Bgmike8 second grow journal..

Cx2H

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Have you tried to raise the shorter ones? I use xtra pots to get everything close in height. I may run no veg's with 3 week veg's and do that to get them in position.
 
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ktmac20

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Mike mine stays right about 68* to 70* I think it is from direct radiant heat from the light itself not the actual "air" heat!

Cx I raised my one shorter Agent Orange on a 5 gallon bucket!

Cheers
 

bgmike8

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My patron seeds from lakeshore genetics arrived from Oregon elite seeds. They are in water.

Is it pronounced patron like the liquor??
 

bgmike8

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Also, the pics of it show it to be purple. Is this strain dependent? I've heard people talk of lowering temps for flower to achieve purple color??? Haven't researched it..
 

ktmac20

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Also, the pics of it show it to be purple. Is this strain dependent? I've heard people talk of lowering temps for flower to achieve purple color??? Haven't researched it..
Purple is strain dependent usually Indicas! I have never seen plant colorization affected by lowering temps!

Cheers
 

bgmike8

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1 day in water. One of six looks like it wants to pop. Probably tomorrow they will all be popping? ? We shall see....
 

Cx2H

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Also, the pics of it show it to be purple. Is this strain dependent? I've heard people talk of lowering temps for flower to achieve purple color??? Haven't researched it..
Yeap to get the purple to come out gotta drop the N last 10 days and night temps gotta hit 50's low 60's during that time. However there are some no extra work strains like Berry Gordon.
 
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bgmike8

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The patron seeds are starting to crack. No tap root but cracking. So i put them in root riot cubes...
It's day 21 . I switched to Lucas formula and did res change. It's 16 bloom and 8 micro. That's ml per gallon.

Plants are looking pretty decent.

Here is a shot of the roots with the res pulled out. They just live in there with no air stone. Curious.
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bgmike8

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Day 29. feeding Lucas ratio since day 20 and a half
Removed ac . temps okay although I fucked them tonight by failing to plug something in. hit 87 but dropped 4 degrees in 10 minutes when n I fixed . ...

Shit smells real good. looking pretty good. I may tie down a few more one last time. don't want the burn issues like last grow.
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Cx2H

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Looking mighty fine. Gonna bump the PK?

I'm running maxibloom kiss, but I still bumped it at Fday21 to use up the rest of old products plus swell'em up some. Think I went overboard a little, last week was like 7-42-36+ or something ridiculous in the end. They look good and praying but kinda look off a little bit.(mine)

#Babble
 
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bgmike8

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Looking mighty fine. Gonna bump the PK?

I'm running maxibloom kiss, but I still bumped it at Fday21 to use up the rest of old products plus swell'em up some. Think I went overboard a little, last week was like 7-42-36+ or something ridiculous in the end. They look good and praying but kinda look off a little bit.(mine)

#Babble
I'm doing Lucas ratio. gh calls for 7 2.5 10 Lucas is 8, 0, 16

So I guess I'm boosting p and k. I feel like I'm pushing them hard so idk if I can add anything more???
 

bgmike8

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Noticed calcium deficiency . switched from Lucas formula to gh chart.

Doubled cal mag from 5 to 10 ml per gallon
 

bgmike8

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Also noticed that the ph has been getting too low too quick. I think this is because my ppm is too high so I added just water to the res and will do so again if the same prob.
SHOULD have pics in a few hours...
 

Cx2H

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Noticed calcium deficiency . switched from Lucas formula to gh chart.

Doubled cal mag from 5 to 10 ml per gallon
Tried to post this 5 hours ago
Greetings. 10 per seems a little high unless it's a weaker brand/formula? pH swinging out of range?

Keep it up.
 

bgmike8

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I'm kinda sad because I thought I could keep them nice and healthy and do better than my first grow. now they're starting to look like the last go around.

Hopefully I have it under control now.

The first pic is a leaf. it's under hps so look real close and you'll see the yellow spotting.
 

Cx2H

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pH will murder dreams. Got an air stone in the res? If so or not add more. Disolved O2 will raise and stabilize the pH better. The bio life sheet in the res is dropping it. More air in the system will help. That was the only way I could control it, more air pH went up turn it down and pH went down.

If it's out of control blue lab has a pH dosing unit that auto corrects the res but it's like 4 fatheads for it.
 

bgmike8

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pH will murder dreams. Got an air stone in the res? If so or not add more. Disolved O2 will raise and stabilize the pH better. The bio life sheet in the res is dropping it. More air in the system will help. That was the only way I could control it, more air pH went up turn it down and pH went down.

If it's out of control blue lab has a pH dosing unit that auto corrects the res but it's like 4 fatheads for it.
I.have a pump. I just need a stone. will put it in tomorrow and see what it does
 
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