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Here are the numbers. I have no idea if any of this is good or bad
Floride .7 mg/L
Sodium 46 mg/L
Iron Not Detected
Manganese Not Detected
Lead 3.4 ug/L
Copper .650 mg/L
Nitrate .02 mg/L
Arsenic .5 ug/L
Selenium 2.5 mg/L
Clorine 1.5 mg/L
Sulfate 31.2 mg/L
TTHMS 2.4 mg/L
HAA5 .3 mg/L
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I am assuming that my Britta filter gets rid of most of this and setting it out for 24 hours evaporates off the clorine. Anything else desirable in there?
Emmie
Ya, with the lead and arsenic, I would use the britta filter most of the time....
I do notice they do not show calcium or magnesium, and no iron. Next time you water give 1 teaspoon of unsulphured molasses mixed in 1 gallon of water...you will waste a bunch of water, but no harm done. Water the proper amount, toss the rest. Let things go a week at least before giving it again. If not already marking on a calendar when you give nutes, start one. Pick a day of the week to nute IF you nute....I use Sunday as it is a lazy day for me and I have extra time to monitor everything.
You need to learn how to feel if the pot needs water. It is a weight thing. At this point they aren't large enough to use much but down the road it is a useful tool. I give a 1/4 cup, but my humidity is currently in the 80-100% range, you may need 1/2 cup, which would be my summer amount. Remember these are a plant that will do fine with small amounts of water if they have good soil and light. Wet-to-dry is important for strong root development.
Remember when you repot to use plastic, not clay, roots don't adhere as much to the plastic.
Good morning my friends...
Sometimes you look at your plants and you wonder, "have there been any changes today?" I did that this morning and was thinking that there had been little if any change from the day before. Then I compared pictures. Wow! :thumbsup: Amazing how much growth can happen in a day without you realizing it, especially if you are checking on it several times throughout the day.
We are still recovering from my last over watering and I see the yellowish tinge on several of the larger first leaves and also on the cotyledons. I think that they are going to forgive me for this latest deluge since I am now letting them dry out, but I do have to quit stressing these babies. Growth is rapid at this point and even our little girl runt is starting to show some impressive growth. One plant, #2 is starting to look different than the rest somehow, she stands differently. Not sure how to describe it, but if I played the old childs game of "one of these things is not like the other one" I would pick her out of the crowd. Maybe its nothing... but I have my eye on her.
Here are the pictures, and tomorrow I start a new album since I have now filled this first one up.
The star of our show, Our little girl runt... look at her go now!
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...-day-19-p4.jpg
Number 3... standing at 2.75" and getting wider each day
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...-day-19-p3.jpg
Number 2... somehow different.. a haughty and sort of aloof look about her
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...-day-19-p2.jpg
Number 1... so big now he is messing with the camera focus laser.. good boy!
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...-day-19-p1.jpg
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Emmie
p.s. WW, I will keep filtering then and will try the molasses on the next watering to fill in some of the missing nutrients. I am indeed keeping a detailed calendar on important events here, so I will establish a regular schedule. I have determined that I really dislike these clay pots and will only use the plastic from here on out. I am planning on moving to 1gal containers at about the 1 month time.
Plastic is easier to up pot out of too. For flowering I like to use "Smart Pots" Smart Pots - Container Gardening, Hydroponic Fabric Containers
The only reason I use plastic for vege is ease of up potting, it's kinda difficult to get the rootball out of the fabric bags without disrupting it too much.
Baby's look good ;) I've been taggin along since the beginning. :hippy:
"A haughty and aloof look to her"...Love reading your observations, Emmie! :D
Lookin good! Please stop worrying so much about nutes and WW stop encouraging her on nutes! ;) LOL! They will tell you what and when they need something and you'll actually be able to tell once the "deluge" situation has dried out, but you shouldn't have to add anything for a few more weeks minimum, and you'll probably be re-potting before that happens, so no worries, eh?...there's plenty of stuff in that soil you used! If you feel you absolutely MUST add something, yea, molasses would be good, but remember, it will help the plant take up even more nutes from the soil and could "heat up" an already hot soil mix, and you may start to see some mild burning going on....just be aware of it. I always notice it when I first add molasses to MG dirt. The sweet stuff seems to give the dirt some kick! Personally, I would just stick to good ph'd filtered water for now! And I use the 1/4 cup measure also....just depends on how dry my house is as to how many days they go before getting the next 1/4 cup, but it's always at least two! Usually 3...yea, ya gotta stop over watering them, but they still lookin good! The love must be making up for the stress...:D
Tank has more knowledge with the MG soil than I do, listen to him.
Greetings... the board was still down this morning so I didn't update the pictures. I will show you how they look again tomorrow morning. Here was how our big boy #1 looked yesterday and the other 3 pictures are available in the new album Emmies First Grow (part 2)...
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/e...5-day-20-1.jpg
As you can see, a lot of yellowing going on here and it is causing me a lot of concern. Most of it has to do with the over watering so I am being patient and waiting for them to dry out. Today the containers appeared to be mostly dry and I have given them 1/4 cup of water... that is 1 3/4 less than I had been giving them at this point. This will have to cause a huge difference. In the morning I expect them all to either look better or all be dead. Time will tell.
At any rate, I am glad to see the forum back. Actually, without being so overly dramatic, as of this evening it looks like some green is returning to the lower leaves on everyone already and I am seeing quite a bit of new growth in just one day on #1. He has popped out 4 new leaves just over the cotyledons and they grew dramatically today. All new growth is presenting in a lush deep green and I have every hope that he is still thriving, despite my attempts to drown them.
Emmie
You are doing okay. Patience.
lol... patience he says. Not my strongest quality for sure. After I know I am not killing my babies I will find more of it I am sure... but for now I worry.Quote:
Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
Lets say I get back from my drive today with new 1 gal and 2 gal pottery containers and some fox farms soil and I wanted to transplant these complaining little dears out of the miracle grow. They are in these stupid 8" clay pots now. What would be the best way to extract them? Just do the upside down shake and see what falls away from a root structure that surely isn't nearly as large as this container? Use some kind of large spoon and try to scoop them out from the edges? How much of this miracle grow should I try to bring with them, as little as possible? At 3 weeks and still no more than slightly stressed plantlings, is it too early to put them through the stress of a move, or is the risk worth it to get them in a better soil?
Impatient Emmie
1. Clay pots...oh my. You may have to hire a brain surgeon...someone with a steady hand...:D
Weezard said to me one day.."Boy...use a sharp knife to cut along the sides to loosen the roots from the sides...slowly...carefully..and pray it's not stuck to the bottom too much"....:wtf:...:stoned:...so i listened to the old fart and it worked OK...:D
2. I wouldn't transplant yet. I really don't see anything unusual about your seedlings....IMO....transplant when rootbound.
3. I would feel bad if something went wrong with your grow; because of advice from me. I do my growing by the seat of my pants. I can usually just look at a plant (in Person) and see what it wants?
4. The final decision is yours alone....choose wisely.
Enjoy your grow.