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Can these lovely but complicated plants switch to flower ASAP?
Hello Farmers!
I've got a 2x4 ebb and flow system under a 400w MH w/ 9 Blue Dream (BD),3 AK-47, 5 Cheese. Threw out an additional 2 AKs and one BD. The AKs had only 3 leaflet inward dark growth and the BD was very droopy and had a black growth on the side of its rockwool medium. I threw them out because I'm on a tight time frame and I can't wait additional weeks for recovery and the time spent investigating and healing would have certainly cut into my day-job (though I would prefered to have learned how to fix them). The BDs are almost all in 4" rockwool in hydroton (several still in the manufacturer sleeve) and the others are 1' rockwool in hydroton in ~6" net pots. I received all of them from clone, with the AK & Cheese one week older than the BDs. I think I screwed up pretty badly on the Cheeses and AKs, shocking them with light and a couple other possible mistakes (too low nutes, failed attempt at organic in hydro). The BD have been looking great growing fast except for the one I tossed and this one which just started acting up on me in the last 24-48 hours (see attached image with redish brown growth, twisted new shoots, and the leaves are drooping).
The AKs are all showing browning/necrosis along the outer edge of lower branch leaves, including spotting on the inside of some leaflets. I applied NEEM at 1 tsp:1 Liter ~2 days ago due to a 2-spot mite development (which never got out of control but started spotting a few leaves).
The pH of my res has gone up every day, and when it gets to 6.5 (most was 6.8) I bring it back down to 5.8-6.0. My TDS levels were last around 1300, but went as high as the 1600s (at which point I added ~3 gallons to my res and it went down considerably). But my TDS count doesn't seem to stop rising (slower now perhaps) after several days. My rockwool was pH adjusted, my nutes are Supernatural Gro Aqua at recommended dosing.
The Supernatural Gro Aqua recommends 700-1000 ppm, but my TDS meter said ~1500 ppm when I followed their instructions at ~2/3 of their recommended dosing. I have a 20 gal res that is pretty much always 70 degrees. The room temps have been kept low due to the mites, moving between 70-75 (lowest 66 highest 80). My humidity stays 30-40 RH, but as low as 20 and highs are usually 50, but this morning my meter said it was 62 which I found very hard to believe (I have an AC in the room around the 5x5 Jardin tent).
My AKs and Cheeses are LST'd and two BDs have had two lower branches cut off (experimenting with light-weight lollipopping due to limited space).
I can add a second tray and res to the space if I needed to, but would rather not because it would be a lot more work and make very cramped space. A lot of my ebb and flow equipment is second hand, but EVERYTHING was washed by some mix of bleaching/H2O2/boiling-water/rinsing-rinsing-rinsing. This is my first grow (!), I hadn't intended on making it this massive of a project, but I came upon a great deal for a lot of equipment and I super-sized my goal. Don't regret the decision at all, I'm learning a lot and I love projects. But at until recently this project kept me up all night! I see the investment as worth it, because its an investment of LOVE! These plants and the plant in general have won my heart!
And I need to switch to flower ASAP! I need these beauties to be completely harvested by mid-May!! I was hoping to already be doing a 24-hour dark period today along with a flush. They will be put under a 600w HPS afterwards, with Supernatural Bloom Aqua (full strength?) and Sugar Daddy after I believe its safe to add another variable.
I have more questions in the future but for now I'm most in need of getting the necrotic edges/spots to stop, and to heal the BD that is now drooping and has the orangish growth. I've used the search function of this and other sites, but I ended up more confused honestly.
Hello Farmers!
I've got a 2x4 ebb and flow system under a 400w MH w/ 9 Blue Dream (BD),3 AK-47, 5 Cheese. Threw out an additional 2 AKs and one BD. The AKs had only 3 leaflet inward dark growth and the BD was very droopy and had a black growth on the side of its rockwool medium. I threw them out because I'm on a tight time frame and I can't wait additional weeks for recovery and the time spent investigating and healing would have certainly cut into my day-job (though I would prefered to have learned how to fix them). The BDs are almost all in 4" rockwool in hydroton (several still in the manufacturer sleeve) and the others are 1' rockwool in hydroton in ~6" net pots. I received all of them from clone, with the AK & Cheese one week older than the BDs. I think I screwed up pretty badly on the Cheeses and AKs, shocking them with light and a couple other possible mistakes (too low nutes, failed attempt at organic in hydro). The BD have been looking great growing fast except for the one I tossed and this one which just started acting up on me in the last 24-48 hours (see attached image with redish brown growth, twisted new shoots, and the leaves are drooping).
The AKs are all showing browning/necrosis along the outer edge of lower branch leaves, including spotting on the inside of some leaflets. I applied NEEM at 1 tsp:1 Liter ~2 days ago due to a 2-spot mite development (which never got out of control but started spotting a few leaves).
The pH of my res has gone up every day, and when it gets to 6.5 (most was 6.8) I bring it back down to 5.8-6.0. My TDS levels were last around 1300, but went as high as the 1600s (at which point I added ~3 gallons to my res and it went down considerably). But my TDS count doesn't seem to stop rising (slower now perhaps) after several days. My rockwool was pH adjusted, my nutes are Supernatural Gro Aqua at recommended dosing.
The Supernatural Gro Aqua recommends 700-1000 ppm, but my TDS meter said ~1500 ppm when I followed their instructions at ~2/3 of their recommended dosing. I have a 20 gal res that is pretty much always 70 degrees. The room temps have been kept low due to the mites, moving between 70-75 (lowest 66 highest 80). My humidity stays 30-40 RH, but as low as 20 and highs are usually 50, but this morning my meter said it was 62 which I found very hard to believe (I have an AC in the room around the 5x5 Jardin tent).
My AKs and Cheeses are LST'd and two BDs have had two lower branches cut off (experimenting with light-weight lollipopping due to limited space).
I can add a second tray and res to the space if I needed to, but would rather not because it would be a lot more work and make very cramped space. A lot of my ebb and flow equipment is second hand, but EVERYTHING was washed by some mix of bleaching/H2O2/boiling-water/rinsing-rinsing-rinsing. This is my first grow (!), I hadn't intended on making it this massive of a project, but I came upon a great deal for a lot of equipment and I super-sized my goal. Don't regret the decision at all, I'm learning a lot and I love projects. But at until recently this project kept me up all night! I see the investment as worth it, because its an investment of LOVE! These plants and the plant in general have won my heart!
And I need to switch to flower ASAP! I need these beauties to be completely harvested by mid-May!! I was hoping to already be doing a 24-hour dark period today along with a flush. They will be put under a 600w HPS afterwards, with Supernatural Bloom Aqua (full strength?) and Sugar Daddy after I believe its safe to add another variable.
I have more questions in the future but for now I'm most in need of getting the necrotic edges/spots to stop, and to heal the BD that is now drooping and has the orangish growth. I've used the search function of this and other sites, but I ended up more confused honestly.