Happy weedsday Jinn
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DarkGreenGoo
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Here are a couple plants I am currently growing in a Coco hempy.
Thought I would shed some light on what I do so I don't end up with issues.
* I don't worry about PH runoff, ever. Only the PH going in.
* I try and only buy Canna coco in bags. Not the compressed stuff. Which can have salt buildup. Cheap coco will never grow stuff properly
* Your light may be a bit to much for the seedling at this point. Too much light will cause them to consume all the nitrogen in their leaves. Causing yellowing.
* I water until significant runoff every single feeding, and I feed every time I water. I feed them when they are small once every four days, and when they are grown once every 2-3 days. Of course I don't actually start "feeding nutrients" until their second or third set of true leaves.
* Watering until runoff will keep salt build up away. A lot of people consider it "flushing", but it isn't, because I am doing it with full nutrients. It is just washing away all the old garbage.
* I never start them in hempy buckets. Start them in small solo cups, with just coco and perlite and holes punched in the bottom.
* Since Coco is a passive hydroponic system, there is no point in adding molasses.
* You already have the PH nailed at 5.8, but make sure hyou have a good PH meter and you calibrate it every time (unless it is one of the bluelab guardians for $250, only once a month then). Cheap PH meters will fuck your grow up in the long run.
* I give seedlings/sprouts 50ppm of Calmag+
If you have any other questions let me know.
Thought I would shed some light on what I do so I don't end up with issues.
* I don't worry about PH runoff, ever. Only the PH going in.
* I try and only buy Canna coco in bags. Not the compressed stuff. Which can have salt buildup. Cheap coco will never grow stuff properly
* Your light may be a bit to much for the seedling at this point. Too much light will cause them to consume all the nitrogen in their leaves. Causing yellowing.
* I water until significant runoff every single feeding, and I feed every time I water. I feed them when they are small once every four days, and when they are grown once every 2-3 days. Of course I don't actually start "feeding nutrients" until their second or third set of true leaves.
* Watering until runoff will keep salt build up away. A lot of people consider it "flushing", but it isn't, because I am doing it with full nutrients. It is just washing away all the old garbage.
* I never start them in hempy buckets. Start them in small solo cups, with just coco and perlite and holes punched in the bottom.
* Since Coco is a passive hydroponic system, there is no point in adding molasses.
* You already have the PH nailed at 5.8, but make sure hyou have a good PH meter and you calibrate it every time (unless it is one of the bluelab guardians for $250, only once a month then). Cheap PH meters will fuck your grow up in the long run.
* I give seedlings/sprouts 50ppm of Calmag+
If you have any other questions let me know.
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jinn
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Here are a couple plants I am currently growing in a Coco hempy.
Thought I would shed some light on what I do so I don't end up with issues.
* I don't worry about PH runoff, ever. Only the PH going in.
* I try and only buy Canna coco in bags. Not the compressed stuff. Which can have salt buildup. Cheap coco will never grow stuff properly
* Your light may be a bit to much for the seedling at this point. Too much light will cause them to consume all the nitrogen in their leaves. Causing yellowing.
* I water until significant runoff every single feeding, and I feed every time I water. I feed them when they are small once every four days, and when they are grown once every 2-3 days. Of course I don't actually start "feeding nutrients" until their second or third set of true leaves.
* Watering until runoff will keep salt build up away. A lot of people consider it "flushing", but it isn't, because I am doing it with full nutrients. It is just washing away all the old garbage.
* I never start them in hempy buckets. Start them in small solo cups, with just coco and perlite and holes punched in the bottom.
* Since Coco is a passive hydroponic system, there is no point in adding molasses.
* You already have the PH nailed at 5.8, but make sure hyou have a good PH meter and you calibrate it every time (unless it is one of the bluelab guardians for $250, only once a month then). Cheap PH meters will fuck your grow up in the long run.
* I give seedlings/sprouts 50ppm of Calmag+
If you have any other questions let me know.
Your plants look great mate, I can't wait to get my hands on a Platinum light in January.
All of your info is spot on! I use cheap coco though, so testing the run off is a way for me to get an idea of whats going on inside, itll tell me if i waited too long to water, if I didn't rinse my coco well enough, if im starting to get a salt build up and things of the like.
But in future grows I think I might switch to bagged just because its less bloody work.
The light is actually spot on for the girls, I started at about 48" and slowly worked down to 16" over the course of two weeks. I was worried about that though, so at first I ran them under CFL, until I found several other growers using 1200's from seed too.
I water to run off every time, and always give the girls something when I water, be it cal/mag, or silica, or low str feeding.
And my ph pen seems to be excellent quality, even if it breaks I'm going to be fine =p my water+nutes+exactly 5ml of ph down= 5.85 every time. But your point is still very valid, you get what you pay for.
Thanks for all the tips man I can see there are a couple tweaks I need to make. (like not starting in a 3.5gal bucket)
Hello my friend....just popped over to tell you that my pineapple chunk was transplanted into her waterfarm today......she looks nice and healthy so hopefully she keeps it up
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jinn
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I'll stop on by! Speaking of that, I should probably get some new pics put up myself huh?
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jinn
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there are normally two types of picture i post, the ones that are great, and the ones that are blurry. i take the blurry ones =/
My wife's ipod charger snapped, and now I can't take good pictures until tuesday >.<
I took these two of the Critical Super Silver Haze before I realized how bad my tablet's camera was.
She's at her 5th set of leaves now, and now has little sets starting to grow inside, near the stem.
My wife's ipod charger snapped, and now I can't take good pictures until tuesday >.<
I took these two of the Critical Super Silver Haze before I realized how bad my tablet's camera was.
She's at her 5th set of leaves now, and now has little sets starting to grow inside, near the stem.
Looking good Jinn. Hows the PC doing?
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jinn
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Looking good Jinn. Hows the PC doing?
Thanks mate, she's doing well! She has 4 sets of leaves now, and all of her coloring is back to healthy. The camera was just having a horrid time trying to photograph with her small fat bushy self.
Hey Jinn. Finally subbed up, sorry it took so long.
Looking great so far! Loving the strains.
I grew barneys pineapple chunk last round, hope you see the same indica dominant phenos I did. Also, I believe we are both growing the same SSH, will be great to see how yours turn out.
Happy growing buddy, glad to be along for the ride.
Stay safe.
Looking great so far! Loving the strains.
I grew barneys pineapple chunk last round, hope you see the same indica dominant phenos I did. Also, I believe we are both growing the same SSH, will be great to see how yours turn out.
Happy growing buddy, glad to be along for the ride.
Stay safe.
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jinn
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Hey Jinn. Finally subbed up, sorry it took so long.
Looking great so far! Loving the strains.
I grew barneys pineapple chunk last round, hope you see the same indica dominant phenos I did. Also, I believe we are both growing the same SSH, will be great to see how yours turn out.
Happy growing buddy, glad to be along for the ride.
Stay safe.
happy to have you on board man!
My pineapple is already starting to express her traits, nice fat indica leaves, and red/purple stems
from main stalk to little leaf stems.
Which is cool, because its definitely not temp based, my temperatures have remained tropical the entire time lol.
And the CSSH is quite possibly the best freebie ive ever gotten, word to herbies! But seriously, this CSSH is growing like its on steroids, even with my mishap with ph both girls are hulking out. The secondary growth is bursting from her nodes, some larger than pineapple's leaves.
So Im defintiely going to be cloning CSSH for breeding potential alone.
Just peeking in my friend...my pineapple is growing good as well
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jinn
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Wife's charger came in today, and I just fed the girls half gallon each.
So look forward to some new pictures and updates later today!
(now i KNOW im not the only one that waits until the girls are trying to hug the grow light a hour or two after feeding lol)
So look forward to some new pictures and updates later today!
(now i KNOW im not the only one that waits until the girls are trying to hug the grow light a hour or two after feeding lol)
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jinn
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Day 20:
I topped the girls two days ago, fed them today.
I didn't really want to do any LST'ing this time around, but with how tight the nodes are, and how bushy the girls are getting, I think I may have no other choice.
Now the good stuff:
Pineapple chunk
pineapple chunk
CSSH
CSSH
CSSH
Also, starting today Im switching my light cycle over from 18/6 to the GLR so with the additional dark time the girls should put on some more root mass.
I topped the girls two days ago, fed them today.
I didn't really want to do any LST'ing this time around, but with how tight the nodes are, and how bushy the girls are getting, I think I may have no other choice.
Now the good stuff:
Pineapple chunk
pineapple chunk
CSSH
CSSH
CSSH
Also, starting today Im switching my light cycle over from 18/6 to the GLR so with the additional dark time the girls should put on some more root mass.
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jinn
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Thanks man!
The light is currently at 17" and the reason it looks wet, is its a coco hempy grow not soil.
When it starts to look dry, is normally my cue to water the girls.
The light is currently at 17" and the reason it looks wet, is its a coco hempy grow not soil.
When it starts to look dry, is normally my cue to water the girls.
Hey Jinn.....girls looking good my friend.....i have been using the GLR for a couple of months now and i actually think they grow just as fast as they do with 18/6........look just as healthy and strong......plus save a little on your electric bill
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jinn
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By the way, I'm not sure if anyone else who grows soil less uses this stuff, but I highly recommend looking into it!
Silica increases:
Stem strength
Leaf strength
seed development (if you've pollinated of course)
Tolerance to Heat
Tolerance to Cold
Tolerance to Drought
Tolerance to Salt Buildup
Tolerance to Mineral Toxicity or Deficiency
Accelerated Growth Rates
Faster Root Development
Increased Resistance to Insects
Increased Resistance to Fungal Disease
Silicon also balances the uptake of Phosphorus, reducing the risk of toxic levels being taken in by the plant. This is a helpful characteristic to all growers that like to use a concentrated bloom stimulator with a high PK value.
Protection Against Metal Toxicity :
Silicon is known to compete for uptake against certain metal elements that are made available to the plant. These metals include; Aluminium, Manganese and Iron, all essential for plant growth, but an excess of availability of any of the three elements can be problematic for your plants.
Im not going to list brands or anything because Im not sure of sponsors or what brand is the best.
but you guys can see on the first page which I use.
Silica increases:
Stem strength
Leaf strength
seed development (if you've pollinated of course)
Tolerance to Heat
Tolerance to Cold
Tolerance to Drought
Tolerance to Salt Buildup
Tolerance to Mineral Toxicity or Deficiency
Accelerated Growth Rates
Faster Root Development
Increased Resistance to Insects
Increased Resistance to Fungal Disease
Silicon also balances the uptake of Phosphorus, reducing the risk of toxic levels being taken in by the plant. This is a helpful characteristic to all growers that like to use a concentrated bloom stimulator with a high PK value.
Protection Against Metal Toxicity :
Silicon is known to compete for uptake against certain metal elements that are made available to the plant. These metals include; Aluminium, Manganese and Iron, all essential for plant growth, but an excess of availability of any of the three elements can be problematic for your plants.
Im not going to list brands or anything because Im not sure of sponsors or what brand is the best.
but you guys can see on the first page which I use.
Happy Weedsday Jinn
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jinn
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Happy Weedsday everyone!
update:The girls are still stunned from the horrible topping I gave them, in the future Im going to wait until they are much larger, just because Im shaky and clumsy after a few road side bombs.
So the growth is calm for now, Im sure by Monday the girls will be on another run away growth spurt.
Hopefully they'll be happy and healthy enough to switch over into Flowering on the 10th.
update:The girls are still stunned from the horrible topping I gave them, in the future Im going to wait until they are much larger, just because Im shaky and clumsy after a few road side bombs.
So the growth is calm for now, Im sure by Monday the girls will be on another run away growth spurt.
Hopefully they'll be happy and healthy enough to switch over into Flowering on the 10th.