Sure here they are on chop day. My current grow I'm trying 4x4x2.5 blocks on slabs. Definitely not going as well, will be using Hugo's full time after this one
I ended up not watering for 12 days I think. The Hugo's do hold a ton of moisture so the roots have plenty to drink when they're just starting to spread. The grow ended up incredible, once I got the hang of irrigation.
Hey All! Been growing in coco for a few years, giving rockwool a try this run. I cloned in the grodan a-ok plugs and placed them into 6" hugos once rooted. I'm using a Teros 12 to read wc/ec. The Hugos read 80% WC after initial soak, which from what I'm reading is the field capacity I was...
Usually I'm good at spotting, but these look too conical to be male sacs? Sorry for the poor quality, trying to take pics through a jeweler's loupe is hard.
Absolutely. My irrigation strategy and efficiency is something I wanted to really work on this run. Hence the new watering system. I didn't even start the crop steering till week 4 of flower or so I didn't do the important generative steering during stretch. Next run flower will be steered start...
Forgot to mention, I purchased some cheap Ecowitt soil moisture sensors ($20 each!) and a wifi gateway. I can now monitor the drybacks in real time in exportable data. Pretty amazing for crop steering, and serves the same function as a $600 Aroya or Growlink (mostly). Very impressed
Thanks man, my 5th run and I've got it running like a well oiled machine. Here they are nearing the end of week 5. Little too much stretch (I put kelp in the res, too much gibberellin is my guess). Lesson learned
Excellent point. I grow in a cool basement and control temps and humidity with a combo of heater/dehumi/humi. VPD is on point for every stage of growth. I have plenty of air exchange and air movement. Tons of light. And this is what allows me to feed at 2.8ec and the plants to eat it up...
Yes, you really cannot over water coco. I'm currently watering 19 times a day since I'm in vegetative steering. 12 waterings to start the morning, every 15 mins, then every hour till lights off. 5% dry backs
Perlite (by itself or in coco) will require more watering, since it will dry back faster
I had the e720 at 22in 100%. Ppfd in the middle is 900+, seems like alot of intensity.
Hmm well I make my own nutes using salts and RO water. However, I do give them a microbe watering every 7 days with:
Kelp <-This might be the culprit
Tribus
Recharge
Temps were around I'd say 79/74. Definitely not a big drop
Yeah just wasted potential is what irks me. I'm sure I'll end up with some good bud, they are super healthy
Hi All, 5th grow and the first one where I've had such an issue with stretchy stems with few nodes during stretch. 5-6in between nodes. Every plant in the tent, 4 separate strains, all the same. I'm thinking it must be an environment issue? I did let the temp and humidity hang around 80/70 for...
Quick update on my current run and also to show the power of high frequency fertigation. 12 plants in 1gal fabric pots (next run will be 16), straight canna coco, feed about 1.8ec @ 5.8ph
3/9, first day of 3x watering a day
13 days later, right before the lights were flipped