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Girl Grows Wild: C99 on Earth Juice Regimen
So here I go!
With two C99s bestowed upon me (Pheno 1/Pheno2), so begins my journey. I am taking a pretty hard-line scientific approach in order to produce a quality experiment on the effectiveness of Earth Juice products on this particular strain.
Today I am watering for the first time.
Procedure:
1) Using a glass bowl, collect .5 Gal of H20.
2) Calibrate pH meter to ensure accuracy of this session's readings, using HI7007 buffer
3) Test H20 for pH and temp (7.8 pH/18.0 C)
4) Pour nutes into custard cups to prevent cross-contamination
5) One at a time, add the nutrients (full strength) to the half gallon bowl of water. (See table below)
6) Mix the solution for one minute to ensure even distribution.
7) Pour 4 cups of the solution into a separate container (in order to dillute to the appropriate level of nutes / gallon)
8) Test the first half gallon for pH and temp (5.4/19.9 C)
9) Add Earth Juice Natural up (1/8 tsp) to raise pH, then test. (6.2 pH)
10) Add another sprinkle of Natural Up, then test. (6.5 pH/19.7 C)
11) Water both plants with approximately 1/4 gallon each.
12) Repeat steps 7-11 for the second half gallon.
(initial pH/temp = 5.0 / 17.7), only had to add pH up 1 time to get to pH 6.5 and temp of 17.7 C.
The water had a nice flow over into the drain pan (or springform pan in my case =)
Feeding Chart:
Substance Quantity pH Temp
H20 1 gal, sep. 7.8 18.0 C
CaMg* 5mL -- --
Catalyst 12mL -- --
Grow 5mL -- --
Kelp** 5mL -- --
Assist 17mL -- --
*CaMg is General Organics
**Kelp is Old Age
Observations
To test my beginning water, I scoop a sample into the cover for the pH tester and turn it on, this gives a quick and accurate read!
I used two different sources of water, the kitchen and the bathroom, there was a pH difference of 0.3 and temperature difference of 1.9 C between the two sources. This should account for the difference between the post-nute pH and temperature of the two half gallon solutions I made.
I think next time I'm going to do a pH test after the addition of each nute to get a better feel for how things are affecting the pH.
I've also got some soil drying (sampled from 5 places, 4" down) to test the pH, N,K,P.
So I'll be back tomorrow with more pictures, including the new suite I'm setting up today for these pretty lil' ladies!
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So here I go!
With two C99s bestowed upon me (Pheno 1/Pheno2), so begins my journey. I am taking a pretty hard-line scientific approach in order to produce a quality experiment on the effectiveness of Earth Juice products on this particular strain.
Today I am watering for the first time.
Procedure:
1) Using a glass bowl, collect .5 Gal of H20.
2) Calibrate pH meter to ensure accuracy of this session's readings, using HI7007 buffer
3) Test H20 for pH and temp (7.8 pH/18.0 C)
4) Pour nutes into custard cups to prevent cross-contamination
5) One at a time, add the nutrients (full strength) to the half gallon bowl of water. (See table below)
6) Mix the solution for one minute to ensure even distribution.
7) Pour 4 cups of the solution into a separate container (in order to dillute to the appropriate level of nutes / gallon)
8) Test the first half gallon for pH and temp (5.4/19.9 C)
9) Add Earth Juice Natural up (1/8 tsp) to raise pH, then test. (6.2 pH)
10) Add another sprinkle of Natural Up, then test. (6.5 pH/19.7 C)
11) Water both plants with approximately 1/4 gallon each.
12) Repeat steps 7-11 for the second half gallon.
(initial pH/temp = 5.0 / 17.7), only had to add pH up 1 time to get to pH 6.5 and temp of 17.7 C.
The water had a nice flow over into the drain pan (or springform pan in my case =)
Feeding Chart:
Substance Quantity pH Temp
H20 1 gal, sep. 7.8 18.0 C
CaMg* 5mL -- --
Catalyst 12mL -- --
Grow 5mL -- --
Kelp** 5mL -- --
Assist 17mL -- --
*CaMg is General Organics
**Kelp is Old Age
Observations
To test my beginning water, I scoop a sample into the cover for the pH tester and turn it on, this gives a quick and accurate read!
I used two different sources of water, the kitchen and the bathroom, there was a pH difference of 0.3 and temperature difference of 1.9 C between the two sources. This should account for the difference between the post-nute pH and temperature of the two half gallon solutions I made.
I think next time I'm going to do a pH test after the addition of each nute to get a better feel for how things are affecting the pH.
I've also got some soil drying (sampled from 5 places, 4" down) to test the pH, N,K,P.
So I'll be back tomorrow with more pictures, including the new suite I'm setting up today for these pretty lil' ladies!
:fixed: