First time grower. LED + Hps grow in 4x4 tent

chuckie86

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Not sure if I feed ever time but I'm going to feed ever other time with PhD water then feed water feed n see if this helps but the one plant I have is doing good but not sure if I mixed lime.in with that dirt so could be keeping PhD at 7 or below so that's y it's not all.messed up but not sure
 

growin-Jables

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Easy way to figure out your soil ph. Feed with straight water ph at 6.5 or 7. Then test your runoff water . As long as it stays in the 6-7 oh range you should be good. If it's lower or higher than you can adjust. Yeah I would try jist straight fox farm OF next time. One plant could have better genes and more resistant to ph issues or other deficiencies.
 

growin-Jables

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Chuckie86 - I think I just read something about what you were saying regarding curled leaves on gg#4. Apparently in recent years they have had this unknown pathogen infecting plants creating very similar symptoms to broad/russet mites. Basically clones that came from other infected plants have been passed around . This pathogen also will most definetly spread to any other unhealthy plants in your garden. I'm not saying i didmt have russet mites. But i never did technically find a single mite and dont think i saw any eggs. Gorilla glue#4 is one of the main strains that were effected by this
 

growin-Jables

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Buds are getting so frosty and really starting to fill in on the quick sand kush. The Og Ghost train haze is definetly going to be a longer length flower. Here some close pics of day 25 of flower! I've continued using 400 watt hps with an eye hortilux bulb. 450 watt viparspectra led, and 4 - 23 watt 2700k T2 Cfls. Temps sitting at 80-82 degrees and roughly 45-50% Rh20170827_220536.jpg 20170827_220452.jpg 20170827_220442.jpg 20170827_220512.jpg
 

growin-Jables

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Update: day 35 from flipping to 12/12. Buds are starting to really put out some smell. Very very sticky already and getting some really nice bud color. About a quarter of the pistils have turned brown already on quicksand kush. Doubt im anywhere near finished flowerimg her so hopefully its not from nutrient imbalance. Been using bio bud 2ml per Gl. Bio thrive bloom 4ml per gal and bio marine 3ml per go on one feeding. Then 3ml botanicare calmag plus and 5ml of botanicare sweet raw on the next feed. Then I just run straight water on third feeding them repeat. First 3 pictures are of the quicksand kush which seems to be indica dominant. 2nd 3 pictures are the Og Ghost train haze which is sativa dom and looks like she is gonna take quite awhile to finish flowering. As always please feel free to criticize or let me know if they look like they are needing anything. Advice is always appreciated !20170903_201208.jpg 20170903_201122.jpg 20170903_201110.jpg 20170903_201237.jpg 20170903_201045.jpg 20170903_201037.jpg
 

JohnDoeTho

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You can try lowering feeding a little, but to ease your concerns I got a wave of hairs turning early on and they kept on truckin. If everything else looks fine I wouldn't do anything drastic.
 

growin-Jables

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20170908_004049.jpg 20170908_004102.jpg Screenshot_20170910-003448.png 20170908_004030.jpg Just finished up week 5 and headed into week 6. Quicksand Kush has about 50% of her hairs turned eith limited white pistils left. Will begun flushing her at the end of the week and continue flushing for about a week and a half. OG Ghost train haze is going to be a other 4 or 5 weeks at a minimum. I'll be adding a Deathstar Og cut into the flowering tent in a few days a long with a Blueberry Kush. Think I'm going to start vegging for less time. Veg in 1 gal pots then transplant into 3 gal pots a week before being put Into flower. Here's some updated pics !View attachment 4009851 20170908_004102.jpg Screenshot_20170910-003448.png 20170908_004030.jpg
 

growin-Jables

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I use one of those hose water filter that filters majority of chlorine and other contaminants. Here in portland or our water is really soft to begin with. I stopped ph my water awhile back when I kept reading it wasn't necesarry with the go box. I'm using the bio thrive bloom at 5ml a gal. And bio bud at 2.5ml a gal.i use the bio marine at 4ml a gal during the first 4 or 5 weeks of flower . I only feed them every other watering. I also include a little calmag and sweet raw for sugar
 

SINQ

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I use one of those hose water filter that filters majority of chlorine and other contaminants. Here in portland or our water is really soft to begin with. I stopped ph my water awhile back when I kept reading it wasn't necesarry with the go box. I'm using the bio thrive bloom at 5ml a gal. And bio bud at 2.5ml a gal.i use the bio marine at 4ml a gal during the first 4 or 5 weeks of flower . I only feed them every other watering. I also include a little calmag and sweet raw for sugar
So you don't pH the water during regular watering? That's what I got Sorry for the dumb questions I'm new
 

SINQ

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I use one of those hose water filter that filters majority of chlorine and other contaminants. Here in portland or our water is really soft to begin with. I stopped ph my water awhile back when I kept reading it wasn't necesarry with the go box. I'm using the bio thrive bloom at 5ml a gal. And bio bud at 2.5ml a gal.i use the bio marine at 4ml a gal during the first 4 or 5 weeks of flower . I only feed them every other watering. I also include a little calmag and sweet raw for sugar
I did 2 auto flowers my first grow and they were sick all through flowering Auto Sour Melon Mass both plants. One produced 14g and the other 2 1/2 oz I'll post the pics in a little. But I think I wasn't supposed to be PHing the Go Box Because I'm grow organic and I started Bloom nutrients to early as well.I started at the first sight of flowering
 

growin-Jables

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So you don't pH the water during regular watering? That's what I got Sorry for the dumb questions I'm new
Nope! I just mix and pour! When I use to ph it would take sooo much ph up to get it in range so I just stopped adjusting and I've been just fine. I stopped adjusting provably 2md week into flower so its been awhile since I've done any adjusting and seems to be all good. Not a dumb question at all man happy to help
 

growin-Jables

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Yeah I wouldn't worry about adjusting . Also dont start bloom nutes till atleast week 3. Once there are actual bud sites. I did half strength veg nutes and half strength bloom nutes for first bloom feed. Then by week 4 or 5 go full strength bloom nutes
 

growin-Jables

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I'll say this.....after mixing my go box nutes....my ph was coming out anywhere between 4.5 and 5.5. And my ph soil is still sitting pretty at 6.5 - 7.0 without using any dolomite lime. So it's obviously not dropping my soil ph what so ever. Hope this helps man. Also , if I'm using the go box on indoor plants I do half strength of what the chart reccomend . Outdoor plants i go full strength. The bigger the plant and stronger the light, the more nutes it can metabolize
 
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