Kuwl's AutoPot Grow - Deja Vu

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OK, I admit I went off the rails, lol.
Thanks, PipeCarver for bringing that to my attention.
Idk what I was thinking, I guess the panic in my head took control
and I went with it full on. hahahha
Well after thinking about what PC said I coud feel the urgency in his reply.
I went to the KB site "General Hydroponics" to find out more info on KoolBloom.
After reading some of it I will have to re-do my tank back to Dyna Gro products.
At least until the last 2-3 weeks (My head was into a 8-9 wk grow).
Then I will switch back to KB all by itself.

Honestly, the buds do look like they got bigger and they are rock hard.
They also pass the smell test lol.
Another obsevation is the plants that are 2-3 wks behind are looking very good
with plenty of buds and bud growth.
I don't know if the 1 wk of KB had anything to do with it but the 1st pic of the plant
that is 2 wks behind has been getting full feed from the res tank the whole time.
Glad I didn't screw up to much to mess the whole grow up with over feeding.
I believe with the continued use of KB this early on would result in a bad crop.
I hate fluffy buds and of course my dreaded enemy Seeds!
I took some pics, not bad for 6 wks in flower in 2.2 gal pots.

This one is 2 wks behind so 4 wks in flower
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Sour Deisel
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QC Blue
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Fruity OG
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Lastly 3 wks behind
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Looking good, ........No more grow nute at all? or nitrogen of some kind? I always use some all the way through I just cut back in soil,,,,,same as the micro....I cut back the same way.....I was going to do that with the auto pots too. That chart shows they need some right to the week 7-8 and I go 11 so?

I'm going to try following that thing more......I even ordered some GH cal/mag...I have a 3/4 bottle of Remo Nutrients Cal/mag but no mixing brands the rules say....
anytime I've used it ,,,it fukd my plants up so I stopped...now I realize I used it at the wrong times. I'll start adding some to the pots weeks 3-4 - until the end according to said chart.

My QCBlue is the last one to show buds, the other 3 are in bloom, still stretching like crazy, I thought I had them down and everything was good.....now I need to raise the light off the hangers and attach it to the crossbar
I agree with PC about the grow nutes i give about 1.5 mil per gallon to the end
 
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About three hours left to dry then it should switch to cure. Next to no smell until door is opened only work with it is a drip tray that i would dump twice a day. Today there is next to nothing in drip tray.
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About three hours left to dry then it should switch to cure. Next to no smell until door is opened only work with it is a drip tray that i would dump twice a day. Today there is next to nothing in drip tray.View attachment 1958486View attachment 1958487View attachment 1958488
Fantastic!!! Wow I want one so bad lol but have to wait awhile that gas line instalation cost me $500 and the stove another $1100
and to think for the same amount of $ I could have purchased one of these, I gotta double down on those card payments :)
 
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Thx I had an easy switch cause I had the test tank with DG nutes in there already so switched tanks, done.
Had to add 6 gal to it but saved 4 gal of KB mix.
I've been looking every morning/aft/evening at my res tank and although clear I see a build up of a fine brownish silt.....It has to be the micro but I don't think the fine silt is hurting the flow through the filter and the plants all look good so fk it.....for now....
 
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Thats not gonna happen. LOL
I just transplanted my cuts from the Dosi Do and Sour D into 1 gal pots. all had roots but the Do si do was root wrapped after 14 days...Very healthy clones. I only need 1 of each I took 2 cuts. Now I have a few to give away but it's too early for outside here so??? not sure what I'll do with them, I hate killing healthy plants...
 
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I just transplanted my cuts from the Dosi Do and Sour D into 1 gal pots. all had roots but the Do si do was root wrapped after 14 days...Very healthy clones. I only need 1 of each I took 2 cuts. Now I have a few to give away but it's too early for outside here so??? not sure what I'll do with them, I hate killing healthy plants...
Veg them to it warms up than give away !
 
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Movin' right along.
Wet weather here but I am having no issues with humidity so far.
They are fattening up nicely and have a solid feel to them.'

I noticed a couple of things today.
1, my 2 wk behind plant that is hooked up to the AP system is not
getting enough N so I injected it with some FP about 1/2 tsp right
into the tray, where the valve is.
It's not doing to bad, but it's getting 1000PPM nutrients, from the feed tank, as do all the others right now.
Just not enough N.
I might end up hooking up the extra res tank to feed it with a solution not so rich and has the extra N in it.
idk maybe.

2, I might close off the valve and take out the plants, one by one to trim down the foliage.
It's getting thick in there and I would like to free up some light space for the buds.
I fed today and added a dose of Foliage Pro to the mix because the Sour Deisel looks
like it might need it. The leaves look a little pale to me.
Only the SD has this problem the other 2 seem fine.

Everything looks good with no problems, smooth sailing.
Fri is wk 7, maybe by the end of the month I will be harvesting :)
I am thinking about adding CO2 to the tent (I have these CO2 towels, wet them and they release it)
Maybe next week I'll do that, wth.
Couple of pic's
Can't seem to get a good pic of the blue UV lights.
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SD and in the back QC B (Thru the tent window, crapy pic )
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Movin' right along.
Wet weather here but I am having no issues with humidity so far.
They are fattening up nicely and have a solid feel to them.'

I noticed a couple of things today.
1, my 2 wk behind plant that is hooked up to the AP system is not
getting enough N so I injected it with some FP about 1/2 tsp right
into the tray, where the valve is.
It's not doing to bad, but it's getting 1000PPM nutrients, from the feed tank, as do all the others right now.
Just not enough N.
I might end up hooking up the extra res tank to feed it with a solution not so rich and has the extra N in it.
idk maybe.

2, I might close off the valve and take out the plants, one by one to trim down the foliage.
It's getting thick in there and I would like to free up some light space for the buds.
I fed today and added a dose of Foliage Pro to the mix because the Sour Deisel looks
like it might need it. The leaves look a little pale to me.
Only the SD has this problem the other 2 seem fine.

Everything looks good with no problems, smooth sailing.
Fri is wk 7, maybe by the end of the month I will be harvesting :)
I am thinking about adding CO2 to the tent (I have these CO2 towels, wet them and they release it)
Maybe next week I'll do that, wth.
Couple of pic's
Can't seem to get a good pic of the blue UV lights.
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SD and in the back QC B (Thru the tent window, crapy pic )
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Your stuff is stacking up nicely, I'm liking the pots, they're easy to keep going just add a few gallons of food to the reservoir every couple of days.....

I cleaned my tank again. I carefully poured the liquid that was left into another pot until I got down to the floating stuff at the bottom ( about 1 gal ) and dumped the rest. I cleaned it and added all new with a heavier bloom ratio and I added Cal/mag when I got it yesterday.

A funny thing happened today when I mixed up nutes for my 5x5 grow. I added Micro, then grow, then bloom as always and after it was all mixed I could see floaters in the mixture.......something reacted and coagulated into small filaments / floaters.....wtf now....I pretended I didn't see them and added the rest of the ingredients, after adding the Flurolicious I couldn't see them any longer.

Not sure whats up with that I haven't seen them react like that......its always just been a clear colored liquid...no lumps or floaters....something is off.....
 
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Your stuff is stacking up nicely, I'm liking the pots, they're easy to keep going just add a few gallons of food to the reservoir every couple of days.....

I cleaned my tank again. I carefully poured the liquid that was left into another pot until I got down to the floating stuff at the bottom ( about 1 gal ) and dumped the rest. I cleaned it and added all new with a heavier bloom ratio and I added Cal/mag when I got it yesterday.

A funny thing happened today when I mixed up nutes for my 5x5 grow. I added Micro, then grow, then bloom as always and after it was all mixed I could see floaters in the mixture.......something reacted and coagulated into small filaments / floaters.....wtf now....I pretended I didn't see them and added the rest of the ingredients, after adding the Flurolicious I couldn't see them any longer.

Not sure whats up with that I haven't seen them react like that......its always just been a clear colored liquid...no lumps or floaters....something is off.....
Thanks, I like how this grow is going :) so darn easy I get bored lol.
Ya they stacking nicely and I have no complants.
I will post better pic's Fri or Sat when I finish the de-leafing, they gettin' bushy.

Maybe it's the order in which you put the nutes in.
Check on the back label and read all that stuff, it might say not to mix first, like my Pro-Tekt does.
Use a solo cup to mix micro amounts into it, see if you can repeat the floating stuff, then change the order see if that corrects it.

If it is ok in the end, then I guess it's ok, but check every day to make sure floaters are not coming back,
 
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Thanks, I like how this grow is going :) so darn easy I get bored lol.
Ya they stacking nicely and I have no complants.
I will post better pic's Fri or Sat when I finish the de-leafing, they gettin' bushy.

Maybe it's the order in which you put the nutes in.
Check on the back label and read all that stuff, it might say not to mix first, like my Pro-Tekt does.
Use a solo cup to mix micro amounts into it, see if you can repeat the floating stuff, then change the order see if that corrects it.

If it is ok in the end, then I guess it's ok, but check every day to make sure floaters are not coming back,
I just mixed up another gallon for my clones and small plants and no floaters.....I'll have to keep an eye out and see if it repeat's
 
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Crap
I'm not quite sure what this problem is but since the others have no symptoms
I believe/guessing it's heat stress.
Lifting my light up to 16" again, it's been at about 12" for the last 2 wks.
Plus, the damage is only on the top portion of the plant.
I'm at about 1000 PPM but reduced it (Added a Gallon of plain water) to 900 just incase.
Only the SD has this problem, so prob a strain issue as none of the others have any problems.
Here are some pic's of my Sour Deisel (Any thoughts on this problem?):
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Here are the pic's of the other plants.
The two that are behind schedule by 2-3 wks are a little off but it's cause of the nute feed.
QC Blue
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IMG 4428

Fruity OG
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Other Plant on the AP system (Overfed)
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The Tent
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Your stuff is stacking up nicely, I'm liking the pots, they're easy to keep going just add a few gallons of food to the reservoir every couple of days.....

I cleaned my tank again. I carefully poured the liquid that was left into another pot until I got down to the floating stuff at the bottom ( about 1 gal ) and dumped the rest. I cleaned it and added all new with a heavier bloom ratio and I added Cal/mag when I got it yesterday.

A funny thing happened today when I mixed up nutes for my 5x5 grow. I added Micro, then grow, then bloom as always and after it was all mixed I could see floaters in the mixture.......something reacted and coagulated into small filaments / floaters.....wtf now....I pretended I didn't see them and added the rest of the ingredients, after adding the Flurolicious I couldn't see them any longer.

Not sure whats up with that I haven't seen them react like that......its always just been a clear colored liquid...no lumps or floaters....something is off.....

Crap
I'm not quite sure what this problem is but since the others have no symptoms
I believe/guessing it's heat stress.
Lifting my light up to 16" again, it's been at about 12" for the last 2 wks.
Plus, the damage is only on the top portion of the plant.
I'm at about 1000 PPM but reduced it (Added a Gallon of plain water) to 900 just incase.
Only the SD has this problem, so prob a strain issue as none of the others have any problems.
Here are some pic's of my Sour Deisel (Any thoughts on this problem?):
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Here are the pic's of the other plants.
The two that are behind schedule by 2-3 wks are a little off but it's cause of the nute feed.
QC Blue
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Fruity OG
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Other Plant on the AP system (Overfed)
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The Tent
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Just my thoughts at seven weeks i would bring down PPM to about 600-800. im sure there is a build up of salts in soil by now.
 
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I'm not quite sure what this problem is but since the others have no symptoms
I believe/guessing it's heat stress.
Lifting my light up to 16" again, it's been at about 12" for the last 2 wks.
Plus, the damage is only on the top portion of the plant.
I'm at about 1000 PPM but reduced it (Added a Gallon of plain water) to 900 just incase.
Only the SD has this problem, so prob a strain issue as none of the others have any problems.
Here are some pic's of my Sour Deisel (Any thoughts on this problem?):
View attachment 1970810
View attachment 1970836
Here are the pic's of the other plants.
The two that are behind schedule by 2-3 wks are a little off but it's cause of the nute feed.
QC Blue
View attachment 1971692
View attachment 1971717
Fruity OG
View attachment 1971883
View attachment 1971996
Other Plant on the AP system (Overfed)
View attachment 1972285
The Tent
View attachment 1972471
I'm seeing some fading on my Sour D but I'm thinking it needs a bit more food than the rest. I added Cal/mag yesterday for the first time I'm hoping it helps with the yellowing I also get later in flower. After adding all the ingredients into my tank I had an 1110+ ppm...and I bumped the light to 65% at about 18"....I'm just looking at my leaves now to determine if they want more light or less and I'm erring on the side that less is better. I've cooked enough leaves from too much light....
 
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I'm seeing some fading on my Sour D but I'm thinking it needs a bit more food than the rest. I added Cal/mag yesterday for the first time I'm hoping it helps with the yellowing I also get later in flower. After adding all the ingredients into my tank I had an 1110+ ppm...and I bumped the light to 65% at about 18"....I'm just looking at my leaves now to determine if they want more light or less and I'm erring on the side that less is better. I've cooked enough leaves from too much light....
During late flowering, special attention is needed, such as a close watch on humidity levels. Too low humidity and Dosidos plants will transpire too much.

Grow lights should not be kept too close to avoid stress. If you use LEDs, turn the power to 25% at the beginning of the growing cycle and gradually increase to 50% and later to 75% and monitor closely how your plants react. If you notice there're burns on the tops of the crops, make sure you decrease the power of your lights or take action to distance the grow lights further away from the tops.
 
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Ya the other plants are taking the high PPM with no problems so if that is the problem
that is affecting only the SD it would have to be a strain related issue and SD has been
the only one that I've had some problems with aka yellowing leaves and such.
But the Problem only affects the top of the leaves/buds in the cola area.
That's why I am leaning towards a light issue but ya I am starting to lower PPM.
I'm at 900 now and when the tank gets low enough, in about 2 days, I will reduce to 800 PPM.

Lux readings vary of course and the last reading was from about 12"
where I had the light before I moved it to 16".
These are from all parts of the tent as you can see.

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this one is from about 12" above and where I had the light.
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As you can see the Lux reading is way higher on the left side of the tent, I am thinking I need a new light lol.
 

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