Auto Lemon Haze - MSNL
3 gallon bucket/FFOF
Jobes 2-5-3 Granular Fert
600 watt full spec LED (cheap Chinese)18/6
Grow is on Day 47 from seed
Here’s my issue. I’m on a tight budget. I just got my hands on a PH tester today. My water source is unsoftened well water. It’s coming from the tap at 7.5-7.6. I fill a jug, stick it in my grow space to reach same temp as plant. After it sits the PH rises to 8.1-8.2. Is that normal? I also have probe to test soil PH and it’s reading about 7.5. Up until today I haven’t PH’d water and I feel like the plant looks to be doing well but I’m worried that I’m missing something. I added about 2 tsp Apple cider vin to 1/2 gallon of water today along with 1/2 TBSP molasses. PH tested at 6.5 and runoff was 7.5 an hour later. Question is: what, if anything do I do? As far as adjusting PH I’m limited to normal household products. My budget is tight. I’m posting a couple pics. Please guys, any and all input is appreciated. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I would hate to lose this plant after coming this far. Thank you ✌❤
Yeah man. Everything I read leads me to believe that PH is a very critical element of cannabis cultivation and I don’t Doubt that it’s true On some level. But I think she looks good. She’s closer to 7 weeks but I’ve somewhat exceeded my first plant expectations. Thanks for the response
I don't know the specifics, but I do know that temperature does affect ph. My ph meter advertises itself as automatically adjusting the ph based on the temp it's reading. One regret I have with my first few grows had been relying on the cheap $20-$30 ph pens, I've had three and they all read somewhat inconsistently even after calibration, one is really all over the place. These inconsistent readings were actually causing my plants problems and making adjusting for ph mostly a guessing game. I recently bought and $80 Apera instruments ph tester on Amazon that's very well reviewed, I'm hoping it will prove adequate. I don't want to shell out several hundred dollars for a professional quality meter.
As for soil ph, I wouldn't pay any attention to one of those soil probes. If you really want to know your soils ph get one of those soil test kits where you put some soil into a vile, mix it with water, add a few drops of a chemical then refer to the color chart. I really don't think soil ph is much to worry about though, if you're starting with the right soil and watering correctly I don't think it's super important to check.
Most importantly your plant looks healthy, I wouldn't go making drastic changes when everything is going well. It might be a little on the dark green side so maybe you could try to drop the nitrogen a bit in your feedings but I'd even hesitate to do that because it looks fine right now.
That's kind of encouraging to know you used a cheap led (always what I use) and it looks like you didn't top. You'll do so much better on your next grow but it looks healthy for now. Keep it up farmer.
Thanks for everyone’s input. Much appreciated. I feel like I’ve absorbed sooo much info over the past couple months preparing for this first grow. Just wanna make sure I’m not overlooking somethin simple.
That's kind of encouraging to know you used a cheap led (always what I use) and it looks like you didn't top. You'll do so much better on your next grow but it looks healthy for now. Keep it up farmer.
You can definitely get bud with a cheap led, they're just generally about the same efficiency as an equivalent wattage HPS. So his "600w" led is probably like 200 actual watts from the wall or so, it's probably equal to 180w-250w of HPS as opposed to a high-end led where 200w of led can equal over 400w of hps. It's definitely worth upgrading to a nicer led, but if you already have a cheap one and are short on cash, go ahead a keep using it. Just don't buy another cheap one when it comes time to replace it, HLG boards aren't that expensive.