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This is my first indoor grow. I am using fox farms ocean forest mixed with fox farms light warrior. 70%to30% I have two feminised healthy looking plants and i have them under a 150w hps for veg and i am planning on getting a 400w hps for flower. my runoff ph is low and i was looking for tips to raise it.
oh yeah by the way the bigger one is the gold and the power looks weird because my dog bit a leaf or two. i could have killed her.
If it aint broke...dont fk wit it.
Dive:stoned:
yo dive, so u think im strait givin it them 7.5 h2o to try n stabalize the runoff ph and then switch back to 7.0
omit the "it" sooooo blunted
Well you seem to have a fair balance going at this point ..so if your plants are happy i'd stick with it.
Dive:stoned:
Thanks dive. Heres and update.
here are my latest pictures. im getting a few rust spots on the pure gold. I fed them last week and these were taken today and i gave them strait water yesterday. The ph runoff is normal, around 6.5, but i was gone for the night and the power went on and off and it turned off my ventilation fan. when i got back the temp. was 85. Any thoughts on if they are nutrient burns or light burns. The plants seem to be doin fine.
Well ..what is the ppm of the water your feeding them? and also ..is it time too transplant into bigger buckets? another thing too think about is flushing the soil.
Dive:stoned:
well i dont have a ppm meter. n e advice on how to measure, i dont have n e experience in ppm shit. Also i have them in 3 gallon buckets, u think that could be it? When i gave them strait h2o the other day the runoff was about 6.5 for both, i only wanted to flush as a last resort. Thanks a bunch dive n e more advice would be wonderful.
OK when in doubt...feed them a lil less...untill you get a meter,run the nute's a lil lighter.
Could definatly be over-feeding them. the 3 gallon buckets should be fine.the PH sounds fine.
Dive:stoned:
yeah thanks man that sounds great. ill look into getting a ppm meter and i didnt feed them anything the last watering and the next time i feed ill give them less.
Okay. so im pretty damn positive it was nutrient burn now. im using fox farms grow big. It was the first time i gave them any nutes at all but i mixed a big teaspoon in a gallon and i think i should have used about half a teaspoon or less. im in 3 gallon buckets and i water about 3 cups to each plant about every 4 or 5 days. when i fed them i used about 2 1/2 cups each of the mixed gallon and no straight water. if there is anyone out there using grow big that has n e advice, it would be greatly appreciated. I think they are getting better, all the new leaves have better color and i dont think ill feed again for the next few waterings. Anyone looking at my pics, feel free to put in ur 2 cents about how they look to u. Thanks to everyone out there in advance.
lookin good man, keep it up you may end up with some buds.
Dive:stoned:
i really fuckin hope so with all the cash ive invested in this.
yo, dive. how tall do u think i should grow them before i start to flower. Ive got a 400w hps on the way in the mail.
That's not really a yes or no question...
how much time you wanna spend and how much height is available in your room are two factor's. A plant 2 feet tall,will generally grow too 3 feet tall within 2 week's of changing schedule.After that the thickness will increase but height will pretty much stay same.
Also you may want too consider cutting the top off to encourage the lower branches.
You can e-mail me at [email protected] Maybe we'll talk on the phone so i can explain thing's in better detail.
Dive:stoned:
okay so heres my space situation. my closet is tall up to the ceiling but only 2 feet deep. Im only gonna have the 2 plants under the 400w hps and i was hoping to try and have them done near the end of may or the beginning of june at the latest hopefully. U know, this is my first grow so i am trying to do it the best i can. I dont know much about cutting the top off but it sounds interesting. So with my grow space this size, what do u think? thanks so much dive, u have been a great help.
Shit. I have a serious problem. so i decided to flush them today and i could not get the runoff ph any higher then 5.6. I think im going to add some lime or something. Yo dive, what do u think? I flushed the 3 gallon pots with about six gallons a piece and even on the last gallon the runoff did not change. And the crazy thing is that i was flushing with water that was ph'd at 7.5. I dont know what to do and the growth of the pure gold seems stunted. any advice from anyone out there would be greatly appreciated.
post me a good close up of the problem.
[I] ay HighonaMountain i also have a Pure Gold Up an Going, what week are they at??
okay so these are post flush so thats why the leaves are a bit droopy. I went to the store and got some powderized garden lime and mixed in a good handfull to each pot. then i flushed with another gallon. the ph of the runoff did not change, in fact it went down a point or two. the pure power looks okay with a little yellow tip from the grow big fert. but the leaf pics are of the pure gold. now the ph is reading at 5.5 5.4. the plants look decent but the numbers are all wrong. HELP!! By the way highlane my seeds were put in the ground on the 8th of feb. so they will be 30 days old on the 9th of this month.
The yellowing an necrosis are from the nute's,we expected too see that come up.
Are you letting the soil dry-out between waterings? very important!
When you do water,let's run the ph at 6.8 an ignore the run-off ph for a week.It can take awhile for the plant to show any sign's from changes.
So I say we go back to the basic's for a week an see what happens.
Figure on around 60 day's for flower,so if you start flower on april 1st,you'll be ready around june 1st. That give's you a few more week's too veg an max out your space.
Dive:stoned:
okay, thanks dive, my ph meter was working great all day and then it started flashing through numbers like crazy, so im givin it time to rest and im gonna ph my water resivoir. the soil is def. drying out between waterings, i only water about once a week maybe every 5 or 6 days. I agree though ill ph the resivoir to 6.8 and well see how it goes from there.
Buy the liquid tester..it's like 4 buck's an gives you the option of double checking.The truth is I was a lil concerned about your meter's accuracy.
Dive:stoned:
yeah im def. gonna get some liquid tester. I re calibrated the meter a little while ago and it seems to be working ok now. i just have to make sure i calibrate it often. Yo high lane how is ur pure gold doin?
hey thanks for the rep points dive, u da man. Ill post some fresh pics tomarrow.
heres and update. these are post flush, like 24 hours. they r looking great, after the flush they perked up so high and now they r looking normail again. the new leaves on the pure gold are growing now, whereas the last couple of days it has been very slow. I think they might have had a calcium or Mg def. and i think the powderized lime i added is helping. N e way, anyone out there let me know what u think.
so my 400w hps came this morning and i already put it up. The plants look like they r doing good. i hope to post more pics in the next couple of days.
Yo dive or anyone else, ever since i put the 400w on the plants the temp. is hovering around 82-83f. Is this okay? the plants seem to be doing fine.
Yes ..it's ok. If the plants are happy dont worry bout it.if there's a heat issue we can raise the light's a lil or add more vent. NP
Dive:stoned:
Okay so for the past couple of days my plants have been drooping and needing excessive amounts of water. So i decided to transplant. I transplanted them yesterday into big conainers, about six gallons. It was a good thing i did this when i did because the plants were rootbound. Today they are looking much happier. I want to feed at some point soon but am scared because i burned them last time, i burned them with fox farms grow big and i mixed 1 teaspoon to a gallon. If there is anyone out there who has used grow big or tiger bloom and has any advice it would be much appreciated. I am going to post more pics as soon as i can get my roomates camera.
If you transplanted..then there's fresh soil and it has some nute's..right?
What makes you think you need nute's?are they showing a deficiency?
Remember my friend,"if it aint broke,dont fk w/it".
Nice too hear that your root's are kickin ass.Rootbound can cause the drooping,so can cold water,not enough water,or too much heat.Keep an eye on it, transplant may have fixed it...if not we can work on it.
Get some pic's up man..I feel like im they're "uncle Dive",I wanna see my niece's LOL
Dive:stoned:
Yeah i transplanted into ocean forest and light warrior, same as what they already were in. I dont necesarily need to feed right now i just wanted to use the tiger bloom at least once sometime in flowering. I have to start flowering in the next couple of days because im going away to canada memorial day at the end of may. I transplanted so i figure ill give them a couple days of what they r used to and then switch to 12 12. Ill get some pics up tonight uncle dive. haha
Okay so i finnally got my hands on a digital camera. Heres how theyre comin along. I got a bathroom exhaust fan and now the temp. is no longer a problem. Also i started flowering yesterday.
Hey uncle dive ive got some serious yellowing and rust spotting on the pure power. I pruned a few of the worst leaves but there is spotting on more leaves then not. heres a couple of pics of some of the bad ones still on the plant. What do u think this is. ps... it has been getting a little worse since transplanting, although the leaves have perked up.
yo dive, when u see this, i posted a new thread in plant problems and it has better pictures. check me out i need some help, i havent given them any nutrients and have been watering with 6.8 just like we talked about, then i transplanted and gave them another watering of 6.8 adjusted h2o i dont know what the problem is.
This could be an old problem,that hasnt run full circle....lets try some light nute's tho.
mix up some water with nute's then set ph at 6.8 like normal.Changes can take a week or more to show improvement,we need to make small change's one at a time till we nail it down. No foliar feeding (spraying),it kinda looks heat burned.I'll check the other thread that has the better pic's also.
i never ever foilar feed. do u think i should move the light away a bit? Also ive been told by other s that i need to feed so im gonna give them half a teaspoon to a gollon of the tiger bloom next watering.
okay so i gave them 5 cups each out of a gallon of water i mixed in half a teaspoon tiger bloom and a teaspoon garden lime, we'll see how they do. i also moved that 400w hps from about 7 inches to about 12. Yo uncle dive, u think there is anything else i should do?