Vetsmoke's Micro Growing Shenanigans

Looks like I've got a load of foxtailing going on. Seems to be all over so not sure if it's stress or genetic. Read that it can be more common in purple strains. May back the lights off a little anyway.
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Just put a zipper door into a mylar sheet that will be the new inner door of the DIY tent. Not the prettiest but should do the job nicely.
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That's neat!
I didn't know they had stick-on zippers- pretty damn handy!
 
carcass said:
That's neat!
I didn't know they had stick-on zippers- pretty damn handy!
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Yeah I got these ones on eBay. Made for creating doors in plastic sheeting for building work etc. Can get them from hydro stores online but they cost a bit more. Hopefully I'll get time to fit it later.
 
Zipper front fitted successfully. Canvas cover slid back over and it works great. Sorted a couple of small light leaks and with this fitted I can see there's slight negative pressure once the extraction is switched on. All that's left to do is decide whether to build a light trap for the passive intake or have a 5V case fan blowing through a couple of layers of charcoal foam that blocks light well. Oh and then order the parts and build the custom light :laugh: The gorilla glue has popped up but not quite opened up yet. On track for some fun times.
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Woohoo! Little GG is here and opening up. Need to check Red Leaders trichomes again today. The cabinet has been struggling to contain her smell. Hopefully only another week to go at most.
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Still going. Red Leader will be 9 weeks tomorrow and hopefully ready for the chop next weekend. Red 2 is doing exactly what her big sister did. I have ph drops this grow and don't think I trust them. May have to order a cheap meter. Used ph strips in the past.
Red 2 was fed more, and sooner, yet she still yellowed the same. I think either my ph is out or these girls are seriously hungry for N. Baby GG is doing her thing and looking happy so far. They always look even paler under these lights.
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I feel like Red Leader has pretty much stopped doing anything now. Trichomes don't seem to be changing and still lots of white pistils. Have to see how she is at the weekend. Red 2 isn't looking great but is coming along okay. Her trichomes look cloudier already. Little gorilla glue is growing so she seems happy enough so far.
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syenite said:
Hmm.. so strange what's going on with your Reds!

Now that you'll be running different genetics in the GG, we'll know if it's environmental or not.
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Yeah will be good to find out. With the GG being photo it should give me time to tweak things and get dialled in if it is environmental. That's the hope anyway. The soil is a bit old now, maybe that's had an effect?
 
If it's old, I wonder if you could possibly be experiencing some drift in the mix pH?

You could try a slurry test --

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To do a slurry test, you take soil from about halfway down (I go down the outside of the pot so as not to tear up old roots) and add an equivalent amount of distilled water as grams of soil (10 grams of soil, add 10ml water). If that doesn't make a slurry, use 20ml (or enough to make a stirrable slurry).

Stir it up, wait 15 minutes, stir again. Do that for at least an hour, longer is better, and then put your calibrated pH stick in the water. That's the pH of your medium.
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syenite said:
If it's old, I wonder if you could possibly be experiencing some drift in the mix pH?

You could try a slurry test --
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I'll try this at the weekend. Only thing is I have ph drops so not sure how that will work. May have some ph strips left somewhere that I could dip in. Likely worth jumping on the Zon and seeing if I can get a tester delivered by the end of the week. Thanks for the info bud. Nice one @InTheShed for providing that little tutorial.
 
Got a digital ph meter arriving on Friday so will do the slurry test on Friday night. Although I don't have any distilled water. I have some de-ionized water if that will do? Too late for the Reds but will at least let me know if I need a new bag of soil before I transplant the GG.
 
syenite said:
I think deionised water is all good :thumb:

If you also had a PPM meter you could test it. But I wouldn't bother :laughtwo:
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Yeah I found a guide that had a lot of good info on testing soil that said DI water was okay. I'd post a link here but I'm never quite sure what we can or can't share from outside sources :laugh:
 
Red Leader will probably get chopped tonight. Will have one last check on the trichomes beforehand but think she's close enough. The Gorilla Glue seedling is 6 days old and got a root poking out the bottom of the cup and quite a few running down the sides. Think she will get transplanted this weekend. Noticed green growing on the perlite, which I've not had before.
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I decided against chopping tonight. Will give her another week. The trichomes don't seem to have changed at all in well over a week. I'd say they're about 60% cloudy and the rest clear. With the odd amber one knocking about. No rush I guess although she's so pale now.

I didn't manage to do a slurry test tonight but used the new ph pen. I managed to test a bit of fun off from Red 2. Went in at 6.4 and came out at 7.05. Interesting.

Also ordered all the parts for the flower tent light build. Will put up a thread in lighting when I put it all together.
 
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