Hella post Rex!
I completely forgot to say thank you for that
Just catching up Rex, hydro plants are looking real good! That early purple on the blackberry is so cool, every purple strain I've grown don't show anything colored until they are well into flower! Something tells me that Blackberry is gonna be a special plant!
Thanks N420!
This is a first for me too where the purple shows up so early.
Also wanted to say congrats on the soil girls ( just putting it out there)
up pot, you've taken to the soil growing quite well!
Thanks N420, but I think I'm still in the easy part for the soil. I should have bought some super soil, oh well next time
Looking great brother Rex!
Blackberry will most likely reward you with nice deep purplish nugs
I’ve noticed that my GG seem to be little N sensitive…or shes still getting out of the ”childhood”. Tips tend to hook down even at ~100ppm N.
Let us know how you like the Kelp after a week treatment, when you start noticing the benefits!
How big a tank did you add that 1/4tsp to? I wouldn’t add more than 1/8tsp per 10L.
My TD grows a new thick, compact and MASSIVE root mass - plant looks like she wants to get rid of those old long flimsy roots.
But ye, this is all by Kelp combined with Phosphorus and nitrates.
PS. If any Ca def symptoms still keeps appearing, you could try to give a little foliar feed. Kelp has almost all the micros and plants easy to absorb it via leaves.
Just don’t give too much as foliar feeding is ~20x stronger and auxins are absorbed from the leaves to the growth tips.
Thanks V!
My system is holding roughly 60-70L of water/nutes. So I added the lowest recommended Kelp dose to start.
That Kelp got gobbled up quickly, it didn't take long for the water to return to a clearer state.
And yah, my GG auto is insanely sensitive to N as well, so I'm guessing that's a strain trait?
Want to hear something funny? I don't foliar feed, at all. I understand the benefits, it's just something I don't do lol
Forgive my ignorance. Still working on the answer to my question which I am obviously not expressing very well. What I want to know is, is it POSSIBLE to have multiple reservoirs with separate nute mixes to feed separate plants, if you WANTED to do it that way, and if so, how hard/pain in the ass/extra work/not worth the hassle would it be?
Hey Jon, I'll try my best. I think it's more a matter of me doing bad explaining. And there is no need to apologize
Possible yes.
Extra work: For every extra reservoir added, your workload gets multipled by the extra reservoir numbers (I.e 3 reservoirs would be 3 times the work, daily).
Each reservoir would need to be ph adjusted Daily, and PPM tracked. And PPM Adjusted
Each reservoir added, will add to the amount of nutes dumped weekly, incurring higher running costs. This will also add a lot to the work of resetting the reservoirs.
Remember RO water works best in hydro. And they are not quick to pump out loads of water (something that needs to be taken into account). Or at least mine takes a hell of a long time to pump out 70L.
The only limit for reservoir numbers is how much space you have to accommodate them, how deep your pockets are, and how much patience you have.
I assume with multiple reservoirs they would somehow have to live outside the tent.
Correct, unless you have one really big ass tent, and a lowish plant count.
I mean, what if one wanted to grow 20 plants, 5 each of 4 strains, in 10x10 or whatever, and one already knew the strains and knew in advance that they would have different nute requirements/preferences.
You could (assuming those numbers are just theoretical).
Wouldn't that be a scenario where having multiple reservoirs with different nute mixes be a potential advantage?
It depends on your prescriptive, and that's what I'm trying to convey .
To me the added costs, increased workload, and added daily tasks, removes any advantage received.
It's not something I would advise anyone new to hydro to attempt.
Hopefully that's more clearly expressed.
I probably butchered the explanation again, but the long short of it is yes, multiple reservoirs can be done. It's just avoided in rdwc to keep it simple.
Great information. But all four still get fed from the same nute reservoir, correct?
. It's safe to say the second one will be transplanted into a 3 gallon container later this week. Right now they're being fed the equivalent of 2g/gallon (MC), pH 6.3.
Love those roots!!
