Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

[StinkBud]

I have been diligently reading this thread from page one. I'm now on page 225 and have made and followed Stinkbuds system.
Plants have been in Veg unit for 3 weeks and my light for Flower unit arrives in a few days. Two days ago I noticed the PPM for my reservoir was a lowly 900PPM. I went ahead and upped the total to around 1800PPM. Next day my plants looked like this :

I was presuming the wilting was caused because of a sudden change in PPM level. I had checked pump and sprayers and all fine there so I went and diluted the reservoir by taking out water and replacing it with no added PPM water to bring the total PPM in the res down to 500PPM.
I then left this over another night running at 4min on 1min off. I woke this morning hoping to see the plants back to normal but once again they have wilted worse.

Do I have a chance to save them or is my whole veg chamber doomed.

They look exactly like your timer is not set right. It looks like either your pump or timer is bad.

If you lift a plant out does water come spraying out? If not, then something is wrong with the water delivery.

Did you bump the dials on your timer?

Check for leaks where the PVC pipe connects to the pump. The plastic connection can crack and leak water. You won't see it because it's underwater! You have to take it apart to check it.

Is your PPM meter calibrated? Are your water temps too high? Room temps?

Drain your res and start from scratch. Calibrate your meter and check all your temps.

The number one enemy of our grow ops is heat. Always check temps first.

 

[jridabock]

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[FredSavage]

what PPM should i start at with the nutes? should i gradually bump it up every week or cpl of days? ty kindly sir

That's the way I do it. I also put them right into the veg unit after I take them out of the Rapid Rooter plug.

 

[hehehemann]

Stinkbud - I took the veg system apart and all the PVC checked out fine. However I noticed the filter had come off the pump. I replaced the pump with my back up and cleaned out the pipes and replaced sprayers. The sprayers I replaced look clogged up so I am hoping this could be the problem.

How long before seeing signs of them recovering if its just a case of poor water circulation in the chamber ?

Thanks stinkbud for all you have shared.

 

[torrey420]

Wow who knew I would finally get to the point that a hobby is now like a second job! All this trimming takes time, then its back to cutting more clones, moving from veg to flower and watching all the great buds form! Also, considering I am a total newb and this was my first grow, still haven't lost a clone and like Stink says I throw more away than I could ever use!

Thanks again Stinkbud!!!! My first harvest was pretty darn good for 3 plants(cut down a couple of power skunks that would never finish)

Another happy farmer making great medicine! Just need to find another good strain for the 9 week flowering period. I have Blueberry and Jack Herer. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[capman]

Hey Torrey I would try to get a hold of some Snow Cap if you can. It is a hybrid and finishes in 8 weeks. It also is a good yeilder as well.

 

[BIGTIMEROOFERR]

hey stinkbuddies
i got this morn and found i had bumped the switch on my power strip last night
all my bitchs were laying on nets this SUCKS
i hope like hell they come back i know i read on here that someone had the same prob. but they came back
they were off 12 or more hours on all my clones,veggies and flowers

 

[hehehemann]

bigtimerooferr - I think lack of water may be my problem too. (see pictures at top of this page (p.422) What are you planning to do to get them back? running pumps longer, lights on/off, etc.

 

[BIGTIMEROOFERR]

hey hehehe
i just turned it back on and hoping for the best
yours look lots better than mine
last i checked my clones and veggies were perking back up some
my flowers are in lights out right now so i dont know about them
i think yours are going to allright if the sprayers were stopped up i put my pumps in pantyhose so they dont stop up but i streach them around them so the little holes in the pantyhoes are streached
hope this helps

 

[andyman]

my pump was left unpluged all day while I was at work once and they all purked up hours later and are fine. 11 out of 12 ended up to be males but hey they were test seeds anyway till I got use to the system.

 

[mattykyp]

Just bit of a trick i found to seal crap cloner/veg containers if the roughneck ones arent availiable or if you want a lower container to maximise height.... Use a door seal around the top of the tub where the lid makes contact. Its worked a treat for me and my containers are crap quality but perfect height (Low) as i could get the rubbermaid ones.

 

[EdsGarden]

Here's a photo of my mini Stink system - 8 plants built for a 4x4 footprint grow tent. It's a little bare right now since I had some awful luck with males: 7 of 8 plants from seed ended up male. grrrr...

I put a couple of tomatoes in the system (back plants) and the one in the front is my lone female- a Mandala Safari.

Also there's a photo of how I solved the water "sound" issue. I used a couple of funnels and flow the water into the funnels on cut up strips of baggies which are siliconed to the inside of the fence post.

Thanks for the inspiration Stinkbud and all.

 

[BIGTIMEROOFERR]

hey stinkbuddies
i think there going to be ok
THANK GOD
and thank you to stink for sharing your wealth of knowledge

 

[BIGTIMEROOFERR]

hey edsgarden
looks good just wait another couple weeks
you gone shit or pants

 

[StinkBud]

hey stinkbuddies
i got this morn and found i had bumped the switch on my power strip last night
all my bitchs were laying on nets this SUCKS
i hope like hell they come back i know i read on here that someone had the same prob. but they came back
they were off 12 or more hours on all my clones,veggies and flowers

Don't worry, they will be fine. It will take about 6 hours for them to perk back up.

A few leaves may die but that's about it.

Tape the switch and while your at it put some tape on the timer dials also.

 

[DoubleBubble]

Hey Stink I reset the white balance and you can see this white 16" fan in the one pic. Does it look better? How many of these will I need to make a pound every 3 weeks? I have 12 each 3 weeks.
Oh and the question about the seeds was can they be germinated right after harvesting them? Thanks man and now I think all of my pics are going to be better because I can use that trick for all new circumstances and some old ones that always haunted me. I appreciate your input! Organically grown Blue Berry is the tastiest herb on earth!

 

[DIRTHAWKER]

Hey stink,, any advice about leaving the grow for 5 days to go on vacation? I figure top off the reservoirs, check the ph, make sure all timers are working, empty the dehumidifier, say a prayer to the ganja gods then hit the beach in honolulu?

Also.. i was looking around but couldnt find the answer,,,, what does it mean when the leaves curl under on the tips??

 

[andyman]

Hey stink,, any advice about leaving the grow for 5 days to go on vacation? I figure top off the reservoirs, check the ph, make sure all timers are working, empty the dehumidifier, say a prayer to the ganja gods then hit the beach in honolulu?

lucky you, soak up some of that sun for me while your there.

 

[valmeida]

Hehehemann, I am not that experienced but it looks like you have your timing backwards, I think you are over watering. It should be 1 minute on 5 minutes off.

I have been diligently reading this thread from page one. I'm now on page 225 and have made and followed Stinkbuds system.
Plants have been in Veg unit for 3 weeks and my light for Flower unit arrives in a few days. Two days ago I noticed the PPM for my reservoir was a lowly 900PPM. I went ahead and upped the total to around 1800PPM. Next day my plants looked like this :

I was presuming the wilting was caused because of a sudden change in PPM level. I had checked pump and sprayers and all fine there so I went and diluted the reservoir by taking out water and replacing it with no added PPM water to bring the total PPM in the res down to 500PPM.
I then left this over another night running at 4min on 1min off. I woke this morning hoping to see the plants back to normal but once again they have wilted worse.

Do I have a chance to save them or is my whole veg chamber doomed. From what is causing this I don't know. I hope someone here can enlighten me.

Thanks all.

 

[hehehemann]

Hehehemann, I am not that experienced but it looks like you have your timing backwards, I think you are over watering. It should be 1 minute on 5 minutes off.

I got my typing wrong. I double checked the timer and it is indeed 1min ON 5min OFF
Nice spot though.

Andyman has calmed my nerves, atleast until I wake up in the morning. I will post again then to let everyone know how the plants look.