very good work matt, thats the type grow I dream about in my sleep.... I read you put the lights off for 3 days before switching to 12/12.... is there a benefit of total darkness for a few days (speed up the change of going to flowering mode) or was this an accident?
great job so far cant wait for more bud pics
I am glad to hear you have got things back under control and are finding the silicon to be stabilizing things a bit. I went through the thread and am I correct in that you are just using Ionics Hydro Bloom and PK 9/18 with the recent addition of the silicon and that is all?
While I agree with CLoneman that during the first two weeks of flower you will get fluctuations in the PH cause of the plants rapid growth during the stretch and the transition to flower it shouldn't be as much as you are getting, that is pointing to something else.
The fact that the plants are growing fast and up taking nutrients quick points more towards rapid depletion of certain elements within your solution while leaving others hardly used. It could be that certain additives introduced during this time may have helped. A careful watch over the next couple of days will give you more insight into how you will keep the problem in check.
I have found that plants that start to bud very quickly and show pistils almost within the first week don't need that long of a transition on veg nutes maybe 3-5 days. Plants that take almost two weeks or longer to show pistils benefit from having veg nutes longer but there is a balancing act as you don't wanna have to much green late in bloom. So depending on your strains needs running veg nutes longer in those initial days may have helped your imbalance.
With your other test areas it seems like you have the proper research underway to get your problems under control. Keep up the good work, look forward to watching this progress
. He's taught me a ton over the years.
