Pineapple Chunk update: What to do Next ?? (JOURNAL)

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Meast21

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Sick of posting my shit everywhere and anywhere so I'm starting a Journal:

Growing in superlocker 2.0 (I Know) and this entry is my 2nd harvest. 1st harvest was 8 ball kush fem and I got about 32 grams while having ph issues do to high res temps (I think) that made ph constantly crash to or below 4.0... THe smoke was great however and me and pothead friends said it was atleast 2nd best ever (been smoking for 10 years straight all of us).

Quick Redown:


32 days from seed This is Pineapple chunk)
16 days into veg (150 hps)
3 days ago topped
last night snapped a flower at mid plant (trying to Lst)

Res temps have been between 72-76 (using frozen 16oz coke bottles) with light on.
PH this time has been very consistant in the ranges of 5.5-6.5. I will set in at like 5.3 and it rises to like 6.5 in a day then I empty 4 gal res and put more ph down to like 5.3 range. I'm doing this like twice in 10 days.
Air temp 85 lights on 75 off... Basement temp is like 73-76 I don't know why, probally just started to cool down here in NY... First grow temp was always around 70. I think basement just needs to thaw up.
What should I do next ??? Should I trimm lower 1/3 of plant to promote airflow and more bud concertration up top or nothing and just flower in 4 days?? Plant is currently about 11 inches tall.

Here are up pics from 1 hour ago. Should I trim lower third ??? COmments anything.. Already stressed it by topping it and by broken branch or flower...


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Meast21

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Also this grow been having small signs of heatstress. Think plant is now doing overall very well.
 
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Meast21

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Ok probally will... Im a beginner grower and last time when ph went crazy I didn't have a water temp gauge so I don't know what the temp was... But the ph started going crazy right when I went from 175 watt hps to 250 hps. The superlocker is small something like 15" x 24" x 4 feet, so with that size 250 is pushing it. Probally not even gonna go to 250 hps, why risk it ??
 
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marc88101

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Sounds like you have it under control, keep that room temp down, 85 is a bit high. Keep that water temp down too! Good luck bud!
 
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Meast21

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Thanks.. Like I said that 8 ball kush was awesome even with the bad ph issues... Having smoked a ton of the better exotic tree but it would have still been very good to an expert.
 
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Meast21

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Ok added that second little computer fan, don't know yet if it helps with the temps in there... Put up the "net trellis" how should I use this ??


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Meast21

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Please help... Is it ok to tuck the fan leaves under the bud sites for more light in veg (Been vegging for about 3 weeks)??? Bout to flip to flower and want to continue to tuck the fan leaves and tie the plant down in flower all throughout is this ok ???
 
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Jennylasting

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Yes tucking is ideal much better than cutting or plucking off healthy fan leaves! however you have no "actual" bud sites as of yet unless you want more light to get to your extra side branching? as for tucking and lst in flower id recommend to continue doing it whilst they stretch just nothing too stressfull but stop LSTing after the first couple weeks of flower? hope that helps! love little scrogs, efficiency my boy efficiency!
 
CaLiKiD24

CaLiKiD24

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ive been LSTng my plant for over a month now and id reccomend lightly tying down the bigger leaves with a soft tape.
 
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Meast21

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Update :

Experiencing heat stress still, other than that everything is under control. You can see the fan leave is yellowing due to the heat stress.


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Meast21

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Anyone want to help me and look at my pics 2 posts back with the heat stress and how bad is the heat stress in those pics ??
 
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Oaksterdam

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It doesn't look to bad. Over time those leaves will die and fall off and the new growth on top should be fine. When there that small its easier to start over heat stress in flower is much harder to deal with. Keep that water cooler, warmer water is easier for bacteria to form.
Good luck, it looks great, everything should be fine.

Oaktown
 
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Meast21

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Oaksterdam said:
It doesn't look to bad. Over time those leaves will die and fall off and the new growth on top should be fine. When there that small its easier to start over heat stress in flower is much harder to deal with. Keep that water cooler, warmer water is easier for bacteria to form.
Good luck, it looks great, everything should be fine.

Oaktown
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Dude I'm thinking about moving to oaksterdam, how hard is it to get a job marijuana related ???? And yeah been using frozen water bottles to keep water temp 71-75, I also noticed that once res water (4 gal) is low the temp stays lower.
 
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Oaksterdam

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It's hard. I have been I have been in the industry for 6 years and in my experience it's better to be a grower than working a counter. At some shop. Especially how the economy is doing. That's a whole other subject for a whole other fourm.
 
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Meast21

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Oaksterdam said:
It's hard. I have been I have been in the industry for 6 years and in my experience it's better to be a grower than working a counter. At some shop. Especially how the economy is doing. That's a whole other subject for a whole other fourm.
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I would want to be a grower anyway, and what is the avg. salary for a grower ??? I would be willing to work like an apprenticeship program where the pay is minimal at first just to get my feet wet.
 
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