Th Seeds DarkStar Week 5
Well to day I had to tie up many lower branches due to weight, they are around an 1.25" in diameter. They seemed to have swelled about .25" with in the last 24 hours, this would indicate that the plant has entered it's second stage of flower growth. As we all know this plants have three stages of flower growth.
I can't wait to see the final sage of growth in the last 3 weeks. I have upped the nutrients to an EC of 4.5 and my pH is still around 5.7 to 6.0. I have not used any pH down this whole run.
I have not flushed this system out since I started on July 4 2010, as you can see by keeping the reservoir temps low and cycling the water threw a main reservoir has aloud the water to stay active and DO is high because of the low water temps.
I don't worry about salt build up due to a couple of things, one is the Mycorrhizal Fungi and the Beneficial Bacteria, with the Humic acid that I have added in the start of week 1. I threw a new sponge in the reservoir to give a place for the Beneficial Bacteria a place to breed by doing this I only had to inoculate once in week 1. The Humic acid helps break down the ammoniacal nitrates from building up and the bugs convert it to usable ION to the plant.
Day 1 Initial pH/EC 5.6/2.26 - 0 water add back - 0 nutrient adjustment
Day 7 pH/EC 5.9/1.98 - 0 water added this week - 0 nutrient adjustment - reservoir temps 70F
Day 8 pH/EC 6.0/2.01 - 0 water added this week - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 69F
Day 9 pH/EC 6.0/2.0 - 0 water added this week - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 70F
Day 10 pH/EC 6.3/1.89 - 1 gallon water add - 3.2 EC of nutrients and additives @ 4.5 pH - adjusted level 6.0 pH/2.03 EC.
Day 11 pH/EC 6.1/225 - 0 Gallon water added this today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 70F.
Day 12 pH/EC 6.2/2.02 - 3 Gallons water added today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 69F - Adjusted level 6.0 pH/1.93 EC.
Day 13 did not test
Day 14 pH/EC 6.0/2.01 - 3 gallons water added today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 70 deg F - Adjusted level 5.8pH/2.60 EC
Day 15 pH/EC 6.1/1.98 - 0 gallons of water added today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 67F.
Day 16 did not test
Day 17 pH/EC 6.1/1.75 - 3 gallons of water added today - adjusted nutrients level 5.8pH/3.2EC - reservoir temp 68F - room temp 92F
Day 18 - 21 not checked
Day 22 pH/EC 5.9/3.68 - 0 gallons of water added since day 17 - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 69F - room temps 93F
Days 23 - 28 I did not check
Day 29 pH/EC 6.2/2.87 - 6 gallons of water added today - adjusted nutrients level 5.6 pH/3.75 EC - reservoir temps 66F - room temp 91F
Day 30 - 32 did not test
Day 33 pH/EC 5.9/4.65 - 0 gallons of water added back today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 67F - room temps 89F
Day 34 - 37 not tested
Day 38 pH/EC 5.9/4.36 - 3 gallons of water added back today - 0 nutrients adjustment - reservoir temps 66F - room temps 91F