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03-18-2008, 04:19 AM
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Second feeding (two weeks after last one).
Using GH Flora Series w/Hard Water Micro in 5 gallon res. 60ml FloraGro 40ml HardWater FloraMicro 12.5ml FloraBloom 5ml SuperThrive I think my TDS meter is screwed so I'm not using it. We'll see how that works out for me.  Temp 85F. 55-60 Humidity.
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03-18-2008, 04:26 AM
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is it not calibrated or just not working at all?
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03-18-2008, 04:28 AM
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I think it went wonky. I was trying to calibrate it with a small screwdriver instead of whatever the hell you're supposed to use (?) and last time I used it it just fluctuated without ever hitting a number. It would fluctuate 200tds up, then down, so I dont' think it'll do me any good at all.
I tried testing some distilled water which originally had given a 0 TDS reading and it read about 200something lol. Yeah I think it may be broke. I'll give it another whirl in a minute to see if I can't get it to settle down. On edit: I forgot to mention that my pH is 5.4 currently.
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03-18-2008, 04:40 AM
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Think it's working again...for some reason.
Distilled water reads at about 10TDS. Water from my res reads at about 850TDS. Not sure how bad that is, as it's a combination of the nutes, superthrive, and mostly tapwater in the res. I'm hoping not to burn the young'uns. Think I'll toss distilled in there as the add-back to get it down a bit just in case.
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03-18-2008, 05:08 AM
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Another quick mini-update. Shit, it's my journal anyway.
It already needed another gallon of water or so (damn things are drinking about a gallon every couple/few days already) so I used distilled water for the addback to dilute the TDS a bit. I also worked with the LST some. Seems as if I'm already having issues with crowding. One side I think will be alright because I've already got one growing pretty much horizontally. However, the other big one's leaves are impinging upon the light of one of the young 'uns. I trimmed off some leaves that were getting in the way (shit it's got 40 more, it'll be alright). But what I'm wondering is if it's alright to trim it down even more. It's got a LOT of leaves/branches what not (see earlier pictures at the oldest one) so I don't think it will hurt it. If I dont' get any feedback I'll just go ahead and do it. I knew with starting the two young ones 2-3 weeks after the others that I'd have to work at getting the height of the old ones stabilized so I could keep the light close to the young ones. But it's getting hard at this point, as the side shoots of the old ones are growing into the light. I think I'm going to have to go ahead and install the screen this weekend and the young ones will have to work for it. I'm also going to let the roots hang loose in the wind for a bit to stimulate some growth. I'll take TDS and PH readings tomorrow to see how it's doing at this point. I'll also be keeping a close eye for nute burn as this was one big ass feeding I gave 'em. Carry on. 
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03-18-2008, 06:03 PM
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PPM 735 (all earlier readings I gave as "TDS" were actually PPM)
PH 5.8
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03-19-2008, 01:10 PM
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yes sometimes trimming the bigger leaves away to allow light to hit the smaller internodes helps greatly just what you want to trim is this.. when you pull the leaf to the side see if everythiing inside your planty lughts up and if it does then cut that leaf away. and hey man i know this is your first grow and your doing just fine keep up the good work with everything your plants are looking healthy and green and since thats happening your all good buddy
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03-19-2008, 02:37 PM
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I'll post!
are you using the lucas formula for feeding with GH series or are you winging it? I have a my first hydro grow going right now too, am done with the soil thing for a while |
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03-21-2008, 04:37 AM
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Good news and bad news.
PH was up to 6 so I lowered it to 5. I figure it will come back up. For my nutes, I'm loosely following the "keep it simple" recirculating nutrient program of General Hydroponics. Think I'll add nutes every 2 weeks when I dump the res. Good news: I decided to go ahead and attach the scr0g screen. I was successful and it seems fine. I also trimmed the leaves of the big plants that were blocking light from the smaller plants without incident. I noticed I already had some 9 finger leaves. 100_4623.JPG 100_4624.JPG Bad news: I accidentally topped my second oldest and best looking plant. It was below the last set of leaves, and I went ahead and tried to do it cleanly with garden shears. I'll just have to see how it goes. After the cut: 100_4631.JPG I also noticed the oldest one's newest leaves have been very thin and dead looking: 100_4625.JPG I also accidentally dropped the screen on top of all the plants and roughed 'em up a bit. The pics are from after the drop and I don't think they were hurt too bad. Just a wait and see on that one as well. ALSO, been having trouble with smell. I'm still only vegging, but the room they're in has a tendency to stink like skunkiness anyway. I made a DIY carbon filter, I have a small ionizer in the closet (but outside the grow box itself) near the exhaust, a room deodorizer in the closet with the grow box, and a BIG air cleaner/ionizer outside the closet in the room as well...and it still has a tendency to stink. I had a girl in the room where they are today and told her that I had smoked earlier and that's what the smell was. She said "Whatever it was you smoked smells funky". I'm hoping that it smelled so much today because of all the violence to the plants... I'll check the smell tomorrow. I'll also check the PH and see where it's at. They are already drinking almost a gallon a day. The two big one are almost at the screen already. Should I be winding the side shoots into the screen? That's what's almost reaching the screen as I have the two oldest ones growing almost horizontally. I'll also be checking on the overall health of the plants, especially the topped one. One last thing, I said in another thread that I'd be posting pics of hot asian chicks every time someone other than myself posted in my thread. So here they are: %5bC%5d.jpg %5bc%5d%20Oh%20Yoko.jpg
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03-21-2008, 05:41 AM
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03-21-2008, 08:21 AM
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Haha, no.
Some input is appreciated. I am a first timer after all, mr. gazillion posts with tons of experience.
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03-21-2008, 01:46 PM
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nice looking grow man.. good luck!
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03-21-2008, 03:21 PM
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lmao
Anyone tell me what they think will happen with that plant I accidentally topped? Or why the leaves on the oldest are looking so dead and spindly?
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03-21-2008, 03:25 PM
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the topped plant will just produce 2 new tops.
as far as that growth.. what's your humidity and temps in there?
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03-21-2008, 09:02 PM
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temp: 85ish (should go down when I turn the AC on in the near future)
humidity: 60 or so PH: 5.5 They look like they're doing alright after yesterday's debacle. Some of the side shoots of the bigger plants grew an inch since yesterday and are already hitting the screen. Am I right in assuming it's just as good to start winding the side shoots into the screen as it is the main stem? (because one is horizontal, the other growing diagonally)
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