Cannabis as houseplant

[MDR]

Update

It's been two days since the flushing.

The smaller plants look healthy. The larger plant on the right looks like it's rebounding. The larger plant on the left has a bit more yellowing and its leaves are slightly sagging. I think this might be due to a little bit of root rot. I never drilled holes in the bottom of that pot until the flushing. When I did drill, a lot of murky water came out.

[Mr.furley]

How's about in the sides?

[Farmall]

https://air-pot.us/hydro/

This is why Mr.furley is suggesting this.... Read up on these

[MDR]

Interesting. I'll start drilling more holes

[MDR]

Update

I removed the copper wiring. I found it shaped the branches nicely, but I did find some stress lines as you'll see below.

[Mr.furley]

I love keeping mothers, this plant is almost a year old.

https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/316142-time-to-show-your-grow?p=338605#post338605

It really helps to cut them back from time to time.

[MDR]

That's kind of what I'm looking to do. Maybe not as cut back, but with thick stems like that.

[Mr.furley]

Also try and get that pH in and out stable around 6.0
Swing a little up or down when needed.

[Woodsman67]

Mother plants for cloning are sometimes kept in vegetation for extended periods. You could always set up a small flowering box if you want to experience that. I'd say check out some of the upcoming grows on the Solo cup challenge

[MDR]

Where do I find the solo cup challenge?

[Tersky]

Here is the original thread. https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum...-you-to-a-duel

Solo cup challenge is gonna be starting 1/1/2020 but you can read more about it in the link above.

[Mr.furley]

MDR The cutting that drastic is just to reform the plants shape after getting to bushy in the wrong places, My Bad. Most times the plants get trimmed about once a month, this happened tonight to that plant and thought I'd share with you,


This help slow the plant "down" for a minute which helps decrease the need for nutrients, water uptake and photosynthesis, At a point you must either feed it more or cut it back.

[MDR]

Thanks for sharing. I'll post more pics today or tomorrow to show my progress.

[MDR]

Update

The smaller plants look healthy.

The larger plants I'm a little worried about. I'm still getting yellowing, but not sure if that's due to the aftershock of flushing. The one on the right is absorbing water faster as you can see the surface dirt is dryer. I'm thinking of waiting another day or two before watering again. Should I water with nutrients again or just plain pH?

[Mr.furley]

It would be best to also start mixing to the plants just specific needs.
If your going to use PPM'S as your base for nutrient needs you can adjust the dosage amount up and down and should be monitoring Ppm's in and out each watering.
Most cannabis grows for production though vegetation around 800 to 1000 ppms and flowering 1000 to 1200ppms, so you are at a low end of the ppm range for your plants. The nutrients Bottle says "maintenance" meaning bare minimum don't be afraid to go higher if needed. Your ppm's before the flush borderline acceptable before the flush at 1000, that is probably the tip burn but the plant was getting the balance of what it needed across the nutrient range with the PH out of whack.
Just for full disclosure, I don't use PPM'S on a regular basis. I found it to time consuming I just look at the plant now a days.

Mix Your Nute is this order:
SI
Calmag
Potassium base (veg/bloom)
Nitrogen base (grow)
Micro nutrient/bloom enhancers
PH up or down. Never the two in the same gallon.

Keep a eye on your light. It's your next question.

[MDR]

I made a new solution (1 gallon)
pH = 5.5
ppm = 680

4ml of cal mag
1/2 tsp brought me to 500 as you mentioned, so I added another 1/2 tsp which brought me to 680ppm.

I used pH down to get me to 5.5

[Mr.furley]

That looks good and should get you back on track. Your Leaf that has started taking a hit wouldn't come back so focus your efforts at New growth.

[MDR]

I figured it might be easier for me to do this. Tell me what kind of dosage I should be mixing. I have a feeling I'm being too conservative.

Soil: Coo Coo Coir & Perlite mix (3:1)

Dyna Grow (7-9-5) - I mixed 1/4 tsp per gallon of water


CM Plus (3-0-0) - I mixed 1ml per litre of water

[MDR]

Update: The new growth seems to be doing well. The smaller plants that I topped weeks ago are start to grow upwards now with bigger leaves.

I probably won't need to water for another couple days
Should I use the Cal-Mag and Dyna nutes for that watering, or just pH adjusted plain water? I know you're supposed to rotate, but I just finally got my ppm back up to 650-700.

[Canuck147]

Go with the nutes.

[D.A.A.S.69]

What 147, said.

[MDR]

will do

[MDR]

***Update***

I wanted to start by thanking everyone for their advice and their patience. It really appears to have helped. I believe I got my nutrient problem under control. Three of my four plants appear to be growing well. The fourth I believe is still recovering from a root rot problem.

[Mr.furley]

Looking good.

[Mr.furley]

This may interest you MDR

https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/354188-mother-plants-care?p=354780#post354780

[MDR]

Yea I like that. I want to turn one of the smaller ones into a small bonsai mother similar to what you have going. I'm just nervous about cutting back the plant. I worry I would do it wrong and send it into shock

[CatMomma]

what is “sledgehammer?”

[Mr.furley]

It is a rinsing agent.

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[CatMomma]

Oh, thank you!!!

[MDR]

Update:

I moved the one tall plant upstairs under the sunroof, so the smaller plants can have more space.

[MDR]

Curious question regarding nutes

A couple of my plants have been moved upstairs under the sunroof. It's getting much less light that those under the lamps. Am I fine to keep giving the the grow nutes, or should I be monitoring them in case they do accidentally flower. I'm assuming they would then need bloom nutes.

[MDR]

Yes, my ppm is always around 900

[Mr.furley]

If you do choose to flower you will add your flowering nutrient to the mix till you see your ppm's go up to 1200 to 1300 range.

[MDR]

So I don't stop using Dyna Gro Grow? I just add Dyna Gro Bloom as well?

[Mr.furley]

Dyna gro states that you stop the grow when starting the bloom
DG_feedchart (1).pdf

[MDR]

thanks. That's what I thought it said

[MDR]

The one plant under the sunroof appears to have started flowering. This is the plant i took out from under my growlight because there simply wasn't going to be enough room. It's been upstairs for about a month now and just started to show this kind of growth. I've never flowered cannabis before, so I'm basing this on other pictures I've seen. The yield will probably be extremely small since the veg cycle was interrupted and the sunroof probably doesn't give optimal lighting.

I figure it can serve as a good trial run for when I flower the other plants. Given how small it is, I'm hoping it doesn't create too much odor.

When should I switch from Grow to Bloom nutes?

[Canuck147]

Probably a pre-flower - long was to go before any actual flower - shouldn't really do much until it gets a reciprocating light cycle of 12/12.

[MDR]

Thanks. Learning something new all the time. It's winter here, so the sun is up at 8:00AM and down by 6:00PM. I assume that would be a 12/12 light cycle.

[Canuck147]

Perfect - winter here too on the wet coast.

[MDR]

Toronto here