Grow Room Delicious Dark Purple Auto

[SuperCasual]

Hi Gents, it the fellow DDP (day 34) grower checking in. I got a little nervous last night when I saw some small, brown rust spots on a few of my fan leaves. I have been using RO water with grow big, Big Bloom, Boomerang as per guidance but cut to 1/2 strength. My Temps range from 66 F to 77F on a 18/6 light sched (300W LED Vipar).
So I checked my PH of RO water and it was a little lower than Neutral. Then I checked the RO water with my neuts added since it was watering day. pH looked to be around 5.3ish?
Added some 'Ph up' to get the feeding to about 6.6 - 6.8. Hopefully keeping the Ph in this range will prevent this in the future. Thoughts?
Other than that it is looking good. I really want to get a pic or two up for my peers and the experts to provide their thoughts.
till then, good luck with your own, and positive waves.

 

[SuperCasual]

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[Casper79]

Something's not right with mine. I switched to 12/12 light schedule two days ago. I'm starting to get very frustrated. Leaves are turning purple, and I'm seeing lots of pistils confirming a female. At over 50 days I should have Big healthy purple buds by now. Nothing but purple fan leaves. I need to tag this post in the infirmary section as suggested....

 

[Casper79]

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Very very nice grow brotha!!! Congrats!!! I'm very envious right now of yours. When it rains, it pours I guess....

 

[SuperCasual]

Something's not right with mine. I switched to 12/12 light schedule two days ago. I'm starting to get very frustrated

I am sure things will work out. Question: why did you change light schedules with an auto-Fem? I have given mine abo 5hr of dark since the beginning.

 

[SuperCasual]

And just a quick update in the spirit of sharing: I finally pulled the trigger and got a fan and filter combo! I picked up a 6-inch inline fan and a 6-inch carbon filter. Space is a bit of an issue so I wasn't sure how to install the fan & filter to my tent. I ended up placing the inline fan with built in speed control right on top of the tent. Then filter right on top of the fan. Like a chimney, or a gawd damn ice cream cone! So to be more specific I'm blowing air through the filter not sucking air in it.
The filter and fan came just in the nick of time I was already hearing Heisenberg references from my wife...

 

[Casper79]

I am sure things will work out. Question: why did you change light schedules with an auto-Fem? I have given mine abo 5hr of dark since the beginning.

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It was suggested from a few others.

 

[Casper79]

Day 54..... trimmed up so you guys can get a better look. Still no buds. Nothing at all. What do you guys think? Should I just pull her up and start over?

 

[SuperCasual]

Wow Casper! I can't imagine your frustration. Your plant's leaves look 100℅ healthier than mine too. Are you using CalMag? I just bought some to mediate some rust spots I am getting.
Nonetheless, your stalk looks younger than mine and I am around day 47.
So perhaps you have an very immature plant that may take longer.
Hard to advise you since I am an absolute amateur.

 

[Mr.Sparkle]

Day 54..... trimmed up so you guys can get a better look. Still no buds. Nothing at all. What do you guys think? Should I just pull her up and start over?

Casper you definitely have a regular photoperiod plant there if you're at day 54, just flip it to 12/12 and run the plant out, no sense pulling the plant if you don't need to, but i dont know if your running other auto plants, sorry i haven't been following your grow
environment.