PeteSwitch
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01/31/2011
12:47am
Blueberry planted x 5 seedlings in mix of 25% pumice to 75% potting soil
2-4 weeks until planned cloning for sexing to ensue
02/01/2011
2:35am
No seeds popping up yet but that is to be expected seeing as how germination can take 3 to 5 days. I moved the humidity dome over the sides of the tray and my only concern is the soil drying out too quickly or possible diseases. Will check for the need to water tomorrow.
02/03/2011
4:09am
1 of the seedlings has germinated and is showing its 1st set of leaves. Seed was planted in the bottom right corner and I will call it seed "a".
Hopefully the remaining 4 seeds will germinate as well. 3.5 days since planting and my hopes were to have germination with 5 days.
02/06/2011
2:01am
1 of 5 seeds have germinated so far. Seedling leaves were drooping & showing signs of possible trauma & (or) dying. Moved the seedling into a 3 inch netpot w/3" insert to grow more roots. Put remaining 5 Blueberry seedlings into paper towel method tonight.
02/09/2011
9:53pm
Moved 2 sprouted seeds from paper towel to cloner. 1st seedling is showing 3rd set of leaves coming in & roots are coming along nicely!
02/11/2011
2:34am
Noticed the 2nd set of true leaves coming in on the 1st seedling to sprout. The leaves are yellow indicating a possible need for nutrients but the seedling is so young I'm afraid to nutrient it due to possible burn. Will check the PH tomorrow as I used plan tap water without ph adjusting it.
02/13/2011
3:48am
Finally checked the PH & definitely not a moment too soon! PH was over 6.6!!! I quickly added 4ml's of PH down & the last PH reading was 5.6! Will continue to monitor that. Because the pump has been on 24/7, the water temp was all the way up to 86 degrees!!! I put the pump on a timer of 5 seconds on & 1 minute or so off. This should help regulate the water temp. I'll continue monitoring the PH & nutrients to follow when the plants show their 3rd sets of leaves!
02/14/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
Plant #3
12:00am
Changed res from out of whack PH to 6.20 PH @ 76 degree water. The timer set at 1.5 minutes off & 5 seconds on really got the temperature down inside of the res. Leaves are still yellowing & I haven't started the plants on a nutrient cycle yet because I'm waiting for their 3rd set of true leaves to display before starting on The Lucas Formulas.
PH was above 6.20 AGAIN, put in 4ml of PH down & for just over 2 gallons of water this is turning into a real bitch to try and balance out with the tap waters inability to keep a stable buffer. Water temp is holding steady at 76 degrees after changing the spray timer and I got the PH back down to 5.79 per my PH Meter Combo Pen.[/B]
02/15/2011
12:43am
Dropped the PH level down to 4.68 after it steadily rose up to 6.30+ within 7 hours. I'm curious what (if any) kind of buffer the tap water of this god foresaken city actually has here. Leaves are still yellowing but roots are exploding and I can now see a 3rd set of leaves coming in even though the plant is looking pretty scorched.
8:52pm
PH was around 5.60 today around 4:30pm. Now at 8:51pm it's back up to PH was 5.9! I'm curious if I'll have to monitor the PH 2-4 times per day to keep it at somewhat of an even rate. 2nd set of true leaves are coming in at a very yellowed and brown spotted rate. Will definitely try starting the plants in soil next time & then moving into hydro.
02/16/2011
4:53pm
Water Temp 72 Degrees, PH 5.98, Plant 2 is definitely powering through! It's beginning to catch up to plant #1 but this could be because of the massive PH swings that have been ongoing for so long now. Hopefully plant #1 bounces back quickly. No leaves showing on plant #3 but the taproot is taking right off. Hopefully as the taproot develops the leaves will begin coming in expediently!
02/17/2011
1:15pm
PH is holding steady at 5.90! Plants #1 & #2 are starting to get in their 3rd sets of leaves & should be ready for nutrients at 1/4 to 1/2 strength per the forums I've been reading online. I now know that for future reference the PH has to be as dialed into 5.80 as I can possibly manage it. Plant #3 is still developing a mean taproot & I firmly believe that once it does, it too will begin taking off The next time around for seed germination I will definitely be using Peat Cups w/Ocean Forest Soil from Fox Farm. After germinating and a couple of leaves are showing I will move the seedlings into a hydroponic setup to veg & pick my Mom plants. It appears I've made this 1 hell of a lot more complicated than it really needed to be.
02/18/2011
3:19am
PH measured out at 5.99! No callibration was done but leaves are definitely yellowing again. Tomorrow I'm going to hook the reverse osmosis system back up & try with RO water instead of tap. Leaves are yellowing on plants 1 & 2 again so it's time to start trying something new here.
02/19/2011
3:25am
PH was dialed in at 6.09 today at around 5:00pm, light green leaves are still appearing on plants #1 & #2. Very white and oxygen enriched taproot still coming in on plant #3 but I'm not sure if this seed is ever going to get it's head out. Still waiting for 3rd sets of leaves to come in before starting on nutrients w/"Lucas Formula". I also need to add nutrients to 1 gallon of water and figure out how long it takes for the water buffer to fall off.
02/20/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
7:19am
I just checked on Plant 1 & 2 during my journey to bed. That oscillating fan & moving the lights closer made a complete difference! The plants are both perking right up and I see the leaves possibly coming in at an extremely faster rate! Pictures & further updates to ensue!
5:53pm
Added 3ml of PH down in an attempt to get the PH as close to 5.80 as possible. Will monitor outome of doing this. Yellowing leaves could be a sign of salt build-up in the tank that I'm using. I did use a mild bleach solution and washed the bucket out thoroughly but according to the diagnosis in MJ Horticulture, it should be a sign that too much fert was used.
02/21/2011
2:47pm
I am wondering if indeed the yellowing of the leaves has to do with the PH or if in fact it is because of heavy chlorine content in the city water. I'm going to hook up my RO filter & see if this remedy the problem w/the yellowing of the leaves. I checked the PH and it shot down to 4.6 after adding the PH down last night. Plant #2 showed a dead spot on one of the new growth leaf but plant #1 is powering through. All new yellow growth is showing bright yellow leaves but since putting the oscillating fan at the level of the leaves, the new growth is coming in strong.
5:15pm
Put in 2 gallons of RO water & the PH was pushing well past 5.90+ so I believe this indicates that either there is residual chlorine leftover from having the non-RO water in the res or even RO water comes out with chlorine in it. I added 4 ml ml of PH down & will continue to monitor status. I noticed fresh green leaves growing in place of dead leaves on plant #1 & even though the new growth is heavily yellow it's still showing plenty of fresh growth.
11:53pm
PH dropped all the way down to 4.19 so I put in 2 ML of PH up to try and bring the PH levels back to where they need to be here. Will monitor tomorrow again.
02/23/2011
11:00pm
PH measured out at 6.28 after multiple instances of PH swings here. Starting on Lucas Formula @ roughly 1 ML per gallon Micro & 3 ML per gallon Bloom = Roughly 3 ML Micro & 8 ML Bloom, added 15ml of Hygrozyme & the PH was at 4.40. Held off on PH up because I think the PH is going to move up as the nutrients disolve.
02/24/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
11:41pm
PH adjusted from 6.60 to 5.73, roots on plant #1 appear to be turning a little bit brown. I thought the hygrozyme would eliminate that but if it continues I'll add h2o2 to clear up the potential root rot. Plant #2 is looking healthy but at the same time plant #1 is downright finicky as all get out.
02/28/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
03/01/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
6:25pm
Plant #1 1st set of roots have all browned over the past weeks time or so. Now there are healthy white roots growing from the brown roots that appeared to have started to rot. This is also walking hand in hand with greener leaves developing on the plant itself. The overall appearance is stunted BUT I think this has more to do with me not checking on the PH for the first weeks time or so because it really fucked up the growing. Plant #2 is shooting out of control and all of the decaying leaves are being trimmed off of both plants when the decay consumes more than 50% of the total leaf development. This is producing more accelerated growth in new leaf shoots & leaf development where leaves have already set in. The roots on plant #2 are HEALTHY, WHITE, & OXYGENATED! PH is going up to about 6.40 everyday but I offset this increase with around 1ml of PH down in the res which puts the PH down to 5.60-5.80 which is optimum for The Lucas Formula.
03/02/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
11:50pm
PH was dialed in at 6.10 or so, PH adjusted it back down toward 5.6 & figure it is going to rise overnight again. Plant #2 is doing awesomely now that I trimmed off the dead bits of leaves & foliage. New shoots are replacing dieback & a long strand of roots has now hit the nutrients allowing the plant to take right off. Plans to clean out the NFT system first thing tomorrow to get the ball rolling on prepping for flowering. Need to make a master plan on how to veg the plants in their own seperate system or continue to veg in the NFT system to produce future clones. Plant #1 is FINALLY beginning to come around with leaves turning greener while the yellowing edges are going away. White roots are shooting out but the overall growht has been severely stunted in comparison to plant #2. I believe this had to do with holding back nutrients for the time I did as well as major PH swings during the first week.
03/03/2011
Plant #2
03/04/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
1:54am
PH was dialed in at 5.91 so I left the PH as is & didn't adjust it. Roots are progressing nicely on plant #1 & it's greening out very well. Plant #2 just keeps adding more vigours growth each & everyday. Going to bump up to full strength LF nutrients very soon.
12:47am
Blueberry planted x 5 seedlings in mix of 25% pumice to 75% potting soil
2-4 weeks until planned cloning for sexing to ensue
02/01/2011
2:35am
No seeds popping up yet but that is to be expected seeing as how germination can take 3 to 5 days. I moved the humidity dome over the sides of the tray and my only concern is the soil drying out too quickly or possible diseases. Will check for the need to water tomorrow.
02/03/2011
4:09am
1 of the seedlings has germinated and is showing its 1st set of leaves. Seed was planted in the bottom right corner and I will call it seed "a".
Hopefully the remaining 4 seeds will germinate as well. 3.5 days since planting and my hopes were to have germination with 5 days.
02/06/2011
2:01am
1 of 5 seeds have germinated so far. Seedling leaves were drooping & showing signs of possible trauma & (or) dying. Moved the seedling into a 3 inch netpot w/3" insert to grow more roots. Put remaining 5 Blueberry seedlings into paper towel method tonight.
02/09/2011
9:53pm
Moved 2 sprouted seeds from paper towel to cloner. 1st seedling is showing 3rd set of leaves coming in & roots are coming along nicely!
02/11/2011
2:34am
Noticed the 2nd set of true leaves coming in on the 1st seedling to sprout. The leaves are yellow indicating a possible need for nutrients but the seedling is so young I'm afraid to nutrient it due to possible burn. Will check the PH tomorrow as I used plan tap water without ph adjusting it.
02/13/2011
3:48am
Finally checked the PH & definitely not a moment too soon! PH was over 6.6!!! I quickly added 4ml's of PH down & the last PH reading was 5.6! Will continue to monitor that. Because the pump has been on 24/7, the water temp was all the way up to 86 degrees!!! I put the pump on a timer of 5 seconds on & 1 minute or so off. This should help regulate the water temp. I'll continue monitoring the PH & nutrients to follow when the plants show their 3rd sets of leaves!
02/14/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
Plant #3
12:00am
Changed res from out of whack PH to 6.20 PH @ 76 degree water. The timer set at 1.5 minutes off & 5 seconds on really got the temperature down inside of the res. Leaves are still yellowing & I haven't started the plants on a nutrient cycle yet because I'm waiting for their 3rd set of true leaves to display before starting on The Lucas Formulas.
PH was above 6.20 AGAIN, put in 4ml of PH down & for just over 2 gallons of water this is turning into a real bitch to try and balance out with the tap waters inability to keep a stable buffer. Water temp is holding steady at 76 degrees after changing the spray timer and I got the PH back down to 5.79 per my PH Meter Combo Pen.[/B]
02/15/2011
12:43am
Dropped the PH level down to 4.68 after it steadily rose up to 6.30+ within 7 hours. I'm curious what (if any) kind of buffer the tap water of this god foresaken city actually has here. Leaves are still yellowing but roots are exploding and I can now see a 3rd set of leaves coming in even though the plant is looking pretty scorched.
8:52pm
PH was around 5.60 today around 4:30pm. Now at 8:51pm it's back up to PH was 5.9! I'm curious if I'll have to monitor the PH 2-4 times per day to keep it at somewhat of an even rate. 2nd set of true leaves are coming in at a very yellowed and brown spotted rate. Will definitely try starting the plants in soil next time & then moving into hydro.
02/16/2011
4:53pm
Water Temp 72 Degrees, PH 5.98, Plant 2 is definitely powering through! It's beginning to catch up to plant #1 but this could be because of the massive PH swings that have been ongoing for so long now. Hopefully plant #1 bounces back quickly. No leaves showing on plant #3 but the taproot is taking right off. Hopefully as the taproot develops the leaves will begin coming in expediently!
02/17/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
Plant #3
Plant #2
Plant #3
1:15pm
PH is holding steady at 5.90! Plants #1 & #2 are starting to get in their 3rd sets of leaves & should be ready for nutrients at 1/4 to 1/2 strength per the forums I've been reading online. I now know that for future reference the PH has to be as dialed into 5.80 as I can possibly manage it. Plant #3 is still developing a mean taproot & I firmly believe that once it does, it too will begin taking off The next time around for seed germination I will definitely be using Peat Cups w/Ocean Forest Soil from Fox Farm. After germinating and a couple of leaves are showing I will move the seedlings into a hydroponic setup to veg & pick my Mom plants. It appears I've made this 1 hell of a lot more complicated than it really needed to be.
02/18/2011
3:19am
PH measured out at 5.99! No callibration was done but leaves are definitely yellowing again. Tomorrow I'm going to hook the reverse osmosis system back up & try with RO water instead of tap. Leaves are yellowing on plants 1 & 2 again so it's time to start trying something new here.
02/19/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
Plant #3
Plant #2
Plant #3
3:25am
PH was dialed in at 6.09 today at around 5:00pm, light green leaves are still appearing on plants #1 & #2. Very white and oxygen enriched taproot still coming in on plant #3 but I'm not sure if this seed is ever going to get it's head out. Still waiting for 3rd sets of leaves to come in before starting on nutrients w/"Lucas Formula". I also need to add nutrients to 1 gallon of water and figure out how long it takes for the water buffer to fall off.
02/20/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
7:19am
I just checked on Plant 1 & 2 during my journey to bed. That oscillating fan & moving the lights closer made a complete difference! The plants are both perking right up and I see the leaves possibly coming in at an extremely faster rate! Pictures & further updates to ensue!
5:53pm
Added 3ml of PH down in an attempt to get the PH as close to 5.80 as possible. Will monitor outome of doing this. Yellowing leaves could be a sign of salt build-up in the tank that I'm using. I did use a mild bleach solution and washed the bucket out thoroughly but according to the diagnosis in MJ Horticulture, it should be a sign that too much fert was used.
02/21/2011
2:47pm
I am wondering if indeed the yellowing of the leaves has to do with the PH or if in fact it is because of heavy chlorine content in the city water. I'm going to hook up my RO filter & see if this remedy the problem w/the yellowing of the leaves. I checked the PH and it shot down to 4.6 after adding the PH down last night. Plant #2 showed a dead spot on one of the new growth leaf but plant #1 is powering through. All new yellow growth is showing bright yellow leaves but since putting the oscillating fan at the level of the leaves, the new growth is coming in strong.
5:15pm
Put in 2 gallons of RO water & the PH was pushing well past 5.90+ so I believe this indicates that either there is residual chlorine leftover from having the non-RO water in the res or even RO water comes out with chlorine in it. I added 4 ml ml of PH down & will continue to monitor status. I noticed fresh green leaves growing in place of dead leaves on plant #1 & even though the new growth is heavily yellow it's still showing plenty of fresh growth.
11:53pm
PH dropped all the way down to 4.19 so I put in 2 ML of PH up to try and bring the PH levels back to where they need to be here. Will monitor tomorrow again.
02/23/2011
11:00pm
PH measured out at 6.28 after multiple instances of PH swings here. Starting on Lucas Formula @ roughly 1 ML per gallon Micro & 3 ML per gallon Bloom = Roughly 3 ML Micro & 8 ML Bloom, added 15ml of Hygrozyme & the PH was at 4.40. Held off on PH up because I think the PH is going to move up as the nutrients disolve.
02/24/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
11:41pm
PH adjusted from 6.60 to 5.73, roots on plant #1 appear to be turning a little bit brown. I thought the hygrozyme would eliminate that but if it continues I'll add h2o2 to clear up the potential root rot. Plant #2 is looking healthy but at the same time plant #1 is downright finicky as all get out.
02/28/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
03/01/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
6:25pm
Plant #1 1st set of roots have all browned over the past weeks time or so. Now there are healthy white roots growing from the brown roots that appeared to have started to rot. This is also walking hand in hand with greener leaves developing on the plant itself. The overall appearance is stunted BUT I think this has more to do with me not checking on the PH for the first weeks time or so because it really fucked up the growing. Plant #2 is shooting out of control and all of the decaying leaves are being trimmed off of both plants when the decay consumes more than 50% of the total leaf development. This is producing more accelerated growth in new leaf shoots & leaf development where leaves have already set in. The roots on plant #2 are HEALTHY, WHITE, & OXYGENATED! PH is going up to about 6.40 everyday but I offset this increase with around 1ml of PH down in the res which puts the PH down to 5.60-5.80 which is optimum for The Lucas Formula.
03/02/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
11:50pm
PH was dialed in at 6.10 or so, PH adjusted it back down toward 5.6 & figure it is going to rise overnight again. Plant #2 is doing awesomely now that I trimmed off the dead bits of leaves & foliage. New shoots are replacing dieback & a long strand of roots has now hit the nutrients allowing the plant to take right off. Plans to clean out the NFT system first thing tomorrow to get the ball rolling on prepping for flowering. Need to make a master plan on how to veg the plants in their own seperate system or continue to veg in the NFT system to produce future clones. Plant #1 is FINALLY beginning to come around with leaves turning greener while the yellowing edges are going away. White roots are shooting out but the overall growht has been severely stunted in comparison to plant #2. I believe this had to do with holding back nutrients for the time I did as well as major PH swings during the first week.
03/03/2011
Plant #2
03/04/2011
Plant #1
Plant #2
1:54am
PH was dialed in at 5.91 so I left the PH as is & didn't adjust it. Roots are progressing nicely on plant #1 & it's greening out very well. Plant #2 just keeps adding more vigours growth each & everyday. Going to bump up to full strength LF nutrients very soon.
