Mars Hydro SP3000 - Solfire Seeds - Floraflex

[vchavez]

Sorry guys for not updating the Jornal my phone was broke not able to take photos, dont worry we are soon going to flip to flower. Some of the points that I want to adress are.

- I been defoliating and removing lower branches and training the plants with super cropping.
- Finally Installed the Floraflex trays and the automatic feeding system took me 2 days but they are working and plants love the feedings doing 7 times after 3 hours lights on.

- Cant wait to make flip to flower next week fixing things during this week to prepare the tent.

- Won't install trellis net for this grow want to know how will work this time !! Maybe I could add one but in the middle of bloom, let's see how it goes.

Started this week to feed them with B1, B2 before the flip.

Receipe for 40 liters (8.7 Galons) :

- Power SI 11ml
- Power SI Bloom 5ml
- Calmag 20ml
- Floraflex B1 61 grams
- Floraflex B2 61 grams
- PH UP to corre

EC3.0 and PH 6.0









TODAY'S PHOTOS Nov 1st 2022

 

[vchavez]

Quick Update

- We are now in Flower since Nov 7, I turned off the lights for 24 hours first day.

- This week did another defoliation these strains came back heavy with leafs after a couple of days.

- During the week some drippers got clogged, bacause I was reusing runoff water and not filtering it, seems like
a bad idea, I stop doing that, so replaced 3 emiters.

- It looks like a trellis must be needed to get same height and fill the spaces.

- Installed a second clip fan a AC infinity I just can say is the best clip fan on the market.

- I'm thinking installing a 3rd clip on fan for the bottom part, there's no air moving in the bottom part and
we dont want any kind of PM in the next weeks for bad air circulation.

- I'm feeding with Floraflex Bloom WK1 plus Power SI with a little more than a medium strenght (2.2)
I'm in the 2.5 range.


Receipe for 40 liters (8.7 Galons) :

- Power SI 9ml
- Power SI Bloom 3ml
- Calmag 20 ml
- Floraflex B1 37 grams
- Floraflex B2 37 grams
- Bulky B 18 grams
- PH UP to correct

EC 2.5 and PH 6.0

 

[Gdp1]

Looking good

 

[vchavez]

Looking good

Thanks man !!!! It begins the best part of this !

 

[Gdp1]

Definitely will be following this flowering process .Love flora flex

 

[vchavez]

Update

We are finishing Second week of Flower Nov 21.

Some of the things that were on stand by and urgent was to install a trellis net and double check air circulation.

Installed a carbon filter and also one more clip fan in the bottom better air circulation for a total of (4) clip fans.

Increased the extractor speed to level 3 of 6 since we add the carbon filter and that reduce air extraction.

Feeding is the best part of this new grow coming from hand water (Never going back) I check always my runoff bucket every day that way I can confirm plants respond to feedings EC, but also the water they need. I'm trying to get at least 10 liters runoff water by the end of the night 2 hours before lights go off. Nutrients EC is 2.5 with a PH6.0 and runoff is 2.8 but is going down and increase a little the PH to 6.1 since it was 3.0 a couple days ago means they might want more food during this strech weeks. I will try to compensate my EC feedings to get in the same range not underfeeding but not overfeeding. The leafs are looking healthy and not showing burn tips.

- I was trying to decide doing a defoliation and removing parts of the bottom during Week 2 or Week 3 I decided doing it on Week 2 since it was crowded and found a couple of leafs with water transpiraton No bueno and in just a couple of days it will go back again. With these bushy satrins I'm thinking ligh defoliations during each week and not just one heavy by week 5. What do you think with this kind of bushy strains ?

- Tiny pistils are starting to show

- THIS 3RD WEEK is the last one to apply any kind of IPM, what I been using is a sulfure sublimator 2 hours once a week (The metal bucket in the middle is the one I use). After this cross fingers so we don't have to deal with any pest, Powdery mildu or mold thats why is crucial get the best air circulation after this week and till we finish.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

Super nice looking grow man! Looking forward to the next 10 to 12 weeks

 

[vchavez]

Super nice looking grow man! Looking forward to the next 10 to 12 weeks

Thanks man, take a seat and feel free to comment or ask anything.

 

[Gdp1]

I noticed you didn't have any fans below canopy . Watch out for stagnant air below

 

[vchavez]

I noticed you didn't have any fans below canopy . Watch out for stagnant air below

I have 1 Vivo Sun Clip Fan ocilating in the bottom, but will leave two AC infinity 6" on top and I bought another clip fan 6" just waiting to arrive and install it for the bottom part.

 

[vchavez]

Start of week 4 of flower, Nov 28 2022

4 ocilating clip fans are working, 2 on top and two on the bottom temps are 17°C - 27°C and RH is 45° to 68°

The AC is off during lights off maybe will better to turn it on during lights off to get a 20°C-22° Temps and
less swing with them.

Notice that my runoffs started to increase a lot, so I went on going with less nutrients and keep checking them.
I removed the calmag from the feeding receipe starting week 4 of flower, but adding Botanicare Sweet Raw (Mag, Sulfure and Sugars) also I stop using Power SI to control better the salt build up I'll be using Root Drip.

The actual receipe for the next week(s) depends of runoffs going down or up:

Receipe for 40 liters (8.7 Galons) :

- Water RO
- Root Drip 14ml
- Botanicare Sweet Raw 32ml
- Floraflex B1 24 grams
- Floraflex B2 24 grams
- Bulky B 12 grams
- PH UP

EC 1.7 and PH 6.0

I been doing "light" defoliations big leafs and leafs that are from the top blocking light to lower buds

Plants are streching a lot during week 3 but have only 36cm distance from the canopy to the lights.
I'm asking other growers with experience on any of this strains to check if I'm ok or I need to install
second trellis net to control the canopy height !

 

[Gdp1]

I would do a second trellis .u will thank me down the road those bitches r going to be bulky for sure u need the added support plus allow u to manicure canopy easy

 

[vchavez]

Trellis going to be installed tomorrow, I did tonight a small defoliation remove leafs making shade to lower buds and for better airflow and lower the RH !!!

 

[vchavez]

Start of week 5 of flower, Dec 05 2022

It seem that they stop streching during the end of week 4 , I installed a second trellis net and notice some salt build up in the coco runoffs so I increase Root Drip with some feedings and now is corrected. Been feeding with an EC of 2.3 and runoff is been in the same range. Temps are 20°C Min and Max 27°C, RH in the ranges of 35% and 55% Week 4 of flower RH was in the range of 45% and 70% I increase temp with the AC and increase extractor speed, seems to work better with lower RH.

Been defoliating each week big leafs ONLY blocking light from buds, but nothing extreme to stress the plants.

I increase lights power to 85% they seem to pray for light. Another grower told me to set the lights to 100%, but want
to do it starting week 6 and also because they are close to the lights, don't know if that's a good idea.

Receipe for this Week 5 40 liters (8.7 Galons) :

- Water RO
- Root Drip 10ml
- Calmag 15ml (This is the last week we can add calmag to nutrients)
- Floraflex B1 30 grams
- Floraflex B2 30 grams
- Bulky B 14 grams
- PH UP

EC 2.0 and PH 6.0

For Week 6 and the rest we add FullTilt to the receipe maybe I will need to extend Week 6 of nutrients
since this strain goes to 9 weeks from other growers reports.