New grower problems

[Daskahn]

I damn near read this entire site before starting.. it's what I spent atleast 50% of my work shift doing lol.. and from time to time if I see something I remember reading about I'll try to find it.. I post because I like sharing and I always second guess myself and I have a memory like a gold fish.. and can't remember where something was

Plus it's always nice for someone to help when you need it.. (I swear I'm not old)

 

[Daskahn]

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Update..
all roots seem bright white so that's good I think it was just nute build up..

they soaked up a lot of water in the last week so I take that as a good sign

the water is clear instead of merky brown (when I made the water it was almost like swamp water) does that mean I'm not adding enough Nutes?

Ok so the runt has so far the biggest buds but she has some lower branches that don't seem to be doing so good.. should I try to tie them in a position in hopes of getting more light?
Leave em be?
Of chop em off in preference for the main stem?

 

[ellz]

Man they are coming along great! By your water being clear do you mean it's still got color to it but you can see through it or do you mean it is like water? Also, are you mixing it well after you add all your nutrients? I do mine in a 5 gallon jug and shake the hell out of it before adding it. It ends up looking like tea when I go to pour it in. It's brownish red but see through.

 

[Daskahn]

I mix mine up in my 30 gallon tote.. use a big cooking spoon and stir my cauldron of growing elixer till it looks like chacolate milk.. or well chacolate water lol
Then pump it in.. but no I mean from time to time I will check the rock wool to see how dry it is and poor a cup of water from inside the tote over it today it was crystal clear.. if this is why my roots are doing better I'm all for it but I'm just curious if I should add more
Nutes but I really don't want to change anything specially since they are doing good but if I must I will for the ladies

 

[ellz]

You only really need to add more nutrients when your plants show a deficiency in all honesty. However, I usually swap my nutrients once a week and top off with only pHed, HydroGuard water.

 

[Daskahn]

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Update time!
Ok so just trucking along it seems.
No real problems everything working smoothly
two general questions nothing to serious

1.) by the size of the buds how much time do you think I have, I move in three weeks will anything be harvestable and how much?

2.) see the tall one in the back it's nearing the light I'm concerned for light burn any ideas I could raise the light but would compromise the amount of light runt get(I think)

 

[Daskahn]

Side note
learnt an interesting lesson few days ago..
water was a little low so I figured I'd top it off
put the pump in my back up tote to pump the pre mixed solution in and I did.
then left for my mini vacation(2 days)
When I came home about 4-5 gallons was gone and my first thought was is that even possible
so went to check my back up to see if I even had enough to top off again and to my surprise all the water was back in the backup......
apparently when I turned off the pump it caused a suction and cyphened all the water plus some in the back up so mixed again and pumped it back.. this time I made sure to remove the pump after finishing lol

 

[Daskahn]

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Update photos

one is a side view I defoliate most of the lower leaves off but nothing really has grown back is this normal?

 

[Daskahn]

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Just some update photos

 

[Daskahn]

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Look at this

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Nice picture, starting to get a little frost.

 

[ellz]

Those are looking good Daskahn! Keep up the good work!

 

[Daskahn]

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Update photo

 

[ellz]

Coming along very well!

 

[Daskahn]

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Update
so I plan on starting molasses feeding here soon
added some sugar today not really sure if it's the same but it's what I had

is there anything I should be doing at this stage other then sitting and waiting..

 

[ellz]

Just basically checking on the plants every couple of days and making sure the reservoirs stay full. Other than that...you are basically just sitting back and watching the "grass" grow!

 

[Daskahn]

That sounds vaguely familiar lol

 

[ellz]

I thought it might.

 

[Daskahn]

Ok for a real problem.. I have 8 days left.. I was thinking I could wait till the day before last to clip em but I'm not sure that's nearly enough time.. I don't have a truck to transport them so not sure a sitter would work.. any ideas?

 

[ellz]

You could always rent a truck to move them.