It was getting pretty close to my light. I raised it up yesterday when I noticed the spot and rotated
My plants around and put that one furthest away from the light. I’ll monitor it and see how she does.
My TDM meter came in today with the calibration solution so I’ll probably have a go at a flush tomorrow.
Thanks again for all your help.
Not a problem keep me posted
So I flushed 2 of my 5 plants today. The 3 I didn’t flush seem to be doing good so I didn’t want to ruin a good thing.
Some numbers for the 2 plants I flushed. (The TDM measurements were using the ppm setting at .5 and was calibrated using a 342 ppm calibration solution)
Plant #1
Water going in PH 5.8, TDM 72ppm
Immediate runoff reading 1843ppm
After flush readings PH 6.6, TDM 378ppm
Plant #2
Water going in PH 5.8, TDM 71ppm
Immediate runoff reading 1667ppm
After flush readings PH 6.5, TDM 265ppm
How do the numbers look?
One question I have is when taking the TDM measurement of the runoff should I be putting that water through a coffee filter or something before I test it?
The other 3 plants were all around the same numbers. The final TDM reading was 1256ppm which I’ve read is high so I probably should have flushed those plants as well but since they are doing ok I didn’t want to waste the water. I will monitor them and flush if need be but the new growth looks good.
They are a little high but also depends on there size and stage of growth, and no the coffee filter will give inaccurate readings
All of them are 6.5 weeks in Veg.
2 that I flushed are 12" tall
The 3 I didn’t flush are about 16" tall.
I forgot to mention that I transplanted the 2 I flushed. I didn’t think I had enough drainage holes in those 2 buckets they always seem to take longer to dry than the other 3 plants. So I drilled a bunch of holes in a couple of other 5 gallon buckets and added additional holes up the side of the bucket as well. Then I just removed the entire plant and put them in the new buckets. Everything stayed together nicely the stalks on the plants are nice and thick at the bottom so they just came right out. Anyway they drain MUCH better now.
That will make a big difference lol
I just can’t seem to get the PH down.
I’m not sure if it is because the fertilizer that I water into the soil raises the PH. Probably wouldn’t hurt to add a little bit to some water and test it and see what it does to the PH.
That’s why I was thinking of maybe switching to nutes that I add to the water so that I can test the PH before I water it. I’ll probably stick to what I have for this grow and maybe try something new next time.
Anyway thanks again for your help. I’ll keep you updated with some pics and the status of them. Hoping this flush does the trick so I can switch them over to flowering before they get too much bigger.
Ph down lol
I did add PH down to my water and brought it down to 5.8 from 7.6. Should I just keep flushing until the runoff becomes 5.8?
I read that you shouldn’t go down drastically meaning if your runoff was 6.8 you water with 4.0 to lower it down to 5.8. (just using those numbers to clarify what I mean those aren’t actual numbers)
That it is better to water at the 5.8 and let it stabilize there.
Yea I would
Hello again
So as you know I flushed 2 of my plants on Sunday.
I’ve been checking them throughout the week and I don’t notice much of a change.
Anyway my question today is the 2 plants I flushed I had transplanted them into new 5 gallon bucket with additional drainage holes to be sure they would drain properly.
Anyway I checked them last night lifting up the pots to see if they are getting lighter and using up the water. Both of the plants I flushed are still very heavy leading me to believe that they aren’t really taking up any water. Not sure what to do as I had added the extra drainage holes in the buckets. When I flushed them water came out the bottom no problem.
Do you think there is something wrong with my roots? Possibly root bound or root rot or something?
once you transplant it might take a week or so before you will see any results above ground. Your roots are just spreading out into their new home
Hello bob31,
The reason I transplanted was because I didn’t think I had enough drainage in my 5 gallon buckets and 2 of my plants were taking a while to dry out between waterings.
So I didn’t actually transplant into a larger pot I just added more drainage holes into a new 5 gallon bucket and moved them from 1 5 gallon bucket to another 5 gallon bucket. (I used the link you had posted earlier in this thread about adding holes into buckets. So I put a bunch of holes on the bottom of the bucket and also added holes going up the side as shown in that link you sent me)
I was hoping the additional drainage holes would allow the plants to dry out faster but it didn’t seem to do anything. They still seem to hold water pretty well but when I water them I get runoff within a few minutes of watering so I know the soil drains pretty well. (I’m sure it probably could have used a little more perlite but my other plants were planted in the same soil and they dry out normally)
When I looked last night they already have roots growing out the drainage holes in the bottom of the new buckets and they were only transplanted in Sunday so the roots still seem to be growing and they look white not brownish.
I’m just stumped as to what my issue is. The new growth on those 2 plants seems to be ok. The 2 plants definitely look overwatered but like I said they just don’t seems to be sucking up the water.
Also wanted to add that they are still in Veg.
I’ll check them when I get home but I suspect they will still be heavy like they haven’t used any water.
Do you have a fan in your grow circulating the air? If you added more holes that is a good thing but transplanting in general is a bit of a shock to your plant even if you went to the same size container.
What is it that isn’t happening?
Btw my three gallon soft pots take 4 or 5 days before I need to water again.
Maybe you could post a current pic and an updated support ticket so we can just double check everything.
I have a 440cfm blower running to circulate air along with a small 6" fan blowing on them. The fan is set at a height where it blows over the top of the buckets.
The issue is the 2 that I flushed and transplanted just don’t seem to be using any water. Even before I flushed and transplanted they didn’t seem to use up as much water as my other 3 plants.
I’ll check them when I get home and make a new ticket as per your suggestion and snap some current pics.
They are definitely overwatered at this point but it was due to the flush. I normally don’t water them until the top inch of soil is dry and also when the buckets are lighter.
I purchased some Great White mycorrhizae for the next watering to help the roots out but probably won’t be able to give them any for at least another week or so due to how slow the 2 plants are drying out.
If you have sufficient holes in the pots. And you water them until water starts to run out the bottom.
You don’t water again until the pot is dry. Your plant isn’t over-watered, it’s being over worried upon. Lol
Do the pics and ticket and we can double check just to be sure but I think you’re fine!
I just thought it was strange that 2 of them are taking so much longer to dry out. Especially since all 5 of them are in the same medium and in the same type of bucket with the same amount of holes.
I know that the 2 in question are definitely overwatered at the moment due to the flush I gave them on Sunday but was hoping they would at least start sucking up some water by now. Or at least that I would be able to notice a difference in the weight of the bucket.
Usually when I water them the top 1/4" - 1/2" (if not more) of soil is dry by now and in my other 3 plants it is but the 2 in question even just below the surface is still very moist.
anyway I’ll get some pics tonight and start a new ticket with updated info.
Thanks
So after checking them tonight I’m going to hold off creating a new ticket until they dry out completely, if they don’t come back into it by then I’ll create a new
Ticket.
I checked them and the pots have gotten a little bit lighter from when I checked them last night and the new growth seems to look ok to me. Here are some pics of them from a title while ago. Mind you some of the leafs are skinny due to a deficiency earlier in in the grow.
The pics are just of the 2 plants with the issues. An overall shot and then a shot of the newest growth. (The last picture is one of the descent growing plants I didn’t mean to post that pic as well but don’t want to take it down now in case you enjoy it:)
Little light burn and drainage issues?
Are you asking me if that is my problem?
If so…
I did have a little light burn on one of my other plants this was due to it being taller than my others but I rectified it by raising the light up. I don’t think the latest pictures show any light burn (I could be wrong)
I thought I had a drainage issue but the water would run out the bottom no problem. I did however transplant the 2 plants that didn’t seem to drain well into new buckets that I added additional drainage holes into. I didn’t add any perlite when I first transplanted them, I didn’t have an issue last year using the same medium so I thought I would be ok this year. Next year I’m definitely going to add additional perlite to my mix to help them drain better for sure.
