New Grower Doogal's first auto attemp

[Dudeski]

I didn't think you were supposed to adjust the ph perfect line at all. Someone that uses it may be able to answer.

 

[MickJ]

looking great [emoji106] a few hiccups but we all have them from time to time.
the when and how much to water is a tricky one to explain,its more a feeling.a spare dry pot in the corner as a gauge.depends how fluffy soil is/temps/humidty/fans allsorts.
not much more than 3 splashes 1st week maybe 4 drinks of 250ml 2nd week,upto about 1250ml daily in my 6L fluffy soil pots.
soil does buffer ph to a degree,maybe a natural ph upper ? is it baking powder or baking soda or one of them type things do the trick.

Baking soda, works well too

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[Doogal]

I didn't think you were supposed to adjust the ph perfect line at all. Someone that uses it may be able to answer.

I did a google search to try and find out, but I couldn't really find a definitive answer. I have just emailed AN to ask them about it so will hopefully hear back from them soon. Thanks @Dudeski for bringing this to my attention, much appreciated mate.

 

[Doogal]

Got an email back from AN, that was bloody quick.
They said :

There is no need to adjust the pH.

6.1 will be 100% fine with the pH perfect nutrients.

The main feature of how the pH perfect technology works, is the fact that the nutrients are available at a very wide pH range.

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It doesn't exactly answer my question whether adjusting pH will do any harm, but it will have to do for now. It does pH the water to 6.1 pretty much instantly after adding the sensi grow each time, so I suppose I can be happy with that.
I wouldn't mind a little bit more control over the situation, so when I go into flower, I'm thinking about switching to the full remo range. I love the velo kelp. Been putting it in the soil I grow my aubergines for a couple of weeks now haha, works an absolute charm.
We'll see how it goes for the time being, generally speaking I'm happy with whats going on in the tent for my first auto grow.
Now that I know I've got my temps, humidity, lights and pH locked down before day 20 I'm happy enough.

 

[Dudeski]

I think what their formula does is make the nutrients,available at a wider range. It wouldn't sell that well if it didn't work. It keeps you from having to adjust for specific n, p, k uptake range

 

[Doogal]

Good evening all, hope we're all staying high

We're on day 23

I've just been watering and leaf tucking tonight, so thought I would take the ladies out for a few pictures.

The watering is becoming a bit easier to gauge now that the ladies are getting bigger and actually drinking the feed. I've settled on between 700ml - 1L per plant depending on its size every 2 or 3 days. Seems to working ok at the moment.

They are getting 1ml/L sensi grow a+b, 1ml/L calmag extra, 0.75ml/L velo kelp.

I have been doing a lot leaf tucking, and I think maybe a bit too much as I've noticed wear and tear on some leaves from me messing around with them too much. I've also been removing a couple of leaves from most of these ladies every now and again, either where leaf tucking simply won't work, where the leaves are dying (only happened to 1 leaf) or where I have blatantly broken one during leaf tucking.

Pineapple Express [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]
She is coming along really nicely. Have had no problems with her and she has been really easy to lst

Pineapple Express [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] -
This is the one that started flowering well early. She doesn't seem to have grown in size or put out any new leaves recently. Currently she is experimental plant [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]

Chem City Blues
A few days behind the rest due to her little germination problem, but she's been doing great the past two weeks. She keeps putting out big leaves and has started drinking a lot the last few days.

Alaskan Thunderfuck
Getting a little bit taller than the rest, but I've left her to her own devices mainly, just a bit of leaf tucking, which is actually rather difficult with her. Her leaves are REALLY thick and kinda waxy, they just bend straight back into position every time I move them. Has a lovely early smell coming off her though.

And she has a crazy amount of incoming growth on those top nodes :

Chem Bubbly [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]
Another one who is coming along fantastically. She's responded well to a small amount of lst and a tonne of leaf tucking. Lots of bud sites on this one.

Chem Bubbly [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]
The 3 leaf wonder. My second experimental plant. Last week I watched a couple of videos of a guy who was 'mainlining' a plant. It looked way too complicated for me to try, so I have done this instead as an experiment. She is currently lying flat above the soil, pinned down with a paperclip on each end. Each end also has 3 leaves popping out of it and 3 growths exactly in the middle too.
I would like both tips and the middle to grow directly upwards, however I have no idea whats gonna happen. Good little experiment though.

Stress Killer [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]
Both of my stress killers are getting big. I'm really happy with them and they look so pretty when you see them moving in the breeze from my fan. They have both been a joy to work with as they have responded positively to their leaf tucking, lst, nutrients, etc. Really looking forward to see how both of these turn out, as I think their LST has had a positive impact at beginning a nice canopy for the future.

Stress Killer [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]

Blue Dream
She's starting to really bulk up now. I can't really do much to her other than mega leaf tucking because she has a lot of growth below. Its really dense in there. I haven't removed any leaves from her what so maybe thats why she's so bushy? Just leaving her to do what she likes for the time being as she seems really happy.

Summer Berry Kush
My last experimental plant. I have been removing leaves from her constantly over the past 2 weeks. Pretty much any fan leaf got removed. I just want to see for myself what ultimately happens to a cannabis auto plant when I start removing leaves during the first 2/3 weeks of growth. As of today that leaf removal has stopped. I'm going to let her grow naturally now, but I'm going to continue to give her grow nutrients for a long time, well past when she should be starting on bloom nutrients, just to see what happens when I try to give bloom nutrients as late as possible. Hopefully I can learn a few things from the 3 plants that I am experimenting with.

Everyone all together :

Thank you for looking in and any input is absolutely welcome to help me along.
Take it easy and have a blessed grow everyone.

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

everything looks spot on.everyone has their ways,quirks of growing no two the same.we find or drift our way into a style that suits best.from next to nothing like me,to someone growing in a pc case,watering/tweeking things 2,3 times a day.
you doin great just keep doin it

 

[Dudeski]

I agree with Archie, just keep doing what you are doing!

 

[Doogal]

@archie gemmill @Dudeski
Thanks to both of you for checking in, you guys have both been a great help to me so far, keeping me on the right path. Gotta love the immensely helpful and friendly staff and members on these forums, it really does make it feel like everyone is pulling in the same direction, such a great community.
I'll do my best to keep trucking.

 

[Dudeski]

@archie gemmill @Dudeski
Thanks to both of you for checking in, you guys have both been a great help to me so far, keeping me on the right path. Gotta love the immensely helpful and friendly staff and members on these forums, it really does make it feel like everyone is pulling in the same direction, such a great community.
I'll do my best to keep trucking.

That is why we are all here, it's a great family here!