SOIL Summer/Fall 20201 Grow - Cleaned up and ready

[billyboy]

Got a good little crop going so far. I am starting to think I may have a bunch of girls on my hands. Going to try and see if they are old enough to sex looking at the pre-flowers near the growth tips: https://www.growweedeasy.com/preflowers

We'll see how it goes. I need to get the manifolds started soon!

In that last pic - it is the runty little one that I was going to give up on, but saw it had some roots and maybe had a chance. The plant topped itself and all of a sudden is going strong with two main stems. Going to just leave it alone and see what happens. Maybe I'll top it again if it turns out to be female.

 

[billyboy]

Before:


After: (no manifold for the under-developed runty ones)


Can you tell the girls from these pics of the Pre-flowers:

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I'm dizzy looking LOL

 

[billyboy]

One good feeding and they are growing fast again. Got one showing brown spots. Unfortunately a Lemon OG which was a feminized seed and so should be a girl. Same food, soil, light, ph'd water, Rh etc. Not sure why just the one is in some distress.

 

[billyboy]

Getting some concerning yellowing on the older growth. I have seen the fan leaves die early before when building the base of the manifold but this is different I think. All of them are reacting on the same exact way. I have been eyeballing the pH down so maybe I am off. Will test tomorrow and see. The rest of the growth looks great.

 

[PLreef]

I think you might right. Looks like your ph might be off in the root zone. All the plants look the same way. Beautiful green up top, saggy/droopy appearance and the yellowing in the lower 3rd.

 

[billyboy]

Yeah. Operator error. I did my normal thing and pH'd the water. I was basically poisoning them with water and nutes < 5. Probably closer to 4.5. (I use a color based reagent and not a digital meter so not exact). So those pictures are a study in nute lockout.

Made the changes and they already look better. Will post some pics in a few days when they are back to health and growing fast again. Still need to finish the manifold but want them good and healthy first.

Lesson learned: Stick to the basics and check your pH at the first signs of an issue! :joy:

 

[PLreef]

Reasons like what you posted is why I'm such a stilicker about PH. A whole grow can go to shit in a matter of days if the PH is off. But an attentive grower can a will spot said issues and figure out how to best resolve them. You my friend are all over it. I have no doubts that they will return to their former glory and quite possibly fully manifolded. Good luck Mr. billyboy . Happy growing

 

[SoOrbudgal]

You got this billyboy those look really strong otherwise, they will pull out of it.

 

[billyboy]

Well the MH bulb died so I took it as a sign. I put n the HPS and flipped to 12/12.

They were on the rebound but I had not built the manifold. Just going to defole and let them bud. Still have not positively ID'd any males but will know for sure very soon.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Good luck billyboy fingers crossed for a good female outcome.

 

[billyboy]

It is always something. Plants are back to being healthy and getting that big growth spurt in the stretch (after the pH issues)

Then ... the timer decides it is going to send me notification that it has turned off the ballast for the 12/12 when in reality it kept letting power pass through. So I ended up with a week of 12/12, then a short duration where it stayed n for a short time longer than reported, then a full 36 hours of light where it completely missed a "night". Also the blower is on a similar cycle but on a different timer so when it went off the temps spiked way up. You can see it on the graphs I have on the temp/humidity sensors. Not sure what it is going to do to the grow. I can't imagine that they will have tried to re-veg in such a short amount of time but they have been stressed enough in this grow that I don't want to see any hermies;

That last spike is where I am working out the timing with the blower and removing the failed bad unit

 

[billyboy]

The results are in. (7) Sensi Skunk #1 Regular seeds germinated. (2) male and (5) female. I will take that ratio any day. (8) plants in flower (the other three are Lemon OG - feminized)

Got the kinks out in Veg and looking forward to a smooth flower. Stretch is done and they are in the groove. Got the temps moving between 65 at night and 78-80 in the day. RH trending towards 50. pH under control.

Defole this weekend (not much)

 

[Smoklahoma]

Glad to see they are looking good after the issues. They should finish out nicely.

 

[billyboy]

Getting tall and fat! I am pushing the nutes a bit and they are loving it. I have added Beastie Bloomz (0-50-30) and Cha Ching (9-50-10) to the feeding cycle

 

[billyboy]

Looking good in late flower. Had a broken branch and dried the bud on the tip. Good medicine already