Thanks for the tip brother ... that makes sense too Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 8 of flowering (weekly) update: Not much to report. The screen is filling nicely. The girls drank 35 Liters in a week. Another 2 bottles of (17.5L each) of RO with half dose of Armor Si, full dose Cal-Mag+ and full dose floralicious with enough FloraNova Bloom to get the ppm to 1000 (down 50 from last time as I noticed the ppm rising slowly) were added to the topoff res. After 2 weeks from the flip (preferably when the girls slowdown their stretch) I will flush them and the system for a couple of days before i raised the ppm back up to full throttle with the use of KoolBloom Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Quick update Girls are slowing down their stretch for sure and its showing in the ppm rising slightly. Im not training them anymore and theyre starting to shoot out pistils I will replace the MH bulb with an HPS bulb by this weekend and will probably flush them for a day or two to help boost their nutrient uptake afterwards An elastic screen was placed above the scrog screen to later help support some fatter buds (hoping to get some donkey kongs in this groom) Happy growin yall Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Yes I do and I have been slowly clipping fan leaves from above the screen here and there. To me these leaves are the energy source. As long as theyre not blocking light, they stay to work hard absorbing light and aiding in bud production. When the buds form better and get larger with bushiwr sugar leaves, ill clip more and more of those fan leaves blocking the light. With this slowdown in stretch and in ppm (nutes) uptake, i decided to clip fewer leaves off everyday until I see them bouncing back. I did more branch clipping as well as defoliating from below the screen too before the ppm started rising a little. Theyre bushy as heck. Oh and i am chopping up those leaves and branches and throwing them in a DIY compost bin nothing from this precious plant goes to waste Dude any thoughts ideas or tips are welcome here and thanks for always checkin in bro Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 15 of flowering (weekly) update: The girls are starting to form buds and the pistils are shooting out! Therefore, today I swapped the MH bulb with an HPS bulb (the last pic is of the canopy after I fired up the HPS. I emptied out the system and filled it with RO water with GH's FloraKleen and will allow this to run for a day to 48 hours max flushing the girls and cleaning the system from all debris build up! I will then empty it out and replace it with a fresh mix of bloom nutrients with all the additives we have here and will allow the buds to take off! Here are some pics of the canopy and some bud sites and finally of the canopy after I swapped the MH with the HPS On a side note, I know I said I was running FloraNova bloom start to finish (since its good enough, available for me here and cheap too plus many use it start to finish and it works just fine) but then I started with the grow (because well I had it and didnt want to waste it). Well a couple of days ago I found a half to 1/3 full bottles of Canna nutes bloom A and B from a previous run. Those have better NPK ratio for cannabis (i read somewhere that cannabis prefer more K than P during bloom and canna nutes certainly has that ratio compared to FloraNova Bloom). Therefore, and since I have it anyway and dont want to waste it and since also it creates less of a buildup when compared to FloraNova, I decided to use the canna nutes bloom in my topoff res til I run out Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Quick update: After a day of flushing the girls and the system, the system was emptied out and filled with a fresh mix of RO water with full dose of Armor Si, Cal-Mag+ and floralicious, and FloraNova bloom to a ppm of 1200. An hour later and after the mix recirculated mixing with the little bit of left over flushing mix and after the roots gobbled up enough nutrients to reach an equilibrium with the res, the ppm dropped down to 950. More FloraNova bloom added directly into the res with a 1/3 dose of GH's Liquid KoolBloom (adding more PK) to bring the ppm back up to 1200 and pH at 5.9 The topoff res got a mix of RO with half dose Armor Si and full dose Cal-Mag+ and floralicious then enough Canna Aqua Flores to bring up the ppm to 1000. PH balances at 5.9! Heres a shot of the canopy Like I said, i will be using the canna aqua nutes (since i have it anyway) in the topoff and I believe canna has a more suitable NPK ratio for cannabis than FloraNova! I think ill run oit of both canna and floranova bloom nutes by the end of this run! Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 22 of flowering (weekly) update: Its a tropical forest in the tent now lol. The blueberry is one vigorous girl actually lifting up the screen and look at hers and the critical cures trunks hah. Another 2 bottles of (17.5L each) of RO with half dose of Armor Si, full dose Cal-Mag+ and full dose floralicious with 0.5ml/L KoolBloom liquid went into the topoff res then enough Canna Aqua Flores to get the ppm to 900 (down from the previous 1000 ppm of the topoff because the ppm is rising slowly in the main res indicating the girls are eating less). I defoliate few fan leaves here and there to allow more light on potential bud sites but dont overdo it. Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Quick update for an interesting observation The girls doubled their water uptake .... what??!!!! ... so i wasnt supposed to refill the topoff res for another 3-4 days. The girls drank 35L all up in 4 days (rather than a week to 8 days) .... however, i dont expect them to gobble up that much nutrients too .... and thats why the res ppm kept going up to 1350 (from 1200) ... remember the topoff res ppm was set to 1000. Due to this, i lowered the ppm in the topoff res and refilled it again with the same everything (half dose armor si, full dose Cal-Mag+ and floralicious, 0.5ml/L liquid koolbloom and only little FloraNova bloom to a ppm of 650 .... ill observe the main res ppm for any increase or decrease then adjust the topoff ppm accordingly. Ill be increasing the topoff ppm also slowly to get to an equilibrium in the main res. Ill do so by adding bloom directly to the topoff res to increase the ppm. I am not sure why they're drinking as much if the temp is slowly going down (rather than up) and the outside humidity is also going up (rather than down) .... theyre green and vibrant (pics in a few days) so I guess all is well and wont complain Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 29 of Flowering (weekly) update: So as far as the slowdown in the nutrient uptake, i figured maybe theres just too much salt buildup in the main res. It wont hurt to refresh it with a newly mixed solution. So i removed a 17L bottle from the main res and replaced it with a fresh bottle of RO with full dose Armor Si, Cal-Mag+, diamond nectar, FN bloom, liquid Koolbloom and Floraliciois to a final ppm of 1300 and pH of 5.9. A shot of the canopy and some bud porn. I have been defoliating a few fan leaves here and there from above the screen Happy growin yall Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 36 of flowering (weekly) update: Nothing much to report other than now the girls slowed down their nutrient uptake where the topoff res had only about 100-200 ppms less than the bottom res. And now im at the topoff res having half the ppm of the main res. And since theres no sign of deficiency and no slowing down in bud production, i guess theres nothing to worry about. So what I did now and since the highest of all demands will be for the nutrients that help with bud production, i upped the Liquid KoolBloom dosage to full dose of 1ml/L. This dose is in the main res AND the topoff res. So what I do now with mixing the top off res is: in the RO water I add half the dose of Armor Si (silica) and half the dose of Cal-Mag +. Full dose of diamond nectar (doesnt raise the ppm) and full dose Floralicious Plus and full dose of Liquid KoolBloom. I then add the base bloom nutrient to the desired final ppm i want. Heres a shot of the canopy and then some bud porn ... the bud porn is still soft porn .... hoping itll be hardcore porn soon lol Til next update, happy growin, blades Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Quick update Not really sure why the girls arent uptaking much nutrients. I dropped the topoff ppm to less than 500 and the main res ppm is still rising. I think this could be due to stress from upping tue KoolBloom dose to full dose in the main res and loaded the topoff res with it. Maybe it over accumulated in the main res after a few days and that stressed the girls. Regardless of whats really goin on, the only thing i could do now is a quick flush for a day or so then slowly add back nutrients. And thats what i didntoday, emptied the main res and filled it with tap and florakleen. Thoughts are always welcome ;-) Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
first off, great job looking lush and healthy. I admire the courage of the plan to never need to completely change out the reservoir but from time to time this does us a huge favour, it's up to you if you think it will shock them too much (I don't think so if the pH and temp is kept stable) your PPM meter is calibrated, too? using what kind of solution? edit because I totally misread that and didn't see you already replaced the water
I don't have any answers for you but I like you thread. Systematic and informative. I'm in. https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1387325/
Thanks bro .... yes ... i have been refreshing the main res here and there. This slow down in nutrient uptake got worse when i started full dose of liquid koolbloom in noth the main res and the top off. Thats why i figured MAYBE theres too just much koolbloom accumulated in the root zone ... the flush will show hopefully .... couple days snd will see Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Thanks dude and welcome aboard I guess we will find out in a couple of days if they bounce back Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Another quick update: After a day of flushing the girls, i swapped the res with fresh RO with half the dose of armor Si, a bit less than full dose Cal-Mag+, full dose diamond nectar and Floraliciois plus. Then enough bloom to a final ppm of 950 and pH of 6. The top off res got the same but diluted down to a final ppm of 550. I will observe their eating and drinking habits then adjust accordingly! The humidity in the tent is running between 35% lights on to about 50% lights off. This low rh should help increase resin production. Will see how the girls do in the next few days and hopefully the amnesia lemon bulks up and catches up to the others Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/
Day 43 of Flowering (weekly) update: As of this morning, the ppm was down indicating the girls ate more than the topoff could replenish. So I upped the ppm to 950 and the topoff ppm to 600 by adding bloom directly in the res! Happy to say that the girls bounced back putting on weight bulking up and shooting out new white pistils .... hoping to see the amnesia lemon bulk up soon Check out my new QuadStrain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1416641/ and my previous TriStain grow : https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?threads/1383100/