Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants

[pccdrom]

seen. well mek sure u r clean b4 entering the grow room & plse do not leave the grow room with ur clothes infested!!

[home.grower]

seen. well mek sure u r clean b4 entering the grow room & plse do not leave the grow room with ur clothes infested!!

errr?

[sneakyt33]

Hey, Nice grow so far...I've got some white widows and papayas at day 26 flowering.
Can you give me more info on your digital thermostat? Maybe a picture? I could use one of those!

[home.grower]

Hello readers, Time for my meager update.

Today week 5 commences. I'm happy with the bud development thus far. It would be nice if they were much bigger

I have some deficiencies. New leaves are pale green. Upper most fan leaves have blotches of yellowing appearing. My last feed was simply pH'd water. Today they are ready for watering again. I'm not sure whether to feed them up or flush.

The deficiency looks like a lack as oppose to a build up. I'm not sure what EC I should be at either. I'm looking at my feeding chart that I devised at the beginning of bloom and I'm thinking in the back of my mind that I ought to be at 1.6-1.8 on the EC front by now and not the 1.6 as it is advising. mmmmm, a quick trip to advanced nutrients online nute calculator might put me back on track.

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I've looked and it's confused me a little. I'm using a big host of nutes and amendments. Some are organic while others are synthetic. I think using purely synthetics to 1.7EC might be required here. I'll pause on the Mother Earth Super Tea for now. The synthetics will produce quicker results as ingredients do not have to be broken down in the soil over a period of time before they are available to the plants.

Also, I haven't been mixing to the directions on the packet. I've been shoving stuff in the reservoir thn just ensuring the EC is at the right level afterwards. I've found it difficult adding Mother Earth Bloom, Sensi Bloom 2 part, F1, H2, Barricade, Carboload and Big Bud in the right amounts to keep the EC in the bucket from exceeding 2.4EC. I've been having to dilute my solution with tap water more or less every feed. So, storing water in a bucket with a couple air stones in it has not benefited me this time due to my methods.

Next time I will have a 100L reservoir and only use water that has been thoroughly aerated.

Check the pix, I'm sticking a movie on and turning up the volume

[home.grower]

Orite sneakyt33.

About the thermostat then.

I have 2 inlets. Both are 4"/100mm dia. One has an inline fan pulling in cool air. The other is a normal cheap electric household heater with a simple mod to try and encourage it to pull air in from outside also.

Both fans are wired to a switching thermostat that will power each device when required, and never at the same time. All I do is set my daytime temperature and night time temperatures (and the time that day becomes night) and the rest is auto. I do not have speed controllers in stalled. The out take (filtered) exceed the intake but doesn't cause an unlivable vacuum. This way, the smell should never become a problem.

I have taken pics of the thermostat with the control panel covered; control panel revealed; Exhaust fan ~(not linked to thermostat)~; and the two fans that are controlled by the thermostat. Last image is my feeding thingy, but it might not be readable because of the resize

[sneakyt33]

Thanks,
I need to get something like that set up before I get too far into the Canadian Winter.

[home.grower]

It does help. I think I will suffer in the summer unless I retink the setup. My cool air inlet is on all day(light hrs) and my temps are only just comfortably in good range. If next summer, the outdoor temps reach above 27C then I will need to be cooling air as it comes in.. a little forward thinking doesn't hurt.

Good luck setting it up. It isn't expensive to do.

[pccdrom]

home.grower very interesting that you DONT give recommended doses of feed to your ladies "Also, I haven't been mixing to the directions on the packet. I've been shoving stuff in the reservoir thn just ensuring the EC is at the right level afterwards. I've found it difficult adding Mother Earth Bloom, Sensi Bloom 2 part, F1, H2, Barricade, Carboload and Big Bud in the right amounts to keep the EC in the bucket from exceeding 2.4EC. I've been having to dilute my solution with tap water more or less every feed. So, storing water in a bucket with a couple air stones in it has not benefited me this time due to my methods." have you always done this? how do u know if u r under/ova feeding?

[home.grower]

home.grower very interesting that you DONT give recommended doses of feed to your ladies "Also, I haven't been mixing to the directions on the packet. I've been shoving stuff in the reservoir thn just ensuring the EC is at the right level afterwards. I've found it difficult adding Mother Earth Bloom, Sensi Bloom 2 part, F1, H2, Barricade, Carboload and Big Bud in the right amounts to keep the EC in the bucket from exceeding 2.4EC. I've been having to dilute my solution with tap water more or less every feed. So, storing water in a bucket with a couple air stones in it has not benefited me this time due to my methods." have you always done this? how do u know if u r under/ova feeding?

I know that they aren't gettin over fert because the EC is in range. EC above 1.8 in normal environments is too high for most mature plants even.

When mixin in a big 60L reservoir its easier to add the right doses. But in a 10L bucket the concentration rises too quick for some reason. I can't add the full dose of Big Bud with enough room to fit the rest of the formula in the bucket before the EC reaches above 2.0

Though I know they are within the right EC range I do not know if the balance of available elements is optimal. If I mixed in a bigger reservoir then I may as well grow more beneficial erbs as not to waste half the solution every time.

[pccdrom]

yeah yeah i get yeah.
on my 2nd dose of big bud gave em some the other day they loved it! gonna update mine after nxt pics