first grow, need advice

goneja

goneja

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this plant is starting to drink a lot! I checked it before I went to sleep, woke up and it was almost a half gallon down.
 
goneja

goneja

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still no ppm, I'm broke but I have noticed the plant seems to to really perk up when the water gets lower. next water change should I up the nutes a little?
 
Wolfman Zen

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Trust me, I know how you feel I'm in the same boat... but I have a shopping list made up and hope to go shopping by this weekend.

I just started feeding mine too and I started them light... a capfull-per gallon... and since I change the rez every 3-4 days I will add a capful with each change for as long as they keep liking it... If they start showing any signs of burn, I'll know to give them one less capful.... kind of touch and feeling it.

Getting that tds meter is going to make things so much easer.

Up the nutes a bit and keep us updated.. have fun man.
 
Wolfman Zen

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Go ahead and cut the dead tips... they are not going to green up at this point, and will only provide food for nasties, like mold.
 
goneja

goneja

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when I fill my tub when it starts getting low should I add nutes to the PHed water I'm using?
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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No... As the rez gets lower, your ppm's usually go up... adding more nutes to the water you use to top your rez will give you more ppms and you could end up burning them more....

I would just top with pure water... check the ph of the rez after topping off and set it and next time it needs more water..... dump it all out and start all over..

So you will.....
-do a complete rez change with new nutes
-when water goes down, add just water
-when water goes down again, do a complete rez change all over again.

This should keep you stable until you get a ppm meter and can better control what is happening in your rez.
 
goneja

goneja

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well I'm on my 6week of flowering should I switch over to water only in my res now?
also should I flush my hydrotrons as they have salts on them in some areas
 
Wolfman Zen

Wolfman Zen

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Don't worry about the hydrotrons... after you hack the plant (that sounds so evil) you can wash off the pellets then.

If you are at 6 weeks you should be getting ready to harvest, so yes... start flushing now..... but you could have late flowering strains and such so keep an eye on the trichs first... if about half are redish/brown... then you are good to go.

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goneja

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almost all the hairs are still white and growing so I think I might wait it out a little longer seeing that the buds grew noticeably today, I will get pics in the morning since shes sleeping
 
goneja

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added some mylar today, the whole plant seems brighter should help a bit.
a fellow growing friend of mine came over to check out my plant he told me that you cant flower with CFLs so I let him see it, he was amazed and also broke off one of the larger leaves
 

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goneja

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few more pics, I made a light hood so my cfls are at the right angle to get the max amount of light and I can add more lights easier but my damn batterys went dead before I could get a pic
 

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goneja

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the inside of my hood, the pic makes it look dark but its way brighter and getting more penetration then it was
 

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goneja

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this plant is just about done I will post pics later, its going to be way more bud then
I was expecting from my first grow! looks like it will be at least a an oz probably more
 
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