Newbie in the UC

[Shady]

Looks like you're off to a good start tipper! Just keep in mind that running diff strains in the Under Current can be challenging when they have diff feed levels, stretch, and finishing times...

 

[tipper619sd]

Cool shady thanks man and totaly get you on the different strain thing.

 

[tipper619sd]

so today i have an update. Yesterday i did a rez change and to my knowledge the brown slime was building up in my buckets. When things go to smoothlly u know something is coming.lol. But ya so i scrubbed the buckets and decided to put my gals in the transition stage before i flipp to flower. I added 3ml of h2o2 to my epicenter and let it run thru the system. I come back in this morning, and the leaves on my black rose plant are down ( fan leaves ) . Everything is looking great besides that. I am just hoping that i got it all under control. I took a few pics to show how things are looking as of this morning. Would love to get a few inputs on whats happening. ,Thanks again farmers and happy growing

 

[tipper619sd]

thanks shane 20 for the scrog info , Im still on the ropes about making a scrog since i have never used one before i dont wanna mess it up. Im gonna turn off the lights for 36 hrs to help induce the flowering process. I also am running my nutes as follows.


60g of bloom aqua water temps 63-65
30g of super soak RH is 61
1.5 tsp of superlicious 2 fans going one for circulation and one under the skirts
2.5 tsp of bud blaster of the girls.
30 ml of ultimate thrive.
What do u guys think about this regime oh and i added 3 ml of h2o2
Also my ppms were at 550 is that too low??

 

[tipper619sd]

ok so i have seen my chiller increase up to 70 degrees im guessing the water coming out of my r/o is pretty warm so its taking a lil longer for my chiller back down idk? I have a lot to learn in this system and i am looking forward to figuring out all the kinks. I will update with pics tomorrow and give u guys an update.

 

[tipper619sd]

also i wanted to know what u guys would say is a good temp and water level and rh in the room for flowering. Thanks for all your help guys.

 

[tipper619sd]

So heres the update! I have switched to my transition period like said in my last post. I decided to flip them at between 16 - 18 inches tall. Being i dont have much room to have 5 ft plants. My room temps are at 81 and my rh is at 58% during the day and 50% at night my lil chiller is running but during the day it goes up to 65 and at night it drops to 62 with it set at 60 degrees ( i am thinking i need to raise these buckets off the floor and also wrap them). I wanted to know what u farmers thought about humidity during flower and water levels. I saw that some said keep it where its at others said lower it in a few threads. I havent seen any more brown slime which is a blessing. Also i have seen growth but very little since i have switched out my rez and added the food grade h2o2. Its been a couple days since i have flipped so im guessing sometime next week we will see. Heres the pics and hope all you farmers have a great growing season.

 

[tipper619sd]

ok so i have a new update i did a lil pruning and a lil research. I needed to bring my rh up to 60 - 7- and my temps are a consistent 81 will update pics as soon as they download

 

[tipper619sd]

So i checked my ph and it was at 6.0 from 6.1 and my ppms were at 650 700 today i added a lil more h202 and a lil nutes cause my girls were not as i felt beginning to flower at least i thought. Now they all have pre flowers coming out and have grown. So i am guessing its the stretch period. Since i have lowered my water levels and upped my rh to 65 70 things are looking better i have all new roots coming out of the pots and my girls are looking good. Here is a pic of all four i have individuals coming up soon tell me what u think.

 

[tipper619sd]

more pics

 

[tipper619sd]

the first one is the bam og and the second is also i have a third one but it didnt upload they are all bam ogs. The other one is a tangerine dream cross called black rose . All supposedly from seed mothers so f1 i guess we will see. Flipped 13 days ago i think or 15 gotta check how do u think they are doing

 

[Shady]

Be careful of going above 65% RH in bloom as there is an increased risk of pm and bud rot. Also, you should consider some type of plant support if you don't scrog as you don't want any plants with fat colas tipping over in bloom...

 

[tipper619sd]

ok cool so i was thinking tying them to the chains of the light for now

 

[tipper619sd]

but news update i went into my room and found this . A transgender homos in disguise ( like the autobots lol ) It made it in here and has been thriving i really thought i was gonna have a super freak. But hey now i can move it to another room and flower it out. I have seen flowers and nuts on it. What do u think??

 

[All4freedumb]

Looks male to me, possibly hermi.. expect a seeded crop... Sux.

 

[tipper619sd]

well i planned on bringing it to my friends room and flowering it there he wants to keep the crops and pollen im guessing. This tranny is a straight beast eating everything. I thought i would have a primo plant ended up tranny. But hey look at it on the bright side now i have the bam og genetics right .

 

[tipper619sd]

well i did a full rez change and saw that there was clear slim on my roots. I have been using the h2o2 food grade but idk if its working. I dont have any more brown slime but also in one pot i found a few generations of aphids but i just hit them with the Bayer tree and shrub so hopefully its all good. I also have seen that my flowers the pistils came out red and i have barely seen any white pistils . Im thinking the nutes were too hot ( thanks to a friends recipe )I decided to make my own recipe and stick to feeding under 500 ppms and hopefully that will help. I think i got lucky when i found the hermi none of the pollen pods had popped yet and i moved it to my friends house some 15 miles away. I will post pics in about an hour or less to show what i mean.

 

[hogan400]

Tip619, you in 619? I lived in Escondido for a year and a half, loved socal south of LA, LOL.... anyway I read most of what you got here, and reading between the lines I would say most all the input the guys have given are spot on. You have to be vigilant and quick about hermies and pests. Adding "any" pesticides or nutes must be done very ,very slowly. Mix in a 5 gal and add over a few hours. Fight the urges to make daily ph adjustments because 6.0-6.1 adjustments can do more harm than good. Specifically to the roots. Easiest to do, is a simple topoff bucket, and feed thru that. You may have overfed, or the pesticide, could have been too strong causing root stress, take some photos of your roots for us, be careful lifting the plants, my personal experience was it caused me root stress looking at em every day 4 times a day. haha

I found weekly ph adjustments and feeding are less stressful. Put together a weekly feed schedule and follow it closely, making bi weekly adjustments if the plants tell you too. Load your food and schedule concept here, and let the farmers help guide you. IMO

Only take advice from other Uc growers here that have a thread and photos to back it. Not bashing but the proof is in the log! Keep it all very simple, and all ur homies will be pissed you smoked em with the numbers and quality! support those tops well. As to your question you asked me, its hard to know because the pics are so/so. I would think the bugs and adjustments are the issue. Let the ph be ur guide. if it raises, add a little food if it goes down add a little water... weekly of course

all in my opinion man...
h400

 

[tipper619sd]

ya im in the 619 and ya man so cal is the best to me at least. thanks hogan for all your help i needed that really today has been one hell of a day.

 

[tipper619sd]

So I found out my stoner butt was only trying to treat the aphids with water causing them to sprerad everywhere ( which sucked ). Also i checked my buckets and there was not only lil aphids and big ones floating around the white slime was taking over. So i went and got me a wet vac and scrubbed each bucket and then let the system run on a very high volume of h2o2. I litterally say the H202 Start fizzing and eating away at everything as soon as i dropped it in. SO after i took my black poly tubes for my chiller cleaned them out which was like a breeding ground for the white slime. I gave all my girls a dip in the bauyer since the aphids where swimming from bucket to bucket and cleaned all the roots. I had root rot for sure cause my roots were brown and toasted but i have all new roots since i have changed my rez on sunday. So im sticking to the low ppms for about a week and i have also noticed my ph has stayed very constant since sunday. So i have a shipment of UC roots coming in the next few days and im debating if i should buy some zone also. Filling up my Rez right now so i can add my mix and ph it. Hopefully i have got everything back in check. Rom temps and Rh have stayed at 81 and 63 so we will see in a few days what happens. Thanks all you guys for your help and I will try and take pics for you guys. Just only have a camera phone.
P.S. My roots were very brown and kinda hard but i have all new white roots coming in. Any recommendations on how strong i should use my h2o2 when i start my girls again.