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My other two pots are a different brand of coco, canna coco I think.
The GCA was the last of a brick of botanicare coco and i had no problems with her nor the two previous plants in my first grow.
These two BBA's in the canna coco are heavy as sh*t.
I just pulled BBA1 out and dumped a gallon of nutes mixed with great white to charge up some beneficials since I flushed a couple days ago.
After an hour, I have less than a quart of runoff and the pot weighs a ton.
This coco is not draining correctly.
Crappy coco or root rot? What's holding all that solution in there? It's a 70/30 perlite mix??
Thanks.
@pop22
@Nosias
@green genes

Follow up question, run to the shop and grab a bale of botanicare and repot them even though about 1 and 2 weeks into flower??

 

[pop22]

don't see what difference brand of coco would make. Give it a few hours, let the plant take up some of the solution.

My other two pots are a different brand of coco, canna coco I think.
The GCA was the last of a brick of botanicare coco and i had no problems with her nor the two previous plants in my first grow.
These two BBA's in the canna coco are heavy as sh*t.
I just pulled BBA1 out and dumped a gallon of nutes mixed with great white to charge up some beneficials since I flushed a couple days ago.
After an hour, I have less than a quart of runoff and the pot weighs a ton.
This coco is not draining correctly.
Crappy coco or root rot? What's holding all that solution in there? It's a 70/30 perlite mix??
Thanks.
@pop22
@Nosias
@green genes

Follow up question, run to the shop and grab a bale of botanicare and repot them even though about 1 and 2 weeks into flower??

 

[Nosias]

my pots weigh a ton when they are on the res. As long as the air is working with the domes, all should be fine.

 

[lunarman]

No @green genes

This is a green crack auto growing right beside that Blueberry auto. Different reservoirs. Actually two BBA's growing beside this one.

Yeah, I think I will leave this one to keep on doing what it's doing, should only be another week or three.

Thanks.

good thing u had the sock on. u have an air dome too?

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[Screwauger]

good thing u had the sock on. u have an air dome too?

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Yes @lunarman the pot has an airdome.

 

[Screwauger]

Good Morning Journal.

Folks, I am pretty pleased this morning! BBA1 looks better this morning than she has in 2 weeks. She was not drooping this morning like she had been each morning and, I think she is a tad greener on the tops. Better looking nonetheless. I didn’t have the gumption to unhook 4 led’s so pics will be later or upon my return Sunday.

Last evening, I took BBA1 out of the tent. Placed the pot in a 5 gal pail and took a gallon of her nute mix from the res and mixed in a prescribed amount (.36g) of Great White powder. This will supplement the hydroguard with beneficial bacteria for the roots. I slowly poured the entire gallon through the pot and let it sit draining for a few hours. Then I put it back in the tent and this morning she looks 50-75% better than yesterday.

Seeing the start of the twisty tiny new growth on BBA2 I came up with a drastic plan. Her pot was also very heavy and waterlogged, not correct for a pot full of coco and roots. I convinced myself that the last coco I bought was just not draining properly and one of these suckers was getting repotted.

I mixed up a new batch after running to the grow store and grabbing a bale of GH Cocotek Coco Coir. I bloomed it, rinsed it many times (a challenge in my basement). I charged the coco with some mild base nutes, hydroguard and cal mag and soaked it several times with this mixture, letting it drain well.

I got a new autopot set up (airdome and air line, hydroton and root control disc. I ripped BBA2 out of her pot and I wish I had taken pics. Not one iota of root rot anywhere to be seem. Nice healthy roots and quite the mass woven into the air dome.

I literally cut the lower third of the root mass off and used my fingers to remove a good deal of the exterior coco/perlite. I repotted BBA2 into the new pot and packed her good with fresh coco. Then I mixed a very mild batch of base nutes with hydroguard, calmag and .36g of great white. I saturated the pot three times and let it drain each time. I then left her out of the tent in a corner of the basement where she would get just muted light and a longer dark period.

I went to bed expecting her to be shocked badly if not showing signs of early death. Not. Looks better than before the transplant IMO. I left the airdome on all night and just let her drain and chill. Leave tonight and return Sunday weather permitting. Fingers crossed. Note to self: Check reservoir spigots before leaving.

BBA2 after Repotting

 

[Nosias]

Good Morning Journal.

Folks, I am pretty pleased this morning! BBA1 looks better this morning than she has in 2 weeks. She was not drooping this morning like she had been each morning and, I think she is a tad greener on the tops. Better looking nonetheless. I didn’t have the gumption to unhook 4 led’s so pics will be later or upon my return Sunday.

Last evening, I took BBA1 out of the tent. Placed the pot in a 5 gal pail and took a gallon of her nute mix from the res and mixed in a prescribed amount (.36g) of Great White powder. This will supplement the hydroguard with beneficial bacteria for the roots. I slowly poured the entire gallon through the pot and let it sit draining for a few hours. Then I put it back in the tent and this morning she looks 50-75% better than yesterday.

Seeing the start of the twisty tiny new growth on BBA2 I came up with a drastic plan. Her pot was also very heavy and waterlogged, not correct for a pot full of coco and roots. I convinced myself that the last coco I bought was just not draining properly and one of these suckers was getting repotted.

I mixed up a new batch after running to the grow store and grabbing a bale of GH Cocotek Coco Coir. I bloomed it, rinsed it many times (a challenge in my basement). I charged the coco with some mild base nutes, hydroguard and cal mag and soaked it several times with this mixture, letting it drain well.

I got a new autopot set up (airdome and air line, hydroton and root control disc. I ripped BBA2 out of her pot and I wish I had taken pics. Not one iota of root rot anywhere to be seem. Nice healthy roots and quite the mass woven into the air dome.

I literally cut the lower third of the root mass off and used my fingers to remove a good deal of the exterior coco/perlite. I repotted BBA2 into the new pot and packed her good with fresh coco. Then I mixed a very mild batch of base nutes with hydroguard, calmag and .36g of great white. I saturated the pot three times and let it drain each time. I then left her out of the tent in a corner of the basement where she would get just muted light and a longer dark period.

I went to bed expecting her to be shocked badly if not showing signs of early death. Not. Looks better than before the transplant IMO. I left the airdome on all night and just let her drain and chill. Leave tonight and return Sunday weather permitting. Fingers crossed. Note to self: Check reservoir spigots before leaving.

BBA2 after Repotting

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Gotta do what you believe you gotta go. Bold move,

 

[Screwauger]

Gotta do what you believe you gotta go. Bold move,

Not much to lose really considering she looked to be destined for the same fate as BBA1 with the toxic looking tops and weird behavior. Where no man has gone before...beam me up!! lol

 

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Update 12/10/17

I left home 48 hours ago with a plant in preflower that I violently transplanted into fresh coco coir and pot (BBA2). I had a plant (BBA1) that was looking toxic for a week or two that was on the 3rd attempt to right it’s imbalance(s). I also have an independent, problem free (for the most part) plant that just is, (GCA).

BBA1 Day Day 52 from Sprout - Post Infirmary Stay
Still watching closely, looks markedly better IMO

BBA2 Day 42 from Sprout - Post Abrupt and semi Violent Transplant 12/7/17

GCA Day 66 from sprout Day 29 of Flowering
Not much change from few days ago

 

[Nosias]

You should have a big smile on your face.