Indoor Zaaboot has gone to pot 2022 auto spree

[Zaaboot]

So, today the ladies are 46 days old - they are getting on now, they had filled out the space again after the last clean up a few days ago, so back in aghain this morning.

Quick update, the EC is sitting at 1.6/1.8 but I am seeing signs of nute overload, so before lights out this morning I will empty the res out completely, and fill with 65 litres of RO water which will have been PH'd at 6 and wash the coco through for a bit to get rid of any salt build up where the rings are not reaching but the wick effect is taking it to the outsides. Once done I will refill with RO, Bloom A&B, calmag, boost, and root tonic but at an EC of 1.2 for one day then add to the tank and take it up to 1.4 then back to 1.6 and keep it sat there instead of between 1.6 and 1.8, bit of faff but very much worthwhile. For me it is one of the bigest downsides to the Wilma is they all get the same food and I tend to run different strains in every crop it is a balancing act with the res - another interesting thing I have noticed this run with only RO water is the EC ceiling is slightly lower, at this stage of flowering normally I would be anywhere above 2EC and getting to 2.2 to finish up, now they are 1.7 and my tab is circa .4 leaving .1 unaccounted for, the numbers are too small to worry about in any way but interesting to see if they reach 1.8 with only RO matching the 2.2 in mixed....my god I waffle on

Before

After

It is a real arse to get to the back two plants and leaves on the NLXAfghan are so coated it is time consuming as well, so I will go back at her later, but the others got a good seeing too, I felt like a rabid caterpillar foliage was going everywhere

NLxAfghan - SSSC

Purple Punch - SSSC

GloF2 from Reiko-X

a Mephisto seed, can't remember which it is one of their own crosses - she is warped lass indeed, now she has main branches, but if you look closely you can see where every branch had to have a topped twin removed, all through veg she was topping herself, today was the first time I got a good look at its final
shape. She has come from nowhere and really shot up and is still stretching a touch.

underside clean up

I think the three late starters will need another clean or two but I hope the NLxAfghan is done with that as she is a pain to get to.
The light was nudged up 5 clicks to 85, if they are good with that they will get the full 100% from tomorrow.

That's it for now - thanks

Z

 

[Zaaboot]

Morning all - hope you are all fine and dandy!
So then, the ladies are flying along and the stretch on the Meph is pretty much done but the Purple Punch just keeps going, I think it is safe t say, with a big tent and left to her own devices she would be a good 20z plant, but with my space and abuse she is not as big as she could/should be.

Temps and RH are grand sitting pretty stable at 25 lights on and 24 lights off, with the RH sitting pretty flat at 45%. I cleaned out the tank, had a quick RO water only flush around the pot, then emptied it again and refilled with a weak solution of 1.4, they look ok so will nudge it back to 1.6 tomorrow if they are still happy.

Afghan x NL - sssc

Purple Punch - sssc

Few more days and I think they will get their first dose of PK - normally I use the PK9-18 from Buddhas tree, but this time I shall be using Roxbastic which is a PK 10-20

enjoy your day all
Z

 

[throwstuffatme]

Morning all - hope you are all fine and dandy!
So then, the ladies are flying along and the stretch on the Meph is pretty much done but the Purple Punch just keeps going, I think it is safe t say, with a big tent and left to her own devices she would be a good 20z plant, but with my space and abuse she is not as big as she could/should be.

Temps and RH are grand sitting pretty stable at 25 lights on and 24 lights off, with the RH sitting pretty flat at 45%. I cleaned out the tank, had a quick RO water only flush around the pot, then emptied it again and refilled with a weak solution of 1.4, they look ok so will nudge it back to 1.6 tomorrow if they are still happy.
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Afghan x NL - sssc
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Purple Punch - sssc
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Few more days and I think they will get their first dose of PK - normally I use the PK9-18 from Buddhas tree, but this time I shall be using Roxbastic which is a PK 10-20

enjoy your day all
Z

looking real good..

 

[Zaaboot]

looking real good..

thank you

 

[Zaaboot]

Another Day another inch or two

The Purple Punch is pretty vigorous

Also, decided that the rings I have are a touch too small so I ordered the bigger size up to give wider coverage.

Cheerio
Z

 

[Sawney_bean]

That's a beast of a plant mate. A punch from that will leave you purple.

 

[Zaaboot]

That's a beast of a plant mate. A punch from that will leave you purple.

I should bloody hope so

 

[Zaaboot]

So it’s official - the Purple Punch is a monster, really coming from nowhere to take as much of the tent as she can - the poor little NLxAfghan is being smothered so some cleaning up later today

cheerio
Z

 

[Zaaboot]

Morning all - I trust you all had a pleasant weekend and you are keeping well!
They had a clean up shortly after the last picture was taken and today once again they have come back with a vengeance - which I will happily accept. They will need some more work just taming the Purple Punch really, teh others are set in their places now and have only one thing to to do.

I opened the Rokzbastic from Atami, which was a sample from the Atami guys to try out instead of my regular PK which has been Buddhas Tree PK 9-18. Anyway, this stuff comes out of the bottle like an over soft poo, and sticks to bloody everything, I mean I couldn't get my pipette clean after dosing it out, eitherway, if it works well - poo is fine with me.

The other thing I have been using this time around is Root Tonic from Growers Ark, they have been around for Donkeys and years ago I ran a few Photo/fem grows with their stuff and was happy, once again this was handed to try out - and this stuff smells like nothing I have ever come across, after having spent a little bit of time in oil fields in Saudi and Yemen where they are burning the gasses as part of the oil drilling (flaring) , the methane burning smell is about 67% of how shitty this stuff smells.
Anyway, after mixing up my big res the other night (220ltr flex tank), going back in the garage the next morning I have never been greeting with such a foul aroma, I mean god lord it made my eyes water and made me spit out my tea....fek what a smell, I suppose on the upside the neighbours must now think I am producing synthetic manure en-masse and any thoughts (if they had them) of weed being grown are now definitely out of the window.

Oops, I digress - the EC is sitting happy at 1.6, it went up to 1.8 but I saw some slight tip discoloration so watered it back down to 1.6 by adding 40 litres of RO to the big tank. The PH is another story, the chap at Growers Ark I met with is the chap that has been conjuring up their nutrients for many moons and is a coco grower mainly although he dabbles in other mediums as well for testing, anyway, he swears that if the EC used in Coco sits at 6.4 more nutrients will be available to teh plant for longer due to the nature of coco - well, I have been using coco for a fair bit more than 20yrs and I have always had my PH start at 5.8 and allowed to drift upwards to 6.2 before adjusting, to me that was sound as if you look at the various parameters for the different elements the vast majority fit within the 5.8 to 6.2 range with a coupe of outliers. So This time I have tried to keep it within the vicinity of 6.4 and allowed it to creep downwards but keeping at 6 and above throughout. Thus far, I can tell no difference whatsoever - the proof is in the puding so we shall wait and see if anything has improved as a result - I should not I forgot to drill my pots this time a well which is a shame as the comparison will not be as sound as my pots are normally heavily drilled.

some snaps from this morning - the look tired as it is nearly their bed time

Cheers for popping by - cheerio
Z

 

[Del boy]

Morning all - I trust you all had a pleasant weekend and you are keeping well!
They had a clean up shortly after the last picture was taken and today once again they have come back with a vengeance - which I will happily accept. They will need some more work just taming the Purple Punch really, teh others are set in their places now and have only one thing to to do.

I opened the Rokzbastic from Atami, which was a sample from the Atami guys to try out instead of my regular PK which has been Buddhas Tree PK 9-18. Anyway, this stuff comes out of the bottle like an over soft poo, and sticks to bloody everything, I mean I couldn't get my pipette clean after dosing it out, eitherway, if it works well - poo is fine with me.

The other thing I have been using this time around is Root Tonic from Growers Ark, they have been around for Donkeys and years ago I ran a few Photo/fem grows with their stuff and was happy, once again this was handed to try out - and this stuff smells like nothing I have ever come across, after having spent a little bit of time in oil fields in Saudi and Yemen where they are burning the gasses as part of the oil drilling (flaring) , the methane burning smell is about 67% of how shitty this stuff smells.
Anyway, after mixing up my big res the other night (220ltr flex tank), going back in the garage the next morning I have never been greeting with such a foul aroma, I mean god lord it made my eyes water and made me spit out my tea....fek what a smell, I suppose on the upside the neighbours must now think I am producing synthetic manure en-masse and any thoughts (if they had them) of weed being grown are now definitely out of the window.

Oops, I digress - the EC is sitting happy at 1.6, it went up to 1.8 but I saw some slight tip discoloration so watered it back down to 1.6 by adding 40 litres of RO to the big tank. The PH is another story, the chap at Growers Ark I met with is the chap that has been conjuring up their nutrients for many moons and is a coco grower mainly although he dabbles in other mediums as well for testing, anyway, he swears that if the EC used in Coco sits at 6.4 more nutrients will be available to teh plant for longer due to the nature of coco - well, I have been using coco for a fair bit more than 20yrs and I have always had my PH start at 5.8 and allowed to drift upwards to 6.2 before adjusting, to me that was sound as if you look at the various parameters for the different elements the vast majority fit within the 5.8 to 6.2 range with a coupe of outliers. So This time I have tried to keep it within the vicinity of 6.4 and allowed it to creep downwards but keeping at 6 and above throughout. Thus far, I can tell no difference whatsoever - the proof is in the puding so we shall wait and see if anything has improved as a result - I should not I forgot to drill my pots this time a well which is a shame as the comparison will not be as sound as my pots are normally heavily drilled.

some snaps from this morning - the look tired as it is nearly their bed time
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Cheers for popping by - cheerio
Z

Hello looking good where did you get your watering rings that sit in the pot they look nice and i need to get some for my rock cubes
Thanks dell