First Time Grow, looking to do it right.

[workngrow]

The more I read and study I am considering in a few runs switching over to run an aeroponic setup or an ebb and flow type setup to reduce water usage and be a bit more efficient across the board.

 

[Aqua Man]

Cleared the lower third or so of big leaves and shaded foliage on each plant, threw the trellis on there. Going to let them recover a bit until tomorrow then will flush, run the bloom nutes and flip the light cycle. As they flower will just keep pushing the bud sites inward along the trellis to fill the gap in the center and create space.

Don't run bloom nites until atleast after stretch imo.... you will likely see deficiencies.

 

[Aqua Man]

Tuck for the first week after flip and then let em go... just what I would do.

 

[workngrow]

Don't run bloom nites until atleast after stretch imo.... you will likely see deficiencies.

Yea I have been slightly confused about the bloom scenario. Container says ever 7 to 14 days to dose but 1 2 3 nute schedule on their site says run it for just the first 2 weeks after switching photo period.

 

[workngrow]

Day 2 to 3 into flower

Ph 5.8 (been topping it off at a slightly higher ph considering water consumption is dropping it. Should continue to go down over a few days) smaller setup the ph was going up as plant water consumption was a lot less. Learning this as an observation and changing the strategy a bit seemed important. If the ph is going to drop keeping it at a solid 5.5 just unrealistic.

TDS 530

Water temp 71

Lux 16k on edge to 21k in center (been slowly increasing light intensity now.) Lights running at only 63 pct intensity. Over the next week I'll prob throw in an exhale bag or 2 as I start to tune things up nice and easy.


Overnight transpiring has been pushing the humidity up to 80 plus so I added in a larger tower fan. Some of the wind hitting the leaves but just needed a quick solution.instead of dumping a bunch of cash into a better dehu. As soon as it was added the RH went down by like 10 to 15 pct so it appears to be working.

As far as the plants themselves. Just picking some lower foliage off bits at a time day by day. Not too much at a time and there are already some baby pistils forming.

 

[Mostlymooses]

Looks good! You could probably stand to be taking more stuff out, more of the lower small branches and nodes that are getting shaded out by the upper stuff. But it doesn't hurt to take that stuff slow, my first couple plants I lollipopped to huge single colas and lost a bunch of weight. Have fun, you are looking great!

 

[workngrow]

Looks good! You could probably stand to be taking more stuff out, more of the lower small branches and nodes that are getting shaded out by the upper stuff. But it doesn't hurt to take that stuff slow, my first couple plants I lollipopped to huge single colas and lost a bunch of weight. Have fun, you are looking great!

More in line?

 

[workngrow]

When I took a lot out just focused mostly on real dark areas. A lot of the larger fan leaves even in the canopy I removed. They are just blocking light for everything else I believe.

For stems I just took anything that was super thin out even if it was a bud site. Focusing in on keeping the much denser stems and keeping the bud sites as the top of those that branch off to keep the canopy intact.

It feels right but unsure if I took too much off or not. Lol

 

[workngrow]

This one has been a solider. Multiple broken branches through training for the first time ever being literally taped back together and she is just monstrous. Out of any fuck ups to this point this plant would be ideal for when we pull clones in a couple weeks.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

More in line?

I like your setup in the totes. Do you have any drawings of the works?

 

[workngrow]

I like your setup in the totes. Do you have any drawings of the works?

I did at one point while planning it out. It's an mspaint just really dumbed down sketch. Might be in the first page or 2 of the thread.

 

[workngrow]

I like your setup in the totes. Do you have any drawings of the works?

Mind you it didn't quite work out exactly exactly as sketched but I can send along pics of any part if you want ideas for your own etc.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I did at one point while planning it out. It's an mspaint just really dumbed down sketch. Might be in the first page or 2 of the thread.

Found it. I used MS Paint the same way for years. I don't have windows anymore and I'm looking for a Linux version.

 

[workngrow]

Took about as much off as I feel comfortable with. The monster developing lots of pistils. Not a lot of or any pistils on the other 3 yet.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Lolipop. I love how it forces new growth.

 

[workngrow]

Lolipop. I love how it forces new growth.

Yea haha first time so trying to not overdo it.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

You did it well. It looks great.

 

[workngrow]

You did it well. It looks great.

Thanks as I was going through it just kind of was obvious what to remove. The massive fan leaves looked to be first to go. Just covering up way too much. They are all pretty visible from underneath and snap off super easy.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Totally. If you cover the soil with something to block the light, you will use less water for the same results.
You have to lift it off to water unless you make the cover from some sort of multi-layer mesh of some kind.
If you do, send me some! LOL

 

[workngrow]

@Aqua Man Yeo, I read that the Jacks has no Silica. Been using the S. blast as an add in but proportionately ive been feeding the same of that as I am each piece of the Jacks. So if I use 30pct of Jacks then anything else I throw in ive also been running 30 pct of the per gallon recommended.

Should I up the amount of silica or keep it in line with the proportionate amount of everything else?