White Russian start to finish

[doctorD]

I water till I get some runoff then let it dry out till the pots are very lite but the plants havent wilted.

 

[winn420]

yeah that's pretty much exacxtly what I do. water till it runs off then let it dry which is usually about 3 days. So it sounds like we both have the right idea...

 

[doctorD]

mine are not even close to dry in 3 days. It really is about a week. My temps are at 75-79 and my humidity is from 45%-50%, I also have an oscillating fan blowing over the plants. I dont think I could water as much as you.

 

[ryan miller]

I have been giving them perty much the same thing every time. The only thing I see that could be a problem is that it takes about 1 or so to dry out after I water so how would I water every 4 days or so? Do they say to not give them much water? Thanks

omg! Im glad you stoped by Thanks for the kind words. Ive had a cold for the last few days but other than that im great. I hope everything is awsome for you. Dont be such a stranger.

not every 4 days, 4 times a week, like every day n a half.

 

[ryan miller]

I water till I get some runoff then let it dry out till the pots are very lite but the plants havent wilted.

i do the same thing. im just trying to figure the best way to add nutes. its hard to get a straight answer. ive heard one school of thought that say they water with the full ppm every time they water, others water with the full ppm once a week and then with plain water the rest of the week, still others will divide the ppm by how many times a week they water and do it that way. the last one is what has shown me the most amount of growth, but at the same time it may have been "that time of the month"lol for my plants to sho some real growth so....its hard to tell what maxes out our plants, whats too much and when you can add more, its a real bitch. peace fellas and chicas enjoy memorial day

 

[We TaRdED]

i do the same thing. im just trying to figure the best way to add nutes. its hard to get a straight answer. ive heard one school of thought that say they water with the full ppm every time they water, others water with the full ppm once a week and then with plain water the rest of the week, still others will divide the ppm by how many times a week they water and do it that way. the last one is what has shown me the most amount of growth, but at the same time it may have been "that time of the month"lol for my plants to sho some real growth so....its hard to tell what maxes out our plants, whats too much and when you can add more, its a real bitch. peace fellas and chicas enjoy memorial day

You want to pick up a TDS meter and a PH meter if you don't already have one. Feeding your plants is contingent upon the environment, it depends on your medium or lack of medium, temps, humidity, amount of light, etc etc. If you are running a hydroponic setup you keep the solution at, or close to, full strength most of the time(cuttings and seedlings obviously get 1/4-1/2 the recommended strength). When growing in soil you have to concern yourself with toxic salt buildup in the medium more so than if you were growing in a aeroponic system(aero has little to no medium and no no chance for toxic salt buildup.)

Candidly, you need to get a feel for your setup, this takes time and trial and error. Having a TDS and Ph meter help a lot.

Soil- you usually feed every other watering, and you want to flush your pots once every 2-3 weeks.

hydro- usually feed with full strength nutes all the time.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION

~PEACE~

 

[winn420]

Soil- you usually feed every other watering, and you want to flush your pots once every 2-3 weeks.

what's the proper method for flushing the pots??

 

[jordann9e]

flush with clean pH'd water. use 2-3 times the amount of water that your container will hold..
if you get a 1 gallon container. flush with 2 or 3 gallons of water

 

[doctorD]

Thanks again guys. Thats why I love this site. Ill try to get some nwe pics tonight. The girls sleep till 7pm so they have 2hr 45min till they get up. Ill get some pics then.

 

[ryan miller]

You want to pick up a TDS meter and a PH meter if you don't already have one. Feeding your plants is contingent upon the environment, it depends on your medium or lack of medium, temps, humidity, amount of light, etc etc. If you are running a hydroponic setup you keep the solution at, or close to, full strength most of the time(cuttings and seedlings obviously get 1/4-1/2 the recommended strength). When growing in soil you have to concern yourself with toxic salt buildup in the medium more so than if you were growing in a aeroponic system(aero has little to no medium and no no chance for toxic salt buildup.)

Candidly, you need to get a feel for your setup, this takes time and trial and error. Having a TDS and Ph meter help a lot.

Soil- you usually feed every other watering, and you want to flush your pots once every 2-3 weeks.

hydro- usually feed with full strength nutes all the time.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION

~PEACE~

thanks man thats helpful! now im up to a co2 meter and a tds meter on the ol shopping list. later fellas, its time to gets fucked up. happy memorial day

 

[We TaRdED]

thanks man thats helpful! now im up to a co2 meter and a tds meter on the ol shopping list. later fellas, its time to gets fucked up. happy memorial day

Ummm............... Co2 meter?.... Hmmmm.... I heard those are really expensive and would only help if you are augmenting with a co2 system. They do have cheap 20 dollar test kits, but a co2 meter is big bucks from what I have heard.

Maybe, you are mistaken what a "TDS" meter is. A TDS meter stands for 'total dissolved solids' and basically tells you how much nutrients are in your solution. More nutes means a more TDS reading- TDS can be measured two ways
1) ppm(parts per million)
2) Siemens (electrical conductivity, Siemens are actually the reciprocal of resistance.)

You want to get the ones that measure in PPM because thats the most common and easiest way. Ya..... Good luck.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION

~PEACE~

 

[ryan miller]

Ummm............... Co2 meter?.... Hmmmm.... I heard those are really expensive and would only help if you are augmenting with a co2 system. They do have cheap 20 dollar test kits, but a co2 meter is big bucks from what I have heard.

Maybe, you are mistaken what a "TDS" meter is. A TDS meter stands for 'total dissolved solids' and basically tells you how much nutrients are in your solution. More nutes means a more TDS reading- TDS can be measured two ways
1) ppm(parts per million)
2) Siemens (electrical conductivity, Siemens are actually the reciprocal of resistance.)

You want to get the ones that measure in PPM because thats the most common and easiest way. Ya..... Good luck.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION

~PEACE~

i do suppliment, i have co2 in a 10lb bottle with an emitter hooked up to a temp/humidity meter that only augments during the light cycle. it kinda sucks tho, id be better off with a simple timer. when that deal turns my vent fans on for high temp or humidity it wont turn off forever. evan after its back in range it keeps the fan on till i go and turn it off myself. if i dont, no co2 for my plants. i got it now so the vent fan pretty much never turns on. finally €everythings in check so it doesnt have to.

 

[ryan miller]

and yeah those meters are close to $500 bux. but its worth it

 

[doctorD]

Hey everyone. Im at 31 days into flower. I just looked in and snapped a few quick pics The ppm is down to 600 now so im not going to flush anymore for now. Ill go back to 1/2 strength fetrs at the next watering. The plants are just starting to fill out now and a couple are starting to look frosty. The purple is just strange and im not so sure im going to keep it the next round. It is a cool looking plant but its staying short so I wont get much of a yield from it. Some of the cuttings are rooting!!! I couldnt believe it but I saw some roots st the base of one just at the top of the rockwool. Now If it will go back into veg that will be great.

 

[ryan miller]

short doesnt mean low yield! dont sell it short, it will bulk up like all the rest. in fact you want short plants couse they are easier to manage, now if it dont produce thats another thing, but its not due to its shortness, some of the great indica producers are short squat plants. its usually prefered

 

[ryan miller]

that purp aint no white russian thats for sure, who did you order your seeds from? i went with rhino and they sent me my w/russian and ak in xxx bags with the picture cards identifying each and they each had 11 seeds. so im pretty sure they are legit. what did yours come in? ps, the stealth delivery was anything but! it came in a bubble wrap envelope with no return address! thats the second time they did that and have recieved all my packages but seriously, a little stealth would be nice, or maybe they know what they are doing. i did get everything ive ordered. which was actually 3 envelopes, couse my first batch came in 2 since they only send 2 seed packs per envelope. so let me know how yours showed up, and in what package and that may clear up if you got the real deal or not. peace

 

[doctorD]

I know it would be if I was doing a sog but im not so it may be great smoke but I wont get half off that one that I will from the others unless it fills out from the base to the top it just isnt big enough. Lets say the cola on the purp is umm it looks like it will be 6-8" the colas on the others are like 12-14" now like you said it may really fill out i the end but it has alot of work to do. Im not going to give it any less love I just need to make sure im getting the most I can from my grow. I smoke a ton of bud and hate to have to buy it.

 

[ryan miller]

I know it would be if I was doing a sog but im not so it may be great smoke but I wont get half off that one that I will from the others unless it fills out from the base to the top it just isnt big enough. Lets say the cola on the purp is umm it looks like it will be 6-8" the colas on the others are like 12-14" now like you said it may really fill out i the end but it has alot of work to do. Im not going to give it any less love I just need to make sure im getting the most I can from my grow. I smoke a ton of bud and hate to have to buy it.

i feel that bro, i puff my brains out daily, and im still buying sax! what about your seeds tho, did they come in the original seed bag with 3 bix x's on em, and with a little card with a picture of the bud, and with 11 seeds?

 

[doctorD]

I got them from a buddy that swears they are the real deal. He got them from the net them then his wife but the kybosh on the grow so I ended up with them.

 

[jamiemichelle]

omg! Im glad you stoped by Thanks for the kind words. Ive had a cold for the last few days but other than that im great. I hope everything is awsome for you. Dont be such a stranger.

You are very welcome! Hope you feel better! How do ya like this crazy ass weather!? Storm last night was NUTS! I had a surgery so thats why I was out for a bit. Now I have nerve damage on the side/back of my head, I guess she cut thru one. But instead of the normal numbing I have extreme sensitivity...basically extreme pain. Hurts washing or brushing my hair, sleeping on it... ugh. I know everyone thinks I dipped out but I didnt just been recovering, catching up on school work and being mommy .

Ill stop by soon!