Hempy Headquarters

[politoed]

Could it be a little light stress?

Also, are the leaves dark green? Pics would help.

super weird but i just got back, light has been on for four hours. it seems to look really good to me? i looked at them 10 mins before lights out and 2 or 3 were super droopy. did they just know it was bed time? i last fertigated now 48 hours ago. they looked great for the first 30 hours after fertigation. there is a little spot on the bottom right of the first shot.. is that a calmag deficiency? im using tap water that comes out at 200ppm

 

[FelipeBlu]

It’s in the right spot for possible nute splash.

 

[politoed]

It’s in the right spot for possible nute splash.

that makes sense. any idea why theyd droop hard right before bed time? is that normal?

 

[FelipeBlu]

Yep, that’s normal. They’ll perk up in the morning. If not, lift the pot to see if it’s time to fertigate.

 

[Lazarus13]

Safest way to wash perllite? I can't find a 3m resperator which was my original plan, I am concerned about inhaling the dust while cleaning. My only thought was submerging the whole bag in water then opening it while submerged and drain then repeat so nothing in the bag gets in the air. Does anyone else have a safe preferred method or do this?

I do the same as TS... Put the garden hose in the top of the bag and fill 'er up. Recently i built a perlite strainer out of some stainless steel screen and a big ass tote. I poked some holes i the bottom of the tote and siliconed the screen in. Works wonders.
I just cut down my Maui Waui last week. Dried and in jars @ 62% RH its just over 6.5oz. Next to come down are 2 Dr. Grinspoons@ week 11 flowering now. They have the weirdest flower formations and they're foxtailing so I'm not sure when to pull the plug. I'll have to get some pics when i home from work.

 

[Lazarus13]

Hi again, everyone. I managed to grab a few pics before lights out. Top two are the buds from the Dr. Grinspoons from Nirvana i have going. They're in 7gal perlite hempies. Next pic is the up and coming section... The two big ones are Blueberry Domina Autos from Ministry of Cannabis(courtesy of a contest win from the buddies at The Vault), there's two Chemdog Millionaires from Dr. Krippling, a Pineapple Chunk from Barneys Farms, Lemon Venom from Cream of the Crop, a White Widow from Feminised seeds and a handful of clones of Green Crack CBD and Blue Dream from HSO and Purple Paralysis from Dr. Krippling. Fun Fun!
And the last pic is my new toys... CO2 tank, controller and Ink Bird temp controller. I figured since the temps are rising in my space i may as well give it a try. Its been interesting keeping temps down but the addition of an 8000btu portable a/c has taken care of that.

 

[TorturedSoul]

That's pretty cool, CO₂ supplementation in a small tent. That tank ought to last you a good long time, with the air conditioning meaning you're not sucking the stuff out as quickly as you're "injecting" it. Was it difficult to rig up an air conditioning setup in a small tent? Does it cycle on and off all day long? That would be my concern with sticking an air conditioner in a tent. Well, one of them, anyway... But I'd worry that an 8,000 BTU one might be a bit much for a small space (grow tent). At 3.412141633 BTU per watt, even a 1,000-watt HID is only producing a fraction over 3,412 BTU/hour of heat. Which is not insignificant, of course, but a good bit less than your air conditioner is designed to handle.

 

[Lazarus13]

Thats actually a 2x6x10 closet but still fairly small, yeah. I built a custom exhaust for the a/c that directs most of the cold air flow to my outer room, where it helps keep my temps perfect for my mycological experimentations, and diverts the rest of the flow through 4in ducting into the top of the grow closet. My temps before adding the a/c were getting into the mid 90s and the extraction fan had to kick on way to much. I would've been throwing co2 away. Now it stays at 85°F and i had to put the extraction on a timer every so often just to swap air out and vent out some humidity.
Its still trial and error at this point
I only have like 400ish watts of rspec quantum leds in there as of now but budget led will be getting some of my money soon. Lol
So, yeah... If i had put the a/c unit in the closet, like i originally intended, it would her be been cycling I and of constantly. This set-up works pretty good though.
P.S. i neglected to add that the reason i decided to go with co2 is that my grow is on a third floor that gets full midday sun. Winters are easy peasy, summers are a bit warmer.
Plus I've been growing a few years now and i wanted to see if co2 would help me get past my 12-16 oz average per grow in this space. My old lady has lungs like a vacuum and a high af tolerance ( and i aint no slouch, either. )

 

[informin]

Hi guys, hope everyone is ok in USA. Best wishes for you and the society.

Great hemps Felipe

Altough continuous ph problems i think my girls are passable.

Most of them have had metallic sheens on their leaves today purple taints added between veins. And droppy middle leaves.
i suppose it is copper deficiency, because i could not solve phing problems.

My first grow is goin on with tons of experiences. Thank you guys.

Love...

 

[informin]

Hi guys,
im surfin on net for several days but i couldnt make a decision.
Pls help.
Ph is ok.

Yellow central vein.
Droppy lower leaves.

And purplish blueish leaves.

Thx.

 

[FelipeBlu]

It doesn’t seem too serious to me. Maybe it’s just not showing up in the photos?

 

[informin]

Thanx Felipe, lights off, i will try some more photos

 

[politoed]

hey gang some specific flushing questions for you all..

my autos are 33 days into growing and are really kicking off the flowering now throwing pistils at most of the nodes. i have never watered them yet, just fertigated every 2-3 days according to the GH drain to waste schedule.

i plan on switching over to the flowering phase nutes sunday, and figured maybe it would be a good idea to flush them out? ive seen a few people here on the schedule of feed/off/feed/off/feed/off/water

my question is, during the flush, should i ph my water to 5.8 first? not sure if raising the ppm with ph down defeats the purpose of the flush (feels like it would?), but also not sure if flushing at my tap water 7.5ph would shock the shit out of the plants (feels like it would?)

wut do?

a follow up question would be on the feed/off/feed/off/feed/off/water schedule, do you ph the water to 5.8? i assume you would here.

 

[FelipeBlu]

I had to scroll up to make sure..

Yep, Hempy Headquarters

You don’t need to flush hempy. Feed every watering.

That being said, I do a “mini-flush” every once in a while by holding my finger over the hole and filling a few inches above it - to where the perlite lifts slightly - holding for a minute or two, then letting go and getting a really good strong stream. This may/may not be of some benefit, but I don’t know - never having done a side-by-side trial.

If you do this, be sure to catch the runoff to give to your garden plants - they will appreciate it.

PS: a pH range of 5.5 to 6.0 is good - aiming for 5.8 is fine.

 

[politoed]

I had to scroll up to make sure..

Yep, Hempy Headquarters

You don’t need to flush hempy. Feed every watering.

That being said, I do a “mini-flush” every once in a while by holding my finger over the hole and filling a few inches above it - to where the perlite lifts slightly - holding for a minute or two, then letting go and getting a really good strong stream. This may/may not be of some benefit, but I don’t know - never having done a side-by-side trial.

If you do this, be sure to catch the runoff to give to your garden plants - they will appreciate it.

PS: a pH range of 5.5 to 6.0 is good - aiming for 5.8 is fine.

ah, i read someone here chastising someone else for feeding at every watering. i also read a few others with that schedule i described above. i actually do your "mini-flush" technique described every feeding too. i even rotate the pots a bit so the solution reaches the tops of the perlite and touches all the roots. then release the hole after about 30 seconds or so. basically follow the GH schedule, skipping the recommended water flush every 3rd or 4th feeding for the whole cycle? then just feed water for the final week and thats good?

 

[Buck5050]

ah, i read someone here chastising someone else for feeding at every watering. i also read a few others with that schedule i described above. i actually do your "mini-flush" technique described every feeding too. i even rotate the pots a bit so the solution reaches the tops of the perlite and touches all the roots. then release the hole after about 30 seconds or so. basically follow the GH schedule, skipping the recommended water flush every 3rd or 4th feeding for the whole cycle? then just feed water for the final week and thats good?

Your plants look healthy and I wouldn't change anything if they look like that. Gradually move to your bloom mix and watch the plants. If something goes haywire that would be a good time to flush.

 

[FelipeBlu]

Buck is correct. If you want to switch over to bloom nutes, just do it gradually.

You could just water the final week if your trichomes are mostly cloudy (if you aren’t looking for amber). Personally, I also let them dry out before harvest by withholding water for about 3 days (they’re used to daily). This, and a final 36 hours of darkness before harvest, really seems to pump up the resin and terpenes.

 

[TorturedSoul]

i read someone here chastising someone else for feeding at every watering.

In this thread ?

 

[politoed]

In this thread ?

im not sure if it was this thread or a different personal hempy journal.. but the person did have some "of the month" credits to their name which is why i paid it some mind.

Buck is correct. If you want to switch over to bloom nutes, just do it gradually.

You could just water the final week if your trichomes are mostly cloudy (if you aren’t looking for amber). Personally, I also let them dry out before harvest by withholding water for about 3 days (they’re used to daily). This, and a final 36 hours of darkness before harvest, really seems to pump up the resin and terpenes.

my plan was to wait for the first amber to pop up, give them another week on just water, then into darkness for 2-3 days. so maybe ill stop the water like you said to dry them out before the dark period begins. i have done organic soil grows and not flushed the plants and they turned out good, but this is my first experience with hempy and the GH flora trio, so i dont really know the best practices yet. im glad you guys have this thread.

Your plants look healthy and I wouldn't change anything if they look like that. Gradually move to your bloom mix and watch the plants. If something goes haywire that would be a good time to flush.

yep over the last 2 weeks i worked up to 4ml/gal of each nute. my calmag finally came so this last feeding i just lowered the gro to 1ml, and added in 4ml of calmag. the calmag i got has iron and i guess some N since its 2-0-0, so ill monitor how they respond over the next day and see. one plant did start showing calmag deficiency a little bit over the last 3-4 days so hopefully its not too late. will continue to up the bloom basically til bud swell stops i guess. thanks for the kind words

 

[HashGirl]

hey gang some specific flushing questions for you all..

my autos are 33 days into growing and are really kicking off the flowering now throwing pistils at most of the nodes. i have never watered them yet, just fertigated every 2-3 days according to the GH drain to waste schedule.

i plan on switching over to the flowering phase nutes sunday, and figured maybe it would be a good idea to flush them out? ive seen a few people here on the schedule of feed/off/feed/off/feed/off/water

Your autos aren't even 4 weeks old yet. Are you sure that's when you should be switching to flowering phase nutes? I'm also growing autos and I just switched mine to flowering phase nutes on Monday and that was Day 42 for mine. @FelipeBlu ?

Buck is correct. If you want to switch over to bloom nutes, just do it gradually.

If you were only giving 1/4 of the recommended dose for late growth, then a half dose of early bloom is a good step.

So if you're suppose to do it gradually, how come we skipped a stage with mine? We went from Late Growth straight to Early Bloom and skipped the Transition phase.

You could just water the final week if your trichomes are mostly cloudy (if you aren’t looking for amber). Personally, I also let them dry out before harvest by withholding water for about 3 days (they’re used to daily). This, and a final 36 hours of darkness before harvest, really seems to pump up the resin and terpenes.

His autos are only 33 days old. If his auto will be harvested around the same number of days as my auto, aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves with his?