First grow, first grow journal (bubbleponics)

[Farmall]

Topping is typical at node 5 so you will likely not see any measurable slowdown in growth.

[SoOrbudgal]

Looks really good

[Aevin1387]

I decided to swap the water a bit early, some of the old fan leaves are starting to show some spotting. I'm using the same amount of nute, 2.5ml per gallon of the GH trio, with 2ml per gallon of hydroguard, some BioRoot and Mr Fulvic as well, PH to 6.0-6.1. I checked the PH of the previous grow water and it read at 5.6-5.7, which is lower than I like it. Photos of the spots and roots attached.

[Aevin1387]

I am not using calmag at all, just the ones listed above

[Aevin1387]

RagWeedDWC do you think I should be adding CALMAG?

[FlyingDutchPaddy]

i was looking at the pics earlier... was undecided if calcium was a bit low...

if not using CalMag now, I'd suggest adding some in.

keep an eye on the NPK of CalMag you'll use.. some have 4-0-0 which is 4% extra nitrogen...

pH of 5.6-5.7 is fine still.....

[Aevin1387]

I tried using my digital microscope to get a closer look and try to look for bugs, but didn’t spot any. It’s really difficult to use with the magnification level and my hands being naturally shaky, but I got a couple shots.

[Aevin1387]

The spotting appears to be getting worse, but is mostly contained to two of the older fan leaves. I picked up some GH CALiMAGic and added a little over a teaspoon (around a half dosage for veg). New photos attached.

[RagWeedDWC]

This was farther along, but fixed with CAL Mag, I think you are having the same issue. Of course the leaf did not come back, the problem did not surface in newer growth.

[Aevin1387]

So, it looks like so far the CALiMAGic isn't helping, it's still spreading. I'm wondering if it's a bit of nutrient burn, so I've replaced the water with 3/4 of the nutrients (halfway between the seedling amount and the vegetative amount) and a bit more CALiMAGic. It looks like the new nodes were about ready for training, but I guess I was a little aggressive.

[SoOrbudgal]

I would let that plant get healthy before doing anymore it's gonna shock it and stunt it that's what i'd do if she were mine. She's getting fussy about all the cutting looks like to me.

[Drekthar]

Curious what your water temperature is. I try to keep mine in high 60's, low 70's. Run into problems if the water gets much warmer than 75f

[Aevin1387]

Usually around 75 same as the tent. I'll try using some frozen water bottles to lower it

[Drekthar]

i think you should be shooting for 66-70f on your water

[Aevin1387]

She's getting worse, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. One of the higher up fan leaves suddenly turned very yellow and is crispy on the yellow part. I've been keeping the water between 66 and 72 for the past few days with a frozen water bottle or two every few hours. I don’t think it’s root rot, yeah the roots are a little brown but that’s from the root nutrients. Adding an imgur album this time, much easier that way.

https://imgur.com/a/eFo36Sw

[Daskahn]

By the look of how bunched up she is I might think the light be to close to her

[Aevin1387]

It's been a while since I last posted. She stopped getting worse, so it may have been a combination of needing CaliMag, stress, water temperature and light burn. The two branches had grown to 6 nodes, so I trimmed her down to only the third pairs on Friday. So far so good, I just wish I'd realized that I had been following the old mainlining tutorial instead of the newer manifolding tutorial 😅. It'll cost me a couple weeks based on how long these branches took. New pictures post-trimming attached.

[Aevin1387]

Time for a Sunday update! It's been a bit over a week since I trimmed he and she's growing fast! Not much else to this update, since she's growing quick and healthily. As always, photos attached.

[Aevin1387]

Another Sunday, another Sunday update. She's still growing well, the really old leaves are starting to show some spotting so I've increased the CALiMAGic a little bit. I also realized I accidentally bought the hard water variety of Flora Micro which is probably contributing. I'm going to keep this update short, as I'll be doing the last topping in a day or two, the third node on the current branches isn't quite as developed as I would like so I'm going to give her some more time. As always, photos attached, and I'll update again in once I've topped to start the final branches.

[Aevin1387]

I clipped her late Monday night, and took these photos this afternoon after letting her recover a little bit. I unfortunately lost a cola when I was trying to do some light training, it just pulled off 😔. Going to wait a bit longer to go back to LST.