StevieStoner
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Im really happy to see all of my hempy brothers still thriving and doing their thing on here! ive been taking a break but got a baby blue thai going now. If feels real good being back in the saddle!
I concur with that brother.Im really happy to see all of my hempy brothers still thriving and doing their thing on here! ive been taking a break but got a baby blue thai going now. If feels real good being back in the saddle!
WOW .. those are some healthy verdant ladies right there. Nice dude.I do too!
I went soil for a long time now. But still peeking at the good hempy peoples. Life is a bit of a mess but plants are doing great. Have a bunch of Bubblegum auto's going while i get my veg on with Breeders Boutique Dog's and Emerald triangle Black Berry Og's. Pulling out the aerocloner tomorrow and will have a bunch of hempys running under one of the lights.
Sorry if I missed this in a previous post but ... Why do you use rainwater?Wow, today I was watering/nutes I noticed some off color in the leaves of two plants. I checked the rinsate and the pH was 5.2. It has been running 5.8 to 5.95. My feeding nutes or just water is pH'ed to 5.85 to 6.0, The only thing that has changed was the addition of the two inch coir layer placed on top of the plants. Now, I soaked the coir in a large tub of rain water twice, avg pH of my rainwater in 6.45. I drained it and flushed it with 6.0 pH adjusted rainwater twice. Then I put two inches over the top of my 65/35 Perlite/coir. I did put Clonex on the stems of the plants when I buried them in the coir. That would not change the pH of the water, there was not that much used.
So, I did a triple flush, love the base hole installed just for this purpose. Plugged drain hole with tape and filled each bucket with 6.0 to 6.1 pH rainwater, three times, and would remove the base stopper and let it drain completely. Only used the base drain the first two flushes, on the last one I removed the tape I have covering the drain hole and let it drain from there. I caught the rinsate and the PH was 5.95. Total of 15 gallons used on the 5 two gallon buckets. Going to water with straight pH'ed rainwater again the next watering then go back on my nute program.
I hope this was understandable, buddy came by with some new grow and we got stupid.He helped me with my task.
So I will track my rinsate for a bit. As I said I was having no issues until I added the two inch coir layer to the top of my buckets.
Peace out,
GR
When I first moved here in 2012 I checked the pH of the water, old habit from the golf biz, and it was almost 8. Checked the ppm, 797. Went to the city and ask for water report, it was all within state limits barely. So I started collecting rainwater (pH 6.3 to 6.5) for my compost teas, container garden and now its also used for my indoor garden. My capacity is around 200 gallons but when I know I have a good rain coming I dump and refill with the storms.Sorry if I missed this in a previous post but ... Why do you use rainwater?
I have a faint memory of someone saying their tapwater was had a quite high ph, can't remember if that was you.
I haven't personally but if you choose not to exchange the product in the store. This website has the formula for the Maxibloom.ok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
Lucas Formula using General Hydroponics Dry Nutrients (Maxibloom)ok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
I have used the GH maxiGro and maxiBloom for hempy...seemed to work good for meok so I went to the store and I think I got the wrong nutrients I got the dry maxibloom which I thought was part of the Lucas formula but now I'm starting to think I'm wrong anybody use maxibloom dry inside of the hempy?
Got a silly comment; I noticed in your coco prep no mention of loading with cal. When I open up a new block my final soak is in a10 to 20ml/gal cal/mag then rinse. Untreated coir will pull cal out from wherever it can. No Cal = limited nute uptake. Maybe ???Wow, today I was watering/nutes I noticed some off color in the leaves of two plants. I checked the rinsate and the pH was 5.2. It has been running 5.8 to 5.95. My feeding nutes or just water is pH'ed to 5.85 to 6.0, The only thing that has changed was the addition of the two inch coir layer placed on top of the plants. Now, I soaked the coir in a large tub of rain water twice, avg pH of my rainwater in 6.45. I drained it and flushed it with 6.0 pH adjusted rainwater twice. Then I put two inches over the top of my 65/35 Perlite/coir. I did put Clonex on the stems of the plants when I buried them in the coir. That would not change the pH of the water, there was not that much used.
So, I did a triple flush, love the base hole installed just for this purpose. Plugged drain hole with tape and filled each bucket with 6.0 to 6.1 pH rainwater, three times, and would remove the base stopper and let it drain completely. Only used the base drain the first two flushes, on the last one I removed the tape I have covering the drain hole and let it drain from there. I caught the rinsate and the PH was 5.95. Total of 15 gallons used on the 5 two gallon buckets. Going to water with straight pH'ed rainwater again the next watering then go back on my nute program.
I hope this was understandable, buddy came by with some new grow and we got stupid.He helped me with my task.
So I will track my rinsate for a bit. As I said I was having no issues until I added the two inch coir layer to the top of my buckets.
Peace out,
GR
If you have ruled out a light problem, then have you check the pH and ppm of the rinsate? Nitrogen, I know you monitor better than to have a N problem.I don't think you have to change the cap just bump up the cal for a watering, it will catch up quick enough.
I've got something I haven't seen before, it's general unhappiness. I've got 3 girls all the same strain, 2 seem to be very happy the third has canoed, twisted and clawed leaf most all in the upper growth. The transition started near the end of wk1 when I switched from the dual 400w cmh, to the 1k hps. Started at 30 inches all cringed, so I took the hood to ceiling, 3 days later 2 happy 1 not. Any ideas??
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