Whats up alios69! From my knowledge it looks like you took to much off .. Now I believe on the pic of the topping on your hand should have just topped the middle sprouting leaving the 2 outside stems on the plant. Looking great so far.Today i topped the Viva Sativa. I realized after topping the pineapple chunk, that my attempt of topping was "Fuck I Missed"
So i tried today with the VIVA Sativa.
I just wanted to make sure that this is the right location for the cut
No sir you topped it correct my apologies. I zoomed in and realized you had 3 stems. I had 2 branches that I topped that got 3 stems that are doing ok , could be better with more light penetration so my stems got a lil dwindly
Lol my heart dropped when it happen.
It's kind of amazing how much they can take up in a day once they get going...
It's kind of amazing how much they can take up in a day once they get going...
They indeed do go thirsty.
After the topping the viva sativa just blew up, now short and chubby, just the way i like 'em.
Checked the PPM today, went from 600 to 450, i just added 1 - 2 ml of each nute to the reservoir, took it up to 750. It dropped the pH of the reservoir to 5.1, but nothing a little armor Si cant fix.
Made some over all modifications, put all my electric components in an isolation box, its next to the water and god forbid if something goes wrong, the 2 mix.
Started preparing the Coco, put in some pH'ed water and left it in overnight to soak, about to add the perlite then do the transfer over the weekend. The water in the reservoir that i wanna throw out, i will soak the coco in it before i transfer it to the pots. Recycling is key here.
In comparison to my first grow, the plants are definitely growing alot faster and bushier. Whenever i come i just check the reservoir water level, check the pH, then add the missing water, check ppm and pH and condition.
I change the water every 5 days. On the third day the PPM drops, and i just add 1-2 ml of each nute.
What i really like is the control of environment i have, essentially the pH/ppm in my coco is almost the same as the water in my reservoir, making mistakes such as not controlling the pH and PPM "nute burns/deficiencies" is very hard to do.
I start with an EC of 1, then use that as my control, if i see it increasing, then i just add more water, when i see it going below 0.8, i top up with nutes, and i try to keep it at 1 - 1.2.
The pH fluctuates around 0.2 a day. So from 5.6 to 5.4, sometimes it goes up to 5.8, but always in range.
I increased the watering now to 8 times a day for 8 minutes. After increasing it last time i noticed the plants responded really well with it. So i am gonna increase it gradually till i feel i have got to a plateau and leave it at that.
I definitely see myself needing a bigger reservoir, thinking of upgrading from 25 litres to 50 or 75 "can take upto 80" as they get thirstier.
The Watering Setup
Electric Box
Under the hood
Hosing "1 big going in to the octupus, and 4 small ones from each collection tray going to the flow control switch"
Coco "blue tub potential future reservoir"
Topped location on viva
6" inflow fan
Internal power brick with timer, 6' breeze fan" and 4" inflow fan with hosing. They keep each other nice and snuggled
