400w Northern Lights Waterfarm scrog! First grow :)

[Jasper2]

Thanks for the swift reply MrShim. The waterfarm i have is actually made from some pretty strong plastic. I drilled extra holes in the bottom before the grow (did a lot of research beforehand ). Its really odd its happening these last few days or so. But il keep trying little bits of water to see if they eventually flow through as before. If not its pretty handy taking off the drip ring and putting in the water through the pvc pipe

 

[Jasper2]

Coming along nicely so far. Trichome production has begun and stretch has stopped. Just waiting for this baby to fatten up big time!

Enjoy the pics folks

 

[Jasper2]

Found this and had to share with you guys! Brilliant!!https://www.rollitup.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2632244&stc=1

 

[Jasper2]

Catastrophe!! it was going ohhh so well!! Came back to my plant to find a shit load of leaves had turned yellow and had spots on them. I took pictures of the leaves in question but deleted them by accident so i found one leaf with one of the problems. The whole canopy is gone so skinny now. I removed a good two handfuls of fan leaves. The more i looked the more i saw some buds dont even have big fan leaves. I really think i have dampered my yield big time guys

Basically i had to go away this weekend meaning no water for the weekend. I topped off the res saturday morning and got back to my grow room at 6pm today. so i reckon it had nothing but strong nute water to drink. I raised the light a few inches before i left in case of heat burn. My opinions are:

Nute burn
Fungus
Heat stress

Really hope somebody can help me out!

 

[mr2shim]

Looks like mild heat stress

 

[Jasper2]

Thanks Shim. Dont know if you noticed but i was trying to get pics of the little black spots on the leaf as shown in the second pic. I know there was quite a lot of heat stress but what also appeared to be rust fungus was on some leaves. I took pics then flushed them down the toilet and damn deleted the pics by accident! what do you make of the buds that have little or no fan leaves left? are they gona plum up or remain the size they are?

 

[sky rocket]

Did you check your ph and ppm's?

 

[Jasper2]

Did you check your ph and ppm's?

My ph pen ran out of juice a few days ago so i have the liquid test. The ppm's were around 800 with barely any water left yesterday. thats what im hoping it is and not some sort of mold or fungus. what do you reckon of the buds with no fan leaves left? Possible for them to get bigger?

on a plus note while i was taking the leaves off it was sticky as hell! i didnt realise how sticky it was. washed my hands to get the residue off but to no avail. so i sprayed a bit of wd-40 on my hands and took it right off

 

[Jasper2]

Seems like i may have found the reason for my drainage problems. Found a shit load of something that looked like mucus in the drip ring. Cleaned it out and took all of it out. Found some on the clay pebbles. Perhaps theres more within the clay pebbles and roots? Anybody have any idea what it could be? Seems everything just went wrong at once! Looks like root slime to me if im correct

 

[mr2shim]

WTF is that? Do you have any way to check your reservoir temperature?

 

[Jasper2]

WTF is that? Do you have any way to check your reservoir temperature?

When i took it out of the drip ring it loked like a long ringworm! it was like snot. nahh man no way to check the temps of it. But it cant be that warm seeing as i top off with cold water every day

 

[Jasper2]

Pics for this week guys. Nothing to say other than that it feels like ive been kicked in the nards! a fellow rollituper told me it was root rot and i think thats the case as im finding sick leaves everyday. It just sucks as there was only 3 weeks till harvest. Ive been feeding her straight ph water the last 2/3 days and added a bit of nutes in today. do you guys reckon this baby will plump up a bit more in two weeks or is it eventually gona die off?

I cant wait for this to be finished so i can disinfect everything and get started on another grow. Ive got a Dinafem critcal jack seed at the moment. But ideally im looking for a fast flowering potent strain. Any suggestions folks?

 

[mr2shim]

Did you try adding some 35% hydrogen peroxide? I don't remember who (was a while ago) but they got some root rot in their DWC and that seemed to help a bit. Sorry for the bad luck

Pineapple Express is a pretty fast flowering plant.

 

[iamaaror]

Next time lightproof the res and turn off the drip ring, without moisture and light you won't get that slime. Also if you use a mycorrhizal innoculant any type of pathogen will have a very difficult time getting hold. My first go in hydro ended exactly like this, it was the first and last plant I have had a problem with. Onwards and upwards.

 

[Jasper2]

Did you try adding some 35% hydrogen peroxide? I don't remember who (was a while ago) but they got some root rot in their DWC and that seemed to help a bit. Sorry for the bad luck

Pineapple Express is a pretty fast flowering plant.

Was thinking about adding it but a rollituper said it takes at least a week for it to work and since theres only like two weeks left it would leave a bad taste to it. Im just going to let her be and hope to have some smoke. Ya im really leaning towards the PE after scottyballs and yourself grew it. How would you describe the smoke report and smell during growing? Dont remember what you guys said in your grow journals and dont want to go back looking through all the pages

Next time lightproof the res and turn off the drip ring, without moisture and light you won't get that slime. Also if you use a mycorrhizal innoculant any type of pathogen will have a very difficult time getting hold. My first go in hydro ended exactly like this, it was the first and last plant I have had a problem with. Onwards and upwards.

The res is light proof. The only reason i can see as to why this happened is last weekend when i left for 2 days the heat got really high and it was sitting in warm water for two days. Guess you live and learn. For the next grow im going to get some cannyzyme and defo have some root rot stop available at hand in case this bastard comes back!

 

[mr2shim]

Next time lightproof the res and turn off the drip ring, without moisture and light you won't get that slime. Also if you use a mycorrhizal innoculant any type of pathogen will have a very difficult time getting hold. My first go in hydro ended exactly like this, it was the first and last plant I have had a problem with. Onwards and upwards.

If the drip ring is off the water will stagnate. Then he will have another world of problems. I never turn my drip ring off, I run a airstone in the waterfarm res, haven't ever had root rot. Temperature is a big problem with hydro. Have to keep the res cool if not, well say hello to root rot. I believe Jasper has his waterfarm covered with aluminum foil which would prevent any light from coming in at the top.

Was thinking about adding it but a rollituper said it takes at least a week for it to work and since theres only like two weeks left it would leave a bad taste to it. Im just going to let her be and hope to have some smoke. Ya im really leaning towards the PE after scottyballs and yourself grew it. How would you describe the smoke report and smell during growing? Dont remember what you guys said in your grow journals and dont want to go back looking through all the pages

From what I remember it was very pungent.

Brian, I'm gonna be honest with you. That smells like pure gasoline

 

[Jasper2]

If the drip ring is off the water will stagnate. Then he will have another world of problems. I never turn my drip ring off, I run a airstone in the waterfarm res, haven't ever had root rot. Temperature is a bit problem with hydro. Have to keep the res cool if not, well say hello to root rot. I believe Jasper has his waterfarm covered with aluminum foil which would prevent any light from coming in at the top.

Couldnt have said it better Shim! You know what else im thinking. Remember the drainage issues i was having? Maybe it could be that too. Water getting warm and stale and maybe bits of light penetrating it. Ive just got loads of reasons in my head right now but have to move on for now Going to put this behind me!

 

[RL420]

i use 29% h202 in my rdwc, you're right its not an overnight cure but i use it start to finish to make sure nothing else grows.

 

[Jasper2]

i use 29% h202 in my rdwc, you're right its not an overnight cure but i use it start to finish to make sure nothing else grows.

Im going to get some food grade h202 along with some mycorrhizal as iamaaror suggested and cannzyme for my next grow. just so i have them there in case anything goes wrong. im gona feed her nutes until monday/ tuesday and then flush. canopy is really getting thin now with very little fan leaves left so if it doesnt plum up the next few days il harvest in a week/week and a half where it will be 40-45days into flowering. White label suggests 45-55 but if fan leaves are dying no point letting her go on longer

 

[RL420]

Im going to get some food grade h202 along with some mycorrhizal as iamaaror suggested and cannzyme for my next grow. just so i have them there in case anything goes wrong. im gona feed her nutes until monday/ tuesday and then flush. canopy is really getting thin now with very little fan leaves left so if it doesnt plum up the next few days il harvest in a week/week and a half where it will be 40-45days into flowering. White label suggests 45-55 but if fan leaves are dying no point letting her go on longer

obviously choose 1 or the other they dont mix, h202 will kill your good shit, you prolly did your research though.