Advice please

[XiwsX561]

Kismet still kinda need a 2nd area if u want continuous product. Other wise your doing everything in one room rather then half flower tent around weeks 5-7 so soon as they finish ur veg is ready to go. Or keep one large flower room and a small like 4x2 think a 3c3 or 4c4 would be better keep 2 moms in there take depending on how u can handle take 2 a week that way by the time u finish ur 1st flower ur next set will be rdy in a week and the next week harvest again. So if u just want one grow u can do one room if u want them back to back need a veg tent plus what ever u do for germination want continuous need a tent with a mom or mom's in them a cloner which they dont require much light at all during then so dont need a tent can get one of those 40 or 60 plant led boards from home depot rather cheap strong enough for germination and clones and a little veg. Then a veg tent until they go in flower. So depends how many runs u wanna do. How often u want to harvest could even run a set of autos they dont even really need a flower tent 18/6 whole time I haven't tried one yet

 

[Kismet]

Went perpetual pretty much from the start. But have thought about blooming clones in both tents at some point. A dedicated circuit for a basement room is what i want. Will still use the smaller tent for clones Been tricky growing in an attic during summer but somehow pulled it off for the most part. Did burn a driver up whilst i was camping during a sudden heat wave . Lesson learned. Somebody gifted me a aerogarden thing. Immediately thought hmm ..be great for clones lol. My first full hydro will be that. I want to get my plant count down to 4 again but they will be monsters.

 

[Pennywise]

I let my ph get as high as 6.2-6.3 before I adjust. 5.5 is too low by my experience.

 

[XiwsX561]

Anyone up? @Pennywise or @Backlipslide or @Kismet well I dont think kismet is full hydro. But what do u recommend as far as a ph window? 5.5 or 5.6 to 6.1 or is it 6.5. I usually stay between 5.6 and 5.8 but if I'm missing nutes bc of not going to 5.5bl or ever letting it get to 6.1

 

[XiwsX561]

Or @bluter Help me out with previous post. About ph

 

[Pennywise]

My normal range is 5.8-6.2 ph

 

[bluter]

i ph to 5.8. it drifts up on it's own.

 

[Pennywise]

Let it drift up to 6.2-6.3

 

[Backlipslide]

Sorry dude! I knew it was 5.8, but I don’t grow DWC so these nice fellas would be able to answer your questions better then I could.

 

[XiwsX561]

@Pennywise and @bluter You guys are full on 100% hydro right? I was always told in hydro u need to get down like 5.5-5.6 to get ur micros and calmag. I usually check ppm check ph. Check Penny's chart and I'll either add nutes and adjust ph back to 5.6 or I'll add fresh water and then again adjust normally never letting it get above 5.8 5.9 the smaller reservoir 6.1 wasn't uncommon. So penny I should do my water change adjust to 5.6 check next day everything's good water lvl down ppm static ph static. So I just add fresh water and adjust back to same ph. Next day come in water levels down ppm ppms falling ph rising it's now 5.8 your saying I should add my new water adjust to 5.8 and let it rise to 6.1, 6.2? How do you go back down say it took u all week to go from 5.6 to 6.1 water change day wouldn't it shock the plants that much of a swing?

Here's some new pics cleaned 1 up tonight and strung it up with finish other 3 especially the cali dream needs saving buds swelling so much and I have no support falling over but co2 everything else with my vacation and a bit of neglect still looks like a pretty turn, now mid week 7. So pic doesnt really do justice but the one plant is nicely trimmed not so even but will work from saving it. Cant see the trichomes very well with led lights on. So you got an over head 2 pics of it just strung up and tried to get a pic of the frost but doesnt do well when lights on.

 

[XiwsX561]

@Emilya your fully hydro correct? Do you keep you ph between what spectrum? Read previous 3 post please.

 

[Pennywise]

I’d just let them drift from 5.9-6.2

 

[bluter]

they look alright. if no issues keep at the way you are doing it.
there are many ways to get there.

i ph in at 5.8... i'm currently in hempy so i don't worry about a res or ph drift.

 

[XiwsX561]

@Pennywise you start at 5.9 and go up to 6.1 6.2... I know there's a spectrum of 5.5 to 6.5 according to most nutes on back. Although us full hydro tend to go lower with the ph. Because I thought at each point .1 it absorbs different minerals. But that's a large spectrum. And even 5.7 or 5.8 to 6.2 that's a big spectrum to get back down without shock. I guess it depends on ur water or media many other things. But I've always kept between 5.6 5.8

 

[Kismet]

I tend to drift in passive hydro from 5.5 to 6.5 so they can uptake it all. When people say keep it 5.5 my eyes glaze over.

 

[Emilya Green]

@Emilya your fully hydro correct? Do you keep you ph between what spectrum? Read previous 3 post please.

No, sorry... I am a soil girl but either in the organic method of TLO that I have used for years or the MegaCrop in soil that I am using now, pH was/is not an issue that I need to correct for.

 

[XiwsX561]

@Emilya have u had a grown from start to finish with the Mega Crop? That's solely what u used? No additives. Just amounts change as you go from seed to flower?

 

[XiwsX561]

@Kismet Looking to add some supplemental COBS in my last weeks of flower, so either full spectrum 3000k or red spectrum. What brand do you use / recommend? Or anyone that uses cobs.

 

[Emilya Green]

@Emilya have u had a grown from start to finish with the Mega Crop? That's solely what u used? No additives. Just amounts change as you go from seed to flower?

No, since this is a relatively new technology this is my first Megacrop grow but I would estimate that this is very close to my 50th complete grow. With my lifelong experience around these plants and a little over a decade extensively studying growing methods, I think I will be able to accurately judge what is going on without a lot of difficulty. Why do you ask?

 

[XiwsX561]

@Emilya because I was told it was a 1 part system from seed to flower u need nothing else. But to increase or decrease the dosage. But if that's the case how can you maximize and still get great bud with out additives or boosters at certain stages