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[rillos]

Looks good. A bit crowded though. Will you be flowering soon? Keep in mind that the plants easily double and will often triple through the duration of flower cycle. Most of that growth happens in the first 2 weeks after the switch so be mindful of the space they will require. Have a nice day.

yea i gotta get them going on 12/12 i tried to switch a few days ago but my timer had other plans so it got replaced today.

 

[SmokerJoe]

Well thats good. A lot of people try to do this without a timer. You can but you need to be a active scheduled mentality to do that. Timers arent very expensive so my thought process is if the benefit outweighs the cost then do it. Glad to see you still at it and your plants look well.

 

[rillos]

Thanks so much, i've never had anything close to what i got now. So everything is really new to me. I'm just trying to be patient and remember is just a plant you know, it's not like im growing kids or anything.
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[SmokerJoe]

Yes your first harvest will be a awesome moment. All that work and learning will finally mean something then. You will see what I mean. Take it easy.

 

[ColoradoKid]

I think that all of us who grow love to do it. It is a labor of love.

As an additional benefit we get blessed by the plant we lovingly grew.

 

[rillos]

Yea i'm loving this.

 

[ColoradoKid]

Did you get both my answers to your pm?

 

[rillos]

Did you get both my answers to your pm?

Yes thanks

 

[budnoob2]

Very informative thread, thanks guys! Keep up the good work rillos, nice growing.

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[danknessdude]

looking real good dude!

 

[SmokerJoe]

Just uploaded pictures to my journal everyone. Feel free to come and look. Take care

 

[rillos]

Daily pics. They had 500 PPM of fox farm big bloom and tiger bloom this morning. PH at 6.4 and the outflow was 6.8 and 6.7. Is the what i'm looking for with my PH. This is a soil grow remember that.

 

[SmokerJoe]

Looking good so far rillos keep it up.

 

[Obi Wan]

Daily pics. They had 500 PPM of fox farm big bloom and tiger bloom this morning. PH at 6.4 and the outflow was 6.8 and 6.7. Is the what i'm looking for with my PH. This is a soil grow remember that.

I like to keep this little chart handy. It has served me well so far. Your soil ph looks to be on the high side.

 

[Obi Wan]

I'm still figuring out pH measurements. My understanding is watering with 6.4 your soil would be over 7.0 to get a runoff of 6.8. Hopefully someone with a little more experience can chime in and set us straight

 

[danknessdude]

really there is no set recipe for PH. You just have to adapt to how your soil buffers the ph and what effect nutrients have on the levels. I water at 6.4 and my runoff is 6.8 but if I feed I feed at 6.0 and my runoff is 6.8. Using a "new to me" growing medium I really pay attention to soil PH and temp. The promix BX I use is excellent at buffering nutes to 7.0 and only once has climbed to 8.0 and for a very short time. I fed this morning so I will wait till this eve and take a soil reading to see how its holding and adjust accordingly. They do have nutes out that if you mix as directed they will PH balance....not sure how this works but my guess is you use distilled water for a constant.

Cheers everyone! You rock Rillios, great grow and journal!

 

[Calyx Hunter]

Nice looking bushes you got going on there. Keep it up

 

[rillos]

I'm using my 250' well water I don't see any problems with my plants. I do check my PH before i put anything in there. I'm going to just to let it ride.

 

[SmokerJoe]

I dont really ph water anymore since as you said the soil buffers it. When I did ph it I enjoyed that part but someone suggested using baking soda as ph up and it almost killed my plants so I no longer ph. I didnt ph before this grow and did really good. Rillos is correct generally well water doesnt have any issues like city water has.

 

[danknessdude]

Well water will also carry a lot of the micro nutrients required which is a benefit. The well water I work with has a baseline of 50 ppm and hope its not weed killer!