Please help! TS form included

[sergentjunk]

Phatesh: Can I ask why you decided to not go coco?? Thank you for your insight and participation!

Rusty: Got it now. Thanks for the disertation. That answered every question I had on feeding. So my thinking with feeding once a week is to completely flush with the watering preceeding the feeding. That way all the old crap is out, if there was any left. Then next watering, add nutes. The one thing I read is that you can't over water coco with correct drainage.

I'll still post some pics later tonight just so everyone can see what's going on.

Well the cloud is lifting and it's all starting to make sense now. Shit, after I got a 1400 PPM runoff after a 600PPM intake...it all started to make sense there. Everything else I've learned from here just lets me know I've been compounding the issue this whole time.

Thanks again Rusty! I've been following yours, Dutch's, and Stinkys posts a lot and usually always refer to you desert growing guide you posted. As I live in the same area, it's been an invaluable tool.

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[phatsesh101]

when i started growing i couldnt afford all the tools needed to run anything but soil or peat so i refined my techniques around that. as time goes on i like experiment with different mediums and stuff

next run will be superoots pots vs standard for end wieght cause some thing arouse at the end of my last grow i didnt care for so im gonna try something else

oh and the pics are in addition to the form not in lieu of it, sorry about my half ass stoner posts. damn sour d covered in twreck fullmelt fucks me off

[sergentjunk]

Very cool Phatesh. As soon as I get comfortable with growing, I'll start to experiment with mediums. So far though (now that I know more) I'm starting to like the coco. Seems to have the benefits of hydro, but an easier set up...llike soil. My friend has a full hydro set up, and I like my actuall set up better, but like having the benies of hydro. Let me know how the superoot pots turn out, very curious on those.

Ya I know pics are great...but just as you have "half ass stoner posts" LOL, I have half ass attention span. So when I'm flushing and observing PPM runoff of monumental proportions, I forget to click. I'll get 'em up tonight. I've been wanting to post pics of my grow anyway, nows a better reason than ever.

Dutch: Love the chart, and thank you! So anything above the 100% line is dangerous?? At 6", my lady was up to 175 PAR. A little too much? LOL

Thanks again everyone. Now I can't stay away from this place. Love it!

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[Dutch Pimp]

Dutch: Love the chart, and thank you! So anything above the 100% line is dangerous?? At 6", my lady was up to 175 PAR. A little too much? LOL

yeah...light distance is a tricky thing....and not all reflectors are created equal...some are better than others. The ones with crinkles seem to be better than smoothed polished surfaces...IMO.

I couldn't get my 400 watt HPS or CMH bulbs closer than 15 inches from the canopy. I have a smooth polished reflector...

[Rusty Trichome]

There's nothing wrong with making do with what you have, lol.
Being on a fixed income makes one resourseful, and I don't grow commercially so am not going to sweat a lumen or two. :jointsmile:

Also, it was 96 degrees in my flowering shed a few minutes ago when I took this shot. (107 outside) Thank goodness for air conditioning.

[sergentjunk]

Dutch: well I have a 250w in a "crinkeled" hood. I have to tell you it's bright as all hell in the homebox!! I almsot need nuclear test shades when I open it up LOL. Strangely enough, the one plant seeming to be doing the best is the 1 male. He is (was) the farthest away (about 15")and is filling and "balling" out ever so nicely. So I just followed suit and lowered the plants to about 10" away from the light lastnight (no more room to raise the light). My lights come on at 8pm so I'm looking forward to seeing how they're doing, and giving them another bath.

Rusty: Yes it was a hot one today, and early!! By 8am I was thinking "wtf! it's hot!" Oh well, summer is upon us. I have a wall mount a/c unit with half it's ducting piped into the grow room, keeping it a cool 76* lately. It's nice, elect. bill sucks. I know you stated here and in your dealing with heat thread that you've had good experiences in the low to mid 90's. Still makes me nervouse though to even let them get above 80*. Am I being too paranoid and anal??

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[Rusty Trichome]

It's basically a balancing act. But yeah...kinda being anal, lol. Is a hothouse optimal? No. But I go through this every year, and can't afford a larger a/c, nor the higher electric bills it would create. And I'm very pleased with my results, regardless. I also work at home so can keep an eye on 'em all day.

Also, under these extreme conditions...my indica's and indica dom's fare better at the upper temp extremes than do the sativa's and sativa dom's. Vice-versa in the winter.

Yeah, last few weeks were beautiful, then this week someone turned the oven on. Best spring in a few years though. Actually had one. :thumbsup:

[sergentjunk]

Right on Rusty. I'll raise the a/c t-stat that I wired into the grow room in small increments to let it get to around 85*. I don't want to do it all the way right away. It's sitting at 76* right now and a 10* difference in temp might not be favorable. As it's getting hotter here, that probably won't lower my elec bill, but it will at least stop it from spiraling out of control. Wish I was able to work at home full time. I can only do it part time now.

I can't remember when the last time was we had a spring. It was very very nice.

Lament for our spring

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[Rusty Trichome]

I wouldn't go overboard, nor would I do it if I could afford a cooler growroom, a cool tube, a mansion in Beverly Hills... You did read how it may add a week or more to harvest date, right? And I've never tried using coco for this. Would you be able to keep the soil from drying too quick?

Ok...got the disclaimers out of the way. But if bills are pressing, I'd push the limits in small increments. Keep an eye on soil moisture and ambient humidity levels. You'll have to water a tad more. Perhaps a lot more, lol. I'd forsee no problems with a couple degrees a week or so till acclimated...except I've never tried with coco. :wtf:

[sergentjunk]

Thanks Rusty. I'll keep that all in mind, and I remember you mentioned the possible length of harvest time...which is understandable. I figured it would dry out the coco faster, so I'll just keep up on it. I did another flush tonight and got all but one down to 700PPM, and go that one down to 600PPM. So I think I'm on the right track. I did raise the temp up to 79*, and will continue probably to about 85*....baby steps though

Ok, here's the pics as promised. My 2 month old beagle ate the "tube" leaves that I pruned off, so I couldn't snap those...and he seems a touch happier :stoned:
The lighting turns out funky under a HPS light...very strange and hard to get the color interpretation across, but here ya go:
1st: is of the problem plant as mentioned before. These tips are curling under.
2nd: The center of this one blood red, off the same plant. Normal?
3rd: Lower leafs of the same plant. Notice the stems? Strange color but could be normal.
4th: The whole grow room, complete with bent plant
5:Lower leafs of another fem, but all in all she's in good shape. Just wanted to show it off to see if it's indicative of an overlying problem.

I'm hoping everything is under control now that I got the PPM's down, lowered the plants and the PH...oh and of course watering a lot more regularly. However, I would still love to hear anyone's input on this.

Thanks again!

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