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  1. #361 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 5, 2016
    Ahh ok. I ended up running water through, and testing runoff. Was about ~850 PPM so I just fed regular water to ~15%, and sucked up the rest. I measure runoff based on my drain pan being about 2 inches wider than my buckets, so filling to the res hole = ~20% runoff in my opinion.

    So basically 1 day a week I should be able to run clean water, sounds great lol. I was wondering if I was over watering when I was doing my "flush" and top off technique. :lmafoe:

    I'm running straight coco this time around. Will do a perlite mix next time for sure. My girl was in the hospital for a week when I started my first set of seeds, wanted something that I wasn't going to have to water regularly or check the pH of....except I overgrew in veg and screwed myself out of a big enough res to do anything for more than a day. Live and learn :jump:

    Sounds like sound logic. I was honestly being lazy and not checking my PPMs at all. But they were also flushing every 2-3 feedings. I kinda fell out of that habit a bit after flowering, after reading some other guide where someone was able to not flush and continued with a similar feeding schedule as mine. I was using the 2 GH line Maxi and Bloom with the lucas formula, and I'm going to let that be my first mistake. Blindly following a guide, and not doing any research about what PPMs I should be looking for.

    What types of nutrients are you using? How and what do you suggest as a base line nutrient level to start plants on, and what increments, or symptoms do you look for before adding additional nutrients? Start at 20% and increase by 5%? 10% seems more reasonable calculation and measurement per single gallon feeding.
     
  2. #362 Tbone Shuffle, Aug 5, 2016
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    The main indicators of plant health are color and posture. The attitude of how the plant is standing and the color/shape of the leaves will tell you everything. Becoming a good grower is learning the language of the plant because it does talk to you. The plant uses it's color and stance to tell you what it needs. If the plant isn't near done what I always look for is that perfect green color and fan leaves that stick straight out. Up or down is always a sign of needing attention until you get to the end and then the leaves are going to look like crap no matter what you do.

    If the color is too dark then it needs less nitrogen. If the color is too light it needs more. If it's droopy but the leaves are moist you've most likely watered it too much. Stripes of light and dark bands are usually calcium/magnesium deficiency. If the leaf tips curl up along the whole leaf including the serrations it's getting too hot or too much light. I won't bother listing color charts of leaves and symptoms of deficiencies and toxicities. It's easy stuff to google. You can easily recognize a healthy plant and that's what you strive for. Recognizing what it needs is the learning curve. It's not rocket science but it does take some thought and feeling.

    I go with 1/4 strength from recommended for young plants and 1/2 strength after about 2 weeks for each nutrient for the rest of the grow. Of course the nutrient balance changes as the plant progresses through the growth cycle. More nitrogen/micronutrient heavy mix at the early stages and more potassium/phosphorus in the later stages but cal/mag humic/floric acid throughout. Sugars like AN's budcandy is good for mid/end bud cycle to get good flavors. Silica is important. I grow hydro. It looks like you're growing soil so your nutrient supplementing is going to depend on what your soil mix has included in the first place.

    I use the General Hydroponics line except for budcandy which is made by Advanced Nutrients. I would say those are probably the #1 and #2 names in hydroponic nutrients. There are other players but those are the two you see people running the most and they are the most prevalent on the store shelves I see.

    This is my Grand Daddy Purple I'm harvesting in a couple of days.
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    It smells so good. Like grape candy.
     
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  3. #363 Belhern, Aug 5, 2016
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  4. #364 Belhern, Aug 5, 2016
    All good homie!:metal:
     
  5. #365 Belhern, Aug 5, 2016
    image.jpeg Bud porn for y'all enjoy and let's do this shit!
     
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  6. #366 Belhern, Aug 5, 2016
    I'm the same dam way lol
     
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  7. #367 Jheez, Aug 6, 2016
    Now that that's settled. You have any pointers or ideas on butter/coconut oil edibles. Find eating it is more discreet when going about my day and It seems I have eaten all of my butter. Have buds no trim. Would that be a waste or just changing its state iyo
     
  8. #368 Belhern, Aug 6, 2016
    I mean I like making cookies. Chocolate chip. But most of the time I just enjoy smoking. Do you like concentrates? Have a oil rig? Have you heard of the Rosin extraction method? If not I just make a simple butter recipe and make cookies. There is this awesome girl on YouTube that makes the "lubricant" for girls lol my girl loves it gets her pussy stoned. Anyways she explains coconut cooking to a T! Great videos to watch!
     
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  9. #369 Jheez, Aug 6, 2016
    Got a houseful of folks so trying not to make anything with it. Just a basic edible form. I was just eating the butter plain lol. Have some coconut oil but idk if that would give me the shits. Last time I crockpot'd the trim and butter for like 20 hours and strained and cooled. I heard no less than 10 different advised times so just went long. Never tried any concentrates just smoking or eating. May try qwiso some day and then some queso lol. Eating a spoon of butter a lot more discreet than smoking a bowl for day to day things. The rosin method is that with wax paper and flat hair iron?
     
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  10. #370 Jheez, Aug 8, 2016
    Used same method as I did just used coconut oil, didn't strain it It's good- mild,crunchy, nutty.
     
  11. #371 Belhern, Aug 8, 2016
    Yeah man it works really well

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  12. #372 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 15, 2016
    D90
    F62
    Have been dropping ppms from 1600 to about 500 steady now. Fed clean water for a few days and growth returned quickly. A little yellowing down low, but not worried.

    What's with my buds growing white hairs at the tops this late?

    I'd say nearly 100℅ cloudy trichromes. Waiting on the amber for the next 2 weeks.
     
  13. #373 Tbone Shuffle, Aug 15, 2016
    Some strains just keep shooting out white hairs and the buds start to foxtail/deform. I have one like that. It's 9 weeks and 2 days. If it wants to go longer I would let it go. Some plants go past 10 weeks. I'm really starting to be a fan of looking at the plant as a whole for determining when to harvest and not just the trichome color. There's a sticky the harvest section, first post.

    I'm flushing it right now and cutting tomorrow.
     
  14. #374 Jheez, Aug 17, 2016
    62 days into flower is the yellowing just the plant giving them buds a push before you hack it down?
     
  15. #375 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 17, 2016
    Not sure I have the "eye" yet to tell if the plant is done or not. Whenever my POS phone decides to connect to my computer I'll upload pics. Everything is filling in decently. Kinda embarrassed in my main colas looking so tall and bare...not what I expected at all. I hope those will have some action in the coming days.

    The 2nd tier buds are fat and healthy looking all around, so that's a plus for me. Either way, gotta chop it before I go camping again. No one to water her for me.
     
  16. #376 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 17, 2016
    D91
    F63
    PPM Runoff:
    919 on leftie(initially my right stunted plant), 815 PPM on my right girl. Fed straight water, and will retest for tomorrows feeding.
     
  17. #377 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 17, 2016
    I hope so. I kinda think the lower 50% of buds are yellowed, and growth looks like its finishing on them as well. Maybe press a few of those into some live rosin, and see whats up. Probably the best test.

    Maybe the PPM reduction has something to do with it too. Seeing a litttttttttttle stretch and foxtailing going on.I was home late tonight and fed super early yesterday.

    I'm growing more and more impatient, and trying to resist the urge to waste all my money on another Oz from a club with overpriced shit.

    On a happier note your new shit looks like a bushy fucker! Can't wait to see what that auto will look like under the LED. Might have to germ that 1 AK seed I found from the club weed.
     
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  18. #378 FuckYouEvilchild0323, Aug 17, 2016
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  19. #379 Belhern, Aug 17, 2016
    Shouldn't be the ppm drop just natural progression try to snap some pics in normal light
     
  20. #380 Jheez, Aug 17, 2016
    You're in the short road for sure. Looks good. Yeah I've been bending over all the branches and watching them point up again. Still looks tall after I tied it down and topped a bit. Might have to run two next time and leave one alone and see what it does without any lst was gonna do a photo silver haze and try for 3-4 oz but idk man might be too big may go for another auto strain
     
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