Today I jared the three ladies, who I nutrient locked out early on in this thread. They provide about 4 oz dried.
Tomorrow is garbage pick up so I decided to throw away the coco/perlite/Bizz Light from those ladies. Now all of these had used my new mix. 60% coco, 20 % perlite and 20% Bizz Light. They were almost completely dry so they came out real easy.
What I saw was a 3 layer cake. Yes three separate layers. Top layer was coco/perlite and no roots. This layer was about 1/3 of total. Second/middle layer was again coco and perlite and totally encircled by the roots. This was more than half of the total. The bottom layer was Bizz Light and some perlite. This layer was about 2 inches. BUT NO Roots were in this level and this was seen in all of the AutoPots.
I have been having "fits" trying to figure out why they went from great to shite. Since we top water the autopots this "seems" to be a possible cause for the lockout. Once I turned on the rez at 2 weeks, as the leaves were over the sides of the pot, this is when my "lockout" occurred. I lost 4 ladies.
All I think is that the top watering caused the lite mix to settle to the bottom. No that does not seem so bad, does it?
For some reason the two new ladies, at 35 days, are only surviving IF I keep them out of their trays. I have rinsed/flushed these two pot 3 times. PS I did not try to flush out the 4 that died early on. SO when I put them back in the trays with the hand watering, they start to go yellow. So I tested the run off from the top feed. The PH was 6.9-7.0.
These two ladies with my crazy mix are thriving now. JUST as long as they are top watered and are not allowed to sit in their trays. It seems that bottom layer is rather nasty to me ladies. My PH is 5.9-6.0 when I top water or feed from the rez. So it has a huge swing and it really stung me.
Do I have pics of it ,no. I threw it away b4 all of this grow was sinking in to why it went so bad. Why some are ok and others are not
? Well As I say the ladies are all unique just like the entire universe. I will take pics of pots when the ladies who are thriving are harvested. It will be interesting to see if they have the same 3 layer cake.
Hell I think I watch an episode of Prue and Paul.
I broke the glass on the bottom of my Blue Lab PH pen
. I know you know what fun we can have. I have some Hydroton and will try that and just that. What a task to clean that shite out of them balls. Talk about a whole lot of flushing. I know they are clay pellets and are made from dirt but they need a lot of flushing. More than I remember. Any way I will need to throw away my new magic mix and go back to coco or copy you and put some balls in that coco. Take care and stay safe, my pond friend.
