So I fixed a turrible problem. My buddy came over and we ph'd the water..... 8.2 OUTTA THE TAP HERE!!!
I just flushed my baby with 1/4 strength nutes (with shit tons of run-off) of water ph'd down to 6.1. After testing the water and figuring how much ph down I need for a gallon I came to 5 ml of ph down to get me to 6.1.-6.2.
I added the botanicare cns17 grow at 1/4 listed on the bottle, superthrive at 1ml per gallon and a 1/2 strength mix of great white for some bennies.
I was noticing multiple deficiencies at once. Mg deficiency, N deficiency.. Only thing I could put my finger on was a terrible ph. Sure enough 8.2 outta the tap. I'm sure it's hard as hell as well. After adding the nutes I let the gallon jug set for a bit, shaked it up and tested the ph. Stable at 6.1, the nutes seemed to be ph balanced themselves.
Anyways, pics of my noobed beginnings lady:
Calling and hopefully going down to the clone place tomorrow and grabbing 2 clones. I think I have my eye on the Poisen and the UK Cheese, although True OG and the Abusive OG seem tempting for some personal smoke. As you can see in the first picture I have 3 pots waiting for 2-3 special ladies. 2 hopefully tomorrow and guess what MY BEAN CRACKED, I have it in a small clear medicine bottle that I put coco in and watered slightly with 6.1 ph'd water. I made sure to drill some holes at the bottom of the little clear pill bottle for drainage. I put the baby on top of my cable box (stays warm) and I have a little case between it for a little insulation. should be warm and toasty. As soon as I see any sign of top growth I'm switching to light so I can keep the stretch down on the little girl. I watched a few videos on youtube, tried a couple methods of getting the seed to crack, but it looks like after puting it in a glass of water on my cable box cracked it in 6 hours after it being in a paper towel.. I'm thinking I'm going to crack seeds in just water from now on. I faced the bean down in the soil a few hours ago and it's now staying nice and toasty.
Btw, she's sitting under a 1k watter there (messing up the camera) because I want her to transpire her current water from herself and add the correctly ph'd water.
