Cpurola's first indoor grow, alot to learn.

[cpurola]

Its not that.
I made some fabric covers with velcro for the top and the site glass.
Waste of time.
If yours is a thick yellow/ochre like snot residue I think it is a persistant algea that I just can not clean.
Thinking about this cause im pissed at that ucky stuff.
https://www.hygger-online.com/product/hygger-sweeper-aquarium-clean-light/

I really think a viable business would be in taking certain ACI/Spider Farmer and Vivosun enviromental controls and selling upgrade fixes to stuff they did wrong.

Crap, love their stuff but cleaning that thing will be/is a PITA.
That UV light is interesting.

Okay, I just read my instruction manual and it says to dump out the water in the reservoir at least once every 4 days. And clean with vinegar at least once a week.
I get 2 gallons a day out of our house RO filter and I'm not pouring it down the drain to prevent goo. I might do the once of week thing with vinegar tho.

 

[Ninjadogma]

Lighting question, do you think the light being too bright washed out the plants on one side of the tent and not the other?

The Northern Lights Autos have been on their respective sides of the tent the whole time. I have taken them out to water, then put them back in different places, but the same sides.
4 on one side 2 on the other. (the tall flowering ones)

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Just chiming in about the lighter tone on the plant on the left. Some strains don’t handle the internal nutrient‑ratio shift during early flower very smoothly. You’ll see random yellow leaves because those are the specific leaves the plant chose for nutrient remobilization. Think of it as the plant self‑soothing through a temporary high‑stress transition.

It’s normal and not deficiency‑driven by itself — but it becomes exaggerated when things are off, especially when EC is high or pH is drifting upward. Under those conditions, the plant becomes less selective, its signaling gets muddled, and instead of pulling from a single sacrificial fan leaf, it may drain an entire region.

Plants in the middle look like they're getting heavy phosphorus uptake... and I have a thought here as well. When the ratio flips, anthocyanins will sometimes temporarily pinch hit for chlorophyll in some strains and when it does, these plants are prone to look nicer and greener through flower.

 

[suffolkpunch]

Crap, love their stuff but cleaning that thing will be/is a PITA.
That UV light is interesting.

Okay, I just read my instruction manual and it says to dump out the water in the reservoir at least once every 4 days. And clean with vinegar at least once a week.
I get 2 gallons a day out of our house RO filter and I'm not pouring it down the drain to prevent goo. I might do the once of week thing with vinegar tho.

my friend uses a humidifier for her 8 month old son
she says she has to clean it every 3/4 days when using it
that slime makes me gag lol

 

[cpurola]

I had a thought, (you can stop laughing now), the way my tent is set up, I wonder if the fans had something to do with the yellow leaves, inadvertently. The three AC fans are kind of pointed towards them and the two green more normal looking plants are underneath them. Hmmmmm...

Legend: pink are fans
light green, yellow plants
dark green healthy plants
(don't judge me!) LOL

 

[grayoldnproud]

Just chiming in about the lighter tone on the plant on the left. Some strains don’t handle the internal nutrient‑ratio shift during early flower very smoothly. You’ll see random yellow leaves because those are the specific leaves the plant chose for nutrient remobilization. Think of it as the plant self‑soothing through a temporary high‑stress transition.

It’s normal and not deficiency‑driven by itself — but it becomes exaggerated when things are off, especially when EC is high or pH is drifting upward. Under those conditions, the plant becomes less selective, its signaling gets muddled, and instead of pulling from a single sacrificial fan leaf, it may drain an entire region.

I'm glad you brought this back to the forefront.

Plants in the middle look like they're getting heavy phosphorus uptake... and I have a thought here as well. When the ratio flips, anthocyanins will sometimes temporarily pinch hit for chlorophyll in some strains and when it does, these plants are prone to look nicer and greener through flower.

So what are your thoughts on going forward?

 

[grayoldnproud]

Were they always different or did it start when they transitioned to flower?

Sorry I'm catching up. What remedial actions would be warranted on one versus the other? Sorry @cpurola I'm not trying to step on your thread but I am curious on what they see and what they think should be changed....if anything.

 

[EternalSun]

I had a thought, (you can stop laughing now), the way my tent is set up, I wonder if the fans had something to do with the yellow leaves, inadvertently. The three AC fans are kind of pointed towards them and the two green more normal looking plants are underneath them. Hmmmmm...

Legend: pink are fans
light green, yellow plants
dark green healthy plants
(don't judge me!) LOL
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My Northern Lights always were pale inside starting out. Photoperiods.

 

[suffolkpunch]

I had a thought, (you can stop laughing now), the way my tent is set up, I wonder if the fans had something to do with the yellow leaves, inadvertently. The three AC fans are kind of pointed towards them and the two green more normal looking plants are underneath them. Hmmmmm...

Legend: pink are fans
light green, yellow plants
dark green healthy plants
(don't judge me!) LOL
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i dont worry so much in veg ,albeit needs to be healthy going into flower , with autos some flowers to look at while veg/sex my main crop , i do them all wrong but want them small anyhow
so saying that good morning to barneys gorilla glue and cheese auto , 3/4 days since sowing

 

[suffolkpunch]

i dont worry so much in veg ,albeit needs to be healthy going into flower , with autos some flowers to look at while veg/sex my main crop , i do them all wrong but want them small anyhow
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if you dont mind ill show again when my flower tent is ready for next run

 

[suffolkpunch]

when i was getting used to my humidifer i totally filled my tent up with steam
couldnt see through the window lol
my friend uses filter water a still gets that slimey gunk
dont think there is a solution , just have to clean as regular as possible
lucky the dehumid doesnt have same problem

 

[suffolkpunch]

i had thought of putting a kettle in there on a timer to rase humidity, not tried it yet, will do next winter

 

[suffolkpunch]

i`m brutal with my keepers , they are tough little buggers

 

[cpurola]

Well, it's been over a week and no roots, so I bailed on the cloner and re-cut the 45 angle to strip off the gooey brown stuff, dipped in water with a little chlorine then into clonex gel then "Garden safe" powder and stuffed them into peat pellets. I'll put a dome on them, then put them in indirect light in the grow room.

Really don't want to lose any, they are the tops of my plants.
Oh, the collars have numbers, so I know who is who.

 

[BearWater]

Well, it's been over a week and no roots, so I bailed on the cloner and re-cut the 45 angle to strip off the gooey brown stuff, dipped in water with a little chlorine then into clonex gel then "Garden safe" powder and stuffed them into peat pellets. I'll put a dome on them, then put them in indirect light in the grow room.

Really don't want to lose any, they are the tops of my plants.
Oh, the collars have numbers, so I know who is who.

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Do you spray your clones with water? I remember spaying mine like twice a day with just plain water. Took them a few weeks to root in the cubes.

 

[Galgrows]

Be patient Cpur build up the humidity keep them warm leave them under CFL 24hrs a day. This is how i do my clones and it does take me at least 2-3wks to get root growth.

 

[gmonster714]

I used to use just the jars of water. The plugs seem to work a little better. Takes 2wks to root these flowering clones. Just a lil tap water on the bottom to keep things moist and kinda creat its own little humid environment.

I dont use domes. I use the top of my stove and its little light in the hood. They may sag the first day but pop right back up in a day.

 

[cpurola]

I used to use just the jars of water. The plugs seem to work a little better. Takes 2wks to root these flowering clones. Just a lil tap water on the bottom to keep things moist and kinda creat its own little humid environment.
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I dont use domes. I use the top of my stove and its little light in the hood. They may sag the first day but pop right back up in a day.

I thought the cloner was great 'cause none of the clones wilted or, or, anything. Tips of the leaves got a little dark, but they looked fine until this morning. I turned off the cloner and picked up the tray and the stems had this brown goo on them, so I looked it up. And everything I read said it was rot and was going to stop the roots and I needed to clean that off.

So, I jumped the gun, again. LOL Should'a let them go another week? Geesch. Oh, well, NEXT time.

 

[Ninjadogma]

Well, it's been over a week and no roots, so I bailed on the cloner and re-cut the 45 angle to strip off the gooey brown stuff, dipped in water with a little chlorine then into clonex gel then "Garden safe" powder and stuffed them into peat pellets. I'll put a dome on them, then put them in indirect light in the grow room.

Really don't want to lose any, they are the tops of my plants.
Oh, the collars have numbers, so I know who is who.

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If they wind up stalling, try pulsing them. Remoisten the rooting medium and then temporarily drop the humidity. The goal is a series of trial runs doing rapid moisture loss at the leaves and encouraging it to suck water up the stem to replace it. When a single fan starts yellowing, it's a sign root morphology is beginning to take place. When several fans are losing color, it's clone stress.

 

[cpurola]

If they wind up stalling, try pulsing them. Remoisten the rooting medium and then temporarily drop the humidity. The goal is a series of trial runs doing rapid moisture loss at the leaves and encouraging it to suck water up the stem to replace it. When a single fan starts yellowing, it's a sign root morphology is beginning to take place. When several fans are losing color, it's clone stress.

Very helpful. The domes come with instructions to open the vents a little more each day. I'll do that and wait. (we do to much of that, waiting, crap.)

 

[Ninjadogma]

Very helpful. The domes come with instructions to open the vents a little more each day. I'll do that and wait. (we do to much of that, waiting, crap.)

The bummer about domes is you don't have any air movement. The sooner you can get them down from 90 to 70 without sagging the better, and I've heard aim for getting it off within 3 days.

Another helpful hack I've picked up on, if you're grabbing cuts from top of plant then when preparing your cut, cut the top inch or so off the top and let the node below it be the clone's top. The high auxins in the tops cause the tops to keep growing and not focusing on making roots. So cutting the top off, youre taking that auxin load away and forcing it to do something else instead: make roots. Also your chances of success go up exponentially if you've got a viable node sitting in the rooting medium. Especially if you're rooting in dirt, where the plant will throw out these really strong hair like pre roots out of the nodes to start sipping water.