LAX Skunky BwS
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checking your TDS run off determines if u have flushed all TDS in your medium...
Deficient or burnt?
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moash
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u cannot flush all of the dissolved solids out of soil
UhOhYeahItIsMeds
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If your not thinkin its a ph issue, and its probly not was just wonderin, I would honestly say your coctail of nutrients are way too much to handle, I would , and I am doin this as well, going to straight ph adjusted water and a weekly feeding with big bloom, I will flush with two weeks left, then feed with the tiger bloom and sugar peak, flushing again a couple days before harvest. take a look at my pics of my last baby,she got pretty much big bloom only during flowering and turned out to be incredible smoke, long lasting and smooth. I dont have pics of this crop but there lookin good. I'll take some pics of the damage I did with a bad PH reading and a little over fert. Just remember its a weed, and alot less complicated to grow than we sometimes think.
LAX Skunky BwS
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What matters to me in the end is that i have less than 100PPM of desolved solids in my soil ..
FINALLY someone is using their brain. If foil is at best 55% reflective then it is impossible for it to burn your plants if the actual light itself cannot. The possiblilty of creating multiple reflections that all shine on the exact same spot on your plant is so outrageously slim that you will never have to worry about it.
Now for the OP, there is nothing wrong with your plants, a couple leaves with a few tiny spots on them is NOTHING to worry about. Everything looks good to go.
moash
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when i grew in soil, i have never seen it get that low...u must have been flushing like crazyWhat matters to me in the end is that i have less than 100PPM of desolved solids in my soil ..
but ok
LAX Skunky BwS
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hahahahahaha .. always get that low before i harvest son!!when i grew in soil, i have never seen it get that low...u must have been flushing like crazy
but ok
moash
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before harvest,which means u were flushing
i have never measured the tds of runoff before harvest
whats the point?after 2 weeks of water,whatever is being flushed is gone
u r talking about harvest time anyway, the op isnt even at that stage yet
ur basically just washing away ur soil,getting it that low(and ur talking about this guy using too much water)
again measuring the runoff is pointless....son
LAX Skunky BwS
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lol i only test it when im about to harvest(not every time i flush).. and if my ppm levels are 100 or lower means i did a proper flush....(i dont flush with 15 gallons of water on a single flush) i dont even use that many gallons in the last 2 weeks before i harvest and i grow 4 at a time in 3 gallon pots ... come the 3rd-4th week of flowering i do a mini flush between nutes.. jus to make sure i dont get no salt build up..as for the OP.. im sure he dont even messure his ppm levels in wich he is feeding his plants.. wich explains why hes having problems or he THINKS hes having problems.. by the pics i see his tips are burning up "Nute burn"... HIGH ppm levels... checking his Run off tells him what his PPM/EC Levels are.. so he can dial it down a tadbefore harvest,which means u were flushing
i have never measured the tds of runoff before harvest
whats the point?after 2 weeks of water,whatever is being flushed is gone
u r talking about harvest time anyway, the op isnt even at that stage yet
ur basically just washing away ur soil,getting it that low(and ur talking about this guy using too much water)
again measuring the runoff is pointless....son
moash
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whatever u say man
ill leave it up to him
TheRuiner
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That's awesome you guys are having a discussion in this thread, I wish I'd seen more of that through the course of this grow.
LAX, here is where I feel like I need to step in and say something; I appreciate you taking your time to come in here and try to help me complete my goal of growing some superiorly awesome cannabis for my smoking leisure. However, judging from the fact that you would make bold and assertive statements without even reading the thread are a bit trifling. Please don't assume that I'm not taking measurements of the very sustenance I'm feeding something I'm planning on inhaling... come on man, I've got every measurement down to the nearest .01 on my PH.... documented even.
I'd still pass my bowl in your direction friend, but I eagerly encourage you to read through my thread (in my sig) and give me an honest opinion of what you think is wrong with this primarily sativa - thai super skunk...
my tap water isn't even 100pmm, more like 160.... I'd be flushing until the Lord comes back..
TheRuiner
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Here's an observation I made this morning while watering; my soil has a bunch of little white bugs in it! I'm not sure if it's bad or not though because I know some bugs/bacteria is beneficial. They aren't on the plant just in the soil... anyone know what these are? They don't appear to have wings, they are extremely small, you have to get within inches of the soil to see them,.. and they crawl fast for their size...
jimbizzzale67123
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white bugs. hmmmmm be right back.
jimbizzzale67123
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White flies? I hope not spider mites.
moash
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do they look like this
[video]http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent525/soil/soilpix/images/collembola.jpg[/video]
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/storedfoods/sfflies/fungnat_larv1.jpg
[video]http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent525/soil/soilpix/images/collembola.jpg[/video]
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/storedfoods/sfflies/fungnat_larv1.jpg
TheRuiner
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Moash, they look like the first little white bug in the top of the first picture, I'll have to look closer again.... ok, I can't see if any of them are any other color then white due to the dark soil. I can't quite tell but I think i saw one jump... they are just under the surface of the soil, I have to disturb it slightly to get more to appear... they aren't a maggot looking bug like the second picture, definitely not that one.
They clearly have legs.
What do you think about this man, I'm going to feed with this regiment for the last few weeks,
a brew consisting of:
Peruvian seabird guano
Jamaican bat guano
Worm castings.
1/2 tbs of maxicrop liquid seaweed
1/2 tbs of liquid karma
1/2 tbs blackstrap molasses.
all this went into a gallon of well water cut with RO water to get the PH closer to where I wanted it in the end....
it's been brewing for about 12 hours and i'm going to let it go for another 7-8 hours before I use it. Instead of making a tea bag i just emptied all the ingredients into a bucket and have stirred them together very well to make a soup out of all the dry ingredients (I didn't have any pantie hoes to use for a tea bag, yet). I saw another guy doing a organic growing using this mix and he had good results, I'm just tired of watching all the leaves fall off this girl.... they are still dropping... and it seems like they are going on their own now even before they get crispy, yellow leaves with only slight browning are now on the floor when I check on her several have dropped...
