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I am going to try and explain this as well as i can without posting pix. I am doing my first hydro grow and I am growing Alaskan Ice and G-Force. I have switched from using dutch-masters gold, to now using GH 3-part. they have reached the last 3 of their life (I am assuming). I have had a few problems through-out their lives b/c like i said it is my first hydro set-up and I had a few things to learn, and b/c i was not allowing them to have perfect conditions and this has added a significant amoung of time on their ripening stage.
I am using a Hortilux 400 watt HPS at the moment (may switch back to MH Hortilux Daylight last few weeks) I am using a top feed system that i made, with hydro-ton in 4 inch pots. The humidity has been really low arounf 20-25 %. I have kept the PH between 5.8-6.0 and the nutient level is only about 300ppm (on hanna scale) b/c if i have it any higher the ppm raise in only 12 hours up to 350-400ppm (I'm assuming this is b/c of the low humidity) I have been using 3% hydrogen peroxide at 5 ml per gallon
all nurtients i am using
3-part GH
floralicious plus
floranectar
Snowstorm (Humboldt)
koolbloom
The problems exist the most on the Alaskan Ice.
The buds are growing a little airey which i belive is b/c the temp's are a little high (the temp directly under the hpd are about 90 degress and about a foot under the light is about 82 degrees.) but the issue that is becoming a huge problem is; the inside of the buds, all the calyx pods are yellowing and then slowly dying off.
i would say within 10 days a calyx pod will begin to yellow and 10 days later the pod is brown-dead-and crispy.
I cant figure out what factor(s) is/are causing this, and i am worried i put the $$ and time into and i will end up with dead crispy buds if i wait untill full ripening.
Like i said i built the system myself and the are two little spots inside the table that do allow very small and shallow pools of water/ nutrients to build up. i fixed this problem for the most part.
I am using a Hortilux 400 watt HPS at the moment (may switch back to MH Hortilux Daylight last few weeks) I am using a top feed system that i made, with hydro-ton in 4 inch pots. The humidity has been really low arounf 20-25 %. I have kept the PH between 5.8-6.0 and the nutient level is only about 300ppm (on hanna scale) b/c if i have it any higher the ppm raise in only 12 hours up to 350-400ppm (I'm assuming this is b/c of the low humidity) I have been using 3% hydrogen peroxide at 5 ml per gallon
all nurtients i am using
3-part GH
floralicious plus
floranectar
Snowstorm (Humboldt)
koolbloom
The problems exist the most on the Alaskan Ice.
The buds are growing a little airey which i belive is b/c the temp's are a little high (the temp directly under the hpd are about 90 degress and about a foot under the light is about 82 degrees.) but the issue that is becoming a huge problem is; the inside of the buds, all the calyx pods are yellowing and then slowly dying off.
i would say within 10 days a calyx pod will begin to yellow and 10 days later the pod is brown-dead-and crispy.
I cant figure out what factor(s) is/are causing this, and i am worried i put the $$ and time into and i will end up with dead crispy buds if i wait untill full ripening.
Like i said i built the system myself and the are two little spots inside the table that do allow very small and shallow pools of water/ nutrients to build up. i fixed this problem for the most part.
