My cabinet grow journal!

Depending on what happens to be residual sure, but it won't be easy to spot because its a gradual change if you aren't overfeeding..
The runoff water is just as likely to show pH swings for other reasons too.. Even temperature/light intensity shifts can alter runoff pH because plants alter their N appetites from ammoniacal form to nitrate form in a big way..
Nature creates a transport cycle that you have to try really hard to match in a planter.. No living organisms function at their peak when living in large concentrations of their own waste..

BigBud992 said:

Looks like nute burn....just lay off the nutes a bit....I don't think flushing is necessary, but it also wouldn't hurt.

I gave it a flush the day i posted these, but it doesn't get alot of nutes, i think it was a little strong on blood meal in soil mix.

Also, 2 or so posts ago u have it titled (5 weeks flowering!).....do u mean veg? I don't see anything flowering in those pics.

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No, 5 weeks flowering for the ones i couldn't put on last night, PC went screwy and lost internet!!! I'll put them up now....

Now pipes are froze all over house!!!!

I'll be okay........

SOMEBEECH said:

They look great!!!No on the Flush use it dont loose it the nutes.What have you been using for Nutes?That PPP makes me want to go look for a farm,LOL Awesome plants those ppps very good yielder no beanstalks here!!!Might wanna back off a tad not alot on the nutes and also what are you PHing at after adding your nutes??Where the Special K photos? Do you foliar feed are wash plants off now and again? I no thats alot of questions still learning,heheh.

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Well, i went and flushed all the little ones anyway yesterday. I use grow big, i think it calls for 1-2 TSP per gallon on the veg plants.
Flower plants get 2 TSP per gallon of tiger bloom.
Ph after nutes in water is right at 6.0 out the watering can.
I never foilar feed, cuz i'm not at the farm when the lights come on or goe off at night. Should i do this every now and then, make a point of staying to spray leaves at lights out?

born2killspam said:

Flushing occasionally isn't a bad idea for any plant in soil that is fed chemical nutes regardless of health..
Remember that when plants uptake nutrients they don't exactly suck the molecule up their stem, but rather react with the nutrient molecules to steal parts of it and leave others behind.. This can create a toxic salt buildup in the soil over time even if you haven't over-fed them..

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I've heard this before born, that's why i like to flush every now and then anyway. I think it actually shows a difference in two -three days after flushing. Plants react well to it. Then when they dry out again, i give some clean PH water on the top to soak in, then add nute water.

Jorge Cervantos taught me to water clean water first to wet the soil on top, then add ferts so the roots react better i think.





Ok guys here is the rest of the pics.........also i updated, the last post of last night, when i got cut off before putting the pics up, just some randoms of lfower cabinet!

Here is plant #2 (Lucy2), She posed pretty for ya' Beech!!!

Ok, small prob. on her, she has a few top leaves that are looking wilted on the tips, and drying out.

You'll see the same prob on two more plants later but alot worse!

Here goes.......

Have you peeked at the roots? What size pot, it looks a little small..
Honestly though I don't see what you're talking about in the pics from post 524

Plant #4 (Cryptonite).........she is my bitch!!!!
Very sexy girl, with stanky buds, and great Trich. formation going on.

Just wanna take a bite out of every one of these!!!!

I like how the buds are growing on this and Lucy, like four main tops almost, just the whole stalk. Covered in buds and sticky, stinky odors!!

The last 4 pics are the clone off Cryptonite, that is only about two weeks into flower. not too bad.....

born2killspam said:

Have you peeked at the roots? What size pot, it looks a little small..
Honestly though I don't see what you're talking about in the pics from post 524

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Yup, tonight. Pulled the pot off and had lots of room for roots to grow yet. I'm in a 3 gallon bucket.

I'm talking about the pics of the leaves, alone, with the dry curly tips that are turning brown. You'll see more in a minute.

ok here is the problem plant......Plant #5.

I have no idea what's wrong with this, it happened two days ago, and i flushed it at watering on wednesday, the same day. The whole plant is wilted, leaves feel dry and crumble when i touch them. The buds look good still, but the leaves are all dying.....

****WHAT DO I DO?*****

Plant #6, is a beauty. This thing smells like sweet fruit !!!

Low profile and nice juicy cola growing on it. Well, in my opinion, i know there are bigger ones out there....... but i like mine just the same..... That's what i told an ex girlfriend once!!LOL!!!

Here we go!!

And finally the last and yet another fucked one, is plant #7

It is thin, short, fried dry, and little thin buds.

************WHAT DID I DO?***********

Please tell me it's fixable....kiss-ass!!!



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Ok, so i think what happend to these two plants that are really bad is that the temps dropped too low over night a day or two in a row.
I couldn't make it for two days, but had my dude check them, (where they grow). But i don't think he checked after lights out, and i checked tonight.
-After lights went out temps dropped to about 65, from 76-80 in daytime. -The humidity stays at 45-50 all day, but after lights off it spiked to 70%
-I adjusted the heater to keep it at 70 degrees and 50%Humidity during lights out. Stayed and waited to see if it changed.....success. No change.

Now it should stay 80 degrees and 45% humidity lights on, and 70 degrees and 50% Humidity at night time.

Good? or no?

MORE WATER ASAP!!!!! Drown those girls........I'm not kidding.

And....how close are the lights to your leaves? And what type of light are u using again?

BigBud992 said:

MORE WATER ASAP!!!!! Drown those girls........I'm not kidding.

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Just did Wednesday, they are still wet on top.

BigBud992 said:

And....how close are the lights to your leaves? And what type of light are u using again?

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About 18-19 inches, it's a 400 watt MH

Do you have a fan blowing across the plants? It may look like heat stress.....but I still think they could use a watering. Although I don't grow in soil.....but I have had underwatering issues.

BigBud992 said:

Do you have a fan blowing across the plants? It may look like heat stress.....but I still think they could use a watering. Although I don't grow in soil.....but I have had underwatering issues.

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Yup, got a oscillating fan blowing right at the level of the lights, across tops of plants. Also have air circulating with a air purifier, on all the time.

I just watered wednesday, if you look at the pics, i took yesterday, the soil is still soaked. I don't think it's thirsty.

I think when it does dry out, i need to give it a good clean water flush, with PH balanced water. YOU?

Saw the harvest pics in your journal.

You would probably know better than me lol.....my guess would be raise the light (but i think 18-20 seems OK) or drink more water. Unless...you're using Tap water? That shit can be pretty bad, especially if you don't let it sit out awhile before using it.

Its not heat stress, the problem is at the roots I guarantee.. What is the temperature at root level?
What is the 'change' in pH of water flushed through it?
Are those in the MG soil?
It looks like a K lockout, just seems kinda fast for soil without an extreme pH shift, or frozen roots etc. if they were healthy 2 days ago..
Oh I re-read and noticed you pegged the temperatures.. K is cited as being poorly absorbed in cold weather..

The ones with the purple in the leaves look just like mine when my heater went out.Those plants got real cold IMO!

born2killspam said:

Its not heat stress, the problem is at the roots I guarantee.. What is the temperature at root level?
What is the 'change' in pH of water flushed through it?
Are those in the MG soil?
It looks like a K lockout, just seems kinda fast for soil without an extreme pH shift, or frozen roots etc. if they were healthy 2 days ago..
Oh I re-read and noticed you pegged the temperatures.. K is cited as being poorly absorbed in cold weather..

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Born, it's been so long since i had any MG soil i can't remember which girls have it and which don't. I haven't used any MG soil or nutes since Lucy and Cryptonite were babies. You think they could still be showing effects from the MG they were sprouted in?

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The ones with the purple in the leaves look just like mine when my heater went out.Those plants got real cold IMO!

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That's what i was thinking guys, so i stayed and checked the temps and adjusted them. I think i got the temps right now, it's just hard cuz it's been like in the negative degrees here for about a week. After being in the 50's the week before. Gotta love the midwest!!!LOL!!!!

My plan is to wait for them to dry back out, then give them a good flush and see if that helps more. Hopefully i can get those buildups out of the soil so she can get a drink like she needs.
Thanks guys!!!

No, the cold temps explain the K lockout perfectly.. I was wondering if that MG ball could come back to haunt you though.. You're probably 90% safe I would assume, but that time release stuff can be wierd..