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Nice! I have the pails with holes (I use a self-wicking pail-within-a-pail-system in soil) - and the perlite is contained within paint straining bags so I can just lift them out and into the other pails and rinse away...

Thanks, Myke. Being cautious, I've never given the plants more than 1/2 the "book" nute strength - and mostly around 1/3. Never spotted a deficiency - in fact, I got a tiny bit of tip burn when I added a small dose of FoxFarms Big Bloom to the res. I used it once more, applied directly to the...

I have a theory about the ph thing. I rinsed the perlite in straight ph 8.0 well water before using it & I think the perlite needed to flush that high-ph retained water out before the ph settled down closer to what the res was sending it. After a few weeks it settled down to 6.0-6.2 and hasn't...

Start of flowering week 8. Buds fattening nicely, trichome-rich - even some fan leaves. Planning a few small improvements & have 3 GSC clones rooting for Effort #2. I'm flowing water with Jack's 3-2-1 nutrients through the perlite back into the res. Do I need to worry about flushing the...

3-plant hydro, week 4, day 5 of flowering 2 zkittles glue, 1 white widow.

I had a tight little underperforming plant (described as a Blueberry/Aussie hybrid, but who knows?) that I flipped 11 days ago. Looked today & it's ALREADY FLOWERING! "Wow!" I said to myself - "Cool!" Not so much. I was clearing leaves to let all the light available get to the mid-lower...

Progress of hydro & what's flowering... Getting Mars TSW2000 for flowering, replacing a TS1000. Last week of veg - looking GOOD! White Widow Week 9: Trainwreck in Week 4:

I started with an HLG65 (65w) that came with my first tent. That worked for my first 2 plants, with a lot of turning to expose all the buds. So I upgraded to a Mars TS1000 (165w) and was tooling along fine - then the gnats hit. Decided I'd try hydro (anti-gnat plan) but needed a larger tent...

Thanks, I like to top and bend A LOT - which is tough with hydo (I'm thinking about mods, lol) - and the whole tent MUST be on the same schedule, pretty much. I learned to HATE top-watering (gnats), so everything I do is in search of avoiding it. Maybe too much, lol...

Nah, I DID change from white vinegar to the Ph Down product, which seems to be more concentrated acid, but...? I'm now at 2/3 suggested nute level (vs. Jack's 3-2-1 recs) - and I went from 6X10 mins per day to 6X15 mins. Plant on the left was liking everything, but seemed to "identify" as a...

I like a grower willing to try to max out the final product. Get some smoke from this grow, get a tent & a MINIMUM 300-watt-drawing light - and work the HELL out of your plants. Even Pablo Escobar can't ask for more....

Newbie, like many, lol. I have a 65w led light, that's good for TWO plants (plus MAYBE seedlings/clones on the side). A Mars TS-1000, that's good for up to FOUR plants (plus seedlings, etc.), and a Mars 2000 TSW good for all you want in a meter-square tent.

Think you're gonna be FINE, dude. You just may wish you'd started MORE plants, lol...

So, apparently we're by the ph issues - it's now steady, to trending DOWN. But I like what's going "down" in the pots (ignore the one on the left - it was taken from a "stretching" early-flowering plant...but I have my hopes for it...

Uh, they're autoflowers. The light cycles - and timing from them - aren't SUPPOSED to force the plant to do something it's not ready to do. The white pistils suggest they're nowhere NEAR ready to harvest - so feed 'em, water 'em. And wait for AMBER trichomes. Then you get what you get....

Yeah, found that idea, but doesn't apply here. What I CAN'T find is any science behind the airstone-is-to-blame theory - so far...

Oh, and this time I used the PHDown bottled phosphoric acid, instead of the white distilled vinegar I'd been using. So far it doesn't seem any different. Latest ph test (9:30 p.m.) was 7.71, after starting (3:00 p.m.) at 5.4. One 10-minute trickle feeding at 6 p.m. Gotta be the airstone...

Next res change I'll spend a few bucks and use distilled water instead of tap. I think it'll be useful to compare... Oh, and this time I used the PHDown bottled phosphoric acid, instead of the white distilled vinegar I'd been using. So far it doesn't seem any different. Latest ph test (9:30...

Another useful tidbit...thanks! I cleaned & changed the res today & ph'd the 6 gallons to 5.4. Within 2 hours it tested at 6.4. This was with no feeding/watering yet, just sitting with the airstone running. Gotta be it...