new dude grow

[crystaliscious]

I'm one of those people that tend to overthink, then "overdo" everything. Lol...Hence why I have 5 fans and two kinds of lights in my 2 story, air exchanging cabinet.
...and the fussing I did over Cuttings! Kinda silly in retrospect. :stoned:
Anyway, I experimented....What the hell I figured, got plenty of cuttings to play with. I no longer mess with the top's, I only use the "twigs" from below. They are hardier, they root faster, and they seem to stay shorter if you don't stretch them.
I use tapwater that sits for at least 12 hours and I have no idea what the PH is. The Happy frog and the Black hills Gold I have used, combined with my tapwater show PH on my crappy little meter at about 6.5-6.8. Temps? From about 70-85.
Molly coddled?...Not anymore. Here's some mist twice a day, a touch of Grow Big and you are on your own little cuttings.
After they grow roots I up pot 2x's during Veg, wack the heads off at 30 day's and chuck 'em into flower.
Give them fresh air, circulate it and don't over water. I keep my little Ladybug Army on patrol and kill anything that dare's to show itself in my cabinet.
Probably going to make a few of the real Horticulterists cringe, but it seems to work for me. My current one's will tell the tale, we shall see if I have the quality I am looking for with my methods.

Saw my first lady bug today!!! ( inside… I have seen them outside a lot)

[tlranger]

Saw my first lady bug today!!! ( inside… I have seen them outside a lot)

If you have lots outside, they will over winter on south side, or under the siding, any place warm, and some find their way in.

[budbro28]

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here ya go give me yalls take....chromorph...so i took the light and angled at the wall (which is white) so its not directly beaming on them....more tertiary lighting (is the the right context for the word) feeling like webster today with some big words

open'd humidity dome and gave em all a little poke to see if they were all rigid stilll...yup...good to go still...

[Chromophore]

Not to belabor the sciency stuff, but a comment here about pH, because I know this is confusing to some with no chemistry background... as Weezard stated, pH is a measure of the amount of free Hydrogen, which in water is H+, it has a positive charge. Water all by itself undergoes rapid breakdown and reassembly, that is, H2O (or HOH) dissociates to H+ and OH-, then quickly re-combines to HOH again. This process is incredibly rapid and continuous. The measure of free H+ at any moment is pH. But because scientists are nerds and can never make anything easy, it is expressed as the negative logarithm of the value. So, more H+ gives a pH as a low number, and less H+ is a higher number:wtf:. The measure of free H+ in pure water is nearly insignificant, but does have a value, as I explained above. Scientists arbitrarily assign this value as 7. As H+ increases, pH value goes down (we say acidic), and as the concentration of H+ goes down, pH goes up (we say basic, or alkaline). When ions are dissolved in water, which is the case with tap or nuted water , etc., the additional charges present influence the pH as they will interact with, absorb or even generate their own H+. Plants have evolved mechanisms that allow efficient uptake of ions and chelates between pH 5.5 and 7. Out of this range things get ugly fast. That's why you pH AFTER you add all the stuff to your water, regardless of it's source.

Curiously, because pH is measured on a logarithmic scale, each pH unit represents a TEN-FOLD increase or decrease in H+ concentration. The lesson from this is that you must not take for granted the differences in pH because they represent a larger scale change than it appears.

End lecture. Commence toking.

[budbro28]

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pH reading of my TAP WATER
and PPM reading of the same...

[Chromophore]

Looks good. pH is fine and ppms are reasonable. My tap is fairly hard and is usually around pH 6.2 and 220ppm. Now check again next time you add something like nutes or molasses or whatever. Sometimes it's surprising how it changes. Also I have noticed that my tap pH varies over time. I've seen it at 5.2 and I've seen it pushing 7. Temperature affects pH so try to take the readings when the solution is about the same temp.

[catbuds]

Looking so much better! Good for you! Here's just a little something I've noticed about pH over the years. Sometimes a plant can be affected more by a sudden change in pH than by a greater change that occured slowly. Something to keep in mind. Should plants seem ill, & you've rulled out disease or insects, but you have NO testing equipment, a plain water flush will USUALLY remedy the issue by rinsing away disolved stuff the plants aren't liking. Having all the testing gear helps identify the problem so you can quickly slove it, & once you know the cause, you can prevent it in the future. It also helps train your eye so you can identify the problem at a glance. Every single problem a plant can have has a 'look' to it. It takes time to learn to 'read' your plants. Many years in fact. So approach this like every grow is a learning experience & remember that even the best, most experienced farmer can have crop failure. It happens. You know how stress can kill a plant? It can do the same to YOU! So don't sweat the small stuff. Plants are easily replaced! There's only one you! (Sometimes you guys get so stressed, I worry more about the grower than the plant!)

[tlranger]

(Sometimes you guys get so stressed, I worry more about the grower than the plant!)

Their always ready to jump, ain't they. And every new thing that comes along has it's ying and yang.

[budbro28]

yea i had the barrel in the mouth for sure...just dont like failure...but you need some to learn from...if it was easy everyone would be doing it i suppose...ill get it...i got the determination....UPDATE: clones still real perky no wilting what so ever...hoping they keep up the good work so to speak...will post pictures later today

[tlranger]

Hopefully the clones are over the first huddle now, and running, keep'em moist for now. And no strong light.