Thanks for checking in Nebula and wattze. Last night was a series of light bulb moments while sitting on the couch, which made me run back to the shed a couple of times to help fix my problems.
Thrips. After watching a couple of them fly out of the clone pots, first light bulb came on(albeit an hour later) and I removed the pots out of the space all together, they were for a friend but told him better get rid of them, it's not worth it. No signs of the bastards this morning, still planning on second spray with spinosad next week. just in case.
PH. boy oh boy was the light flickering in my bulb... gonna be walking around with post its glued to my forehead for a while. Note to self, do not use the nute mix on your plants if halfway thru mixing your products you start wondering if the ph meter is broken. if you keep on adding ph down and the arrow doesn't move, discard all that crap! and the reader! New reader arrived yesterday and the soil ph is at the moment down to 5 or 4.5 depending on the depth!!!!
Curling. 3rd light bulb, 3rd run outside. Went out and flushed the plant that was curling, gave it tons of water last night and this morning the leaves have perked up quite a bit, right decision. ph at 5.5.
Solution to my various problems.
Thrips are dealt with and have ongoing treatment plan.
To deal with ph and N toxicity (thanks nebula and wattze for putting a name on it!) I plan on flushing all the plants with ph water at 6.5. Then test the soil but I'm not really sure whats next if the ph is still too low. They'll be due for watering or feeding today or tomorrow, I'd love to keep on pushing them but don't want to burn them either.
The diet i feed them is a mix of advanced nutrients and emerald harvest products, we were in the midst of switching from one to the other brand when the association fell a part, felt like I had to use the leftovers advanced and decided to play a little dr frankenstein by mixing both brands. I was not supervised in my defense.
I'm also realizing that my excitement to be part of this forum probably got me over posting, gonna try real hard to limit it to pbs arising or feeding days. I just can't help it, my wife can only handle so much geekiness and I need other ears!!
Thrips. After watching a couple of them fly out of the clone pots, first light bulb came on(albeit an hour later) and I removed the pots out of the space all together, they were for a friend but told him better get rid of them, it's not worth it. No signs of the bastards this morning, still planning on second spray with spinosad next week. just in case.
PH. boy oh boy was the light flickering in my bulb... gonna be walking around with post its glued to my forehead for a while. Note to self, do not use the nute mix on your plants if halfway thru mixing your products you start wondering if the ph meter is broken. if you keep on adding ph down and the arrow doesn't move, discard all that crap! and the reader! New reader arrived yesterday and the soil ph is at the moment down to 5 or 4.5 depending on the depth!!!!
Curling. 3rd light bulb, 3rd run outside. Went out and flushed the plant that was curling, gave it tons of water last night and this morning the leaves have perked up quite a bit, right decision. ph at 5.5.
Solution to my various problems.
Thrips are dealt with and have ongoing treatment plan.
To deal with ph and N toxicity (thanks nebula and wattze for putting a name on it!) I plan on flushing all the plants with ph water at 6.5. Then test the soil but I'm not really sure whats next if the ph is still too low. They'll be due for watering or feeding today or tomorrow, I'd love to keep on pushing them but don't want to burn them either.
The diet i feed them is a mix of advanced nutrients and emerald harvest products, we were in the midst of switching from one to the other brand when the association fell a part, felt like I had to use the leftovers advanced and decided to play a little dr frankenstein by mixing both brands. I was not supervised in my defense.
I'm also realizing that my excitement to be part of this forum probably got me over posting, gonna try real hard to limit it to pbs arising or feeding days. I just can't help it, my wife can only handle so much geekiness and I need other ears!!
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