Dutch Passion "I'm dreaming of a blueberry Xmas" Kush T's 2nd grow.. DP Auto Blueberry DWC under HG LED

[Kush T]

S'up AFN?

Ok then... Both buckets got a res change last night..

I set the buckets to 1.1EC/510ppm & 5.7pH

I knew that in setting the buckets at 1.1EC last night I would eventually end up at 1.2EC after the nutes had dissolved properly..

Check them this morn before work... EC 1.2/560ppm & pH 5.7.... Cool.

I'm still only running 2 of my lights at half power.. So each plant is only getting about 60-65w of light.. two clusters of LEDs a piece at 32" above the buckets... But I think the time is coming to fire them up to full power.. Then each plant will get about 128w of LED goodness... I mean they are coming in to veg in the next day or two... :head:

Later peeps..

 

[autoberry]

their looking under fed mate you deffo wanna be giving them some higher feed if you havent already and try and build them up, i noticed you said you was gonna give them 1.1 but id go for 1.2 ec for a week ph 5.6-5.7 , just offering you a 2nd opinion fella :thumbs:

It is true that "Hard Water"........even not so hard tap water, can and will mask the true 'Nutrient Concentration" due to the "Temporary Alkalinity" calcium carbonate, and chilated 'Permanent Calcium" & chlorine residue. All salts that will register as EC. This make you wonder when starting out with "hard Tap Water" why add Cal def boost ??.........However,........the only way to "Guarantee" a zero salt (masking) content base water for use post aeration. Is RO reverse osmosis water. add 25% tap water to background buffer. Then you can get an unmasked "Correct Nutrient Concentration EC" for your feeding regime.........I think this is what happened to me, it's diff now im on RO,............you can see the diff.........AB............

 

[seymour-buds]

It is true that "Hard Water"........even not so hard tap water, can and will mask the true 'Nutrient Concentration" due to the "Temporary Alkalinity" calcium carbonate, and chilated 'Permanent Calcium" & chlorine residue. All salts that will register as EC. This make you wonder when starting out with "hard Tap Water" why add Cal def boost ??.........However,........the only way to "Guarantee" a zero salt (masking) content base water for use post aeration. Is RO reverse osmosis water. add 25% tap water to background buffer. Then you can get an unmasked "Correct Nutrient Concentration EC" for your feeding regime.........I think this is what happened to me, it's diff now im on RO,............you can see the diff.........AB............

what are the benefits of using r/o vs tap water, if you use r/o water you have to add cal/mag suppliment back so not only do you have the cost of replacing the r/o filters each year but you also have the outlay of buying a cal/mag suppliment, the difference with tap water is it will already contain calcium and loads of other additives like flouride and chlorine etc etc which isnt nessecarily good for the plants but they can handle it its only when tap water has a high background ec that it becomes unusable, most nutrient companies compensate for hard water with their nutrients

also the type of lights you use also determines what water is best for your plants, we both grow using l.e.d lights and the plants use more cal/mag for some reason so by using r/o water with a base of 0 we would have to use a lot more cal/mag suppliment to compensate for the removal

if your using an r/o filter and then adding tap water back it kinda defeats the object of using r/o you might aswell just use tap

im trying to find a nutrient regime thats suitable for growing cannabis under l.e.d lights so trying to hit the right n-p-k values is more important to me than using r/o water

most indoor studies would have been conducted using hps lights as this has been the growing standard for years where as l.e.d is relatively new it would be a case of finding the n-p-k ratios cannabis uses under these lights and making a nutrient for them to excel,could we see results from a 300 watt l.e.d matching that of a 1000watt hps if we had the nutrients tailored to grow under l.e.d lights?

obviously thats not a question i need to ask but its more for the scientists to investigate and see if we can produce the same if not more yield using less energy

 

[insert name here]

what are the benefits of using r/o vs tap water, if you use r/o water you have to add cal/mag suppliment back so not only do you have the cost of replacing the r/o filters each year but you also have the outlay of buying a cal/mag suppliment, the difference with tap water is it will already contain calcium and loads of other additives like flouride and chlorine etc etc which isnt nessecarily good for the plants but they can handle it its only when tap water has a high background ec that it becomes unusable, most nutrient companies compensate for hard water with their nutrients

also the type of lights you use also determines what water is best for your plants, we both grow using l.e.d lights and the plants use more cal/mag for some reason so by using r/o water with a base of 0 we would have to use a lot more cal/mag suppliment to compensate for the removal

if your using an r/o filter and then adding tap water back it kinda defeats the object of using r/o you might aswell just use tap

im trying to find a nutrient regime thats suitable for growing cannabis under l.e.d lights so trying to hit the right n-p-k values is more important to me than using r/o water

most indoor studies would have been conducted using hps lights as this has been the growing standard for years where as l.e.d is relatively new it would be a case of finding the n-p-k ratios cannabis uses under these lights and making a nutrient for them to excel,could we see results from a 300 watt l.e.d matching that of a 1000watt hps if we had the nutrients tailored to grow under l.e.d lights?

obviously thats not a question i need to ask but its more for the scientists to investigate and see if we can produce the same if not more yield using less energy

He Blinded me with Science!!!!!

 

[Kush T]

Mmm hmm.. Me too.. Both of them did

Hey Autoberry, thanks for looking in man..

I think my tap water is only very very slightly hard... It has a relatively low starting EC .2/70ppm & the starting pH is 7... bang on neutral between acid/alkaline.

It takes a few hrs for a freshly made up res to properly dissolve.. Simple as that..

All looking a little greener in the tent now.. So all is cool..

Thanks for checking in guys :smokebuds:

 

[Kush T]

S'up AFN..

I have high hopes for one of these pair lol.. I'll let you's decided which one!!

But both will be brought to harvest, I haven't been at this lark long enough to be pulling plants...

Wouldn't learn much if I did that now would I?

These pics are pretty crap.. Not much light in the grow area... Sorry..
















Couldn't be any more different eh?

Laters peeps

 

[insert name here]

Sleigh bells ring....Trichomes glisten.....Its blueberry that I'm Hittin!!! I hear the christmas music already!!!

 

[TaNg]

Sleigh bells ring....Trichomes glisten.....Its blueberry that I'm Hittin!!! I hear the christmas music already!!!

^ Do we have are own AFN poet laureate ^

 

[insert name here]

Sorry mate, couldn't resist...

 

[Kush T]

Sleigh bells ring....Trichomes glisten.....Its blueberry that I'm Hittin!!! I hear the christmas music already!!!

Keep spittin' those sick rhymes insert... You badass!!