Ak48xLucca brasi 600w rdwc First time Hydro

applejuicer10 · Sep 22, 2016

Sorry I've been out for a bit, but the girls have been growing like freaking crazy. Ph at 5.5, ppm at 400
Just 2 things kind of bothering me:
No smell from the budsites, like at all.
And some of my budsites have hairs with brown tips, about 6 or 7 different spots. And it's mid plant and top, so probably not a light burn. Anyone familiar with this?

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 22, 2016

They look underfed. Been wondering about that 400, but I run GH, so I wasn't sure. You want as close to Mel Frank's numbers as possible. Main reason I've always run Lucas, it's so close I don't have to mess with anything.

applejuicer10 · Sep 22, 2016

Frankly, I had a crazy week and didn't get to top them off or add nutes so my ppm dropped to like 220

applejuicer10 · Sep 22, 2016

I'm thinking of really trying to lay it on them heavier now, just hoping I didn't screw myself on this grow now

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 22, 2016

Work up to 'just enough' to sustain full growth. Once you go past 'enough' you start cutting into terpene/oil production and harming the end quality. It's a fine line (usually 1cc's difference).

applejuicer10 · Sep 25, 2016

Just got nutes up to 600, going to get them up to 800 maybe. Still dropping at the 600 range, so they're eating it.
Did some hefty defoliation today, get some more mid canopy light exposure. How's it look for ~4 weeks into flower?

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 25, 2016

Looking decent for sure. I usually keep it under 750, when the transpiration rates are really high..See how they like 600 and if there's still a bit of light colored new growth, hit 700 and see.

applejuicer10 · Sep 26, 2016

Picked up some of this "moab" today. Npk is 0-52-32 so it's just a heavy dry pk + b vitamin booster. Anyone have any experience with it or anything similar?

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 26, 2016

I *still* have about 2lbs of Kool Bloom powder, from a 2.2lb package from years ago. Not necessary with a mix close to Mel Frank's publishings, actually degraded quality, even when only used in small amounts. Also a pk booster.

applejuicer10 · Sep 26, 2016

Interesting

applejuicer10 · Sep 28, 2016

Looks like they're eating it up, ppm dropped from 600 to around 515 with a 6.0 ph. Added in water and nutes and she dropped back to 5.4 ph... The set ph thing works like a charm Douglas, you da man!

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 28, 2016

applejuicer10 said:
Looks like they're eating it up, ppm dropped from 600 to around 515 with a 6.0 ph. Added in water and nutes and she dropped back to 5.4 ph... The set ph thing works like a charm Douglas, you da man!

Glad you hit the groove, it's a beautiful thing. Gotta love that swing. lol

See how simple hydro can be?

applejuicer10 · Sep 29, 2016

Hell yeah man, looks like they're getting bigger slowly but surely now. Ppm dropped to 575 by this morning, ph at 5.6. That's some pretty heavy nutrient uptake, but I'm worried about this curling on my sugar leaves :-(

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 30, 2016

Your mix has too much nitrogen...

Use a nutrient calculator for your nutes and see what it takes to hit close to these numbers.
n 130
p 106
k 183
Mg 73
S 49
Ca 130

I like to use real epsom salts (mag sulfate) to control mag and boost sulfur

applejuicer10 · Sep 30, 2016

So I'm actually using the older version of the AN connoisseur 2 part (the one with no dog, just cigars) so I'm not sure if any of the info I find about its contents is still relevant to what I actually have. Sorry to be so green(no pun) about the nutrient calc, just not sure I understand what I'm supposed to do. I do know that the breakdown of both parts comes out to about 1-1-2, so the ratio isn't too off I guess?

Douglas.Curtis · Sep 30, 2016

I'd really like to help more, but I really have no experience with other nutes. I started with GH and it's a simple 8:16, micro:bloom without any grow added. As with anything, some strains need slight adjustments, especially magnesium, the 8:16 is damn close to a 'general' mix for cannabis.

Keep poking around and see what you can find. It'll be worth it.

applejuicer10 · Sep 30, 2016

Indeed. I think I can lower the overall levels of nutes and use this pk dry salt to buff that up

applejuicer10 · Oct 3, 2016

Good call on the nitrogen, replaced some of my Rez and used a lower nitrogen mixture on Saturday and managed to stop the burn at just the very tips of a few leaves. Overall very minor burn incident.
Keeping ppm in the 5-600 range
Ph holds pretty well at the 5.6 mark funny enough

applejuicer10 · Oct 6, 2016

Got a little burn on a few fan leaves Tuesday morning , let the ppm drop to 525 and it has stopped . Ph dropped down to 5.1 somehow,brought it back up to 5.6 with ph up. More pics when I get home

Douglas.Curtis · Oct 7, 2016

Watch that pH drop. When it goes quick it's usually a sign of root damage, the rot drops the pH. The closer to the correct balance, the more you can feed them without burn.

You're doing great

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