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[starramus]

If you would like to see some insanely rapid vegetative growth pick up one of these. https://www.amazon.com/Grow-Co-Ceram...e+315w+ballast I've got mine in the basement for my winter grow. Have my clones there, a few late planted experimentals, my reluctant pollinator, and soon a few Gorilla Glue #4 autos.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

LOL

I been drooling over a CMH. Just don't have enough pennies saved yet 😁

If all goes well, hopefully in the new year

Appreciate the input - TY

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

LoJ
44 days from seed
I broke a top, so she has 7 mains
light defoliatin last week. Only took 7 leaves (1 per stem)
I'm itching to take another couple of leaves this week, will likely wait another day or two


NL
34 days from seed
My mutant plant. Started as twins. The shorter girl is growing 3 leaves per node
can't wait for her to start growing, so I can really start training her. So far, just pulling the taller one way over (took 1 leaf last week)



last night was res change, as I was reading my nute recipe, I realized it was way out of wack (1:1:1 and low doses)
so, went back to GH and their recirculation schedule. Currently running at %50 'Late Veg' (~1100 ppm, 5.9 pH)

so, I been starving the poor girls, they looked they had plumped up a little, when I checked on them today.

 

[alltatup]

They sure don't look starved to me!! ;-]

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

LoJ
50 days from seed
I took a couple of fan leaves, to expose the horizontal stems, have some nice growth coming. The mains still have a few, inches to go, before I let them turn upwards.

NL
39 days from seed
took 4 fan leaves, tied back 3 stems


no nute burns for either of the girls, continuing to run GH Fora Trio recipe @ %50 (1178 ppm / 2356 us/cm) and 1/4 tsp GH SubCulture-B in each res


Potentially,, these girls could be beasts, both are still less than 3 apples tall 😁, I topped the LoJ as soon as I could, just so I could start training her

And for alltatup , the best picture of Fall in New Brunswick (that I have). Standing in the same spot as before, just turned left almost 90 degrees, so looking across and slightly up river.

 

[alltatup]

I can't see the pink pictures, but New Brunswick is gloriously beautiful. I can see the huge leaves, though!!!

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

wow - I guess its time for an update

LoJ
62 days from seed

Been a long month for her. She has been defoliated twice. 21 hour power outage (power was restored, reservoir changed, she spent the next 72 hours under lights). She still has her 7 mains - almost to the edge of the pot. Some nice stemmage coming up the middle (a couple of good 'clone' candidates). been keeping her canopy quite flat

She has been giving off a little smell for the last 2, 3 weeks. Nothing major, warmish earth, with faint hint of skunk. Can get a good wiff, when I open the tent - but it disperses quite quickly


NL
52 days from seed

Also a long month for her. No real defoliation - has been a couple of leaf pluckings. 21 hour power outage (she received the same treatment as LoJ).

She still has her 2 stems.
I fimmed the 'normal' stem, it seems to have worked - multiple leaf growths (leaf tips are all abnormal - from the fimming)
Still dealing with the root rot - thought I had it chased out, but when I checked today, more brown on the roots. l will probably add a second airstone to the res, on next res change.
The second stem, was still throwing 3 leaf nodes, when I knocked the growth tip off - only been a couple of days since the tragic event, so she hasn't really resumed her growth yet

Dealing with 5 or 6 good side stems - keeping them tied down along the horizontal



Continuing:
GH Nute Schedule at %50 (Late Growth - Week 3)
SubCulture B (1/4 tsp in the res) - will likely bump the dose for NL to 3/8 tsp

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Weekly reservoir change (bucket cleaning, hydroton rinse for the NL)

Nutrient Solution: (%50 GH Schedule)

pH: 5.9
TDS: 1138 ppm
EC: 2276 microsiemens/cm​

After 3 weeks, this nutrient solution still 'feels' high to me, but the plants aren't showing signs of burn - its almost like they are asking for more. Maybe I will bump it up when I get the HID set up. They are doing fine under the LED (Meizhi r450 - 200W from the wall)

NL (Canuk)
53 days from seed

moved NL into a catch basin - ran 5-7L of RO through her hydroton (until it ran clear)
moved NL into an empty grow pot (let her roots hang, dark and dry, approximately 30 minutes)
scrubbed her pot (mild dish soap)
wiped down the pot with %50 rubbing alcohol
replaced suspect airstone with 2 stones (more bubbles for the roots)
mixed 3/8 tsp SubCulture B into nutrient solution​

LoJ (AMS)
63 days from seed

moved LoJ into an empty grow pot (let her roots hang, dark and dry, approximately 30 minutes)
scrubbed her pot
wiped down the pot with %50 rubbing alcohol
mixed 1/4 tsp SubCulture B into nutrient solution​

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I am happy with their progress (except for the root rot).

LoJ is coming along nicely, I get to adjust one or two stems every day or so I turned the exhaust fan down last night, so the tent smelled like LoJ when I opened it up today

NL is still chugging along. Topside - I think she looks great. Rootside - I am not so thrilled (hoping the extra air stone and bumped SubCulture B dosage deals with it) She doesn't seem to have much smell, just green plant (even when I stick my face right down into her) Some LST going on, maybe 5 or 6 lower branches I am coaxing towards the edge of the pot.
Re: root rot - I think either my hydroton and/or airstone was contaminated/not cleaned enough. My tent isn't getting hot enough to raise the res temps

Hoping to pick up some lumber this weekend (just some 2x2) and frame up a 5'x5' space to hang a 600w HID in. Get these ladies vegging under some MH. (and over the next couple of weeks , get and add some panda film to the frame for a light tight grow space)
I haven't even considered flipping to flower (only been 2 months) - the NL roots need to heal and stabilize, the LoJ wants/needs more time

 

[Sallisawjim]

Man those babies look great. Mine are just behind yours from the looks of it. Love it.

 

[alltatup]

Hey Lurking, we already talked about light leaks into the reservoir, didn't we? Make absolutely sure--can't stress that enough--that there are no light leaks. I had to lie on my back on the floor and peer under my reservoir lid to catch light leaks I missed the first time. I just want your root rot to leave and never return.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

LOL

I thought I had the pot light tight. But wouldn't hurt to confirm.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

NL (Canuk)
61 days from seed
Doing great. Growing slow and steady. No huge outbursts of growth, constant and slow 😁.

LoJ (AMS)
71 days from seed
doing great. A couple of the horizontal stems have made it to the outer rim.


Both are 24 hours into a 48 hour flush.
Flushing for the NL more than the LoJ. Getting the last of the root rot out of her bucket.

flush solution
RO, CALiMAGic, Armour Si, Subculture B (pH: 6.1, 383ppm, 766 microsiemens)

they are both liking the flush.

Still not thinking about flipping to flower. Thinking about running a couple of autos, and letting these girls veg under the same 20/4 lights.

 

[Mr.furley]

And I thought I grew them flat. Nice work.

 

[alltatup]

They look awesome!

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Your doing great, ole buddy, keep it up.
Your plants are looking mighty fine !!

 

[Canuck147]

Really beautiful color.

 

[Sallisawjim]

Low and slow. Nice. I think I'm gonna run 5 gallon buckets next run. Seems like less maintenance. Like the way you have these set up for training. Perfect imho...

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

72 hour flush - real life got in the way last night. I did mix up nutes, and pH'd to 6.1. They both look good

Today
Moved the girls into empty holding pots. NL is finally showing some decent root growth (6-8 inches) 😁. Quick pot cleaning. Fill with nute solution (pH: 6.2 TDS: 1534ppm EC: 3068 microsiemens)


Sallisawjim the girls are currently in cute little 3.5 gallon pots. I will up-pot (to 5 gallons) before the flip. The 3 gallon pots are just easier to manage at this stage. They are starting to take 1L top ups, daily though.

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Looking great, ole buddy !!keep up the good job.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

So, driving into work this morning, i realized 1500ppm was GH full strength recipe. Fretted all day that i was going to come home to crispy little girls.

opened the tent, and there was no crispy. YAY! 2 happy little girls

only going to give her pH'd RO this week, slowly bring the ppm down to range.