Analog's LED

[analogue]

I've grown for a long time at 50 ppm Mg. I've found it a pretty solid number. Have previously considered 45 ppm Mg to be low. Just started at 4:1 Ca to Mg ratio - I had been testing at 135 ppm and 45 ppm Ca:Mg (3:1). My sense is that a 3:1 Ca: Mg ratio with coco is golden.

It will be interesting to see what takes place.

Media pH is currently @ 6.2 pH. A pH of 6.0 is the goal, sometimes actual pH is slightly more or less.

Brix is usually at 14 .

I don't bother with higher potassium levels anymore.

 

[medmaker420]

great info analogue

I have noticed that with leds and how they grow cooler the watering / watering is fewer and far between so I tend to want to add more so they don't yellow on me. I agree on the less is best strategy though and try and find the minimum needed especially with veg.

 

[rives]

My sense is that a 3:1 Ca: Mg ratio with coco is golden.

If my recent experience with Veg+Bloom is any indicator, this is right on the nose. My last completed run was with V+B (RO formula) at this ratio, and it was both painless and productive.

 

[analogue]

Looks good, Analogue. It's interesting to me that your girls are doing that well with the Mg @ 40ppm. I seem to need to be up around 50ppm minimum in order to keep the plants from looking like some weird coleus hybrid, and leds seem to accentuate the need over other lighting.

I'm watching them. Not trying to obsess (are they too close, are they far enough away, is there too much wind or not enough...) .

They all get a little extra chelated iron.

Well during the day today all four BubbleNumb (Bubblegum x Gold Kush XXX) seeds shot Up and Out. Six days from dropping them into wet coco coir.

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[PetFlora]

On another popular site there are a couple excellent LED DIY threads.

It seems the hot ratio is 1:2:2 CW/NW/WW using multiple small heatsinks ( ~ 12 X 12) using 1w leds

 

[analogue]

Next year I will make some more light bars. I feel good where I am right now. But in the future I won't use permanent adhesiv e. The concept of using a blend of whites is intriguing because of their higher efficiencies.

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The final Brix reading for the Harle-Tsu plant was 14.5. That's a lot of plant sugar. Chlorphyll is doing its job.

Back to 50 ppm for Mg. I'm still looking at a base saturation of Ca to be 3 times Mg.

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I made some canna-butter using clarified butter and a LED harvest (buds and trim). Works very well, tastes great. I put the ground cannabis and clarified butter in a glass jar and simmered it in a water bath, then filtered it (pressure assisted) through screenprint mesh. I did do a hot water extraction for the resulting morass of green and got almost nothing on the second pass.

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

Next year I will make some more light bars. I feel good where I am right now. But in the future I won't use permanent adhesiv e. The concept of using a blend of whites is intriguing because of their higher efficiencies.

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The final Brix reading for the Harle-Tsu plant was 14.5. That's a lot of plant sugar. Chlorphyll is doing its job.

Back to 50 ppm for Mg. I'm still looking at a base saturation of Ca to be 3 times Mg.

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I made some canna-butter using clarified butter and a LED harvest (buds and trim). Works very well, tastes great. I put the ground cannabis and clarified butter in a glass jar and simmered it in a water bath, then filtered it (pressure assisted) through screenprint mesh. I did do a hot water extraction for the resulting morass of green and got almost nothing on the second pass.

Curious about what kind of sample you take from the plant to obtain your brix reading? I have a refractometer for my brewery.. never thought about taking any kind of readings from my plants...

mgk

 

[analogue]

Curious about what kind of sample you take from the plant to obtain your brix reading? I have a refractometer for my brewery.. never thought about taking any kind of readings from my plants...

mgk

Hey Maynard:

I take mature fan leaves from multiple locations except new growth.

refractometer demonstration

Also a useful accessory will be a garlic press to squeeze the juice out of your leaves. Only takes a few leaves, less than 5 or 6.

Collect your leaves to test at the end of the day during lights on. Highest Brix readings at that time. During lights off, Brix levels go down in the leaves as sugars get transported to the roots.

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

Hey Maynard:

I take mature fan leaves from multiple locations except new growth.

refractometer demonstration

Also a useful accessory will be a garlic press to squeeze the juice out of your leaves. Only takes a few leaves, less than 5 or 6.

Collect your leaves to test at the end of the day during lights on. Highest Brix readings at that time. During lights off, Brix levels go down in the leaves as sugars get transported to the roots.

Sounds like fun.. gonna give it a whirl..

mgk

 

[analogue]

moving right along.

 

[medmaker420]

analogue, great shots and the brix tests are something I want to test as well with the different strains. I think it is another solid data point to help us growers out.

 

[tenthirty]

Anlogue, I would give that cola on a stick a 9 out of 10 easy.

Now the question is........
Is this due to your exceptional growing skills or the light?

 

[analogue]

analogue, great shots and the brix tests are something I want to test as well with the different strains. I think it is another solid data point to help us growers out.

I love analog tools and that's one of them.

Will be able to start testing the sap pH soon.

Anlogue, I would give that cola on a stick a 9 out of 10 easy.

Now the question is........
Is this due to your exceptional growing skills or the light?

Luck. First time I've grown that plant

There are also 3 colas, so maybe it's Deception

 

[tenthirty]

I love analog tools and that's one of them.

Will be able to start testing the sap pH soon.



Luck. First time I've grown that plant

There are also 3 colas, so maybe it's Deception

That makes it even better!

 

[medmaker420]

Yeah it tripped me out at first as well. I saw the first with the 3 colas then saw this single with one big fat cola and got confused but kept reading and saw I wasn't the only one.

Once you look back at it however you can tell there is more than one cola there but from a quick glance it looks like one monster cola. The plants are looking great!

 

[analogue]

I'm so looking forward to testing the Harle-Tsu, won't be long now.

 

[analogue]

This is the smaller of the 3 colas from the Harle-Tsu (70 days).



...another one into Flower.

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

This is the smaller of the 3 colas from the Harle-Tsu (70 days).

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...another one into Flower.

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Looks nice and dense.. nice work!

mgk

 

[medmaker420]

One of my main focuses in 2013 is working with cbd strains. Can't wait to locate some solid cbd's

 

[analogue]

I took the opportunity to leqally aquire some Sour Tsunami, which was the male (mom as the Harlequin clone) in the Harle-Tsu that I am growing.

I can see that my pheno looks more like Sour Tsunami, than Harlequin.

Am still undecided how my Harle-Tsu compares to Sour Tsunami. But I will keep purchasing more Sour Tsunami until my harvest comes in.

I like it. As does my body and mind.

The primary constituent of my mixed media is now Black and Gold Organic. It's peat moss with compost, EWC, and humus (not hummus ). Mixed in is some shredded coco-coir (and as a top layer). Also 1 cup of CaC03 per cubic foot of the Black and Gold.

NH4=22.9%, EC=1.33, pH=6.37

N = 100
P = 62
K = 100
Ca = 112
Mg = 37
S = 77

Fertigation is 3 pints every 48 hours, at this point.