what up jr. love the setup.
you wrote about your issues potentially stemming from over application of "oregonism" which i'm assuming is the
roots organics brand myccorhizae and beneficial bacteria powder. my understanding of these products is that you can't really overdo them to the point of it hurting your plants... you can certainly give them more than they need but the only problem with that is you're wasting the product. this is my understanding of the myccorhizae and beneficial bacteria products and i'm not necessarily an expert on the subject. any of you other farmers know about this?
also, you said you just raised the lights because of potential lumen shock... can the plants suffer lumen shock at this stage? my understanding was that it only happened after the initial exposure?
not trying to be critical at all (again, love your setup), but i would like to hear the farms opinions on these points for all our benefit.
YO mello!
yeah, thats the product im refering to, it comes well recommended but this is my first time using it. i tried to apply it by mixing about 3/4 of a cup in 2-3 gallons of water then pouring this into my plants as they sat alone in a 3 gal pail. i filled the pail till the water/bennies came to the point that the hydroton nearly floated. i did this to ensure that the entire root area was soaked, and i tried to be as un-invasive as possible. i started at one end of the room, then went to the next plant and on down the line. the two plants affected were in the position at the end of the line and may have received a heavier dose because of remixing part way through. AND this is the position (site) right next to the exhaust duct, which got really hot till it was insulated.
i applied three doses in about 9 days.
i noticed the residual oregonism on the roots, in the bins, in the res, and trickleing out of the hydroton for weeks, and it continues to settle in the bins ESPECIALLY Ellas (not so much Esthers).
the plants continued to suffer slow growth till they were rinsed.
this is the period where i fear they might have experienced lumen shock, growth slowed considerably and the roots looked sickly. i imagine that the roots were all of a sudden packed in an avalanche of smothering un-activated spores.
SOLUTION? i think foaming up the oregonism before applying in this technique would be ideal.
use 1/2 cup oregonism in 2-3 gallons.
1)place airstone in pail
2)add water and mix in bennies with air on
3)allow to foam up
4)pour into top of plant
5)recycle runnoff with next plant
6)add bennies and "recharge" solution with air stone as needed.
do this once a week during veg (3 times)
the rest of the girls look great, these two make me wonder if they are able to use the higher nute levels and higher lumens that the rest are ready for. they are both showing new growth, so i am cautiously optimistic, but i have allowed the ppm to slide down a gear to about 800-850 and have raised the 3 lights surrounging Ella to try to give her a chance to catch her breath. ph is downwardly mobil, when it shifts to 5.7 i bring it back to 6.0-6.1
my ladies are getting GHs 3 part. i use
Superthrive (about .5 to 1ml per gal ) during cloning, rooting and veg.