That’s make sense now i thought i was tripping with the nodes. I never thought to think about the amount of nodes i wanted on my plants. I’ll try to keep it around 7 and see how it goes. Thanks for the feedback.
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Moose was my nickname in High School
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I got the nickname in middle school because of my last name it sounds similar in Spanish. Once i got into high school and played football it took off from there since i loved to hit people. If we have the same nick name you must be a bad mofo.
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@Retiredoldguy can you tell me if my trimmings look good to you? I think i may have allowed these to grow too tall?
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This is my update from my first post till now in DWC. The nutes you use are possibly the most crucial on how difficult/ easy it will be to start growing in DWC. Fox farms does not appear to be a good alternative for DWC. I assume it’s the thickness and the coloring of the nutes which look similar to root rot. As of now general hydroponics seems to be working really well for me. If it’s hot you definitely will need a water chiller but i would recommend regardless unless it’s always cold in the room and keeps water below 70. The other thing i recently changed which i think made a huge difference on how fast my plants grow and salt build up in reservoir was minimal if at any at this point i haven’t seen much was i started to use RO water instead of tap water. I go heavy feeding now according to GH feeding schedule but allow an extra 3 days before i change out reservoir and notice my ppm drop significantly during that time which is telling me they are eating well. The other thing i highly recommend is having more than one device to read ph and ec i have a total of 3 now. I hope this helps anyone considering starting on DWC.
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morning Moose…defoliation looks good but your girls show a lot of stretch between nodes…I would be trying to bend some of those branches down…I set my first trellis at 17-18 inches…and if needed the second one is at 30 inches and is used to support heavy colas…It appears your leaves are ‘praying’ meaning they are pointing up…this means she is getting too much light…also a good idea to switch from faucet water to RO water…
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Morning. I’m glad you brought the up because i thought the same thing. The terminoly you used makes sense it almost does look like they’re praying especially the ones you can’t see. Is it not too late to tie down now? Or should i decrease light intensity you think?
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morning Moose…never too late to tie down…just be careful to bend slowly each day so the branch does not break…may take 3-4 days to get the bend you want…there are other tricks that some growers use like pinching the branch to break the walls so it will bend easily and supposedly that also makes the branch better for uptaking nutrients…I would get myself some kind of light meter to use… I have the IPHone and the Photone app works good for me…I had to purchase the full spectrum mode but the app is free
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I got that app you mentioned and i had no idea something like even existed thanks for recommending. I was able to bend a couple of branches that were starting to lean too much into the my other plants but i think i allowed these to get too tall and I am struggling to keep them away from the from each other now. I think for the most part I removed the majority of the leaves and left only the smaller ones closer to the bud sites hoping that will allow for better air flow and light going into the bottom. My biggest issue I’m experiencing at this stage besides the height is the ppm not changing or if it does its minimal usually after adjusting the ph. Is this normal. I assumed the ppm should slowly decrease meaning plants were uptaking the nutes. For the majority of the grow i noticed alot more change in water consumption and ppm decrease now everything is very minimal should i be concerned. Appreciate the help OG Moose.
I started some clones and trying new training techniques as well i would assume i also stated the taller one too late?
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morning Moose…I see a drop in PPM every day after entering the veg phase along with a drop in water level…I believe in leaving as much leaf material on as I can and still allow air flow…if I can see thru the canopy then she is ok…I can see your girls are growing tall which could mean your lights are not sufficient, they are stretching to reach the light or you have too much red light hitting them…maybe if you top them they will slow down the vertical growth
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Good morning. The crazy thing is i did top the two tall ones during veg but they still grew taller than the two i didn’t top. I noticed with my last grow that the two plants at the end of the reservoir grew bigger and taller too. Makes me wonder if it has anything to do with the way i add my nutes. I usually fill the reservoir and then add each nute about 5 to 10 min apart. During veg i had the light on at 100% and i thought that might have been why as well. Maybe i had to lower the light to help with the stretch like you mentioned.
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if you are pumping from your reservoir thru a daisy chain of containers it is possible the first containers get most of the nutrient…I have seen this on some flood and drain setups…but if all are in parallel then I would not think the nutrient is depositing that much more in the first container…
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This is my set up and as you can see i started to lollipop way too latei think. From what I’m understanding if the first plants get the majority of the nutes first you would think they would grow bigger unless it’s coming all in too fast actually causing harm? My reservoir has two pumps one circulating the water across all containers and the other going out into chiller and back into reservoir.
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morning Moose…well not sure why the end of the line grows bigger…
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I have noticed that also using daisy chain the third bucket always gets tall and the first stays short. The first few times i thought it was the strain.
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Damn I’m going to experiment with how i add my nutes and see if that helps. Appreciate all the help.
I was thinking it might be the strain too. Well i assume now that’s not it. I’m going to experiment with my next grow of clones from this strain and see if can get different results.
Has any one tried advanced nutrients line? If so is it worth the cost?
What other products should i be using besides the basics which i think are the micro, bloom, grow, cal mag, hydroguard. As of now like i mentioned I’m trying the GH line of products and added kool bloom and floralicious from them as well with the included above. I was doing some reading after my ppms were not moving that enzymes well help with the roots being able to take handle more uptake of nutes after any possible salt build ups affecting them from being able to do so. Would you all recommend i also use enzymes. I already bought a bottle but at 100 a gallon i hope it makes it really worth it. The other product i currently bought and wonder if it’s also cost affective is rapid start from GH.
I will say i added some enzymes to this current reservoir to see if any differences would occur and after 24hrs my plants drank alot more water than they were the last couple days without it and my ppms dropped over 200. I would assume it’s doing its thing if salt build up was an issue which i think might have been after accidently dumping some of the waste water from my ro system back into my reservoir.
I have never tried anything but hydroguard but i just ordered a bottle of Sense zym. Ty for your post.
no problem. Im not sure if it will do much difference but from what ive gathered it should. I will say this current grow i have seems to have hit a road block at the worst possible time. At first the enzymes seemed to have been helping since the ppms had not dropped prior to using for a couple days when in the past it was happening frequently. I know something is wrong due to the smell from my reservoir and tent its smelling a lil mushy. Although for the most part my plants look healthy they are not improving as far as bud growth at this stage. Im hoping im wrong and adding the enzyme help but possibly it would work better if used from the start. I will update you guys further with my grow.