First Grow with 300W Advanced Platinum LED Grow Light
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dlftmyers
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You have some problems going on.. You should get that under control before you switch into floweringDay 50 from seed. Is it time to switch to 12/12 flowering?
Yeah there's some nute burn in the older leaves but the new growth is all green. Should I be cutting those old fan leave off? Or leave it be? I think I'll let it grow another week or so. They are growing like a weed, an inch or so a day. I've been tucking and spreading every day. I am at pH 5.7 with nutes at 600. They don't appear to tolerate much more that that level.
daveroller
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Looks like you're doing great, Edge. It's hard to tell from your pictures, but I think you're prudent to wait about another week before switching. By then you'll probably have more green leaves than damaged ones. But it's totally your call in my mind. About the damaged leaves, I'd leave them. I read somewhere that the plant uses them for food. I could be wrong about these things, but since nobody else has been offering advice, I thought I'd post what I'd personally do. I've only been growing for 3 years, so keep that in mind.
Wow, an inch a day! They really are getting all the nute they need, it looks like. Great to see that your grow is doing so well now that you got the nute/pH levels under control. I had the exact same problem when I started out, so don't feel bad. Now you'll probably be very careful about it for the rest of your life. Having a personal experience like this leaves a lasting impact, which is good.
Yeah, I learned a lot on my first grow. I learned about patience and letting the plants tell you what it needs. You can learn more in one personal grow than reading 500 pages of opinions, haha. The lesson stays with you whereas reading gets convoluted when there is no experience behind the reading. Yeah, they poke through an inch or so a day and I tuck them in and spread them out at night and the little leaves emerge. Very tight node spacing with these strains and the Advanced Platinum LED light. I think I will go with you and leave the leaves alone. Thanks, Dave.
Oh no, I was out today and when I came back home I check on my plants and 3 out of 7 were wilting! I check under the lid and I see the sprayers not fully engaged and I notice that the manifald is not tight at one of the corners so water is spraying out at the joint, hence no water pressure to spray, arrrggghhhh! Well the roots were dry but not bone dry. This is a first occurrence. I must not have tightened the manifold after my last reservoir change. I have to inspect more carefully in the future. I hope I don't lose the 3 plants. The other 4 look ok.
daveroller
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Bummer! It's VERY easy to forget something like that! It's my nightmare. There are so many things to put back together after a water change, it's easy to miss something. I was afraid you were going to say that your sprayers got clogged with roots. I hope everything turns out ok.
Well I had the sprayers on for the last 2 hrs and they are responding with vigor so it looks like I'm out of the woods...whew!
Day 58 from seed. Spreading the growth under the scrog, is it time to switch to 12/12? As this is my first grow and the ladies are suppose to grow 2-3 times in the flowering stage, I think I should flower or I may have a room problem. I am running 1-45 sec sprayer on, 5 -45 sec off sprayer cycle. I keep my water at 65 degrees. I'm running AN Sensi A + B and phasing in Dyna-Gro Bloom. My tds is 480 ppm as every time I try to push the nutes above 500 I get nute burn curling and discoloration of the leaves.
Scotch089
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Edge you are right, I would flip asap my man. I am glad to see your new growth looking so well, keep it up!
It is taking a while to darken up though, you may consider a few day flush before your flip to 12/12. There could be a buildup keeping out some less soluble nutes.
It is taking a while to darken up though, you may consider a few day flush before your flip to 12/12. There could be a buildup keeping out some less soluble nutes.
An explosion of growth since flowering. This is Day 3 of flowering after spending 59 days vegging. The ladies are drinking a gallon and a half of water a day and consuming nutes. On day 2 - I increased my nutes from 500 to 600 in the morning. At night my tds dropped to 550 ppm so I added more Dyna-Grow Bloom to 730. I will stay there until she backs offs the tds ppm to 670 or so to tell me that she wants more.
Here are the roots. The skinny one on the left forefront is a cherry tomato plant.
Here are the roots. The skinny one on the left forefront is a cherry tomato plant.
daveroller
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Really good progress there, my friend! Great to see it!
Thanks, Dave. The ladies are really taking up some nutes today. It was 730 ppm this morning and now tonight the tds reading backed off to 645 ppm. It was never like this in vegging mode when I couldn't get my nutes above 500 ppm without nute burn. That was with Sensi A + B. Now with Dyna-Grow Bloom in flower mode they are drinking up a storm. They are loving the Dyna-Grow Bloom, so I added more tonight looking to get to 800 ppm.
daveroller
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Glad to hear it. I agree with your decision to up the tds like you described. Your plants are thriving and they're taking in the nutes pretty well right now. I wonder if the brighter light also helps them to grow faster, so that they need more food.
DCobeen
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Dang bro i viewed this whole 14 pages or so and i see nute burn heat stress and they ae still kicking. shows oxygen can keep anything live. the roots are going way unhealthy but yet its gonna flower. i wouldnt expect big dense high yielding nugs. I wanted to scream a few times and yell WTF. here ill post you a pic so you can help your plants grow big fat dense cola's. Just calling as i see it. man i need to rest my eyes now almost made me cry a few times. Im in awe.
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