Outdoor Smokey's 2020 Grow - Summer- Autumn Winter

This is why my stoned ramblings are of no use to you mate.... I use Coco... so flushing and checking EC is easy cos it's an inert medium. Soil on the other hand has a nute content, so measuring the run off EC isn't as simple. I wouldn't know what a good EC to go for as each plant will demand different levels of nutrient depending on the growth stage.

Where run off EC measurements will help is when you look back at your readings and see the run off EC rise... that will tell you if the plant is not taking up nutrient and you're getting issues.
If your run off EC stays stable, all is well, and if it's dropping, maybe you need to increase your nute strength.

Pop into Bunnings, they've got some half sized oil heaters quite cheap!
Hey Tee, Thats cool Bro, i am bad stoned i go and think to turn the lights on , did it the other weekend by mistake now i keep the cord well away and put a note near the power point lol. Maybe the pH will be more important with the soil BUT i think i released what i could have caused now i went and put the run off back over the soil to water them again, so that could have caused the yellowing. It could be nute strength also, the tips are really burnt, only very fine, and maybe normal lol not sure.

Thanks for the tip stupid Bunnings website wasnt showing up the heaters, will pop in and see whats there.

Today, i the girls will be alone :crying:i am off to Toowoomba, wont be back till late, first time leaving the grow, in sometime. I got them on earlier 30mins early the lights on, miss about 2hours or 1.5hours of the 12/12. I'll miss them lol
 
:dancer: :smokeout: update time again.

In short, bit worried about the girls, leaves and also not sure they are average in terms of bud development at this stage, Super Lemon Haze and Bubba are less developed than Liberty and Durban. Lost a few leaves i flicked some off. Bubba has some purpling ( not sure thats a P issue or maybe just cold)



Things on order - more lights, Japanese made pH analog meter (should have wednesday or tuesday).
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DP, a bit leafy but most advanced of the girls atm

Bubba Leaf
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Liberty
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Durban Poison
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SLH
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LH
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Gave the girls some fulvic, humic acid with 1/2 strength cannna bio flores. I had to put fresh water first as soil is dry, have to try to find a normal soil wetter without add nutes etc in it


Toowoomba trip - very dry up there (though still green due to excellent soils) can still see a few dead trees on the way up from the severe drought of 2019
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Camellias in the garden lol kind of been neglected as the girls get preference , :( kinda lost about 3 Camellais due to the dry and neglect

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Hey smokey :toke:
I always love hearing the birds in your video. I see you having some challenges with the grow but dang they look better than mine:rofl:
Hey Jraven, Thanks Bro fro the visit, yes some challenges and a bit of a downer seeing them like this, particulary Durban she is a messy looking one, lol thanks sure mine look worse , your ladies will be happy to see you back :woohoo:


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Update time
:smokeout: PH meter arrived today, Takamurra japenase made analog.

I got some varied results
Start with Durban the one who is going to lose most of her fans.
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5.5ph then another 6.2 ph in soil dry ( watered and fert yesterday)


Super Lemon Haze, seems in the 6 range 6-1-6.5
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Liberty Haze
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Bubba Kush
leaves also not the best some purpling and yellowing starting so whatever wrong with the others is also with her also
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dark blotches could this be a toxcity or def of Phosporus(more likely excess)
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I found a soil wetter, that seems to be just seaweed added to it, pots seem heavy like water but top of soil is very dry, and watered them yesterday as in previous post.

Either that is causing issues with the leaves, or even worse, water is trapped in the soil ( lol i sound silly), which might be leading to root rot, however how it just runs out the bottom of the pot almost right away, i doubt root rot, so if no Ph issues either excess nutes, not enough, or soil has dry wet spots and needs a recharge with wetter

Girls were in perfect healthy early july so is it SINCE i redunked the run off through their pots or was it the drooping that happened earlier on with the girls, no idea, or too much feeding - as seen in grow diary
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more ramblings and thoughts
1. above - diary for the girls - PK given too much, ? or def is not enough but i think maybe excess​
2. ph in dry soil 5.5 -6.8 range, so maybe the ph is correct, issue is not there, could still be point 1​
3. 8th july dunking on bucke to fix the dry soil - then putting that back through the soil (not a good thing i guess)​
4. small possibility is weather related vpd, rain coming now , will be more humid and less cold​
5. tent , it has no fans but tiny gaps that air could seep into - this could be low CO2 in stale air maybe?​
6. very slight indeed, could be root issues, like root rot, dought that, wettign agent is needed a top is matty and dry like a ducks back​


All the worry of the above girls, i have not had a chance to introduce the new ones

3 Harlequin photos and 2 autoseeds sweet cbd autoflower

Rundown of the P, has some B in it also as with gogo with 1%
https://www.guano.com.au/userfiles/Files/GGKS_2018_Fert1808137243.pdf


Today 22nd - no nutrients added wetting agent with bti and a light fulvic spray of leaves. Durban looks like death with her hanging fans but her buds and smaller leaves are nice and green

hope this wont cause root root but soil drains very quickly vdieo later, upgrading grow tent now


Seasol Super Soil Wetter and Conditioner is a wetting agent, soil conditioner and plant health treatment all in one.


FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF SEASOL SUPER SOIL WETTER AND CONDITIONER:
  • Improves water penetration in all soils.
  • Retains moisture at the root zone and reduces drying of soil.
  • Maximises nutrient uptake.
  • Increases watering efficiency and minimises run-off and water wastage
  • Contains liquid composts which improve and condition the soil.
  • Contains Seasol which promotes strong healthy root growth and overall plant health.
 
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G'Day mate . one question about your Takemura . Is it a short shaft one , like this , If so you may not get good soil ph readings due to the shallowness of the readings . I use a accurate 8 long shaft , that way I can get readings at different depths . :thumbsup:
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G'Day mate . one question about your Takemura . Is it a short shaft one , like this , If so you may not get good soil ph readings due to the shallowness of the readings . I use a accurate 8 long shaft , that way I can get readings at different depths . :thumbsup:
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Hey Hecno mate ! Its just like the photo the DM15 is small shaft, not the long. I do 3 readings , in dry soil but wet soil once i added seasol water wetter, i got under 6PH readings if this is true is too low. dry soil 5.8 - 6.8 range for the girls

I feel silly, i got on instructiosn with the meter, maybe maybe i need to test wet or damp soil ?

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:wizzy: update time............. drum roll

First off is Durban Posion
lost a few leaves and yellowing but bud development is the 2nd best. I feel now, weather is partly at play here. I will have to find a low heat heater not too hot.
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Liberty Haze
She was the leader from the start, so no suprise she is most developed in the buds, i fear this yellowing issues, will reduce the yield
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Super Lemon Haze
Like to see more development but she does have heaps of bud sites so we'll see how she goes, funny another sort of winter grow that has issues with yellowing etc, more than certain weather is at play here
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Bubba Kush
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Video of the girls




A night ago, we had 223mm (8.8inches) of rain and the creek flooded and the girls spent the day under lights as before the heavy rain it was drizzle on and off all day.
 
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Hey Hecno mate ! Its just like the photo the DM15 is small shaft, not the long. I do 3 readings , in dry soil but wet soil once i added seasol water wetter, i got under 6PH readings if this is true is too low. dry soil 5.8 - 6.8 range for the girls

I feel silly, i got on instructiosn with the meter, maybe maybe i need to test wet or damp soil ?

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:dang: update time............. drum roll

First off is Durban Posion
lost a few leaves and yellowing and looks a bit like crap, but bud development is the 2nd best. I feel now, weather is partly at play here. I will have to find a low heat heater not too hot.
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Liberty Haze
She was the leader from the start, so no suprise she is most developed in the buds, i fear this yellowing issues, will reduce the yield
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Super Lemon Haze
Like to see more development but she does have heaps of bud sites so we'll see how she goes, funny another sort of winter grow that has issues with yellowing etc, more than certain weather is at play here
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Bubba Kush
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Video of the girls

Smokey. Those girls need more N.
A lot more. They're starving for the nitrogen. Brother.
 
Smokey. Those girls need more N.
A lot more. They're starving for the nitrogen. Brother.
Thanks Bro, Yes maybe so GTG, i cut back the N pretty much instantly once switching to bloom and once i ran out of 5in1 , no N except Gogo Juice 1 N value, though Canna Flores is slow release so N is not availably to them right away at N3. I can get a sythenic N into them, with a spray i saw with N of 3 and K of 2
 
They're looking great, Smokey.
Yeah, a bit of quick N would help, for sure.

That sounds like a ton of rain.
We can get that here too at times, but so far not this year.

Hold them steady, you're approaching the finish line!!!
 
They're looking great, Smokey.
Yeah, a bit of quick N would help, for sure.

That sounds like a ton of rain.
We can get that here too at times, but so far not this year.

Hold them steady, you're approaching the finish line!!!
Hey SM
Thank you, yes a fast release N, maybe a foliar, see what i can find tmorrow, then back onto the P and K for the bloom. Dont look too pretty, but the top and buds are all good, and i just need to nurse them to the finish line.

Most crazy rain was when we had 265mm in 3hours, back on March 1999, never seen the creek like it. Lol found a canabis seedling today in the garden i dumped the old potting soil, lol right next to the neighbours yard, so quickly removed it, but she didnt like the transplant, probably a bag seeed anyway
 
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