Inch By Inch... Grow By Grow. (ILGM White Widow Fem)

merlin44 · August 29, 2018, 5:06pm

Great catch @MattyBear, too easy to get lackadaisical late in flower. Could have a dramatic effect on yields. I know from personal experience.

WonkaMan · August 29, 2018, 5:16pm

Thanks for the tip, @MattyBear. I didn’t think of that at all. The wisdom of you experienced growers is priceless for us newbies!

raustin · August 29, 2018, 5:56pm

Your Ph instincts are perfect, yes, water or feed at 6.8 to get the ph up over 6.3.

PurpNGold74 · August 29, 2018, 7:45pm

Have i told u good folks that I LOVE THIS SITE today? carry on

WonkaMan · August 29, 2018, 9:22pm

I think it’s more likely the echos (shadows?) of something that I read you wrote once, rather than my “instincts”… which are far from perfect. But thanks for the props, @raustin! I’ll get right on that, at the next feeding.

elheffe702 · August 29, 2018, 10:16pm

Hey, @merlin44, good to see you! How’s everything?

merlin44 · August 29, 2018, 11:29pm

Doing fine, @elheffe702, thanks for asking. How are you doing?
I am 31 days into my second grow from seed…check out my new journal
Merlin's Grow Log

elheffe702 · August 30, 2018, 9:59am

Oh man, don’t ask! Lol

The garden is doing well, at least

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 4:17am

What do you folks think? Are my plants in the veg tent sneakily beginning to flower on me (with 14 hours of light)?

And on another environmental topic: Today I fed my budding plants, with water pH’ed to 6.8 to try to raise my low pH issues. The runoff was even lower than last time however, at 6.0. Yikes. But the puzzling thing, to me was the TDS. Going in, my nutes were at 890, and my runoff was 1652. It’s like I’m flushing (though there wasn’t a lot of runoff). Shouldn’t the PPM going out be lower than going in? Aren’t the plants supposed to be taking up some of those nutes, or is my understanding of this overly simplistic?

@raustin, @merlin44, @MattyBear, @Covertgrower, @anon95385719 ??

PurpNGold74 · August 31, 2018, 2:49pm

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Drgrnthumb · August 31, 2018, 4:25pm

Hello I am new here, I was looking at your grow. I don’t know if you found this problem out, I think it is lace bugs, it’s called stippling. I see you applied DE, so that is a good treatment.

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 5:01pm

Thanks @Drgrnthumb. They seem to be in check now. Not that I’m free of other environmental issues, but at least they aren’t flying or creeping around the tent!

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 5:09pm

Thanks @PurpNGold74. The “like” is for your reply, but not for my plants being in flower.

That 27"-square tent has NO room for any stretch. They are cramped in there as is, and the light isn’t really reaching the bottom of the plants. I was hoping to wait until later when the others in the bigger tent were done, and I could move these into the “flower tent” where they’ll have more room and can absorb the light from the two quantum boards in there. I have a paltry amount of light in here, just keeping them going. Hmm…

merlin44 · August 31, 2018, 5:52pm

They are indeed starting to flower. Take the appropriate actions at this time.

Not surprised that they are flowering with 14 hours of light.

raustin · August 31, 2018, 5:56pm

Yes, and yes. First, they are most definitely flowering, so you’ll want to start adding Bloom nutes and put the light on 12/12 unless they’re autos.

Second, the reason the PPM is higher coming out is because the plants are not eating the nutes you’re putting in, and that’s because your Ph is off. Get your Ph up to 6.3 minimum and they’ll start eating again. A flush is a good idea at this point.

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 7:55pm

Thanks @merlin44 and @raustin for the helpful replies. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised either, @merlin44. I was trying to limit their growth, and cut it too close, I guess. I’ll switch that tent over to 12/12, though it’s going to be a bit of a sh*t show with two plants in that tiny tent! (There are worse problems to have, I realize.) And I’ll get them some blooming nutes tomorrow morning, when they are due for water!

@raustin: That’s a helpful suggestion. I just fed the budding plants today. Would it be a mistake to flush them tomorrow, or should I wait until their next scheduled watering, which would be Sunday, and flush them then? And how much water would you advise using for a 5-gallon pot with FF Sledgehammer?

raustin · August 31, 2018, 8:21pm

No, you can flush them tomorrow, they won’t mind. When using Sledgehammer you don’t need as much water, so just do a gallon at a time and keep taking PPM readings. Once you have the numbers where you want then, stop flushing. In other words, flush a gallon, read PPM until you get it down to around 250, which will probably be between 3 and 4 gallons. Then give a feeding with some Bloom nutes.

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 8:31pm

Perfect! This is exactly the information I was hoping for. Thanks so much for this reply!!

WonkaMan · August 31, 2018, 8:38pm

And how rude of me! I forgot to say welcome, @Drgrnthumb! Indeed, you are. 'Glad to have you aboard. Do you currently have a grow journal going or are you here for some pleasure reading? Either way, welcome to the community!

Drgrnthumb · September 1, 2018, 1:30am

Thanks! I have not done a journal. I do RDWC sea of green, so always going. I enjoy reading and I am pleased with the pleasantness and helpfulness of the people here. “learning is living”.