JayBee - I read through this post and just wanted to drop you a line. I talked to the Doc about this strain because I had an interest in growing it. He told me personally that he never feeds with a higher PPM than 800 ever. He also told me that the 36 hour onset will allow the plants to finish at the 45 day mark that they were dialed in at with no declination of yield at all. He also said they like to feed at a little higher PH during flowering (hydro like 5.8-6.0) I have not grown this strain yet and am just relaying what was told to me personally. I hope this helps in your next grow. - Malachi
Malachi- thanks so much for the great info, really apreciate it. I have been driving myself crazy thinking about 1500ppm! Basically my observations and instincts had me thinking to keep the EC/PPM low, but was thinking about the 1500ppm post and wondering if i was losing out by underfeeding so that this week i brought the ec up higher. However to be honest does not look like the system really loved the higher ec and i was already planning to bring it back down over this week. I have generally been keeping them at 1.6-1.8 whichi is pretty much 800ppm. So makes me feel better about this grow and about my instincts as a gardner.
I have noticed that with Canna Aqua nutes the PH will generally go to where the plants want it and plants have been keeping the PH exactly at 5.9-6.1 making me believe that was ideal PH for them, and your info backs that up. So again, a BIG thanks to you and the Doc for the spot on info.
For the 36 hour dark period i will try this next time, interesting Doc G is the only one who talks about this, not seen any other growers mention doing this.
For future growers of ES the key is low nute strength for sure. Very, very low nutes and you will do well with the ES. When she is young high nutes in hydro system can very quickly be fatal, when she is mature she can handler the stronger nutes but does not seem to be super happy about it. Confirmed in flower she likes PH on higher side around 6.0
Many thanks!
JB