New Grower Newb grower autoflower indoor single 125w cfl tomorite miracle gro (feedback please!)

[stylez]

Hey Stylez, thanks for your reply. They are now 51days old. Ive read you can go over the recommended time (mines about 9weeks) so I was thinking to go maybe an extra one or two or maybe for as long as it keeps flowering. What do you think?

Sorry for the delay on getting back to you:Sharing One: been busy:no: I would shoot for Day 75 or so, maybe a tad longer, but thats just me you will be very surprised how much more weight she should pack on with keeping her up :dance2: keep up the great work, she will reward you well my bud.. One Love

 

[CGR]

it will the more the better :Grow & Show..:.............................:stylez rasta smoke:

 

[MythticalMagic]

Just a quick update and question people...

Plants are lookin frosty an the hairs are about 80% orange.
The tips of the RBM are slight turning purple which im happu about. :drool:
Im thinkin about doing an ice water flush to boost the trichomes an purpling. Does anyone know anything about the process/steps?

 

[MythticalMagic]

Just a quick update and question people...

Plants are lookin frosty an the hairs are about 80% orange.
The tips of the RBM are slightly turning purple which I'm happy about. :drool:
Im thinkin about doing an ice water flush to boost the trichomes an purpling. Does anyone know anything about the process/steps?

*correction

 

[wwwillie]

She's looking mighty fine. What do the trichomes look like? Any ambers? Mine are getting close too, very exciting!
I know nothing about ice water flush, so cannot offer an opinion. Curious though...

 

[MythticalMagic]

Im not really sure yet. Mostly white id say.
Im borrowing an iphone microscope so ill be able to upload some pics.
Ive seen some stuff about ice water flushing but its just a little confusing.
Ill let you know if I find out more.

 

[SkatterBrayne]

Water temperatures below 55 degrees or so generally isn't a good idea for two reasons. The first being that the lower the water temperature, the lower the levels of dissolved oxygen are. Flooding your medium, combined with the lower water temperatures will deprive your roots of oxygen. Also, the lower the temperature of your root system is, the less effectively it will function. It is never a good idea to allow the root zone to be in the 50s, and ice water is significantly colder than that obviously. This will likely lead to shock, and the plants will stop drinking.

If you are trying to encourage cold temperature coloring in late flower, it is easiest to manipulate the environmental temperatures. If it is winter where you are, Give the plants more darkness down he stretch. Autos arent as temperamental to light stress, but it would be a good idea to gradually adjust your timer, not all at once..

Also, give your plants 100% darkness the final 2 or 3 days. Some people believe the dark period increases resin production, but the results are inconclusive. At the very least, though, the temperatures will be colder than with the lights on.

 

[DABaracuss]

If its mostly white and not drying up or changing color yet you still have about a3 weeks to a month of growth left..some things during the grow can slow down the timer ..like over watering ...I would feed till you see the hairs drying about 20 30% then give water.

 

[DABaracuss]

Water temperatures below 55 degrees or so generally isn't a good idea for two reasons. The first being that the lower the water temperature, the lower the levels of dissolved oxygen are. Flooding your medium, combined with the lower water temperatures will deprive your roots of oxygen. Also, the lower the temperature of your root system is, the less effectively it will function. It is never a good idea to allow the root zone to be in the 50s, and ice water is significantly colder than that obviously. This will likely lead to shock, and the plants will stop drinking.

If you are trying to encourage cold temperature coloring in late flower, it is easiest to manipulate the environmental temperatures. If it is winter where you are, Give the plants more darkness down he stretch. Autos arent as temperamental to light stress, but it would be a good idea to gradually adjust your timer, not all at once..

Also, give your plants 100% darkness the final 2 or 3 days. Some people believe the dark period increases resin production, but the results are inconclusive. At the very least, though, the temperatures will be colder than with the lights on.

I thought colder water makes it so that more air can get in the water and thats one reason DWC use chillers the lower the temp the more air it can hold .

 

[pop22]

the chillers are used to prevent overheating and to prevent the growth of root rotting bacteria. But they keep the temps i believe around 65 degrees, not icy cold.