Cycle 3 for all those who didnt believe last time..lol

motul123

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Ok, Since a few who didnt believe me on my last grow of over all yield. This post will be a complete review of my current grow.
Set up as follows:
GH 60 site aeroflo unit with 3 grow chambers in service.
15 plants spaced every other hole.
Plants: Big Bud, White Widow, Bubble gum kush.
Nutes: GH 3 part plus bloom and grow boost, Cal mag and hesi hormone boost.
Lights: 2 x 1000 watts Hortilux Eye MH for veg. 2 x 1000 watts HPS, 1 x 600 watt HPS, 1 x 1000 watt LED for flower.
Whole house humidifier at 50% humidity.
Res cooler at 65 degs
PH 5.7
PPM 400
Room temp 76 deg Far.
Room cooling: 2 x 500 cfm inline fans and 1 ton AC.
Grow room: 11x6x8 foot.
Mother room: 9x4x8 foot with 5 mothers using 450 watt floro.
All plants are clones. This is day 5.

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motul123

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hellraizer30 said:
Sub'd always willing to be showed something!
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Ill post week 2 on the 17th of this month. I will be swiching to Flower at that point. Las time I veged for 3 weeks and had over 5 foot plants. Thats way to much to handle in the room I have, also I had to tie them up as the colas got bigger they wanted to fall over.
 
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Ok week 2 of veg, going to veg a few more days then go to Flower.
Current conditions:
Temp: Between 71-75 deg
Humidity: Between 45-55%
Res Temp: Between 64-67 deg
TDS: 412
PH: 5.7

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hellraizer30

hellraizer30

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Still not seeing it! Half your setup has plants that are weak looking and will suffer yield if put into flower!
 
Warlock1369

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I can see the total from here. But like HR said some are to weak to flower. I have a similar setup for preveg. And over watering is really easy. So if I can say. Back off watering 1 interval. Best of luck
 
motul123

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Warlock1369 said:
I can see the total from here. But like HR said some are to weak to flower. I have a similar setup for preveg. And over watering is really easy. So if I can say. Back off watering 1 interval. Best of luck
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Yea the girls in the back are a little weak. I think they are getting a little too much water. I lowered the manifold tubes to lessen the flow to the back side. The front left two have always been strong in every grow I have done in this thing. Not sure why. I am going to veg another week and I know the front two are going to be hugh like last time. The one on the left was the same spot I got the 10+ oz plant from last time. We will see what this thing does.

Changed res today, refilled with 40 gal tap water (tap is 120ppm). Added 50 mil of GH 3 part each and 50 mil of cal-mag. Waiting for the res to settle down a bit then I will adjust PH. At the moment (30 min since last addition) the ph is at 6.7, a little too high but Ill let it sit another 30 too see. The TDS is 459 ppm, same as ph ill let it stew a bit before adding any ph down. Res temp is 63 deg, humidity 53%, room temp 71 deg.

Ok, Added 100mil of Ph down; ppm 463, ph at 5.7 stable. (test was 10 min after addition). Will ck later this day and make sure it it within limits.
 
motul123

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hellraizer30 said:
Still not seeing it! Half your setup has plants that are weak looking and will suffer yield if put into flower!
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Have 5 plants that need a little tlc. The rest are fine with nice new growth.

Pulled one and put it to soil. Going to make a frankenstein out of it.
 
Doer

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Well, this is very interesting. How do you keep the TDS so low and still add all the nutes? I'm using about the same GH setup and by the time I add 5ml per Cal-Mag and on with Aquashield some boosters, etc. now I'm at 450 TDS.

I add the GH proportions to about 900 TDS. So, what an I missing here, do you think?

Do you just run like 1 ml per instead of 5 ml for Cal-Mag? Like that?

DOOH>>> never mind you are probably beginning to flush by now.
 
motul123

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Doer said:
Well, this is very interesting. How do you keep the TDS so low and still add all the nutes? I'm using about the same GH setup and by the time I add 5ml per Cal-Mag and on with Aquashield some boosters, etc. now I'm at 450 TDS.

I add the GH proportions to about 900 TDS. So, what an I missing here, do you think?

Do you just run like 1 ml per instead of 5 ml for Cal-Mag? Like that?

DOOH>>> never mind you are probably beginning to flush by now.
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I use 50ml of each part plus 50 mils of cal mag when in veg at each flush. When in flower i use 50 mil of flora micro 25 mil of flora grow and 75 mil of flora bloom. I also add 50 mils of cal mag to each flush and 50 mils of flora nova bloom complex in the flower period.
 
Doer

Doer

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Well, I guess i missed the first 2 cycles and I just checked your journal. But, I don't see how much water you are circulating.

So, I'll just ask it this way. What is the max nute concentration you allow at any time in the cycle?
 
motul123

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Doer said:
Well, I guess i missed the first 2 cycles and I just checked your journal. But, I don't see how much water you are circulating.

So, I'll just ask it this way. What is the max nute concentration you allow at any time in the cycle?
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450 ppm is the max I do at any given time. Any more than that my plants start to burn at the tips.
My res is 40 gallons.Total water is 60 gallons. I have seen my PH go down to 5.3 at times but the plants dont seem to mind it. I just add more water to the res to bring it back up. My tap water is only around 120 ppm at 7.8 Ph, its well water so no chem added.
 
Doer

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motul123 said:
450 ppm is the max I do at any given time. Any more than that my plants start to burn at the tips.
My res is 40 gallons.Total water is 60 gallons. I have seen my PH go down to 5.3 at times but the plants dont seem to mind it. I just add more water to the res to bring it back up. My tap water is only around 120 ppm at 7.8 Ph, its well water so no chem added.
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Wow, so that's what's burning the tips! Exactly what I need to know. Everything I've read so far says about 1000 ppm until late in bloom. But, after 3 times through, it works, I guess. But, the plants don't look so good. I'm always afraid of underfeeding. So, this is a good target.

You seem to be getting good health growth and and the only real difference is the PPM. I'm going to lower mine and still keep the portions the same. Good stuff!
 
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