Platinum Cookies and Pre-98 Bubba in Gorilla Tent

[lwayne88]

Hi all, I'm a Cali patient growing to help mitigate effects of chemo/surgery. I'm pretty new so any and all help is appreciated. Sorry for the pictures; they are the best I have at this moment

1. Gorilla 4x4 Tent, 600W HPS
2. Room temperature fluctuates between 55-75 *F
3. Reservoir fluctuates between 55-65 *F
4. Blue lab monitor: .9 EC, 700PPM (700 scale)
5. FlorvaNova Grow with a tiny amount of DutchMaster Root Conditioner, AzaMax, and Epsom Salt
6. Sprayed lightly daily with club soda
7. Low Humidity: 10-15%
8. The four largest plants are Platinum Cookies (1 month old), and all the rest are pre-98 Bubba (1.5 weeks old)
9. All plants are in rock wool cubes surrounded by hydroton. Table is flooded for 6 minutes three times daily during lights-on.

Best,

 

[jaybray]

Looks like you may be over feeding them. If I am reading correctly 700ppm? appears to be a little high. It looks like the larger ones are doing better but being over fed. Are you feeding the babies the same amount?

 

[lwayne88]

That's hilarious that 700ppm is too high considering what FloraNova printed on the back of the bottle. What do you recommend?

And yes they are all getting fed the same amount, since a single reservoir is feeding the entire tray. Is there any simple way to feed the larger and smaller plants different amounts?

 

[jaybray]

I recommend starting them slow and building them up. When they are babies I work on healthy roots and lots of them.

 

[lwayne88]

So I replaced the reservoir with tap water and flushed all the plants for 5 days. Then I added barely any nutrients to raise ppm to 330. It has not changed at all in 2 days, which makes me think the plants are still not up taking any nutrients. They look the same, if not worse.

Any advice for this one? Should I just cull them and start over?

 

[swisha]

Nutrient lock out flush them and just give them ph'd tap water if you have high chlorine levels let the water sit out 24 hours do you have airdromes in your res? is the new growth looking healthy ?

 

[lwayne88]

Thanks jaybray and swisha for your help so far. Where is the +rep button?

I attached some updated pics. The small guys are now producing green new growth, however the large plants are still producing yellow new growth. PPM rises slightly day to day (450 two days ago, and now its 470). PH is relatively consistent; it dropped a tenth in two days. I do have air stones. Not sure what my chlorine levels are, but this is the same tap water I use on my soil plants and they seem fine.

I only have a few months left before I move, so I'll need to begin flowering very soon. It would be nice to get this under control before the flip.

 

[lwayne88]

bump...

 

[Str8Dre]

what is your ph level?

 

[lwayne88]

6. Is that a problem?

 

[lwayne88]

OK, so they have rebounded a bit. I started them on 12/12 exactly 10 days ago but there have been very minimal signs of flowering. A few white pistils here & there, but overall I don't see much. Any idea why the flowering is going so slow?

 

[Holy Grail 888]

bump...

looks good , (turn the hps off when taking pics)

 

[lwayne88]

Ah sorry about that. OK here are some hopefully more useful pics. Should I be concerned that I'm in the second week of flowering with only a couple of tiny hairs total between all of the plants?

 

[lwayne88]

Bumpity Bumpity Bump...

Could use some advice. They smell amazing, as if I'm getting smacked in the face with coffee & grapes. And they seem to be getting taller and bushier. But still just a couple microscopic pistils after 14 days of flowering. Any ideas?

Air Temp around 80F; CO2 around 800ppm; reservoir at 60F; pH between 5.9/6.0

 

[Maine Buds]

Were your plants showing pre- flower or intermodal spacing before you switched them to 12/12 if not then this is a good guess why it is taking so long. I one time didn't get any flowers till 21 days after the switch. Guess she just decided to grow a bit extra. You got to remember you stressed them out by over feeding them and everything that went on before the flip. They also keep growing roots and stretch for 3 weeks till the real flowering starts. They are adjusting well and look a lot better. I add a booster in the first feed of 12/12 that has extra p and k so that the plant will know its time. Good job can't wait to see the end result!