New Grower Tino's the good the bad and the ugly
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I don't see any of the bad, or ugly. Is that a 135w of LED and 160ish watts of CFL? The plants look great!
Well I'm not sure what happened but all my text is gone and can't seem to recover it soo here we go again.
My setup:
Grow area is a corner of a walk in closet, pretty much open air.
For lights I'm using a Vipar C180 full spectrum led, a Vipar V180 full spectrum led (these are both 100 watt actual) and 8 23 watt cfl's mixed spectrum.
Pots: 2 3gal root builder II and 2 1 1/2gal root builder II
Soil:
OF and HF layered 50/50
Nutrients: foxfarm trio and foxfarm bloom booster trio. I also use molasses, Epsom salt
2 6in desk fans.
Seeds: Buddha auto fems (mix pack), KC45 auto reg.
The two larger are Buddha fems at 57 days, one doing good one doing bad, due to lockout I believe so I flushed her with 10 gal. Of PH'd water. This is the 2nd time usingOF that my ph has crashed about 5 weeks in, last time was not nearly this bad. When the ph first dropped I top dressed with aggricultural lime and hardwood ash. She perked up for a week and then right back into her funk. I guess what I'm asking here is should I continue treating this poor girl or cut my loses and move on. Do you guys think she can be turned around at 57 days into the grow. Looking at the girl next to her I have my doubts...
Anyway let me know you think all comments, questions and input are appreciated.
I'll get to the little plants in a few
My setup:
Grow area is a corner of a walk in closet, pretty much open air.
For lights I'm using a Vipar C180 full spectrum led, a Vipar V180 full spectrum led (these are both 100 watt actual) and 8 23 watt cfl's mixed spectrum.
Pots: 2 3gal root builder II and 2 1 1/2gal root builder II
Soil:
OF and HF layered 50/50Nutrients: foxfarm trio and foxfarm bloom booster trio. I also use molasses, Epsom salt
2 6in desk fans.
Seeds: Buddha auto fems (mix pack), KC45 auto reg.
The two larger are Buddha fems at 57 days, one doing good one doing bad, due to lockout I believe so I flushed her with 10 gal. Of PH'd water. This is the 2nd time using
OF that my ph has crashed about 5 weeks in, last time was not nearly this bad. When the ph first dropped I top dressed with aggricultural lime and hardwood ash. She perked up for a week and then right back into her funk. I guess what I'm asking here is should I continue treating this poor girl or cut my loses and move on. Do you guys think she can be turned around at 57 days into the grow. Looking at the girl next to her I have my doubts...Anyway let me know you think all comments, questions and input are appreciated.
I'll get to the little plants in a few
I am of the mindset to never give up on a plant. She just might surprise you if you can manage to right the ship.
I am not a soil grower, but in hydroponics I understand the importance of PH. You said you used lime previously, which I understand soil growers use to increase PH.
Have you been testing and PH ing your water at all this grow, or are you just speculating PH issues due to the noticeable lockout. A simple fix to correct PH issues, would be to flush the medium and properly PH your solution before you water them.
Lemon juice can be used as a PH down, and baking soda as a PH up until you can get proper ph up and down products. PH test strips are only a couple bucks if you don't want to swing for a digital meter and calibration solutions.
I am not a soil grower, but in hydroponics I understand the importance of PH. You said you used lime previously, which I understand soil growers use to increase PH.
Have you been testing and PH ing your water at all this grow, or are you just speculating PH issues due to the noticeable lockout. A simple fix to correct PH issues, would be to flush the medium and properly PH your solution before you water them.
Lemon juice can be used as a PH down, and baking soda as a PH up until you can get proper ph up and down products. PH test strips are only a couple bucks if you don't want to swing for a digital meter and calibration solutions.
Hey skatterbrayne, thanks for your response and yes I always check my PH, but I'm getting crazy low readings at times from this soil. Water in at 6.5 out at 5.0? So I flushed her today with 10 gallons ph'd at 6.5 managed to get the ph up to 6.3 so I guess we'll see.
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Hey they look pretty good.
Have you tested pH in and pH out of your pots? All I can think of at the moment. I am pretty sure that was one of my biggest issues in the beginning. Once I got that under control thing have been doin fairly well. I am usingHF and Promix ultra and perlite 2:2:1
Have you tested pH in and pH out of your pots? All I can think of at the moment. I am pretty sure that was one of my biggest issues in the beginning. Once I got that under control thing have been doin fairly well. I am using
HF and Promix ultra and perlite 2:2:1
That's good, figured I would start there first. As long as you flushed with a PH solution, hopefully it stays stable.
Something to consider is that many autos do not require high strength feeds. I have heard is pretty hot, and the additional nutrients you added May have been too much for the weaker plant. If she got fried and locked out, those nutrients may have accumulated rapidly in the medium Which could have driven the PH down. That might account for why only she is having a problem, despite being treated the same as her sister.
Pure speculation, hopefully somebody with more experience in soil will chime in
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I wouldn't give up though. If you don't learn how to correct the problem, you will be stuck in the same boat if you happen to encounter this issue again. Learn & adapt :Sharing One:
The Other plant looks killer.
Something to consider is that many autos do not require high strength feeds. I have heard
is pretty hot, and the additional nutrients you added May have been too much for the weaker plant. If she got fried and locked out, those nutrients may have accumulated rapidly in the medium Which could have driven the PH down. That might account for why only she is having a problem, despite being treated the same as her sister.Pure speculation, hopefully somebody with more experience in soil will chime in
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I wouldn't give up though. If you don't learn how to correct the problem, you will be stuck in the same boat if you happen to encounter this issue again. Learn & adapt :Sharing One:
The Other plant looks killer.
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