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Need plant training advice
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RFheavy
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https://growace.com/blog/ph-and-ppm-...ey-can-handle/
if you scroll down in that link, you'll see what ppm you should be using at what stage. What I do is I make a gallon of nutrient mix and I take that and another gallon of water with me. I check my ppm and I add from both jugs until I hit my desired ppm range. pH after. To raise ppm, add nurient mix. To lower, add from water. If the tips of your leaves start frying, there is a chance that your ppm could be too high. In hydro, there is a lot of mixing and waiting. Make sure you take the time to measure everything. Your tester and meter might take some time before it levels off in the readings. I usually check on my plants again a half hour later to make sure all is well. RIP not replying again. haha!
if you scroll down in that link, you'll see what ppm you should be using at what stage. What I do is I make a gallon of nutrient mix and I take that and another gallon of water with me. I check my ppm and I add from both jugs until I hit my desired ppm range. pH after. To raise ppm, add nurient mix. To lower, add from water. If the tips of your leaves start frying, there is a chance that your ppm could be too high. In hydro, there is a lot of mixing and waiting. Make sure you take the time to measure everything. Your tester and meter might take some time before it levels off in the readings. I usually check on my plants again a half hour later to make sure all is well. RIP not replying again. haha!
Gingerbeard
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dphipps1020
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Looks like you got everything you need already. I personally do CalMag at about half strength with no issues, measurements on the bottle are what I use. Personal preference on that I think (or plant preference). I've gotten away with not using it but I also use tap water. Manifolding techniques are easy, just make sure you have something to tie them down with or they'll stand right back up. Here's a couple examples for you from some I did last night. I used the quadlining technique this time but it gives you a general idea of what you may want it to look like. My space is a bit bigger so I'm sure you'll be scaling it down a bit. I'm also working on my big top fed rdwc setup so I can separate my hydro plants a little bit, was leaking a little last time I used it. Had an unfortunate mishap with my fan and it almost took 3 of my hydro plants out completely. Still salvageable, just need a little time to heal and they'll be good as new. Including pictures of all that too.
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SoOrbudgal
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Got enough going on there dphipps1020? LOL
Obi-Wan
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The pictures below show the best way I’ve found to LST with 5 gal. DWC buckets. The eye hooks give you an anchor point on the top surface of the lid so you won’t run into issues when you lift the lids. Use good nickel plated eye hooks so they don’t rust. If you get slightly longer eye hooks you can use the eye and the underside as anchor points. My space is a 3x3 so you’d have about 6†more depth to fill than I do with my front 2 plants.
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Obi-Wan
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It’s somewhat gradual, but I tend to be on the heavier side when it comes to defoliation. I’ll take a few leaves here and there for a week or two and then take 1/2-3/4 of the leaves in one shot about 2 weeks before flower. Then I’ll give them a good week to recover and take about 1/2 of what comes back when I switch to 12/12. How much I take always depends on how healthy and vigorous the plants are. The plants above were extremely healthy and well established. I pruned the lower branches for clones at the same time so it makes the defoliation look more drastic.