@Cubfan63 I use the apera ph20.
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I also have an Apera, love mine. I had previously bought a couple cheap ones. I’m a clutz and dropped one in water, the other I spilled water on. Both are now junk. That’s when I decided the Apera was well worth the money. It’s waterproof 
I have the PC-60 good luck on your girls 
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I have the same one. Make sure u buy extra 3M KCl storage solution.
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Hey guys, I topped weed plants for the first time. Man it just doesn’t feel right cutting such a healthy plant back but I get why it’s done.
I’m attempting to manifold/mainline the plants and following instructions. Should I take the statement “top down to the third node” literally? Or do you think it’s ok to top down to the second node if those growth tips are already looking good and healthy?
This girl has been topped to the 3rd node but those growth tips at the 2nd look good, am I safe to go down one more node??
Cheers,
Deece
Thx Midwestnewbie!
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idk if this will be heard, but…
i would get them healthy before trimming anything, especially topping.!!
your roots were brown and course, definite problems in the ‘soil’.!
look at the root structure/color in the pic i posted, fine/white is healthy roots.!!
try getting pH between 6.2 and 7.0, preferably 6.4 - 6.8.!
the run-off pH is coming out low from 2 reasons…
no dolomite lime in the mix and over-watering, still.
in general…
u r over-mothering your plants.!
your impatience is stunting growth and causing unhealthy ‘soil’.
Come on man that’s kind of a harsh perspective.
You’re telling me a plant going from this:
To this:
In eight days is stunted growth? Or anything less than healthy soil?
I made a few calculated moves to give them their first nutrient feeding and one watering which allowed me to measure the pH going in and out. I am more informed now that I’m measuring pH and going to water with 7.0 corrected water to normalize pH levels. It’s not over-mothering or impatient.
Happy to recieve feedback from anyone else if you have any advice for me.
Cheers!
not sure where to post first time old fart over 66 year old this is new hobbies. had 3 sprout two leaf grew to 4 or 5 inches then died did not over water started in potting soil and worm casing,led lights temp 70 to 78 Fahrenheit. have 5 other different strains doing better
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I’m going to treat this thread as a journal if that’s ok?
Here they are after their second topping taken on March 6:
And here they are today:
I’ve been doing a nutrient feeding with every second watering, and I pH it up to 7. I’ve only had the chance to check runoff pH a few times and it’s still in the low 5 range. Should I try to top dress with dolomite to bring pH down? Or flush? Or continue adjusting what I water with up to 7?
I’m working on a recirculating DWC plan for my third grow… 
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Here they were yesterday:
And here they are today after some light pruning, and I added tomatoe cages and got rid of their previous ties:
Here’s a look at the undercarriage:
Anyone have any feedback on how their state of health looks?
It’s been about 4 weeks since they were seedlings, but they don’t seem to have much height. The way I pruned them earlier surely played a role in slowing growth. But they are only about a foot tall, I feel like I should give them another 2 weeks of veg, what do you think?
Thanks!
Deece
From my experience and I could be wrong LED lights keep them short and node space tight.
And it’s only about 8-9 inches tall but spread out all across the 5 gallon fabric pot I’m in. Like I said though just my experience with the leds
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How far away are your lights set up? I was 12" but I’ve raised it to 15-18" to see if it might help with stretching them out a little. Thoughts?
Mine is at like 14 inches from the canopy right now.
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And how old are they? When will you transition to 12/12?
Here they are now:
Pretty crazy what three days will do once they get going. Still would love to know when the right time for flowering might be.
After several waterings and feedings at pH 8 I’ve finally gotten my first indication that pH has stabilized, run off came in at pH 6.
I’ve tapered 18-12 light schedule down to 12-12 over the last 3 days.
Here’s how they look:
I hit em with worm castings and bone meal top dress 5 days ago and here’s how they look now:
pH runoff has come up from 5.0 a couple weeks ago to 6.5 tonight so I think they are on the right track to get back to feeding them
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Looking good @Deece
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