First Timer: 12 Light Coco Multi-feed

[RB26]

Lowered CO2 @ 500-600PPM
Raised EC @ 1.4
Raised Central Air 1F @ 76-81F Lights on, 74-76F Lights off
Humidity @ Same, 45-60% Lights on, 50-60% Lights off

Problem has subsided by about 50%. I imagine 1-2 more days and it will completely reversed. They are currently being watered 3x/day and they are loving it.

 

[dansbuds]

I'm sure you'll get it figured out !!!

& merry Xmas brutha OVO

 

[SeattleEA]

Happy Christmas boys. You too retro

Merry Christmas dude!

 

[LyryC]

sooo is everyone doing better now with less co2?

 

[papaduc]

Merry Christmas dude!

Merry Christmas mate. Hope you're ok and your plants are still doing well. IF/when you start a diary of your ladies, gimme a shout man. Take it easy fella and all the best

 

[RB26]

sooo is everyone doing better now with less co2?

Blew the F up! Haha… Yeah. Long story short there is clearly a very close correlation between EC and CO2. My CO2 was too high for my EC, I am now at 500-600PPM which correlates very well with 1.3-1.4 EC (I was at 800-900PPM with 1.2-1.4EC).

Next barrel I'll up the EC to 1.5 and CO2 to 600-700. So on and so fourth

 

[dansbuds]

I hope you get a better pheno of the 818 than i did !!!

garbage dude !!! no taste , no flavor ..... buzz was ok .... but not what i expected . they were taken down at 65 at 95% cloudy , which is where i usually like it . but i have 2 more larger ones in flower now at 49 days & i'll let them go till i get a decent amount of amber this time , just to see if it gets any better . if not ..... shes history !!!

lol .... i think this is why seed breeders don't like me doing tests for them .... i get brutally honest !!

 

[LyryC]

Only my Blackwater OG from Cali Connect is good. I have 3 other oens just like urs dan - they look awesome - but the smell is weak - the high weak and over all just disappointing plants for the work.

They were randoms from CC but This is their last run - they are pathetic compared to pretty much everything else... no stretch either - pisses me off - i would have to veg these fucking things for months before they were of decent size to really yield...

Glad everything shaped up into gear IC OVO - thats good news - you are onto the next level. Dialing in a room is tough - but redialing it in with Co2 is a whole new ball game -

Got any close up shots of a few girls? I know you got your eye on a few

 

[dansbuds]

So whats up dude ??? We ain't heard from ya sense last year

Lets see them girls

 

[RB26]

I'll get some pics tomorrow, things are looking good! Just taking a little longer to veg than I would have hoped.

 

[RB26]

She loves getting topped!

 

[RetroGrow]

How long are you vegging for?

 

[RB26]

How long are you vegging for?

Already over schedule, haha. Hopefully no longer than another week.

 

[RetroGrow]

Already over schedule, haha. Hopefully no longer than another week.

So what are you going for, a 2 month veg?

 

[RB26]

So what are you going for, a 2 month veg?

Flipping Mondayish

 

[RetroGrow]

Flipping Mondayish

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So how many days veg will that be?
That was really my question.
They look happy.

 

[RB26]

So how many days veg will that be?
That was really my question.
They look happy.

About 50. That's 10-15 more than usual, and they aren't even as big as my plants are when I usually flip. They are however, very healthy so I'm hoping that makes up for it.

 

[dansbuds]

Damn i wish i had the kinda space ! this attic & its headroom drives me nuts !!

& the ladies look like their loving life !!!

 

[RetroGrow]

About 50. That's 10-15 more than usual, and they aren't even as big as my plants are when I usually flip. They are however, very healthy so I'm hoping that makes up for it.

To what do you attribute this? Is it a strain thing, or are you comparing to same strains? How far are your lights from the plants, and how often are you feeding? When your drippers are on, are you getting runoff, or are they soaking it all up? You are using different nutes, right? What else is different, besides the medium?

 

[RB26]

To what do you attribute this? Is it a strain thing, or are you comparing to same strains? How far are your lights from the plants, and how often are you feeding? When your drippers are on, are you getting runoff, or are they soaking it all up? You are using different nutes, right? What else is different, besides the medium?

The strain doesn't veg particularly quickly, and this is the first time I've ran it on this scale, so that could have something to do with it. But the CO2 was definitely doing something funky, which I attribute to at least 7 days of the slow-down. Since keeping the CO2 between 400-500 PPM they have grown considerably quicker, have better color, and overall the leaves/structure looks more vigorous. I am not saying that CO2 doesn't work, I am a huge propionate of CO2, but for some reason it was causing problems.

I believe the propane tank used might have had some sort of additive that the plants didn't like. First of all, it was a really obscure brand of propane that I had never used before. Second, 500-600PPM of CO2 is still extremely low, yet the plants would instantly react (negatively) at that level. Lowering to 400 got rid of the problem completely. I just swapped the tank out for a national brand and upped the level to 425 (which means it really maxes out at about 475) and I haven't noticed the problem again. I will up it to 500 in a couple days to see if it happens again.

I know the SS is picky when it comes to increased CO2 levels, but I have two other strains in the room that suffered the same symptoms at those extremely low levels, leading me back to the propane tank itself.

Lights are 2-3' from plant canopy. I feed 3 times a day, runoff occurs each watering. Yes, I have also been experimenting with different nutes and this is the first ever run in Coco.