Week 8, day 52 of veg
Yesterday at lunch I added a few drops of bloom and a drop or two of micro to the b52 foliar spray bringing it to 300ppm. I also added a dash of dish soap which I read helps it stick to the leaves. I sprayed To #2 and Blue Dream at the start of lights out. Last night I snuck in for a quick peek and they didn't seem to have suffered any Ill effects so hopefully it helps over the next couple days to sneak some nutrients in through the back door!
It's really hard to tell what deficiencies are old and if they have gotten worse or just the same. I can pick out too many signs that fall into too many deficiency categories! Clawing or curled down tips (excess N) , yellowing mature leaves (N def or P def) , yellowed tips on leaves, mostly newer small ones (nute burn or P or mag def) brown/bronze spots ( P or mag def) and lastly reddish purple fan leaf stems and veins and some red turning shoot stems (P def or just genetics)
Looking at very new growth in the middle under the canopy it looks like it's the perfect shade of green and growing well so that has my spirits up. The new shoots coming off the mains are taking a good stretch as well. So I'm erring on the side of positivity still!
Growth seems to have been temporarily slowed a little bit due to the issues but still progressing. I'd like to do a good defoliation to clean them up and remove the damaged leaves so that they don't skew my observations on overall health but I've read alot saying it isn't a great idea in veg until right before flower and then around week 3 of flower.
Unfortunately when snuggling up a tie down on a blue dream main it broke open on me! I taped it up with some electrical tape and stuck a candy cane underneath it for support. We will see if she recovers! Another one down on her lol she is really giving me a run for my money.
I have a question about this ppm meter. I realize it is cheap and was only 20 bucks but I'm trying to see if I can check it for accuracy without dropping another 20 to 30 on calibration solution. I checked a bottle of water that had 280ppm on the label and it only showed 170 or so on the meter. Anyone know how accurate the ppm on these bottles is?
At least the couple bottles I checked all showed roughly 100ppm less so at least I know I can consistently take 100 off of whatever it shows me to put me in the ballpark if the bottles are listed correctly.
Also! Yes I know I ask alot of questions lol... I bought some root stimulant or whatever from the local hydro shop kid when I was gearing up. I used it for both transplants I did by sprinkling it and mixing it around the holes but he sold it to me in a ziplocks. Anyone have any idea what brand it is? I am thinking mykos granular.
Anyways right before I flip to flower when I defoliate and clean them up I'm going to mix some in each pot with some more Promix medium. I made a rookie mistake and planted them about an inch below the tops of the pots. After watering the medium obviously compressed and so I had to fold the sides of the pots down. Once they are cleaned up I should be able to top them up right to the first node. Hopefully this will help encourage some more root growth on top. I'm also going to presoak the added medium with nutrients with a bit higher bloom and Calmag to get off to flower on the right foot.
And lastly just one pic for today the tent is as full as it will get with the shape of them, I'm right at the wall on a few shoots. I'm aiming for 2 or 3 more inches of vertical growth, hopefully by next weekend and then onto 12/12. The pots are getting lighter and the top inch or so is dry so I'll be looking at watering tomorrow morning while I enjoy my coffee. Love my Saturdays in the garden at home!
I don't have a whole lot of height on them thanks to some serious training I've been putting time into but with the light at 30" and no more training they should stretch over the next week and I'll back off and let all the shoots start to look up and head for the sky Joe that the canopy is pretty even over the three plants. (with Blue Dream propped up by an upside down pot plate or whatever they are called.) I'd like to think that I've done a damn good job of training for a first timer but it's too early to put any money down on that claim until the buds start forming!
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