2/19 - Watered 1 and 1/2 solo cups, pHed to 6.5, 994 PPM, 10 ml Cal Mag Plus, 10 ml Tiger Bloom, 10 ml Grow big
Temps have been between 71 - 77 with a humidity that's dipped from 44 to 72 due to a malfunctioning humidifier but has remained a pretty consistent 50 - 65 for the most part. Replacement/repair/cleaning of the humidifier will be done. What I'm observing now appears to be a combination of deficiency and burn that's somewhat confused me. For those of you who have followed my log you have seen that these girls were popped in very hot soil which was my first mistake for not cutting my FFOF with perlite/light warrior as has been suggested to me. You've seen the flush process where even after the first flush there was still signs of massive burn. It wasn't until the 2nd flush at the end of December that they finally cleared up and began exploding with growth but quickly developed numerous deficiencies. So I've tried to identify the deficiencies, did so as Cal-Mag and underfed due to the flush, treated it as my log shows (last few pages). Now I'm seeing burn again. I don't think I have overferted seeing as how they've been growing since October and have had no additional nutrients whatsoever and 2 Clearex flushes being allowed to dry out, stay wet. etc. until I found something that worked to fix their initial burn.
I'm 100% sure that my next grow is going to be smoother than this because starting out I didn't have my water completely sorted as my R/O system wasn't in at the time. I hadn't added the co2 bag, humidifier and extra light (Deep Purple, which is for veg growth) etc. I just want to complete this grow the best I can before starting my next one. They are 2 days from being in their 5th week of 12/12 (flipped to 12/12 on 1/1
and I'm seeing deficiencies and burns everywhere but I'm doing everything I can to pH test again and again, as long as it takes, very carefully to get a good 6.4 - 6.5. I watch and count the days between watering and notice that the waterings vary widely. Sometimes I've watered them and they've been fine without a watering for 6 days and other times I'll wait 4 days, decide I'm watering them on day 5 and they'll show signs of underwatering (leaves drooping), so it seems like there is no set amount of time the pots will hold water that I can pin point to an exact day so I'm going to be keeping the watering to every 4 days as a semi guideline at this stage.
I've been giving them a nutrient feed every other watering and have kept track of PPM in my logs. I've been making sure to shut the closet door during their dark period every time and I've made sure to regularly check the fans, equipment etc. I've kept my watering containers clean and made sure to be gentle handling the plants themselves, exposing them to the least amount of stress as possible. I'd like to find tips on identifying what could be causing this amount of yellowing/burn/deficiency and see if any of you have suggestions for some teas or elixirs perhaps that I should try or changes in my nute feedings/schedule, mistakes I've made etc. (I see that there are lots of dead leaves on Chiesel #1 and I'm going to go in and remove them).
Ty