MGD420 Grow Journal: Jan 2022

[MGD420]

Definitely!
If your plants aren’t draining the reservoir daily during mid to late flowering, then that’s going to contribute to higher humidity.

On the other hand, a high transpiration rate requires outstanding ventilation.

Yea the plants are nowhere close to draining the res on a daily basis.
I left the plants last week to see how long it would go without before the buckets felt light enough to lift and 6 days was the length of time I managed without pushing it and having the coco completely dry out.
They went around 4 days just there but the dehumidifier was running for a big part of that. Definitely going to give the 5L buckets a try and use perlite next time around, hopefully that reduces the humidity.

Ventilation in the tent is pretty sufficient but I still struggle to get the humidity right down using what I have. AC Infinity T6 with 8" Rhino carbon filter.
I'm guessing the plants being so bushy doesn't help either with high transpiration either ?

 

[FelipeBlu]

Bushy is a good problem

 

[MGD420]

Got 5 of these through the post as got them at a reasonable price for the 1lb bags not that I'll need that many, probably only need to use one of them.
Never used them before but heard a few good things about the Grove bags so willing to give them a try.

 

[VetSmoke85]

Got 5 of these through the post as got them at a reasonable price for the 1lb bags not that I'll need that many, probably only need to use one of them.
Never used them before but heard a few good things about the Grove bags so willing to give them a try.

I'd not heard of these before so will take a look.

 

[MGD420]

I'd not heard of these before so will take a look.

Apparently meant to be good, no messing about like you would with burping jars if using the Grove bags, put the weed in and forget about it.

 

[VetSmoke85]

Apparently meant to be good, no messing about like you would with burping jars if using the Grove bags, put the weed in and forget about it.

I like the sound of that.

 

[MGD420]

I like the sound of that.

I'll send you the link to where I bought mines in pm mate, theyre uk based. I ordered on friday and received them today. I was going to order direct from the grove bag website but cost of postage and packaging is extortionate with them being USA based so had to look elsewhere to get these.

 

[LKABudMan]

Got 5 of these through the post as got them at a reasonable price for the 1lb bags not that I'll need that many, probably only need to use one of them.
Never used them before but heard a few good things about the Grove bags so willing to give them a try.

I LOVE Grove bags. I used them on my first grow instead of jars and they worked fantastic. I put a Govee in one of the bags and it held right around 58% humidity for over a month. You can't smell the buds in the bags, but when you open them it's like WHOOSH you get the smell. Great product.

 

[MGD420]

I LOVE Grove bags. I used them on my first grow instead of jars and they worked fantastic. I put a Govee in one of the bags and it held right around 58% humidity for over a month. You can't smell the buds in the bags, but when you open them it's like WHOOSH you get the smell. Great product.

I've read a lot of reviews from people that have used them and they all seem to be decent, good.
The only bad reviews I've seen were from people who've never actually used the bags.

This will be my first time using them and if they're as good as everybody says they are ill be buying more. I know they're reusable but I would buy different sizes.

 

[MGD420]

I put a Govee in one of the bags and it held right around 58% humidity for over a month.

No need for boveda packs either.
Reusable, smell proof, no need to burp etc

What's not to like

 

[LKABudMan]

No need for boveda packs either.
Reusable, smell proof, no need to burp etc

What's not to like

And especially if you don't already have the jars/boveda/hygrometers they are considerably less expensive.

 

[MGD420]

And especially if you don't already have the jars/boveda/hygrometers they are considerably less expensive.

Definitely.
I have all the above but wanted to try something else. Although the weed I've grown has been decent enough using the jars it kind of lacked that smell I was looking for. Probably more down to me being a noobie but nothing wrong with trying new methods to see if it improves things

 

[MGD420]

When you check your ph perfect ingredients what is the ph?

pH is 5.6

 

[MGD420]

Just ran out of big bud.
Trying to get some off a mate until I get more.

Is there anything else that I've got that could be used or will the plants be fine without ?

 

[MGD420]

75 Days. They're slowly getting there.

Have noticed some of the top leaves have went a bit discoloured and started clawing up and drying out.
Would I be right in thinking this is most likely light or heat related ? I've been using the dehumidifier more as I'm finding it hard to keep it below 55 - 65% and that adds extra heat but temps dont really go above 29c.

 

[MGD420]

Some more pics of the leaves.

I would really appreciate a little help to understand what this is and what course of action should be taken to try correct the problem.

Is it most likely heat, light related or a deficiency, nute burn or something else.

 

[bluter]

can you pull a single plant out so we can have a better look ?

i'm trying to figure it's a pull or excess. it sort of looks like a phos excess, but when it gets that far they all look the same.
it might be time for a flush and reset.

 

[MGD420]

can you pull a single plant out so we can have a better look ?

i'm trying to figure it's a pull or excess. it sort of looks like a phos excess, but when it gets that far they all look the same.
it might be time for a flush and reset.

The plant with the issue.

Some pics with the flash on, some with flash off.

The other 2 plants, pics taken with dimmed led's, flash off and some with lights off and flash on. Some of the leaves on the plant on the left look a little lighter, I think it's due to the other plant in the pics above covering that plant when it's in the tent

 

[MGD420]

I've also noticed on the plant with the dry curled up leaves. The leaf stems nearer the top are a reddish purple where as the leaf stems at the bottom are green the further down they go.

 

[FelipeBlu]

The brown spots look like Mg def, but it could be heat/light-related too.