HYDRO New Grow Diary advice/tips/tricks appreciated

[Kajicky]

Yesterday added 5L distilled water and added 1/2 Micro, 1/2 Gro, 1/2 Bloom and 1tsp CalMag.

PH, TDS and EC in attached.

 

[RagWeedDWC]

I think I would stick with your led lights

 

[Kajicky]

Ok, thanks man 🤞

 

[Kajicky]

Overnight, they’ve fanned out nicely! Only a few leaves showing signs of stress from the MH light experiment.

 

[RetiredGuy]

Are you following a specific nutrient schedule? . Your plants seem a little small to be adding bloom nutes yet.

 

[Poppa]

The GH Flora Trio feed schedule calls for it through out the grow. They make a product called KoolBloom for use in the flowering phase.

 

[Kajicky]

I’m following the PDF guide on this site.

https://www.growweedeasy.com/wp-con...eed-General-Hydroponics-nutrient-schedule.pdf

 

[RagWeedDWC]

When I used GH, I did not follow the exact schedule they published. I started at 30% recommended and worked up to about 85 percent. I continued to feed for veg state until I started seeing hints of flowering. I never fed the full recommended amounts.

Some of the amounts fed and dates are documented here, just to compare. Tumble

I think most of the feeding schedules are a swag at best, more for selling nutrients than for growing. Watch your plant and PH, burned tips, reduce nutrients a tad.
I
ts looking good, nice recovery! Slowly work your lights down until you start seeing stress, then back off and that should be a good distance for the rest of your grow.

 

[Kajicky]

Plants fanning out nicely. I’ve removed the 4th seed that showed up late, there was something funky with it, the root started growing vertically and it gained no height.

 

[Kajicky]

Took y’all’s advice to have the reservoir in an opaque container to prevent light bleed.

Current Overview
PH: 6.1
EC: 1.85
TDS: 925
Water Temp: 73.4°F

 

[YYCannabis]

Final adjustment is to cover that big corner opening with aluminum foil to keep the light out. 👍 And remember to add some type of root treatment to that reservoir to help prevent root rot.

 

[Kajicky]

Will do, thanks for the tip 🙏

 

[Kajicky]

Veg day 15 complete, no more signs of the issues from the heat stress from the MH light. I will start training the two plants in the 12” basket on the right so that they grow away from each other as of tomorrow.

 

[YYCannabis]

Lookin good.

 

[Kajicky]

Veg - Day 17

 

[RagWeedDWC]

Looking good!

 

[Kajicky]

Advice please... I needed to turn off the water to fix a leak what’s the longest I can leave the water off?

 

[Eliot Pryor]

I accidently left the pump and aerator off for 3 days. It started looking droopy but it recovered alright.

 

[YYCannabis]

I can’t say how long is too long, but if you’re just doing it for a few minutes then no worries. Just make sure the roots don’t dry up if it’s going to be for a long long time. When i do a fresh change of my DWC buckets, i let my roots hang in an empty bucket for 5-10 minutes and there is never an issue since they don’t dry out.

 

[Kajicky]

We’re talking more on the order of hours than minutes for the cure time of the silicone sealant. For some reason in my head I thought it was the fast cure stuff. I steam rollered ahead and then read the label after applying the sealant, it needs up to 24 hours 🙄 anyway, it’s in the hands of Ja now, let’s hope this is the last of my fucktard moments of this grow.

I’ll dip the bottom of the baskets in a separate nutrient tank solution every hour, fingers crossed I don’t stress them too much 🤞

Also realised the sealant was acidic so have flushed the whole system and moved onto the transition mix 1:1:1:1/2 per 5L we’re a few days early, but my gut says it’s the right move.