I haven't posted an update in a few days so I figured I was overdue. But, first, I want to thank everyone who has been helping me with my first grow. It's a lot easier than I thought it would be although I do think it's still a little labour-intensive with fertigating every other day but it's not hard; it's just tedious.
I'm already thinking about my next grow so I guess I'm on my way to becoming hooked. However, I'm planning on growing in ProMix next grow. My main reason for learning how to grow was so that I could help my husband, Felonious but he grows in ProMix so that's what I'm going to grow in, too. I hope none of my Hempy Headquarters friends aren't upset by this. I'm not saying I'll never grow in hempy again. I just need to figure out why Felonious' indoor plants always end up not doing very well. The outdoor plants are doing well, though and he rarely has issues with them. I'm hoping growing in the same medium as him and having a grow journal will help both of us.
But, I won't be starting that grow until this one is done so without further ado, here is the update:
Remember that expensive Hanna pH meter we bought? Well, we had to return it on Tuesday because it wouldn't stop calibrating even with a new battery but the guy that works there gave us a Bluelab pH pen as a direct exchange and I believe they're supposed to be some of the best? So, I'm happy about that. I hope this one lasts. It's really frustrating when you can't pH your water.
On Thursday, June 25, Day 53, I stopped adding the Gro nutes and am now using the Week 9 Mid-Bloom Flora nutes, which is 2 ml of FloraMicro and 4 ml FloraBloom and according to the General Hydroponics Flora Series feed chart, I will feed them like this until Week 11 when the Micro decreases to 1.25 ml. Do you agree?
I fertigated yesterday, Day 57. DDA1 is 12.75" tall and DDA2 is 9.75" tall. The ph was 5.7 for DDA1 and DDA2. And, here are the photos. I personally don't think DDA1 looks very good. Mind you the photos were taken before watering so that may be why it's so droopy but it looks droopier than normal to me.
DDA1:
I think this shot is beautiful:
This is my favourite stage, the flowering. Felonious likes the seedling part best.
And, here is a photo of our new pH meter. Hopefully, it's the last one for a while.
And, that's the whole kit and kaboodle. Hope you liked it.