Day 45 : 8/1 Long delay in updating. I was sent out of town on last minute emergency work. I had to set up some type of automatic watering system and was lucky enough to find some blumat carrots instock locally. I managed to build a 5 gal reservoir and run 2 "carrots" to each plant.
Reservoir was filled with:
4 gallons distilled water
350-385ppm nute blend
1 gallon dechlorinated tap water
pH adjusted to 6.5
The mix was a little hot and they both look slightly tip/nute burned. Not bad for less than 24hrs setup and no time to test. One valve was set wrong and I came back to the left plant completely flooded and sitting in 2" of water. The airpot held the soil out of the solution so while initially it looked like a small disaster it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Thank god for the catch basin in the bottom of the tent. It contained all the runoff so cleanup was also only a minor disaster.
Both plants are starting to show a nice purple color as the buds develop.
Pics:
All cleaned up and dried off. Gave nothing tonight. Pulled the blumat system out. Going to let them dry out and back to water only for a couple days.
Tips burned. Ah! Well, not bad considering.
Left plant starting to turn purple!!!
Right plant - definitely a stronger color so far
A tinge stronger on this bud off the Left plant.
Water only for a few days should settle everything down. The reservoir probably should have been set to a lower ppm but I just didn't have time to even pop in here for a quick ask. Just fill set and run with it! I should have just fully retired already but ugh, that crash back in 08-09' really did us in. I love working but jeez, I've got this responsibility growing now and I can't be just zooming off jet setting about anymore! hahahah, oh, I could not imagine telling them I can't go due to "plant issues." bahahahaa. Thanks for reading along!
Reservoir was filled with:
4 gallons distilled water
350-385ppm nute blend
1 gallon dechlorinated tap water
pH adjusted to 6.5
The mix was a little hot and they both look slightly tip/nute burned. Not bad for less than 24hrs setup and no time to test. One valve was set wrong and I came back to the left plant completely flooded and sitting in 2" of water. The airpot held the soil out of the solution so while initially it looked like a small disaster it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Thank god for the catch basin in the bottom of the tent. It contained all the runoff so cleanup was also only a minor disaster.
Both plants are starting to show a nice purple color as the buds develop.
Pics:
All cleaned up and dried off. Gave nothing tonight. Pulled the blumat system out. Going to let them dry out and back to water only for a couple days.
Tips burned. Ah! Well, not bad considering.
Left plant starting to turn purple!!!
Right plant - definitely a stronger color so far
A tinge stronger on this bud off the Left plant.
Water only for a few days should settle everything down. The reservoir probably should have been set to a lower ppm but I just didn't have time to even pop in here for a quick ask. Just fill set and run with it! I should have just fully retired already but ugh, that crash back in 08-09' really did us in. I love working but jeez, I've got this responsibility growing now and I can't be just zooming off jet setting about anymore! hahahah, oh, I could not imagine telling them I can't go due to "plant issues." bahahahaa. Thanks for reading along!
