Toke2Choke's first ever DWC grow & Journal

When I changed the water last week my girls loved it but the last 3 days they seem to have stalled in growing. The ams is getting its 4th set of leaves and the BS is getting its 5th. Plants are looking healthy since starting the Lucas formula.

BS: The spots on the BS were there before Lucas formula which seemed to have stopped them from spreading. The original 2 leaves that sprouted seem to be dying though and turning more and more yellow. Plant is growing "lengthy" and the leaves are spreading out.

AMS: no noticeable deficiencies and has a good color to it. Is growing shorter than the BS but more "stockier".

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Hey Hey happy growers I came across an old USB keyboard and I can now type from my laptop again lol. I should be able to regularly update my journal from now on. Alot has happened since my last update. The summer heat has spiked up considerably the last weak and my poor babies didnt like it to much and stopped growing for the most part. my BS particularly has developed yellow spots all over and looks so bare compared to the AMS. So I did some work in the room that my tents in and I believe I have fixed the heat problem. I set up an AC unit and as an extra precaution hung a tarp from the ceiling trapping the coolness where the tent is. Room temps went from high 90's to high 70's and the water temp even dropped to mid 70's.

Next hunch I had was my meter wasnt reading correctly and my ph was off. I got some GH tester drops (wasnt even close btw) and woke up the next morning to my plant looking seriously bad and my AMS even looking bad. Stupid me forgot I needed PH7 solution to recalibrate it and havent done so this whole time. I immediately got some PH7 solution and recalibrated my meter. The AMS was 8.4 and the AMS was 8.8 so I adjusted the PH levels and hopefully everything is correct now. Unfortunately im not sure if my brainstorm will make it Hopefully I see some improvements when I wake up in the morning.

1 Month old Greenhouse seeds AMS
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1 Month old Dutch Passion Brainstorm
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AMS & BS side by side
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The roots popped through the bottom of the basket on the AMS plant today. They have a nice white color to them and the plant is looking extra healthy. I snipped some of the fan leaves so more of the plant can get light.

I had a nice detailed post typed up and my computer spazzed and deleted it. Being lazy atm I am just going to give a quick overview of it.

- Been a week since I fixed the temperature and PH problems. The plants have grown better in this last week then they have all month.
- The Brainstorm has once again been resurrected from the dead. For the first time since the seed sprouted it is actually GROWING and with new branches to boot. It is becoming quite bushy and no longer looks like the plant version of a cancer patient.
- Room temps are at a constant 77 everytime I check

Side by side
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AMS
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Brainstorm
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Some good news and some bad news. Good news is that the Brainstorm has made some vast improvements over the last week and I couldnt be happier. Bad news is I didnt raise my light enough and think I may have burned the leaves some. That or I have an unknown problem. I am going to let the brainstorm have another week or 2 to grow some more and then I am going to switch over to 12/12. Im kinda excited tbh since the bud where I live isnt anything to write home about. I heard I should give them 36 hours of complete darkness when making the switch so I dont get hermies.

Side by Side
8-1 AMS (left) & Brainstorm (right).jpg

AMS
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Brainstorm
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