250w HPS Club And Help Guide

10acjed

10acjed

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cbtbudz said:
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pic1 power ~11days in
pic2 pre98x ~11days in
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The reason I asked is because I had switched to 12/12 2 weeks ago, Mine all look like pic 1 above.
I assume of coarse at this point that each plant/strain will be a little different, being the two pics above are at 11 days and look different as far as flower growth is concerned.

All mine are flowering at this point, could see it clearly this am.
:weed::clap::weed:
 
cbtbudz

cbtbudz

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^the 98bubbapic2 is my fastest developing strain,it amazed me the first round i grew her.11 days in and looks about 2-3 weeks.and power pic1 is the slowest to develop,
 
10acjed

10acjed

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cbtbudz said:
^the 98bubbapic2 is my fastest developing strain,it amazed me the first round i grew her.11 days in and looks about 2-3 weeks.and power pic1 is the slowest to develop,
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Thanks...
I was getting that idea, was just not sure how people counted, and yours was the first I saw with 2 side by side at the same time... Makes me feel better and mine are on schedule, if i hadnt cropped and tied they would be 18" by now at 6 weeks. They are still about 12" now and out grew my horizontal space... I dont think the SS2 hood is adequate for a true 3 x 3 area, 2 x 3 is more reasonable.

Good part is they were about 6" off the light this am, and no signs of burn.
They are growing about 2" a day since flushing and adjusting the Ph. Had a little bit of white tips on new growth, but figuring that to be a combination of the FFOF soil and nutes and should clear as the soil nutes diminish.
 
majek

majek

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10acjed said:
The reason I asked is because I had switched to 12/12 2 weeks ago, Mine all look like pic 1 above.
I assume of coarse at this point that each plant/strain will be a little different, being the two pics above are at 11 days and look different as far as flower growth is concerned.

All mine are flowering at this point, could see it clearly this am.
:weed::clap::weed:
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I don't start counting until I can see visible flowers at the tops of the branches. Some strains can take up to 3 weeks after switching to 12/12 before flowering actually begins. If you start counting too soon you might end up harvesting too early.
 
Grazzmon

Grazzmon

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Just a lil update.. over the past few days I moved one of the MM plants over to the MH as a mother and started weaving the other..lol. Then I got a call yesterday, do I have room for 5 clones? (original mother for these little girls would be 25+ years old :)).. hell yes, I'll make room brother!!

Mother..

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LST..DSCN4169.jpg
Gift Clones.. DSCN4179.jpg

Grazz
 
Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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Me thinks my pH tester is off, I just added half strength nutes and a day later I need the start of nitrogen def. My leaves are getting zebra stripped.

I'm going to have to get a new tester, and maybe some pH up and down.

Does anyone know of something I can use as a short term fix?
 
Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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Sr. Verde

Sr. Verde

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Kalebaiden said:
Me thinks my pH tester is off, I just added half strength nutes and a day later I need the start of nitrogen def. My leaves are getting zebra stripped.

I'm going to have to get a new tester, and maybe some pH up and down.

Does anyone know of something I can use as a short term fix?
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I don't know a fix because I don't know a problem. Your pH tester, as ANNOYING as it sounds, needs to be re-calibrated every 2 weeks, if not every week. I would buy a unit, with a replaceable sensor, that goes to .01 pH. I bought mine for $45, and bought a replacement sensor for $20 a year ago to make it work like new. Also pick up some pH calibration solution, your pH meter should calibrate from 2 points, usually 4.01, and 7.01. Dial in those two readings, while your submerging the sensor in the solution, and your pH meter will be accurate again!

Keep that ph from 6.4-6.8 to keep the right nutrients in your plants!

You will get nitrogen def from too much water, or too acidic/base of a watering solution.

Keep this chart around, it will help you realize what nutrients get taken up the most with certain acidity/base solutions.


Here is an external source for finding out what deficiencies are ailing your plants. :)

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
 
Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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From what I can tell, my plants have locked out everything but micro nutes.from my best guess based off appearance, the pH chart and photos from the external source my pH would probably be around 6. When my new tester gets here (I ordered one today) i'll know more but in the meanwhile I'm using baking soda as a pH up, 1 tsp/gal which should raise the pH by 1 full point.
 
Kalebaiden

Kalebaiden

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I just did the math.

Based off the MSDS sheets for my nutrients (avg pH of 4.256), the reported pH for June/July from the city for my area (6.5) and this leaves me with the information that I've been feeding my plants food that is pH'd to 5.38.

According to the chart under soil, this indicates that my plant would be locked out of all macro-nutrients. This doesn't take into account that I'm using top soil, vermiculite, peat and second hand unconditioned soil.

I'm going to be rebuilding my grow space very soon. I just inherited a doors worth of black and white poly, I made a bid on a poly zipper and I have a new pH tester with two buffer powders coming.

I've tied my Kaya Gold down a bunch of times, super cropped her and i'm gonna continue to keep her at this height untill my B-52's are the same height their half the height and 1/4 as bushy. I'm going to end up with a mammoth mother Kaya. Maybe I'll keep her forever, too bad I don't even know if it's a her yet.

I'm not a fan of these B-52s, sure I put them through hell but I put Kaya through hell and she's still trooping on.

I still have a stunted lemon Skunk who's sex is a mystery and a Jamaican Bud who's also a mystery.
 
10acjed

10acjed

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Sr. Verde said:
Yellow on new growth is normal, as long as it grows out to be green. This usually happens because of temp changes. Just natural plant doing it's natural thing :).
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90% of the time I see them is within the first light hour of the day, so I figured the yellow was just new growth..

The yellow or white tips are only a few spots, nothing too concerning, I think its just the results of the low Ph and flushing last week. Overall they have really gone wild this week, pretty much ran out of room to LST. Only maybe 16 - 18" high overall tho, so I should be fine. My intake & fan worked out perfect, have a cool breeze between the light and plant so I am able to let them get pretty close.

Fingers crossed....
 
majek

majek

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Very nice :) You will deffo get more than 2 oz. I would say 8-9 weeks to finish, let those buds fatten up.
 
Grazzmon

Grazzmon

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10acjed said:
Hey Grazz, where do I sign up for that calling list? LOL
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1-420-GRA-ZZMN... :wink:

I'm looking forward to seeing how they respond to hydro.. he tells me he gets some really huge colas. Then we can do the taste test to see what's different between the final product hydro vs. soil.

Grazz
 
Grazzmon

Grazzmon

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Broseidon said:
Coming up on week 5. You guys think 8 weeks is a good estimate here? I'm hoping for more than 2 ounces this go around!
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Looking nice Bros :D.. your gonna need a bigger scale and a case of mason jars..lol. Start watching the trics at 8 weeks, be patient and let them go as long as they want and you'll be happier at harvest.
 
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