Welcome back to the Vivosun Auto Oasis, a VIVOSUN 32x60x80 tent equipped with the Vivosun SGS.
Vivosun GrowHub 42A ** -Vegetative- mode
- Vivosun AeroLight - The world’s first 100W LED grow light with an integrated circulatory fan
- 04:00-24:00 Spectrum:Seedling, Intensity:75%, Sunrise/Sunset: YES 22" (38DLI)
- Circulation Fan
- 00:00-04:00 - Speed 1
- 04:00-24:00 - Natural
- AeroWave E6 oscillating grow tent fan - Oscillating using Circulation Fan settings above
- AeroZesh - 4" Ultra powerful automated exhaust fully programmable through the GrowHub
- 00:00-04:00 High 60% RH, Speed 10, default off
- 04:00-24:00 High 82F / 68% RH, Speed 10, default off
Vivosun AeroLight A200SE with GrowHub E25 ** Currently set to -OFF-
** All controlled on my smartphone through the VIVOSUN App (wi-fi)
Other Equipment:
Vivosun Air Circulator Fan with Remote - Oscillating horizontally and vertically on 'Natural Breeze' mode
Lizzy (Herbies Seeds Bruce Banner Auto)
Date: 3/26/24 Day# 41
Medium: 5G SIP Bucket with Coco & Dynomyco
Nutrients: MC 5.2g/G (910ppm/5.8pH)
I removed 2.4L from Lizzy's res this morning. Not only was it still pretty dark but it was 490/7.0pH. So I messed up on the first flush. I've always flushed with my well water and then finished with pH'ed nutrients, and the soil would buffer it for me. With the coco, I flushed with my well water and buffered the coco to 7+pH. Now, feeding with 5.8 nutrients is still getting 7.0 runoff.
So today I flushed her again. I mixed up 6G of nutrients @ 5.5g/G MC and pH'ed to 5.8 (910/5.8). Sure, it's a bit of a waste of nutrients but it only costs about $.30. I ran 5 gallons of nutrients through the coco while I vacuumed out the res. The nutrients run through the coco well, and the fabric/rocks keeps anything from channeling. When I finished the flush I stopped the vacuum and waited about 5 minutes for the coco to finish draining into the res. Then I use the transfer pump to remove the last liter or so. It was much lighter in color, nearly the same as what went in. Best of all it tested at 910/5.8! Hopefully this will put an end to the pH issues, at least for a while.
When I drained the res initially, I got some small root pieces out. That tells me that Lizzy has roots in the res. Does that mean she's ready to SIP? I'm about to find out, because I filled her res with the last gallon of the 910/5.8 nutrients and I'm going to see how she does. With her coco buffered and loaded, I'm hoping she's drinking enough to use the SIP.
Day# 41 and she's still not flowering
She's getting bigger and wider, though. Is it finally time for her to take off, just in time for flower?
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I didn't soak or anything. At this point I'm hoping if I hand-water for a few days and vacuum out the res that will help rinse everything out? Next time I'll either do a lot more rinsing or get some pre-rinsed buffered coco.
with the flush!
It was also the first time I drained the res and it was nearly the same color that went in. It had a few root particles in it again, telling me she's basically hydro now with roots in the res. I put it back in her res, along with 1.4L of fresh nutrients. I'm hoping she starts drinking more so the res doesn't have enough time to go out of whack. I'd prefer to stop pumping and checking and disturbing any roots that are in there.
