First time grow KC Brains Skunk #1 & White KC

Cheers Weedhound I'll take the readings & post the info tomorrow as the room is in dark period just now.

The leaves were all clear yesterday but I had a low PH issue between Thurs evening & Friday afternoon when I finally got it balanced back to 5.8 - 6.0. It was high at 6.6 on Thurs morning so when I added back the water I used a 1/3 of a ml PH down from past experience this should have been the right amount but by the afternoon the PH was down to 4.2. I use plain water to bring my PH levels back up which took an extra 3ltr.

Will check in with the rest tomorrow & see if I can get a picture without the HPS on.

Yes that sounds about right.....keep a very close eye on your ph....the end all in hydro. :thumbsup: Once the plants have stabilized ph wise you can start upping your nutes....go slow and watch the ph. If the ph starts to rise quickly then you've put in too many nutes but if they are snarfing down the number you probably won't have a problem with it.

Morning WH thanks for the help.

Checked the manufacturer link on the nute bottles of Vita Link which is HydroGarden.com. From a general google search the nutes seem to be well regarded. I noticed though that the Vita Link Buddy is an additive not a general nute so I currently don't have any bloom nutes so will have to get some.

The PH this morning was slightly down again at 5.6 and the nute PPM's were 216. Added back another 4 ltrs with .2 ml approx PH Down, that should balance out the water being added with the slightly low PH of the res & I will check again in a couple of hours to confirm this. Added 15 ml of each of the A + B nutes, this is 3 ml more than advised for the 4 ltrs so maybe this will bring the overall PPM's back up a bit.

This is the burning caused I think from the light being to close which again the middle plant was about touching this morning. Have lifted it to 6" above & will try to keep it there. At this point I can hold me hand under without feeling it to hot.

http://boards.cannabis.com/attachmen...g-dscf0001.jpg

These are the pics of the yellowing tips. From the Nute FAQ this could be a few things including a PH imbalance I think.

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I noticed from the pic you posted WH at

http://boards.cannabis.com/attachmen...g-000_0650.jpg

That a couple of your own branches are showing the same reddish purple is this something you have dealt with or quite normal.

You have a good eye Jack...I would say in those plants it isn't normal but is something caused by my rootbound issues where certain roots can't uptake the nutes as normal. In some plants the purple stems ARE normal but usually it's pretty consistent throughout the plant and in that photo you can see that part of the stem is green and part of it purple-red rather than evenly colored and not the same with each stem of the plant. Some are green and some aren't. Also towards the end of a plants life it will start pulling stored nutes in the plant and using them to flower with with they need the most energy ....especially with the root issue (groan).

You plants look very happy aside from the burned spots there.....keep that light back. :)

Thanks Weedhound :) but more likely because I drool over the pictures of buds on the site for hours:S5:

The reddish on my doesn't look drastic but it was similar as when they were beanlings & perked up after a low dose of nutes.

The Nute FAQ has it down as either and N or phosphorus deficiency if anything so hoping its a side effect of the overall nute PPM's dropping sharply and as I bring it back up it will clear.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...nutrients.html

Yes it should....watch your ph.

I love looking at all the gorgeous buds on this site too. :D

Bit of an update on flowering. All beginning to show although a few yet don't look definitive although some are looking male to me. The photos are very close up as none of the buds or balls shown are bigger than 1 mm.

Still not letting me add phto's here even though I have the required 50 posts so still have to use the log gallery http://boards.cannabis.com/cannabis-...ml#post1453965

I havent added copies here as in order to see the flowering it needs the full size image which would make this page stretch to much.

Weekly update plants are now 6 weeks old & have been on 12/12 for 10 days.

Looks like they have all showed there sex now & these ones look like the females.

Pic order is:

KC2
S1D
S1A

Sorry the pic of KC2 doesn't show the pistils as clear as possible but there does appear to be pistils coming fom the nodes on the small new shoots but not yet at the nodes joining the main stem.

These ones look like the males or appear to have a bunch of coconuts at the nodes anyway.

Apologies for the poor focus on KC1.

If you can confirm that these are males WH I'll chop them down ASAP. If I chop them can I leave the rockwool block & roots in the tray untill the next res change or do I need to remove them straight away. I was also thinking of shifting the females about a bit on the tray to get them right under the light.

The pic order is:

KC1
KC3
S1B
S1C

Ok the first male photo I can't tell...too blurry. The other 3 are definitely male. Get them out like...yesterday. I'd spray them gently down with water when you remove them from the room to prevent any possible pollen from getting to your females. They seem in pretty darn good shape for 10 days if you know what I mean. :eek:

In your female pics again in the first one I can't be sure but the other two are definitely female. :thumbsup: