Diary:31/05/07: Flood & Drain 1st Try

[Weedhound]

Straight ph'd water will slow them down somewhat....I've noticed that after I've flushed or if I got to straight water for some reason, it slows the growth so that doesn't surprise me.

[home.grower]

I get the impression I'm too long winded.

Checked reservoir. pH/EC=5.7/0.6

Added Mother Earth Bloom, just a splash
Added Overdrive, Just a splash

Resultant pH/EC=5.5/1.4

Sprayed with recommended solution for bugs instead of bomb also. Will wait and see..

Covered top trays with approriate material.

That's the update..

[palerider7777]

i have used my clay pellets and when i change nutes it's still cloudy from the clay thats washed off

[home.grower]

Hello readers

I'm not far off harvest now. Only a matter of weeks before the chop!!

I've had to pH down over the last day, and also empty 30L from the rez and top off with 40L of tap water. I pH balanced the solution but didn't add any nutes. I left the EC at 1.2.

I drained off 30L because the EC was quite high again. I fugure that its time to totally reduce the feed concentrate.

I'm seeing signs of nice bud development. The flowers are begining to swell. I will try and add pix around day 45 to show progress.

The over fert situation has subsided and I think so long as I work lower than the recomended dose then I will be ok!

[Weedhound]

EC was quite high again.....as in.....how high? And how long since you last checked it?

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, man. LOOKING GOOD. I just skimmed through the pics and they look top notch. I'm going to make sure I subscribe to this one and come back and read all the way through. Looks like you did your homework. Love it. Be cool.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[home.grower]

EC was quite high again.....as in.....how high? And how long since you last checked it?

EC1.6-2.0, I cannot remember. All I know is I felt the need to reduce it else the following day it certainly would have been through the roof. ...& I check the levels daily especially while applying full strength nutes as I've seen the levels fluctuate dramatically

[home.grower]

Hey, man. LOOKING GOOD. I just skimmed through the pics and they look top notch. I'm going to make sure I subscribe to this one and come back and read all the way through. Looks like you did your homework. Love it. Be cool.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

I'm trying my best, thanks... I just been looking at your pix in your madman thread and you looks to be producing the pukka urself too!!!

[home.grower]

I haven't had much in the way of time to keep posting my 'actions-taken' in the garden.

Yesterday I topped off the reservoir with 30L of water.

I then added a splash of Mother Earth Bloom and a splash of Overdrive. I didn't measure the pH or EC afterwards for some perculiar reason.

I went in this morning before lights-out and pinched off the decaying leaves. My fingers are still sticky with the sticky juice from the girls.

I found that the pH was through the roof @ 6.5 while the EC was at a dangerous 2.2. This has gotta be something to do with drinking beer?

I immediately drained off 30L and replenished with 40L. The new readings were pH 5.6 and EC1.5.

The growth of the buds is quite rapid. Ever since the first dose of Overdrive the ladies have been packing on weight.

There are no bugs in the room. The last spray application of some 'under-the-counter' insecticide that had no label has done the trick. I think that the decating leaves are something to do with the spray application.

I feel a photo opprotunity coming on. Watch the space below

Thanks for reading fellow herbalists!!

[home.grower]

Here are some pix of current progress....

All appears ok. The next few days will display the results of the EC2.2 repeat scenario. I've plucked off the majority of the decaying leaves. I stripped one plant fully of its dangly leaves and the bud development has come on quite a lot. It didn't harm the plant so I've decided to do them all the same way.

I haven't bothered to resize or crop these images so you can enjoy the full-high res images in all their marvel.

Unfortunately not all the plants of of a uniform stature. I'd much prefer to have the same strains on one tray, not a mix!

Here you are folks, day 41 of bloom, or around a total of 60 days of growth since clones were taken.