check to see what it was. Hopefully this will speed up this most confusing, slow, and problematic grow.
moreover123,
What method did you use to solve your problem. I am having a similar problem and need to do something about it quick. I have been reading this thread and can't seem to figure out what method you used to solve your problem. Check out my thread to see my sad sad plants http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=70902
Page three has the pictures of my root rot.
Thanks,
GrowerXLT
GrowerXLT- I had the exact same problems as you and moreover on my last grow. Once I talked to snoop, i immediatly dropped my ppm and stuck to his sched for the h202. While I was scrubbing out the rez i also opted to cut off all dead growth on the roots to eliminate as much of the dead matter as I could(I used my fingers and gently pulled out the bad stuff). Within a week I had healthy new roots exploding from the hydroton. Also everytime I changed my rez(weekly) I checked on the roots. It seemed like every couple of weeks I would have to cut out a small clump of dead roots but overall I was seeing more new growth than I was dying growth. One more thing, I also lowered the gph because I think that the pump I was using was pumping so much water that the roots were literally getting saturated. Dont know if this had anything to do with it but Im just trying to help, hope everything works out for the both of you.-Diz:rasta:
grower - I just followed the suggestions here (which are ditto on your thread), and crossed my fingers. The roots still don't look great to me, but I can't ignore the plants - which are doing fantastic!
Questions...
I'm at 7weeks, 2 days into flower. I lost my giant tree due to one day of the water going too low. It was instant! I have growth on the bottom and am 1/2 tempted to try to clone it? Or would that be a waste of time?
2 plants have thick colas and are doing well. The 3rd plant decided to stretch on me. The flowers are less developed and the top more so. I'm seeing these little bud things on it which initially scared me in thinking it was turning boy. I think these are calyx's?
My big question is when to flush. I've zero clue how much longer they need to flower. Only last week or 2 have I seen trichs forming on the leaves. Here and there, I see a brown hair, but most hairs are white. I've no clue if they'll need another month or 2 weeks. Certainly if 2 weeks, I need to flush now. How can I tell?
Things are going swimmingly here. Almost time to harvest. I'm seeing mostly cloudy trichs with a scant few ambers here & there. This is dependent on where on the plant I check.
Anyway, I'm worried about flushing. 6 Days ago I changed the buckets to only water and Florakleen. I let that run 1.5 days. Then switched to plain water 5 days ago. I'm worried I'm running out of time as I've no clue how fast these trichs can change color. I'm very concerned I won't have enough flush time. Is 7 days of pure water enough to get the junk out? I've been changeing the buckets every other day with fresh water.
Is there any way I can create conditions to slow down maturity? Or is 7 days of flush with an additional 1.5 days of Florakleen good enough to ensure good taste? Also, the leaves are as green as can be and showing no signs of yellowing yet. Just some at the top. I'm worried about all this. Today is 9 weeks of flower.