I’m excited to see your progress
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Thanks for all the suggestions and some great advice! Love it here, sooo this is what I did,
Lowered the lights to 16"
Watered with 6.5ph cal mag/ hydrozne only
Tds in 378 out 867… last nutes ph 6.1in out 6.8 tds in 1053 out 832… seems ok… next nutes !) are in 2 days.
Mild trim some Big fans to expose covered flowers. Tied 3 of the taller over a little for same reason.
Boy, I don’t want to move them to much as they are Stiff, fear snapping one! And I dont want to try the rub between your finger thing to get them to bend yet, never had good luck… anyway
Pics below …sorry on the burple ones but didnt want to mess with the lights again .
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Thanks! Me too! Excited to have a place here I have learned a lot.
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Haha, I was looking into something along those lines, but with everything else that went on, heat, soil temps, ect, didn’t really have a problem…Until…it got all up in the screen and the first time I tied off a branch I knew I was screwed. LOL! Sooo I ended up with a 2 1/2" flexible tube 2ft long with a flared PVC fitting screwed in it… so I can put it under and point it as I pour
YES Big Pain In The Ass! But …Now i Know!! LOL
Thanks everyone,
anyone know if the node length looks weird on some? The lights were at 20". Will they fill in? I put them up to get a stretch but… dammm.
I put the ruler up for light height and boy it made the node spacing stand out!
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That lowered light should definitely give you a bit better density on the buds. Made add a week or two to ur grow but thats a good delay. Doesnt look bad. Just take it slowly and finish. And learn for the next grow 
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Just a quick one, Day 62
Full FF nutes yesterday couldn’t ph lost my meter somewhere, getting another today.
Tds in at 750 out 1250
They look ok so far, moving the light down helped a bit too
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No pics yet today, I trimmed a lot of fans at the lower level today they didnt seem to mind to much, in 2 weeks I’ll super crop them…we’ll see, these girls are tough, just hope they don’t herm.
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They are looking good! I snapped one of my branches yesterday and didn’t notice till later on when I got home. Immediately I called in Dr Jbum and fixed er up. We shall se what the results bring lol.
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Oh nooo! Yep I broke a main stem, see the cola to the right …that one! Basicaly split the stem, Pressed it together and tied it to another stem…the other tall coal forming. Don’t know why but those 2 are the biggest LOL ! Hopefully yours will do the same!! I ask ed a question on your lights you made just wondering if those are only White and Red, thought they needed Ir/uv?
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No it’s more about the intensity. I did reply in that other thread as well.
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I was assuming you meant the 132’s and not the Jbum5000k I Frankensteined together lol.
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Help!! I need a PH Guru!! Lost my ph meter for 4 days … found it today and it looks like I’m Nute locked,
Ph in, 6.3 out 4.1
Tds in 457 out over 1400!
Flushed with 4
gal of 7.5ph 3 gal of 8.0ph… 3 gal of plain distilled, total 10 gallons thru soil.
Now…
Ph out 4.13…Bad
Tds out 1056…good
So I’m gonna leave it alone for today and check again tomorrow
Any help would be appreciated!!
Will sledge hammer do the trick? I need to get the ph up so they can eat…
Slow growth and small buds…
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I’d double check the calibration on your meter. Plant looks fantastic. I’d think you’d see some very noticeable problems if it were actually in the 4s
edit: Or she could be getting root bound. 
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@Teacherttom1 Does your pot sit directly in the run off pan? Keep in mind you could be reading old build up in that pan. Mine is coming out very low as well but I am continuing to pump 6.0 in cause I am gosling for 5.8 and my PPMs are high as well but my plants seem to be looking ok so I am going to continue before I resort to a flush.
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Thats what I thought, the leaves getting frosty and all but I ran enough to get a good run off and 
I’m gonna get a new one Ph tomorrow…BUT …I’ve been sweating the root bound this whole grow …It very well may be!! I hope not .
Yes it does… may have to try to get it up a few inches… no doubt that pan is bad for readings , I get a good 2" of water build up in the pan to try to get “alot” of water to test in different areas. But I don’t trust it. I just mighty vac the water out of the pan until the runoff stops/sometimes put the nozzle to the drain holes to help it along…Lol but gonna get a different ph meter tomorrow… anxiety 
I would get that up off the pan ASAP. Your soil is not getting a chance to thoroughly dry.
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Yeah I agree! I have some 2x2 and since it looks like the stretch is not gonna be much more I’m gonna make something to put under it and be able slide the pan out… it’s going to be interesting with the screen but it’s got to happen. Thanks
Even if you can just get it up on some 2x4 until grow is finished.
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