New Grower First Grow - Iranian Autoflower (fem) in hydro

[Muddy]

I don't think you're too far off, so feeding a lower pH should do the trick. I would go with about 6.0 next feeding and check your run off.

 

[low_and_slow]

Sounds like a plan!

 

[swampman]

nelson it seems to make my old achy bones feel young again .......and that its not super head high when u take a lil extra in .For me i fell like a young champ again. dont know if its like that for everyone but it is like a viagra for an even older man. I have a few diesel as well and that seems to make me a lil bit slower but i like the feeling

 

[low_and_slow]

Okay, just did some watering. No nutes this week, I need to give the plants a minute to sort out and I'm convinced that pH is the problem. Here's the results

Pjem:
in - 6.0
out - 6.8 (explains the yellowing of the leaves, probably a cal/mag lockout)

PAK:
in - 6.45
out - 5.7 (top dressed w/2tbspn of dolomite lime then poured another 1/2 gallon of water through)

IAF:
in - 6.45
out - 5.15 (top dressed w/2tbspn of dolomite lime then poured another 1/2 gallon of water through)

All told I'm way low in 2 pots and way high in 1 pot...hopefully I'm correcting back but at this point it's going to be slow and steady.

Any thoughts on the way ahead for the PJEM? Doing some rough guesstimating I'd say she's probably about pH 7.6 right now, meaning she's in the hurt locker. What to do...what to do...

 

[swampman]

some ph up liquid at HTG ....if there isnt one around maybe get on thee website and overnight that shipment .....I have some to go down and it is very strong it takes less than a 1/4 teaspoon to get it to 6.0 maybe this could be helpful ....or running straight neutral water for a watering or too .....Hopefully muddy churps in quickly with some better info .....good luck bro

 

[low_and_slow]

Yeah I have up and down and a hanna pH pen ...the PAK are stout, they should come around in a week or so with some lime, they're still in veg. The Pjem is different, she's too high and mid flower...gotta get that down quickly. Going to feed/water @the 6.0 unless Muddy thinks I should amend her soil to bring it down.

 

[low_and_slow]

Mossy, the most recent PAK seeds you sent out, are those F1? Have 2 VERY different phenos...one is 5" and 3 nodes. One is less than 1" and 3 nodes.

 

[swampman]

low,
do u like mix the water a day before,
i had mixed a gallon yesterday had the ph at 6.0 today i checked it being nosey with the fever again and my water was way below 4.0
I also used the oxygen pump to areate it now its gonna me nervous that my babies are soaking up acid....

 

[low_and_slow]

No, I mix right before I feed. The longest water has sat after being properly pH'ed was about an hour.

Did a VERY light feeding today and threw the girls in the new tent setup. Not really pleased with the suction I'm getting off the fan they gave me, the math works based on CFM and the volume of the tent, but it's not really "pulling" very hard through the charcoal filter.

Here was my feeding regimen, plus some pics:

08 July - PAK + IAF = GenOrganic 1/4 strength nutes, week 1 dose @ 6.5 pH. PJEM = GenOrg 1/4 strength week 6 @ 6.0pH. HydroPJEM = .5ml of 3 part mixture, 1/4 strength camg, 5.8pH.

Going to give everyone a few days to adjust to the new environment. Ventilation is good, I'm leaving the flap open at the top and the top access point is open like a chimney, so temps are rock solid and air flow is vigorous. I didn't try to buffer up or down too much with this feeding...I'm just hoping something "sticks" this week and the plants start to perk up. Contemplating a camg foliar feed to augment the routine, maybe in 3-4 days.

From left to right, the pictures are:

-PJEM in hydro
-Group shot of tent (both the blackstar 240 and sun systems 150hps are burning bright!)
-Another group with carbon filter in the background
-PJEM in HF w/lime (and apparently a pH of like 8, *sigh*)
-IAF nr1 (the runt) in a 10" clay pot in Sunshine Mix #4 and IAF nr2 and nr3 in the background. All 3 of those girls popped on the same day, the runt is small because she was root bound in some seed starter for a few weeks.
-PAK nr1 (tall pheno)
-PAK nr2 (midget pheno)

 

[low_and_slow]

Also, yes, the plant in hydro is struggling...still trying to figure out the whole "starting from seed into hydro" thing. It was a lot easier when I had a rooted seedling, lol.