Shady Updates... Rounds 5 & 6
lookin super dank as always bro . the #3 seems to be a lucky one for you ...lol and id say your right bro cal mag lockout and maybe Zn to due to salt build up especially if the leaf tips are burnt first and then the def starts .
too much K impairs Mg,Mn,Zn,Fe
too much P impairs Ca,Zn,Mg,Fe
id say that is the prob bro
Thx for checking out Mulder's Chart Dr Tweed! It's very fascinating... I believe the increased levels of P and K early on, and lack of flushing created a lockout situation. I still have some troubles determining if the leaf tip burn is a deficiency or toxicity... :itwasntme
Yo Shady that #3 bro ahah i will have to hit that number next time i play lotery!!
My #3 raskal is the best too and my #3 prophet too ahaha, ur Blue Hellfire x Kali Mist #3 and Double Underdawg #3 looks dank as fuck too!!
What is this about #3? huh? The power of the trinity i will say lol...
nice job bro, everything looks so clean and well set! big up!!
#3 FTW!!!! :D Hahaa... I need to buy a lottery ticket for sure cuz I can't get a job in this shitty economy. Thx again for the good karma and kind words TCM... you've got mad skillz with the organics... Everything from A to Z!
lookin good shady, that Blue Hellfire x Kali Mist #2 is hairier than pornstar bush was in the 70's, never seen pistils like it?! :party0033:
What's good John Smith! Thx bud... :giggle She does look like she's about to blow up, and she better hurry cuz I'm harvesting after 10 wks... :harvest:
That grow was RIDICULOUS! Jack is fuckin killin it too right now. And so are you Shady lol I love that MxB in the bay I'm pretty sure they are just calling it Master Kush, but it's different than what I used to get as MK. Keep up the good work brah!
-Supa
Sup Supa! Thx brother... It's just an honor to be able to follow and learn from the big dogs on The Farm. Hmmm, Master Kush is one of my favs... The MxB with the Bubba flavor is def diff from Master Kush. Then again, it also depends on who's growing it and under what conditions... :thinking
Damn nice buds shady! Look at that frost on the raskal og #3. Looks like you have me beat in the frost department this time around. I need to up my resin production like that. And i still love that BH x KM #3. Seriously man what is up with all the #3 ones gaining status of ultimate?!
That seems like quite the logical thought right there since GH's 3 part should contain practically all of the "necessary" elements for plant growth.
Since you think that a build up over time has happened that would mean the salts your plant doesn't want just build up right? So does that mean you should somehow tweak the GH feeding schedule in order to protect against that salt build up as in figure out the right amounts of grow/micro/bloom so that your plant doesn't leave as many unwanted salts behind or you could flush with Flora kleen every few weeks? What do you plan to do to counter this?
Yeah man... something special about #3. I truly believe there was a build-up of salts, since I never flushed, and the increased levels of P and K helped to lockout Ca and Mg.... So much Ca that couldn't be absorbed stayed in a very wet coco medium once I switched from hand watering to the automatic irrigation system. Additionally, I haven't done DTW, Drain to Waste before... Maybe my overall PPM's were too high, which they generally are in an Ebb 'n Flow with recirculating nutes... :wondering
just mean you might wanna drop the light a lil more other small tweak they are all on point i mean look at the leafs other than that one tiny issue with zinc they are deep green no bending curling your on point bro lacking nothing over fed nothing just about perfect
it was just a thought
focus should be quality
im just curious i guess and dont always word things right
No worries Mike... :smirk I'm not fully convinced it's a Zinc def... which is supposed to start at new leaf growth whereas this started on the oldest fan leaves closest to the light and progress upwards. Either way, the girls started to plump up over the last few days since I flushed them.
I think salt build up is going to occur anyway, I think that's why it's important to give a nice flush once in a while. I don't believe Shady flushes much.
Shit's looking DANK Shady, nice work bro.
Thx and you're right bro... I don't usually flush at all until the final flush before harvest. I think that has to change to a flush at or after Week #4 of bloom... :icon_dizzy:
Maybe with the constant irrigation in coco, I might need to flush every two weeks since the medium is always wet during the day and over night it loses about 30% of the weight. IDK... this is the first round where I haven't used much
Bud Candy and I've been spraying with BioNeem in bloom.
Ya your probably correct. Generally salt build up occurs because its practically impossible to give the exact ratios the plant wants every time it wants them haha or less then 10-15% run off is achieved from the medium, but I think an imbalance in the nutrient profile leads to increased salt build up instead of a normal acceptable amount of salt build up? Not really sure though. What do ya think shady?
The hydroton pots drain almost immediately... the coco and chunky perlite in a 1:1 ratio drains with 15% run-off every 20 sec of watering... I setup the timer to water for 20 sec every 2 hours while the lights are on; no watering when the lights are off. Possibly there isn't sufficient coverage with only two drip stakes and the watering isn't long enough to saturate the pot in that short time frame since it drains so well with the chunky perlite... :icon_spin: The next round will have all
Smart Pots with coco and chunky perlite... Maybe I should rethink my ratio and watering intervals.
Ayyyy homie, everything looks insane but that ROG #3 is just blowing my mind. Looks soooooo dank. Do you know which side of the gene pool she leans towards?
I see it says you run the
707 headband on your profile? How did you like her? I've heard different things from different people. Tryna find her right now, I got a homie who will sell her to me but I don't wanna throw down on something that ain't gonna twist me up yanno?
Thx bud! I've been told that Raskal's OG #3 is leaning towards the Fire OG pheno, while Raskal's OG #1 is leaning towards the SFV OG pheno... It would be nice to get OGR or Swerve's opinion. One thing is for sure... Raskal's OG #2 is an auto-flower with Afghani traits as she's flowering in my veg station under 18/6 photoperiods... :rofl Sadly, I culled the
707 Headband and just corrected my profile. She wasn't the one, and I'm still searching... :hunter:
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Shady Round 5 Update…
Today I emptied the res halfway through the day (so I could begin filling it with RO for tomorrow’s res change) and mixed 5 gal of the remainder with 4 ml/gal of
Bud Candy, and watered all the pots with 3 gal of that mix. The last two gallons were given one scoop of
Great White, which I then injected into each pot just before lights out.
Last night I snapped a few photos just before the lights turned off. Here’s one of the lower canopy looking up and you can see the salt and calcium deposits on the
Smart Pots…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/R50.jpg
The girls are looking better after the Flora Kleen flush earlier in the week. They are slowly adding some weight as Wk #7 begins…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/R52.jpg
One more shot under the HPS, this time a close-up of the frosty and dense Master x Bubba…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/MasterxBubba0-1.jpg
And once the HPS turned off, I changed my custom white balance setting to daylight mode and turned on the camera flash to normal mode. The Round 5 SCROG is looking badass as all the colas start to fill out with frost, and become more plump…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/R53.jpg
Now for some close-ups with the flash set to low. I’m looking forward to blazing Raskal’s OG #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/RaskalsOG31-1.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/RaskalsOG30-1.jpg
And the Master x Bubba is simply amazing…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/MasterxBubba1-1.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/MasterxBubba3.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/MasterxBubba2.jpg
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Round 6: LED Update…
There has been very good growth since I last raised the lights earlier this week. The girls are lovin’ the new Shady mix of 40% FFHF, 40% B’cuzz Coco, and 20% chunky perlite. I also believe that the
Roots Excelurator is responsible for the healthy roots off that mix. The leaves are lush and pistils are starting to show already…
Last night I fed the girls a nice brew to begin WK#2:
CalMag (CM): 4 ml/gal
Pure Blend Pro Soil (PBP Bloom): 9 ml/gal
Flora Blend (FB): 5 ml/gal
Bud Candy (BC): 3 ml/gal
Roots Excelurator (RE): 1 ml/gal
Total PPM’s(@ 0.5 conversion ratio): 685 PPM’s or 1.37 EC @ 6.27 pH
Well, it appears that the white meter does a decent job of filtering out the LED’s visible wavelengths. The following shots were also taken last night just before lights out…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR60.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR61.jpg
But, to be honest I’m getting used to the LED’s visible spectrum and kinda like the red photos…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR62.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR63.jpg
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR64.jpg
I haven’t cleaned up the lower canopy for a few days, but I will do a major cleanup tomorrow…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR65.jpg
This Round 6 LED shot is my fav so far…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDR66.jpg
In the end there’s still nothing better than a clear shot of the first pistils from transition. Here’s the Master x Bubba barely making it past the screen (she doesn’t stretch much)…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDMasterxBubba.jpg
While Chem’s Sis #1 is nearly touching the glass after I raised it earlier this week…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDChemsSis1.jpg
The OG Kush is lovin’ the LED’s too…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/LEDOGKush.jpg
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