New Grower Captains Ready Room V.1

[Froot n Fuel]

Thanks brother!

As suspected I had a PH problem. Two of the plants were at 6.7 and the other two were 6.8 and the one showing the most problem was 6.9. They are starting to bring the color back to where it should be at this stage after a corrective flush with Gaia and Herc ph'd at 6.1. Running my feedings now at 6.2 - 6.3 range. Scott Ostrander is great, he emailed with me back and forth on this issue. Imagine that, the owner of Nectar (Oregons Only) taking his time to work on a problem with a lowly consumerAnyway I wouldn't be to worried about yellowing fans, but I want to keep the solar panel fans healthy since photosynthesis is still real important at this stage.

more than welcome buddy

that's awesome the Nectar guy gave some real customer service there. I like the look of the Nectar range but it's unavailable to the UK - shame, seen great results with it...i'm sure Big Mike wouldn't hit me up if i asked him about my Advanced schedule

i'm of the same thought on fans, to the point where i don't defoliate enough really...perhaps i'll get braver with it in time.

have a great weekend Cap'n.

 

[CaptJonLuc]

Day 40. I think they are looking pretty good for this stage. The FC's were the first to show trichomes around day 33. As usual the OD's are bringing up the rear. I'm guessing the FC's are gonna finish first, maybe about 35 days from now.

Forgotten Cookies

Orange Diesel's

 

[Arthur]

Run down your amounts and how often for me? Just abbreviate the names! MM, GM ETC.

I honestly struggled some till I tossed the names and started to treat like A and B plus additives.

 

[CaptJonLuc]

Run down your amounts and how often for me? Just abbreviate the names! MM, GM ETC.

I honestly struggled some till I tossed the names and started to treat like A and B plus additives.

Running a f-f-t-f-f-f schedule daily at 1 qt per plant except flush which I up 1.5 qt per plant. Right now in flower I am doing the mid flower regimen from the sample kit feeding schedule with some adjustments.

Feed
2.5 tsp MM
2 tsp GM
1.5 Tbsp AA
2 tsp DM
1.5 Tbsp HH
2 tsp ZJ

Tea
1.5 Tbsp TT
2 tsp EZ Tea Bloom
1 tsp Photo+

Soil is different then coco and I'm running my ph for the soil at 6.3 - 6.4. I started to notice issues when I raised the ph to 6.6. That was when I saw the issue pop up and my slurries were showing high ppm's and ph in the 6.8 - 6.9 range, so I did a flush with 2 Tbsp HH and 3 tsp SLF. as of today I have 2 feed days left when I will do slurries on all 4 Tuesday prior to a flush. Unless something real serious starts happening I think I will have a pretty decent harvest on these. I don't think I will switch mediums and will keep trying to get the soil dialed in.

 

[Arthur]

I've seen people grow in [HASHTAG]#4[/HASHTAG] with nothing other than one shot a couple times.
I think you need to spread out the feeds, am thinking there's plenty there, and more keeps getting crammed on top.

Do you have any [HASHTAG]#4[/HASHTAG] that hasn't been run yet? Am curious about it's starting ppm?

I ran nectar for a year in soil, was using Dr roots organic, and I think that was the majority of my issue, soil had plenty in it, and then I over did it!
The sour crack I've got now is my first all coco with nectar run. Let me get thru this big run and I'll let you know how i feel then... right now I've never had a run so on track... honestly a little scary... lots of people watching...

 

[CaptJonLuc]

I do have about half a bag unused. When I do my next slurries I'll do one of the unused. I did one of the first bag I opened before planting and I remember the ph was 6.3 but for the life of me I can't remember the ppm. The only thing I didn't write down in my journal

 

[Froot n Fuel]

beautiful tent!

 

[Arthur]

I think your gonna do fine. Looking back over my nectar runs, the first couple I were kinda all over the place, and still got out with good smoke and a decent haul. Next runs didn't wobble so much... finally not wobbling at all. Knock on wood....
And Scott is great about questions isn't he?
When in doubt... email Scott... it's what I do!

 

[CaptJonLuc]

Thanks @Arthur and @Froot n Fuel

I'm gonna try something the next few days and put plain ph'd water in between the feeds. So today I'm gonna do plain water, tomorrow I'll do a feed, then a plain water on Wednesday, then slurry test on Thursday and reset with HH and SLF if needed. I'll document and see what the changes are, good or bad.

 

[CaptJonLuc]

Day 45 update. Today is slurry (pictured) day and all four are in the 220 - 270 range for ppm, which is showing they are hungry. The ph for all four was 6.7, so I did a corrective flush with GM, HH and SLF-100 ph'd at 6.3. I have been scratching my head trying to figure out why the top of plants were light lime green and the lower parts were a nice healthy green. Turns out I have been guessing with these QB's on distance from canopy and intensity. Today I just got a Dr. Meter lux meter (pictured) and discovered I was in fact burning the plants. Too late for some of the leaves, but I finally have a way of dialing in my light. I'm going to continue doing a plain water in between just the feeds, so it will be f-w-f-t-f-w-f-w-fl.