I know you guys don't know me, and I know you don't really know dub. But te thing is that I have inherited a bit more than I can chew. Dub grew organic, he had a natural green thumb. He took plant I thought were gonners and brought them back to life. He knew a bunch about it. I didn't learn that part from him yet. I don't like the way the system is going and I want to blame myself first for this.
Here is the low down of what happened. The plants have been growing in rockwool this entire time. I think Dub was using the rockwool as a moisture barrier for early system failures. We had one just after I got here, 50 gallons of water filled the tent and it was a mess. Anyway, I filled the system with tap water from a water softener reading 600PPM. I did not use the RO system because I wanted to fill the reservoir fast. All of the roots had already turned brown and shriveled. Yes these are the same plants that Dub had been teaching me with that are in the pictures. Here is my problem, since I use hard tap water at home for my meager water farm system (my water was not softened and had a ppm of 150), this system required pure RO water for the nutes. Bottom line, we added salt to salt to salt, now the system has layers of salt on it from both the nutrients and the water salt.
Before Dub got really sick he told me that the system was giving the plants nutrient lockout. I'm sure it was because we use so many nutrients that add the right salts and the water was already diluted with bad salts and the salts are clogging the roots. The aeroponic plants should recover from this faster than the rockwool plants.
When Dub was moved to the hospice I drained the entire system, since then I have been flushing it with pure RO water. This is fine for the lemon kush because it is looking mighty nice, but not up to full potential. Can I get more growth? The plants are not growing right now because of the lack of nutrients but the new growth is not showing any signs of the lockout. I'm afraid to add nutrients too early.
How do I save the current plants and ensure this doesn't happen again? I don't want to upset Dub and tell him the bad news, when he asks how the system is working I just tell him it is the greatest thing since sliced cheese. I don't want to let him down, call me supersticious but it made his day to know the system is still running and to know I was to stubborn to shut it down.
Really here are my criticisms. I don't like the light being so close to the plants, I want it a foot heiger than the plants when they finish. I think that all the clones should be the same age to ensure an even growth and adjust the light to suit the plants height as a whole. I want to use chemical fertilizer instead of organic. More veg growth and top all clones to make 2 tops to fill more space. Anyone have any others?
Problems with the mothers and clones, I know what your thinking... Dub left his shit to some newb and now he has gone and wrecked it... trust me I'm thinking the same thing and feel like a turd hole. The mothers are being attacked by mold and I'm no good with mold. I know Dub used H2O2 to kill mold, but I also know I can't use it with organic nutrients... How do I balance them? Do I just throw in the 3% stuff off the shelf? I'm new to the area and Dub use to get 35% H2O2 from somewhere and I don't know where or how to use it.
Also can anyone give me a good link to a pruning guide? Dub didn't teach me much in the way of that and the H1 mother has grown as much as she can!
Also, to date, over 100g of wet pre-mature buds have been removed from the system due to the fan falling, hermies, and nutrient problems causing early maturing, and have been made into butter for baking and other products that benefit the ill.
Please help me help DubB83 and others like him!
Jah bless!
