Stillmatic 700W Led Dwc Auto Grow (Dark Devil Red Devil Using Topledgrowlight)

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  1. #121 John Frum, Aug 10, 2014
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    DAY 32
     
    I am back on a regular sleeping schedule so no more 5AM updates. Martha had dropped 38ppm and Ruth had only dropped 1! Pretty dialed in if I do say so myself. And I managed to adjust her perfectly.
     
    Martha:
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    5.8pH 748ppm
    Ruth:
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    5.8pH 862ppm
     
    Ruth is getting too tall lol. I was thinking of putting them back onto 24/0 lighting schedule to maybe reduce stretch and increase production, is this a poor idea? Don't consider cost of running the light in the decision.

     
  2. #122 John Frum, Aug 13, 2014
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    DAY 35
    The saga continues with wrinkling cracking twisting curling and discoloration. Ruth is flowering with a lot of tops so that is pretty cool.
     
    Martha:
    5.8pH 753ppm
     
    Ruth:
    5.8pH 862ppm
     
    Pics of weird shit going on with Ruth:
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  3. Are U sure ur ph meter is on point?


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  4. Yes, I make sure it reads "7.0" on the calibrating solution before testing the buckets every time. I just got my tds calibrating solution in the mail so I will be making sure that is correct each time from now on as well.
     
  5. I'd get a loupe and check for pests as well


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  6. I have a 60x and a 45x. I used the 60 and looked over every leaf on Ruth. I couldn't find anything that seemed to be alive. I did occasionally find a small white spec but they never moved so I think it was just dust.
     
  7. Its a silly question but I just got here.
    You also checked the undersides of the leaves?

    I'd be very suspicious of white specs. On the bottom sides look closely at the veins of the leaf.

    Subbed up as well.

    Can you get photos of the bottom, middle, and tops of her as well?



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  8. Very unusual markings on them leaves, my first suspect would also be something eating them too. But they would have to be very big. Try checking when the lights are out. It's not ideal but if something is eating the leaves it's most likely doing it at night and hiding in the day 
     
  9. #129 John Frum, Aug 20, 2014
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    DAY 42, WEEK 7 BEGINS
    Okay, so I have been working hard and suspect that maybe the unusual leaves were a result of poor root management. I have been using h2o2 now in my res and I think that has been making a difference. I hadn't looked at my plant without the LED on for a while and I was shocked at what I saw this morning:
     
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    Ruth is turning purple!! Kind of weird looking, isn't it? I think it's pretty neat. Martha is also doing well and she will soon grow right up to the light like Ruth did. Good thing I got a nice light from topledgrowlight.com otherwise I would be fucked since they're growing until they're touching it. I was relieved that the light didn't burn them despite being so close.
     
    Here are a few more pictures, mostly of Martha to show her progress despite being behind Ruth:
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  10. What's ur ph,ppm, RH and temps. ? Are u using all the additives you posted in the beginning ?


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  11. #131 John Frum, Aug 21, 2014
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    I reset pH to 5.8 everyday. I found out my tds meter was poorly calibrated (off by ~300) but still consistent with itself so I re calibrated that and I'm at ~475ppm. RH is between 45 and 55% and temp is between 77-82f. Right now I use a ratio of 2:1:4 for Micro:Koolbloom:Bloom I decided to stop using calmag and aquashield and started using h2o2.
     
  12. I haven't updated in a while but things are going well. I have started using a product called liquid w-8 http://www.easy-grow.co.uk/product/liquid-w-8/ because my friend used it and I swear his buds looked twice as nice the next day. I also got a fucking huge power bill out of nowhere so I switched back to 20/4 lighting. This power bill was seriously fuckin huge and I won't be able to keep going if it continues to be so high. I can't explain why it jumped so much either, I didn't change anything and it tripled this month. I'll get some pics of the girls up later.
     
  13. Could you have had an estimated bill the time before? I find sometimes they can estimate it completely wrong and the next time they check the meter the bill is the added extra this month with the extra from last month too.
     
    Edit...
    I'm not sure if that makes sense lol. I may try and re write that later when I'm not so baked
     
  14. I know what you are saying and maybe that is what happened because I have no explanation for the increase besides that my roommate is back in town the last ~9 days. But he couldn't have had that much of an effect. I don't know, I am hoping to go to the power place and get detailed information about daily power usage and see if there is some noticeable pattern. The issue with that is that the bill is in my roommates name and he is out of town for the weekend. Plants look great though, bud looks nice.
     
  15. Where I live this past February our electric provider decided to arbitrarily triple the cost per kilowatt hour. It went from 7 to 18 cents over night.


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  16. We have a tier system where you pay more once you use past a certain amount. So even at the lowest I paying 18 cents per kwh and at the highest 36 cents per kwh.
     
  17. Subbed! Nice set up and good luck!
     
  18. DAY 54
    Some pictures from today:
     
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    Ruth is definitely ahead of Martha so I will probably pull Ruth in like 15 days and then let Martha go a bit longer with full light + pump.
     
  19. Feel free to tell me how poorly I did or things you would have done differently. I am really hoping for criticism and completely blunt honest opinions so I can improve and learn.
     
  20. I am going to chop them tomorrow. I have turned the light off and will keep it off till tomorrow. The breeder's suggest chopping at 8 1/2 weeks since germination and I am right on that. I am also just excited and since my buddy pulled his which we started at the same time I have been dying to pull mine.
     

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