New Grower Finally after 5 year of waiting, decided it's time for a new Grow.

[DDubs]

The way I have found it is to pretty much think of peat as the in between coco and soil. It has the ability to be the best and worst of each of those mediums. It retains moisture and supports macro nutients a bit better than coco but the resources eventually run out and without providing something extra to get the plant over the finishline, they suffer.

In general, I see the pH in the medium tend to fall off during flowering and as such I up my pH going in late in veg kind of like coco. As far as EC goes, I tend to keep it on the lower side and stick around 600-800 because the peat I use comes precharged and the medium retains some of each feed while soil microbes work in the pot. Runoff washes some of the build up out kind of like coco but it would take a lot of water to flush peat and that would very counter productive for an auto.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

The way I have found it is to pretty much think of peat as the in between coco and soil. It has the ability to be the best and worst of each of those mediums. It retains moisture and supports macro nutients a bit better than coco but the resources eventually run out and without providing something extra to get the plant over the finishline, they suffer.

In general, I see the pH in the medium tend to fall off during flowering and as such I up my pH going in late in veg kind of like coco. As far as EC goes, I tend to keep it on the lower side and stick around 600-800 because the peat I use comes precharged and the medium retains some of each feed while soil microbes work in the pot. Runoff washes some of the build up out kind of like coco but it would take a lot of water to flush peat and that would very counter productive for an auto.

Thanks DDubs, do you think I should keep watering until my EC gets down to 600-800 like you, as the peat I am using definitely holds onto nutrients.

 

[DDubs]

I would try to bump the pH in your water up to 6.5 and aim for an EC of 900 or less. And see how she reacts after a couple days. Feed>water>feed. But I'm still trying to refine the process myself. In the end you have to read the plants and try to adjust accordingly and wait.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

I would try to bump the pH in your water up to 6.5 and aim for an EC of 900 or less. And see how she reacts after a couple days. Feed>water>feed. But I'm still trying to refine the process myself. In the end you have to read the plants and try to adjust accordingly and wait.

Just to clarify, do you mean to feed once the EC gets to 900 or to feed at 900 when I do feed?

 

[DDubs]

You have already gave plain water once or twice? You can probably start feeding now. EC tells you that there are salts there but not what kind of nuitients remain. The plant may have used up some parts of what it could absorb but there may be an excess of what it couldn't at the time. Adding a bit of feed should provided a bit of what's missing for a balanced diet.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

Hi guys, here's a few trichome pictures of the Slaughtered Lamb and 1 of Nugz 2 (don't know which it is though )
Need some more practice with the microscope, supposed to be 4k but the images are blurry. Will do better next time, also I forget to take the Lens cover off for a few of them .

As you can see, I hope, she is mostly cloudy. Will keep checking over the week, but I don't think it will be long until chop day.

 

[Sawney_bean]

Hi guys, here's a few trichome pictures of the Slaughtered Lamb and 1 of Nugz 2 (don't know which it is though )
Need some more practice with the microscope, supposed to be 4k but the images are blurry. Will do better next time, also I forget to take the Lens cover off for a few of them .
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As you can see, I hope, she is mostly cloudy. Will keep checking over the week, but I don't think it will be long until chop day.

Love it mate. I haven't seen my strains close up. Thanks for sharing mate.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

Love it mate. I haven't seen my strains close up. Thanks for sharing mate.

I think I got it wrong in my post, I think she is cloudy/clear so a bit to go yet.

 

[Sawney_bean]

I think I got it wrong in my post, I think she is cloudy/clear so a bit to go yet.

So you like a couch lock mate so do i.

 

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

So you like a couch lock mate so do i.

All of it's good to me
How long does the Slaughtered Lamb usually take Sawney, just as a rough guess, in an 8 litre pot?