Ph is rising, can't seem to stabilize

Well, my babies are back in their closet and I am fabricating my light proof setup so that I can be ready to start flowering them.

The ph is 5.7, up from 5.5 from last night so that is good. The ppms have stayed at 400 for about 18 hours now. The canopy temps are around 80-85. I am looking into getting some sort of ventilation system, whether it's a cooltube or something else I find at home depot / hydro store.

The leaves look a bit like nute burn and I am almost positive it was from when I was foliar feeding. I am not too concerned because I am no longer doing that, so a couple days should show great improvement. A couple pics, for you viewing pleasure :D

I am going to use twist ties to inhibit the vertical growth of the girls and start training them around the screen. Eventually, buds will grow through the holes and I will have a screen of green (hopefully).

They look none the worse for wear so that's good.;) Looks like you are ready for flowering there. :thumbsup: Pure Blend makes a Pro Bloom that you will want to use after a week or two into 12/12.....and of course your CalMag.

Foliar feeding scares me frankly....something about spraying all those fert salts into a leaf just doesn't seem right to me.......although I freely admit its very commonly done.

Yay! I am so glad that you agreed with me. I came to a conclusion regarding plants...and I was right for once! Haha, just for that I'm blazing before class. Oops, it starts in 8 minutes. Oh well :stoned:

I am going to Bed Bath and Beyond for some shower curtains and rods later today. It's going to be sweet lol.

I finished making my grow area light proof and am going to send it into 12/12 timing tomorrow. Should I up the ppms from 400 at all or should I wait until I start adding in the ProBloom to up the ppms?

I took the three best cuttings and dipped them in cloning gel and they are now in rapid rooter plugs inside of my humidity dome. The cuttings are kind of pathetic. I think that the lack of vertical growth during my grow can be attributed to all the shit they've been through, plus they're under a 400w hps so they don't have much need to grow tall. All the better for making my screen of green :D

I took a couple pics of the cuttings. I'm not really expecting anything to come from them except gaining some experience. Is it true Weedhound that I now have more experience in cloning than you do?! lol let me know if you have any questions ;)

I don't recommend foliar feeding... how often does that happen in nature? I suspect practically never. Reserve foliar for treating nute or pest problems, and pray you never have them!

Ya I won't ever foliar feed again. The leaves are a little burned from it. I was spraying the roots and that was enough, but I wanted to be sure while my girls weren't being constantly sprayed.

I am eager to start flowering my girls, I think I will start them at sunset tomorrow on the 12/12 cycle. Then in a week or so I will change my nutes over to the ProBloom and raise them to a total of 500 or so, 250 of calmag and 250 of probloom.

I am concerned about my temperatures during the day; they are a steady 85. I can open up the curtains and get the temps down to 80 if needed. Should I?

I DO have a list of cloning q's I will post for you...:D

I would raise your ppms every few days....or once a week. If every 3-4 days I'd raise things by 100ppm (50 of each) and if once a week I'd raise things by 200ppms (100 of each...CalMag....Pro Grow). For your kids I would keep them on the Grow formula for the first two weeks of flowering....raising things every few days or once week. In two weeks you should be at 800....then switch over the the bloom... Before I give you ppms for the bloom I'd like to see how they are doing at that point. :)

When raising your ppms you want to watch carefully for nute burn. The first thing you will see is a curling down of the serrated leaf edges and tips. If you do see this....dilute your solution down by adding ph'd RO water.....wait a few days and then try again. Very scientific I know but that's how its done...:D

If you can get your room temps down to 80 that is best and here's why. When the surface of the leaf gets to 80 degrees F (this is the leaf itself...the top of it) then photosynthesis slows down GREATLY....which obviously slows the growth of your plants down as well. If you really want to get into it you can buy a cheap little handheld temp
gun and measure your leaves to see how close to 80 they are. I did this when I bought some new lighting and wanted to see how close I could get the light without overheating the leaves.

You will find alot of folks who swear their plants grow GREAT in hotter environments. That's wonderful for them......but I do often wonder what would happen if they were able to actually have the IDEAL temperature in their room.....and I bet their plants would grow alot faster and have better yields as well. ;)

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

If you really want to get into it you can buy a cheap little handheld temp gun and measure your leaves to see how close to 80 they are. I did this when I bought some new lighting and wanted to see how close I could get the light without overheating the leaves.

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WH, where did you get the little temp gun thingie? I wanna ask Santa to bring me one this season...

Amazon.com: PE1 INFRARED THERMOMETER TEMP GUN: Toys & Games

I bought mine at my hydro store but you can get them pretty commonly these days MVP :)

Kinda funny they are in the Toys and Games section... So is that the same model you use? And is somewhere around $30-$40 is a fair price? All these gizmos are gonna drive me crazy!