1st Grow: Bag Seed Popcorn

Awesome! Thanks for answering so promptly... btw, you said you recommend Botanicare Hydro Grow and Bloom. Have you used it before? If so, whats your review on it?

Alright, I just finished switching to 12/12. On hours between 9AM - 9PM. I swapped the bulbs to have (3) 32W 2700k CFL's directly on top of them (about 3"). The next water change is due Friday. We'll see what I come up with and how many of these 3 are females

yeah i use the soil blend but my buddy uses the hydro and its great but the guy at the hydro store recommends liquid karma for the micronutrients you need
if you can get bud candy by advanced nutrients... i swear it is amazing

Wow! Even since I moved the plants to a 1.7G reservoir, it's still needing water every week at least. Is this normal?

Thanks,
Austin

Alright, just finished a complete water change. I put 2 gallons in there. The pH is about 5.8! I checked what the water was that I was currently using and it was 7.6!!! OMG! I'm supposed to be around 5.5 to 6! So hopefully the plants will perk up! They're VERY droopy. Maybe some pictures to come soon.

Hey everyone! Pictures! What's wrong???

Whts your rez temps it could be nute burn if this didn't happen till you changed your rez.

It's at 80 f, is that too hott?

Try keeping it between 65 and 75 also did you up tha nutes on ths rez change?

I didn't add more, but I put my water at the right ph, so I'm sure there was more nute uptake this round. if I drop temp... how long should it take before I start seeing improvements?

Maybe a few days i woul do another rez change immediately with no nutes and give them time to shake bacc.

Okay, just finished the complete water change. 2 gallons, dechlorinated, pH @ 6.3, no nutrients, 68 F Water temperature.

I just finished topping each plant to the last good node. The newest node it made is terrible! The foliage is all fucked up.

I've been able to get it VERY cool in the box lately. Temperature of the rez is approx 74 F

I've moved the lights further away also, maybe this'll help? It all started as soon as I flipped over to flowering.

They SEEM like they've started to purk up a little bit....

QUESTION???? The plant that looks the droopiest has brown branches, what does that signal?

Ok, I've pretty much determined that it was nute burn that fucked them up royally... I'm not giving up though, I flushed with fresh water no nutes, and am keeping the inside of the box very cool. Hopefully they'll perk back up. I'll keep you updated.

Alright, I've started to see a bit of a comeback... finished the research on nute burn / nute lockup, pH, etc... so I've got it all right now.

The back right one was cut from 6th node to 2nd node, therefore producing 4 colas. "Uncle Bens Topping Tech".
The back left one was cut from 7th node to 4th node, just for curiosity.
The front one was cut from 10th node to 2nd node, for an even possible 6 colas.

They've started to produce more leaves on the cola shoots, but they're VERY lime green in color and growing slowly, so I've determined it's nutrient def, so I've added a 1/4tsp to the res after checking pH was at 5.8 - This is only half the recommended amount.

Below are pictures, water change not due tomorrow, because of the much larger reservoir.