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Yes I am in flowering period right now. Currently 1.5 weeks
Small Update- Day 12 of flower
The plants seem to be doing better. The past 48 hours, I have seen the ppms drop to 300 and the ph swing. Drinking a lot of water. Sour Haze is at the 28 inches and when the lights turn on, the plant tips go past the reflectors...... hahaha. I plan on moving the lights up in the next day or two. I didn't expect the sour haze to get big in the system that quick, so I am keeping the lights lower than I should for that Sativa plant, but I need the light down for Critical Kush which has a light spacing of 18 inches currently. OH well, multi-strain issues......Just for reference, the top of the cages in the pictures are at 24". Cant wait for buds to show and get those close ups! Keeping the clones in the cloner at least for another week or so. Still have not change the water on the cloning system and I don't think I will at this point. The roots are robust, and not discolored and there is more than enough water in the res. I keep telling myself I will, but I just need patience. They will soon be going into 5 gal dwc buckets for there pre-veg before dropping in the UC4xl.
Room Temp 80
Humidity- 54
PPM 300 (dropped 40)
Day 55 Update 2- 17 in flower
Got a little bit late start today, and as I was changing my water today the lamps went into their "night mode" and I had not begun to re-fill with the the weeks nutes :( Good thing for green bulbs! I filled the water just a little bit more than I usually do and I put in the 167ml of nutes in the system and my readings came out to 380ppm and realized that was last weeks nutes.....that was stupid. Waited 15 minutes as H&G suggest before adding the A/B again. All together, it was 210ml of the the Aqua Flakes A/B. I added 75ml of Multi-zen, and I think 10ml of Drip Clean. Currently the system is sitting at 550ppm at the moment, with tap water coming out at 20ppm. From 550 to the 380 last week is 170, which is only 10ppm difference from the plants drank last week. Not going off the schedule, and listening to their feeds patterns, lets hope it works and not get my tips burnt. Just for reference in the picture is the Sour Haze sitting at 37". Almost all my sour hazes finished at 36", so its still amazing even though I keep saying it every post. The UC is definitely powerful with that strain. I plan on running some BUD-XL next week for the strains that are 8 weeks. stoked to for the CKS and the training that I can do next round, now that I have seen how the babies can bush out (just basing that off the "potential bud sites" that will be coming in the next weeks. More close-ups to follow later in the weekend.
Day 58 Update- Day 20/21
Looks like the nutrient strength mix was pretty much on point. Right now the ppms are sitting at 520ppm, with the ph at 6.0. I have not added any water water yet to the system (plain), but will probably do that in the next day or two. I bumped up the lights AGAIN! because the Sour Haze was growing into the lights and practically bending and get a little bit heat stress. That puts the lights about 20-22 inches away from the smaller Critical Kush plants which is high for my taste. Since I raised the lights, I decided to bump my bulbs up the 1000 watts for the past two days and so far so good. Room conditions are are getting at 80F max for the normal plants and about 85F for the Sour Haze (bumped up my fan speed on the lights to help keep them a little cooler). Room Humidity has been sitting at 50% in the night conditions, and 34-40% when the lights are turned on. I forgot to change out the water in the humidifier so that was why it has been the low for two days. The CK's haven been loving the extra light and have been filling out nicely and will look great with little Christmas trees on them. I did some more lolly-popping on the ladies a little bit more to try and prune them for the actual main bud branches. The Liberty Haze was super bushy so I thinned her out nicely and she looks a lot better now as well with the Sour Haze. The Sour Haze stands at 44" right now, and the rest of the canopy is sitting at 20-27", CK's being the smallest; even the little Acapulco Gold is taller now that them. Clones are doing well and have roots that are damn near 3 feet of nice healthy white roots. Really happy with the way they turned out and I think are going to be transplanted into the 5 gallon for the pre-veg. I really want to train these girls well. I need to get another light (1000 preferably). I might keep them in the system for another week or so, while I get that situation figured out. Cant smell anything right now, still early though, but I always love smelling and enjoy comparing the strains. Here are some pictures and a re-cap:
Room Temp- D-(80-85) N-(61-64)
Humidity- D-(34-40) N-(50)
Water Temp- D-68.5 N-64
PPMS- 520 (down from 550)
PH- 6.0 (up from 5.7)
Day 62 Update 24 in flower
Things are looking great and the plants are eating whatever I have been throwing at it. The Sour Haze has been slowing down its stretch and beginning to focus on its bud-structures. You can see a difference between the "hair" growth on the plants from the past few days. The Acapulco Golds have been stretching nicely and I am hoping to see that nice beautiful cola that will turn into a trophy for sure. They look to be the most behind as far as buds, but I know Sativa s can take a little longer to develop....not even worried. Critical Kushes have been loving the 1,000 watt and is making the canopy much denser and providing a lot of colas. She is a late brancher, but will look good with Christmas trees starting to form. Moved up the lights a bit as well, as everything has been growing nicely with the Ck's at almost 24". Changed out the nutrients and did a complete system flush. Ran the water a little high in the system, but I believe i put in 300ml of Aqua Flakes A/B, 50ML of Cal-Mag, 75ml of Bud-Xl. Going to apply some Azamax tomorrow and possibly work on the transplant for my clones....will see. Went to the store and bought a 2.5 gallon jug like you do for camping water supply and it fits perfectly in the 14 gallon totes, let alone it keeps my system about 1.5 degrees cooler on average. I noticed that the the Sour Haze has a little burn on the tips, so ill continue to monitor and watch it for any signs of stress as with the other plants as well. Anyway, here are some current photos and current system readings
Room Conditions
Room Temp- 79
Humidity 43%
PPM's 660 (tap 20ppm)
Water Temp 66
PH 5.7, 5.8
Day 65 Update Day 28 in Flower
My nutrients strength was just a little too powerful this round. Within 24 hours, the PPM had jumped up 30 points. I kept that way for another day or two and to see how it would handle, and its just stayed there for the other 24 hours. At this point, I decided to put in 10-gal of ph water in the system, which put my water level a littler higher than what I wanted, but it dropped the ppms down to 570 for two days now. I will go a little less next time, but still continue to watch closely. The tips of the leafs had a little burn on them, but not bad. Plants are getting stronger in terms of scent and its smells good:) Basically halfway point now. Cant wait to see some of the weight being put on the in the next few weeks to really see the change. Here are some few pictures for you to look at. More will come later in the week and I will try and get some pictures with some better "bud structure" shots. Pictures sometimes don't do these girls justice.
Room Conditions
Room Temp- 79
Humidity 43%
PPM 570
Water Temp 67
Ph 5.7