Chuck's Grow Journal #1 - 1st try Growing and battling Impatience

[ChuckFinnl3y]

23.04
Having changed the Fan and experimenting a bit i prob gave my plants a bit of a wind burn in combination with some Light stress which ill get back to later.

Tower was first facing the plants directly on lowest setting for a few hrs but turned it against the wall pretty quickly on a higher setting and let it sit overnight which still was too much.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Now to the Light Issue:

After complementing in my head how to proceed after the issue on the 18th i decided to completly cut back on the Light for once to see if Light was an issue but also to hopefully encourage more rapid growth.
I forgot to mention it before but the iodes on my main stem were almost right next to each other at the end of it.

The plan to encourage growth seem to have worked and i decided to increase the light a bit, but i began to see some Taco leaves the day after so i went back on it again.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

So seeing they didnt even liked 160 ppfd, the 230 at the time of the Issue prob played its Part.

The reason for trying to get the Light ppfd higher on the 22nd right after lowering it was that the Pineapple took off and without Lst and her beeing Sativa dominant she outgrew the other 2 and had some natural growth i didnt really liked.


Cant tell you why but it was just bothering me and after some back and forth today i decided to reapply some Lst, only strapped down the main Stems and only hang weights/ the straps themselves on the side stems. And i couldnt be happier.
Before i got upset with me while looking at her but after redoing Lst and some light Hand banding i couldnt be Happier

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

24.05
Just took some pictures
Pineapple:

Side stems wanted to turn back up so i pushed back straps after putting her back inside the Tent.

Critical Orange Punch:

Skywalker:

Clones:

Tent:

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

i’ll be back but those spots could be a few things,.
watering how what where when etc,..,

although it seems like a shedule i watered based on weight, wanted to lean towards the generative side but once issues began i started to add more, last 2 times were 2 Liter for a 5L Pot with Peat and perlite mix had a minimal runoff.

Do you think i still need to worry about it ?

I dont think shes gotten new Spots so far (after cutting back light and increasing watering) but some leaves became brittle and one almost crumbled away on its own, though for the most part she seems to be recovering and im not that worried anymore. Just dont wanna miss anyting that bites me back later.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

25.05

Took everything out and noticed some Leaf damage on the Critical.
Checked the other plants aswell but couldnt find anything on the bottom side of leaves, expect for this leave on the Skywalker but not sure if that is something related to critters.

Either way, this time i took them all in the tub and gave them a good shower with Neemoil, increasing the dosis to a "Fighting" dosis instead of a preventive one.

Below are the Leave damages, what do you guys think it might be and should i include a hydrogen peroxide treatment aswell tomorrow?

btw, the white spots one the leaves are prob. left over Dometicus Earth stuck on my straps for Lst.

 

[JointJourney]

It’s good you didn’t find any critters on the underside of the leaves, but that doesn’t rule out pests entirely.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

It’s good you didn’t find any critters on the underside of the leaves, but that doesn’t rule out pests entirely.

oh yeah might have worded it wrong, im totally under the impression that im having critters i just couldnt find eggs and wasnt sure if that one leave from the first picture may be something to help identify which critter it may be

 

[Bilber]

Sorry Chuck.....I'm totally, positively, and definitely against any and all use of neem oil......just my opinion...

But then again, I'm using bottled nutes so......

I couldn't tell what was on the underside of that leaf....was it moving.....

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Sorry Chuck.....I'm totally, positively, and definitely against any and all use of neem oil......just my opinion...

But then again, I'm using bottled nutes so......

I couldn't tell what was on the underside of that leaf....was it moving.....

Nah it was just the only irregular part i could find.
To me it looks like a little bit of the vein was seperated but didnt wanna miss it if that wasnt the case.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

26.05

Finally found some of the critters i guess:

noticed some very dark spots on some of the smaller leaves aswell, will do some research later but guessing thats due to my pest prevention meassures.

Gave them all a Spray with Hydrogen Peroxide after inspecting them.

For the regular Part, the Skywalker and Critical are finally recovering and starting to catch up to the Pineapple which had me a bit worried as place already starting to get tight and wanting to have atleast somewhat of an even canopy.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Pistils also began to show up more frequently and once i got the pests handled and have my Filter i plan to switch to Flower.

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

28.05

Skywalker:

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Critical:

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Pineapple:

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Thought the darkening related to the Neemoil treatment as it happend shortly after but couldnt find something to back it up.

The critter i found looked like Thrips to me but thats just guessing, from my reading so far, mostly relating to the darkening it seem to me aphids most of the time messing up the Root zone. Not too sure if that is correct either so appreciate any suggestions or input.

Some suggest watering with Neemoil, others suggest watering with dometicus earth and/or mixing it into the Top Soil but not quite sure how i should approach it.

 

[electroguy]

Noticed some White spots yesterday and decided to go for Hydrogenperoxide. Watered it down to roughly 1% and sprayed everything inside the tent genoursly.
Those are the Pictures from Yesterday
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The first zoom in looks like a little amoeba

 

[Oldchucky]

Do your research on DE. From what I’ve seen, dry equals effective. Wet equals ineffective! You can apply it wet and let it dry. Just my two cents!

 

[ChuckFinnl3y]

Do your research on DE. From what I’ve seen, dry equals effective. Wet equals ineffective! You can apply it wet and let it dry. Just my two cents!

Will do, though im under the same impression.
Used it as a top dress before and the way it reacted to watering i dont believe ill be able to have it penetrate deeply enough to get into the Root zone.

Still not quite sure what the issue is but unless its not harmfull to the plant or the microbes better be safe than sorry.
But if it gets worse im not opposed to kill the microbes or go more hands on in order to solve the problem.

do you think theres a high possibilty its realted to pests in the rootzone, or should i keep observing and research for other possibilites ?

 

[Oldchucky]

Weather There are Pests in the root zone is something you will have to figure out probably. I just don’t see how watering DE into the root zone, which is usually kept moist, will do any good, unless you let it dry out. If I was wondering about Pest Down there, I would probably pull a small core sample and take a look at it under magnification. If that is feasible. If you are sure they are down there. I just don’t see how de Will do much for you. Unless you can get them to the surface. But I am no expert by any means!