Ghostfox
Well-Known Member
Hello all, thank you for taking the time out of your day (or night) to read and help me out. HERE is a link to my grow over in the DWC forums in case anyone wanted to get all the information about it before they made a suggestion.
Basically I got some very sickly clones that had bugs, light burn, and a myriad of other problems. After nursing back to health and transplanting to bubble buckets they absolutely exploded in veg, gotta love Superthrive. I defoliated pretty heavily during veg and then left them be for the first week or so of flower.
The Papaya plant took 3 days to start producing pistils, with the Pineapple Express and Green Crack showing at 5-8 days. From there they buffed up their size during stretch to about the size of a marble and then just stopped entirely until about day 30 at which point they got a tiny bit bigger, stopped until day 40, got a tiny bit bigger, and here were are now at day 46.
I didn't realize defoliation was bad during stretch, which stunted vertical growth of plants but I don't really mind that as I wanted smaller bushier plants to work with. But my problem now seems to be a nutrient issue. I'll post a few excerpts from my grow thread below.
Day 43:
" The new tent sent temperatures skyrocketing to 85-95 with the two open reflector 400w lights depending on the time of the day, whether I left tent door open, etc. so I purchased a 1000w fixture on eBay and routed the entire output of my apartment's swamp cooler to the grow room. The swamp cooler kept it at 85°F until the 1000w set up got here, at which point I switched them out. With the 1000w in the room, temperatures were staying at 87°F and while that's much better than 95°F, I was forced to leave the swamp cooler venting to the tent. Temperatures now stay steady at 77.5°F throughout the day, and around 65°F at night. "
Temperatures were ~85 with very brief spikes of 90+ for days 37-43
" Flowering is still going slow, although I did learn upon receiving TDS/PH meters that I was running at 550ppm the whole grow instead of the ~1300 I should have been sitting at. Somehow I managed to fuck up the Lucas Formula despite weighing my Maxibloom out on a digital scale that goes down to 1mg. I've added Bloombastic at 3ml/gallon, bumped nutrients up to ~1300 and while the plants show no signs of nutrient burn or any deficiency, they still continue to flower incredibly slow. pH is checked 2x a day and is always between 5.75 and 5.85. "
Day 46: Oct 26 2015
" It's day 46 since the flip and the leaves are starting to claw more with the very tips of leaves burnt yellow. DM Zone arrived today, but no MOAB. I calculated the max dosage according to bottle of DM Zone and added 8.4ml per bucket as I run 3.5 gallons to keep the water right below the net pot. Also added was a half strength dose of Maxibloom, bringing PPMs up to 800 for Green Crack, and 550 for Pineapple Express and Papaya. "
I've attached pictures of each plant showing the leaf symptoms and buds. They look okay in pictures, but they're about the size of my thumb at max.
ANY help is appreciated, and thanks in advance!
Green Crack:
Papaya:
Pineapple Express:
Basically I got some very sickly clones that had bugs, light burn, and a myriad of other problems. After nursing back to health and transplanting to bubble buckets they absolutely exploded in veg, gotta love Superthrive. I defoliated pretty heavily during veg and then left them be for the first week or so of flower.
The Papaya plant took 3 days to start producing pistils, with the Pineapple Express and Green Crack showing at 5-8 days. From there they buffed up their size during stretch to about the size of a marble and then just stopped entirely until about day 30 at which point they got a tiny bit bigger, stopped until day 40, got a tiny bit bigger, and here were are now at day 46.
I didn't realize defoliation was bad during stretch, which stunted vertical growth of plants but I don't really mind that as I wanted smaller bushier plants to work with. But my problem now seems to be a nutrient issue. I'll post a few excerpts from my grow thread below.
Day 43:
" The new tent sent temperatures skyrocketing to 85-95 with the two open reflector 400w lights depending on the time of the day, whether I left tent door open, etc. so I purchased a 1000w fixture on eBay and routed the entire output of my apartment's swamp cooler to the grow room. The swamp cooler kept it at 85°F until the 1000w set up got here, at which point I switched them out. With the 1000w in the room, temperatures were staying at 87°F and while that's much better than 95°F, I was forced to leave the swamp cooler venting to the tent. Temperatures now stay steady at 77.5°F throughout the day, and around 65°F at night. "
Temperatures were ~85 with very brief spikes of 90+ for days 37-43
" Flowering is still going slow, although I did learn upon receiving TDS/PH meters that I was running at 550ppm the whole grow instead of the ~1300 I should have been sitting at. Somehow I managed to fuck up the Lucas Formula despite weighing my Maxibloom out on a digital scale that goes down to 1mg. I've added Bloombastic at 3ml/gallon, bumped nutrients up to ~1300 and while the plants show no signs of nutrient burn or any deficiency, they still continue to flower incredibly slow. pH is checked 2x a day and is always between 5.75 and 5.85. "
Day 46: Oct 26 2015
" It's day 46 since the flip and the leaves are starting to claw more with the very tips of leaves burnt yellow. DM Zone arrived today, but no MOAB. I calculated the max dosage according to bottle of DM Zone and added 8.4ml per bucket as I run 3.5 gallons to keep the water right below the net pot. Also added was a half strength dose of Maxibloom, bringing PPMs up to 800 for Green Crack, and 550 for Pineapple Express and Papaya. "
I've attached pictures of each plant showing the leaf symptoms and buds. They look okay in pictures, but they're about the size of my thumb at max.
ANY help is appreciated, and thanks in advance!
Green Crack:
Papaya:
Pineapple Express:
