Learning to grow

[Suba]

Week 5
Stunted WW

WW
week 2 flower
got it tied down and spread out

NL
Week 5 veg, waiting for it start flowering

lowered cal-mag to 15ml/3gal, looks like I need to up it again
trying to figure out a way to scrog the NL

 

[Suba]

Update
FB WW auto, stunted
week 6 flower day 47

FB WW auto
week 3 flower

FB NL auto
week 6
still vegging, will change lights to 12/12 to try and force flowering

Looking at roots, should I be worried about the roots.
Is this root rot?

Going to increase cal-mag to 20ml/3 G, still seeing leaf issues which look like C deficiency.
Gonna build a floating scrog net for the NL to spread her out.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

@Suba Welcome to AFN

I think your plant looks shorter than it is because the stem starts well below the bottom of the net pot. You can avoid this by keeping the water level in the reservoir 1/2 inch below the bottom of the net pot.

It seems you have learned some things that are right and some things not! I have been at it a while and would suggest you choose one style at a time. It is just so much to learn. Regardless of the style you need to learn about "nutrient balance".

I wrote this to help new growers understand what it means to fertilize with salts.

Tutorial - A word on Nutrients

The proper use of “salt” based fertilizer to grow Auto Flowering Cannabis. Salts: Natural and man made any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation. Learning how to use salt based...

www.autoflower.org

You will be growing Monsters in no time because we will all pitch in to make you a better farmer.

 

[Suba]

@Suba Welcome to AFN

I think your plant looks shorter than it is because the stem starts well below the bottom of the net pot. You can avoid this by keeping the water level in the reservoir 1/2 inch below the bottom of the net pot.

It seems you have learned some things that are right and some things not! I have been at it a while and would suggest you choose one style at a time. It is just so much to learn. Regardless of the style you need to learn about "nutrient balance".

I wrote this to help new growers understand what it means to fertilize with salts.

Tutorial - A word on Nutrients

The proper use of “salt” based fertilizer to grow Auto Flowering Cannabis. Salts: Natural and man made any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation. Learning how to use salt based...

www.autoflower.org

You will be growing Monsters in no time because we will all pitch in to make you a better farmer.

I think i get what you are saying, If I'm on the wrong track lmk. I don't know what I'm doing and learning from youtube vids and grow journals and such.
My nutes may be too high causing cal lockout which makes it look like I'm having cal defeciency, so I should try lowering nutes witthout adding any cal-mag correct.
My tap water ppm starts at 35 ppm, I've been using the Lucas formula for nute schedule based on GH Micro and Bloom. 3 gal of water fills my buckets to just over 1 inch from the bottom of my net cups, the pic I showed of my roots, the greenish mass is in the space under my net cups and before it touches water. The roots are not slimy and green mass is hard to the touch.
So to my water I've been adding 15ml of GH Micro and 30 ml of Bloom to 3 gal of water, I've been adding 15 ml of cal-mag, ph'ed to 5.8 which gives me 746 ppm.
I'm not going to add cal-mag to this rez change.
Here are tent avg for the week.

If I'm off the mark on what you are telling me, please push me onto the right path.
Thank you for any all info, much appreciated.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I think i get what you are saying, If I'm on the wrong track lmk. I don't know what I'm doing and learning from youtube vids and grow journals and such.
My nutes may be too high causing cal lockout which makes it look like I'm having cal defeciency, so I should try lowering nutes witthout adding any cal-mag correct.
My tap water ppm starts at 35 ppm, I've been using the Lucas formula for nute schedule based on GH Micro and Bloom. 3 gal of water fills my buckets to just over 1 inch from the bottom of my net cups, the pic I showed of my roots, the greenish mass is in the space under my net cups and before it touches water. The roots are not slimy and green mass is hard to the touch.
So to my water I've been adding 15ml of GH Micro and 30 ml of Bloom to 3 gal of water, I've been adding 15 ml of cal-mag, ph'ed to 5.8 which gives me 746 ppm.
I'm not going to add cal-mag to this rez change.
Here are tent avg for the week.
View attachment 1712360

If I'm off the mark on what you are telling me, please push me onto the right path.
Thank you for any all info, much appreciated.

That is what I was pointing out, your roots below the net pot have turned into stems NOT roots because they remained in the air too long.

This covers the basics of bubbleponics - the method you are using. It shows some basics you may have wrong.

Grow Mediums - Deep Water Culture Basics - Bubbleponics

Sharing some things I have learned doing Deep Water Culture with cannabis. Technically what I use is called “Bubbleponics”. First your environmental needs must be met - light, temperature, humidity and air movement all need to be in range for plants to grow well. I will assume you understand...

www.autoflower.org

I tried Lucas' formula and failed miserably. So I cannot really help you fix this unless you find a cannabis oriented Fertilizer company, buy and use their entire line (at least the top 6 in the schedule below) and use their schedule. It is never too late in hydroponics to change to a proper balanced reservoir.

Since you already have some GH here is a schedule I have used in the past with good results:

Use this at about 65% strength for Autos.

It might not be a good idea to soak those stems under the net pot, I don't know if it would cause what is called crown rot? 3 gallons is not much and it will be harder to keep PH in range and the plant if it gets big can easily drink more than a gallon a day. so you need to stay on top of it.

 

[Suba]

Late update
WW auto, gonna chop it in a week or so

WW auto
still trucking along with week 5 flower

NL
growing strong

I have switched lights to 12/12 to induce flowering, rez fills are containing no cal-mag. Looks like I was causing cal issues, thanks for info man o green

 

[Suba]

WW week 7 flower

NL week 3 flower
installed a floating scrog screen which is wired to lid

Everything looking great

 

[Suba]

WWauto
week 8 flower
looking close to harvest

NL auto
week 4 flower
light defoliation