New CFL 2nd grow using Scott's Hyponex Potting Soil in 6" pots

[Concord Dawn]

well, i dont know for sure what mine would be called? deep water cultivation or bubbler, if the roots dont touch the water, its a bubbler. if they do, its DWC, and if i threw my gravity fed jug in there to top it off between res changes, i guess it would be a hydro-dwc-bubbler-drip system, LoL.

 

[SmeLLyTreeZ]

Yea thats confusing lol.. I love using the soil but I'd really like to give hydro a shot now that I'm a little more confident!

 

[Concord Dawn]

well bro, thats how i roll, always thinking outside the box, LoL. i really would like to try it, but just seems like a lot more maintenance, i mean with soil, i just turn the water on every couple days and thats all really. and im really happy with my setup now that everything is working good, but then i see some of the hydro grows and it makes me want to do it.

 

[SmeLLyTreeZ]

True that!! It seems like if a hydro grow is done right, its the way to go.. Maybe we will try it around the same time, who knows..

 

[Concord Dawn]

day 72 and the girls are looking better today, alot of the leaves are turning greener now that the ph is back down some. i have watered them twice since yesterday and it really semms to have brighten them up. i also cut a few of the real bad looking leaves off that were dried up and brown.

 

[rastadred22]

wow everytime u updat u can see how much them bitches have grown!

 

[Concord Dawn]

yeah, there still growing even though there flowering, there are so many bud sites.

 

[SmeLLyTreeZ]

They sure do grow fast Lookin good bro!! Hopefully that ph was just a little off..

 

[Concord Dawn]

yeah man, hope that takes care of it. thanks

 

[SmeLLyTreeZ]

I was just thinking on one of my old males I watered it 1 time without adjusting the ph and it killed like 1/3 of the leaves!! Crazy how fast ph can affect your plants..

 

[Concord Dawn]

yeah, the effects show real fast when the ph gets off, i will check it each time now for sure. it rained yesterday for like 10 minutes so i filled a 5 gallon bucket, just went to get a gallons worth and when i poured it in my jug, it looked like a gallon of pee, LoL. it was so yellow from the pollen on the roof. oh well, still waitin for a good storm. i only have the gallon of nutes im using now and then im out clean rain water.

 

[Concord Dawn]

day 73, the girls have really come back nice now that the ph is adjusted right. still no rain, the east coast is getting hammered with the storm but were sunny and dry over here with really no rain in the forcast. i might have to use a couple jugs of tap water and knock the ph down alot to get it right.

well just had a thought, we have reclaimed water, so i just checked that and it was so dark blue after the test, about 8 or higher, so thats out. the tap water is about 7.2 i just checked, so i guess i'll try and get it down and use that.

 

[Concord Dawn]

no sooner did i post, it started raining!! real good downpour, so now i have 7 1/2 gallons of fresh rain water that ph' at about 6.2, perfect!! when i add nutes, it should go to about 6.5, but i'll check to make sure, LoL. in the pic, you can see the difference between tap water, on the right and rain water on the left, 6.2 compared to high 7, a big difference!!

 

[SmeLLyTreeZ]

Nice, glad to see you got some rain

 

[HippySmoke]

just caught up and glad to see it was prolly just a small ph issue. I need a new spike ph spike myself... dern dog chewed up my last one.

 

[Concord Dawn]

Nice, glad to see you got some rain

yeah, the girls are happy again, LoL.

just caught up and glad to see it was prolly just a small ph issue. I need a new spike ph spike myself... dern dog chewed up my last one.

that sucks, at least they didnt get the plants.

its day 74 and the girls are looking great. theres lots of buds and the pink hairs are so cool looking, and the sweet pine smell is great. i think now that the ph, fresh rain water and nutes are back on track, they'll be fine.

 

[rastadred22]

hey u gotta get all those cfls closer and surround the trees with them..it will increase your yield by alot! u gotta make sure its close to all areas of the plant trust me it will pay off

 

[Concord Dawn]

yeah i know, them couple of shoots threw me off, might try to bend that one big top down so i can lower them some more. im scared im gonna break it off, LoL. i would really like to get some side lights in there, im working on it.

 

[rastadred22]

nice! side lighting is a good thing! ur tree will def. love u and thank u for it as will yourself

 

[Concord Dawn]

ok, i pulled the branch on raven down some and i was able to lower the lights a couple more inches. this will have to do for now as these girls are getting so bushy, i just dont have the room to tie down all the branches as i would like. i was just sitting here and i smoked a bowl of molly bud and i noticed that the buzz from these main colas is pretty good, kind of minty tasting and real stoney, my body feels heavy and my eyes are half closed, LoL. so i guess its not that bad after all.