Trying to Fine Tune My Setup

Gadget's

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So I have 2 Mars Hydro 5x5 tents; one for flowering and one for vegetating. Aside from this I have one grow dome with heat mat And a HydroBros growers light. For my medium I am starting to learn with Nutrient-less dirt: I forget the name now. It's kept in a large plastic container. I am feeding the dirt with Dr.Earth Veg, Bloom, And 4-4-4 to maintain a feeding every month until harvest. Everything seems to do EXCEPTIONALLY well before going into Flower tent, and I assume that is where I am having trouble.

I've marked it down to:
1) PH: The plants in question are HASHBAR. They started stretching really tall and yellow leaves at the bottom. The yellow leaves have turned gray, which tells me I need to do SOMETHING instead of waiting a few weeks to let it go. I was timid at first, but I tried lowering the PH from 6.7 [which I do all of flowering usually as soon as I put them in the tent] to 6.5 to help release more phosphorus...however I got this from the grow bible. My uncle said I might do well to give it more alkaline but it's hard to gauge.
AND I AM FRIGGING GUESSING ON PH. HAAAAA. So I keep it simple. PH for babies 6.5, veg tent 6.6, and flower tent 6.7.

2) Light intensity: The lights I run for both tents are MARS HYDRO 680watt-fce6500 for both tents: In Veg I keep the intensity at 25%, and the flower tent is set for 75%. I think I may be stressing them; I want to acclimate them, but that means the plants already in the tent lose intensity. My uncle suggested keeping the veg tent at 50% and the flower tent at 75%. Maybe. I still say there's a missing piece here.

3) Water: I use simple tap water, as this design was to be light on the wallet as possible, until I actually make harvests. [yes I know the stab myself in the foot talk with cheapness..move on] However, I use a air stone and petco aquatic heater to keep it around 80 degrees. I sometimes do not let it sit for 24 hours FULLY, but I do let it set afternight. I was told I should get a water test kit just in case.

It's interesting because I can tell only my hashbar are getting deeply affected. However, that's not to say the rest of the plants I have in flower {kushcake, Trainwreck, and Lemon Kush} cannot be fine tuned.

I am looking for ANY TOPIC MAGNETS FOR THIS PAGE BASED ON WHAT I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT. Feel free to leave a post that pertains to this situation. Any help is greatly appreciated. Yes, I am also searching myself, I just get too into my mind and lose my shit when I read so many articles that are CLOSE to my situation, but not really lol. I'm a mess. But that's why I am here. To sort it.
 

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That's what the bible said man; Just reading your words made me feel more confident. Thanks man :joint: so for a while I suppose I was underwatering, by a few ounces. I would have to water every day. But I recent changed that. The bible said to help release more Phosphorus, I had to drop the PH from 6.7 to 6.5.
 

hotrodharley

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That's what the bible said man; Just reading your words made me feel more confident. Thanks man :joint: so for a while I suppose I was underwatering, by a few ounces. I would have to water every day. But I recent changed that. The bible said to help release more Phosphorus, I had to drop the PH from 6.7 to 6.5.
And don't overdo any calcium or cal mag.
 

Gadget's

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Shit. I should have taken another video. But my buddy is also saying I should rev up the intensity in my flower tent to full 100. Either that or lower the light because my plants are looking a little "light Deprived." I have a photo of a Kushcake that has already had it's flower feeding, and it's last feeding is due on the 23rd.

But my veg tent is at 25%....BUTTTT I also have to transplant some babies into 1gal pots and then throw it into veg tent...fuck it's getting sticky.
 

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So basically...I know I have to get the plants ready to go into flower tent so slightly turn up the intensity every day. But..can the newbies going in the veg tent take it...fuck...I need to take a break lol
 
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