Oz's First Grow - Pyramid Tut In Coco

OZ, props to you!:thanks: lol! cheers to the temp in "F":thumb: fuk the C's :peace: I just had to delete 80% of what I typed. 2 thumbs for that "F". :thumb: This won't stop until you, ,,, nope deleted that too, just glad to have a mate like aboard :420:
 
Good green mornings WEEDETNAM :) I hope your gardens are a sea of lushness just waiting to be rolled :)

Hi Trich.....I'm learning to allow for my American and Canadian friends familiarity with imperial measurements. As I said before....whatever is easiest for me lol :)

It's blowing an absolute gale up here so I've got EVERY excuse to hole up in my tent and crack on with some training. I'll get some pics up later too
 
Hey OZ best of days to you! Alex great news on topping, now just a bit of waiting for you both before the fun starts!
 
OZ BRIT said:
Hi AG. Great to have you here as always :) Thanks for the kind words mate....I'm pretty resilient these days :) Yep, Canna A+B buddy. The girls responded really well to it but the leaves are quite light in colour so I thought full strength is the way forward. Remember I'm in coco so nutes don't hold like soil :)
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That sounds valid. But I will let you experience the results yourself. A few tips when moving forward: Check for lower foliage gaining a crispy, dry feeling; check for leaf tips curling downwards throughout the plant; and of course you know about burned leaf tips!

Just to put it in perspective, my thoughts on color of foliage as a primary indicator of plant status is an essential tool to have in your arsenal of plant diagnostics. BUT, solely going by one indicator to come to a conclusion, in my opinion, is what often leads to misdiagnoses. I'm not saying you are wrong in your observation, only that you may come to a slightly different conclusion with added observations. For example, is the plant also showing abnormally slow signs of growth(growth after any HST will slow for up to 2 weeks), is new growth light green(first signs of low nutrient feed are N, Ca, and Mg deficiencies, but in coco, Ca an Mg are more prominent), was the plant drinking a lot but suddenly started taking longer for the soil to dry, etc, etc...

These are just some examples OZ, not to tell you what to do, but only a piece of advice I am happy to share. Thinking about it in layman's terms, going up in feed to 75% as well as to 100% is an INCREASE in feed regardless, so if the plant was in need of MORE nutrients, either choice would benefit, only one is more of a baby step than the other.

ALL THAT ABOVE...is the reason I went with meters (plus the fact I started my first hydro setup not too long ago) to do the diagnostics and intuitive thinking for me :laughtwo: Good Luck:high-five:
 
Awesome post AG have some reps!
 
Hi guys. AG, as LA said mate...great post and I'm delighted it's on my journal for all to see. Yes mate, it makes perfect sense and I shall heed you advice and go to 75% strength :) No harm in it at all as opposed to over doing it.....thanks mate :) Guys, Ive just started the training.....got the little girls wired down and micro topped a little more where needed. Should I now water OR feed them to help overcome the stress or just leave them to sulk a bit? lol :)
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Hope they haven't bored you lol.

I've strung 3mm wire across and along the pots so I can slide the thinner gardening wire along it as the flux extends rather than using loads of extra wire :)
 
Cheers mate :) Yep, they've certainly taken well to their new pots lol :) I just praying the LST hasn't bee HST to them lol :)
 
Thank you and arise Sir Michael of Ontario :) Yes mate, it makes sense to be able to slide the wire into position rather than costantly drilling holes. Sad confession here.....I thought of it at 4am this morning as I layed awake sressing over how best to do it without hurting the girls too much lol :) Upon reflection, I could have added a central long wire JUST to keep the main flux stem arrow straight :) I'll add that later me thinks :)
 
Hey buddy great looking training going on. Just wondered why you still have the new shoots left on a node down from top. Is it for going for a different style? You best not be trying to nick my double fluxed waffle idea lol
 
Light Addict said:
Hey buddy great looking training going on. Just wondered why you still have the new shoots left on a node down from top. Is it for going for a different style? You best not be trying to nick my double fluxed waffle idea lol
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Damn, I've been rumbled lol :) No mate, to be honest I was hoping you'd comment and advise as to how much to strip :) Thanks for the kind words, encouragment and on-going support mate. As I've said on umpteen occassions I REALLY couldn't nor wouldn't do this without your guidance and tuition :Namaste: :high-five: :peace:
 
OK you might as well get this done asap as you want only small area of scarring. Strip every bit my friend. You can leave the leaves on at each lower node yet you want the new shoots nipped off at every one. You want all the energy/growth going solely to your top where your flux arms will spring from. Later you will remove these lower leaves as they will be completely shadowed.
With you and Alex and your fluxes I'll suggest not doing all the defol I did. I was trying to stunt my girl you want big ass fast growth so you will be leaving more leaf than me. Just still taking all new shoots each node!
 
Thanks LA :) I'm off to pick Mrs Oz up from work in a mo but I'll crack on with it as soon as I get back. Can't wait to see them explode into growth :) Once I've done it should I give them a watering or feed? They've had nothing yet today :)
 
Yep I tend to always give them a reward of a feed after I've been mean to em lol. Also some real cool news! Been smoking Gert for ages now, and low and behold out of all the bud smoked so far a single little Gert egg has been found. Just one out of an ounce smoked so far lol!
So its being kept for later fun. Whether a male or female I'll be using it for crossing something in near future! Gert lives on!!
 
Awwww mate, thats brilliant :) REALLY hope it's a fem seed....Gert2..... that would be SO cool. :)
Thanks for the heads up again. I'll crack on when I get back and give the girls a 3/4 strength feed. So basically I leave the "fans" directly below the main flux that I've tied down but strip the rest? :)
 
Yep any new growth that will become branches goes bye bye! :)
 
10 near naked little green goddess coming right up :) Off to collect my much prettier, intelligent, younger and interesting other half now mate. I'll let you know how I get later :) If I can get my son to call round I'll post a few pics too :) Thanks again SUPER TEACHER :)
 
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