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HYDROPONICS:
What STRAIN are you growing? - Kens Grandaddy Purple
What was the establishing technique? (Were the seed or clone?) Clone
What is the age of your plants? not sure.. mid flower
What PHASE are the plants in? (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? Flower
What Technique are you using? Blazeoneup style RDWC.
What substrate/medium are you using?(Hydroton, RockWool etc.) Hydroton net pots into buckets
What is the Nutrient temperature? 67 F
What Nutrient's are you using? Maxibloom, Cal mag
What is the TDS/EC/PPM you are using? 800 @.5 conversion
What is the pH of the "Tank"? 5.8-6.0
Are you sure your calibration is correct on your equiptment? No.
When was your last watering?
When was your last feeding change? (ie. grow-bloom-micro-additional)
What size bulb are you using? 1k HPS
What is the distance to the canopy? 16-18 inches
What is your RH Factor? no idea
What is the canopy temperature? no idea
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include flucutaion range) 50's night 60 low 70's day
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) 8" vortex..
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? no, oscillating
Is your water HARD or SOFT? Hard.. tap water
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned off of or pinched - pruned a lot actually..
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so, What and When?
Are plant's infected with pest's - no
Anyone know why my plants are so leafy? The first two weeks of 12/12 my PH meter was way off.. Was giving me 6.0 readings but was actually 4.5 ph.. Plants starting getting back on track after i emptied the buckets and refilled them with fresh nutes. Now i'm not sure how long i've been flowering more than 4-5 weeks, way too long and the buds are literally non existant. It's all leaf.. The top 2 inches of canopy are starting to throw fat white hairs but the rest is larfy garbage. My water temps were low early on in flower also, about 60 F.. Fixed now.
I'm finding some nanners on the bottoms also.. What could be the problem? light leaks? lack of D/O? ph problems in the beginning of flower? not enough nutes?
Should i scrap this grow and pick up another 64 kens gdp or sfv og kush and flowering them out with no veg? going to go back to coco for now, I can't afford fucking up another crop experimenting with grow techniques.. or should i wait it out another week or two and see what happens?
*edit - Turns out the roots had clogged the 3/4" drain lines and the plants had some stem rot. Blazeoneup RDWC was not successful, the growth was great but the root mass took up the entire 5 gallon bucket and clogged the lines completely. I wouldn't attempt RDWC again unless I had an undercurrent or similar, like 20 gallon brute trash cans and 4-6" PVC return lines/bulkheads. RDWC is fucking insane and insanely easy, I like it more than coco.
DIdn't mean to bump this thread after years. My apologies.
What STRAIN are you growing? - Kens Grandaddy Purple
What was the establishing technique? (Were the seed or clone?) Clone
What is the age of your plants? not sure.. mid flower
What PHASE are the plants in? (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? Flower
What Technique are you using? Blazeoneup style RDWC.
What substrate/medium are you using?(Hydroton, RockWool etc.) Hydroton net pots into buckets
What is the Nutrient temperature? 67 F
What Nutrient's are you using? Maxibloom, Cal mag
What is the TDS/EC/PPM you are using? 800 @.5 conversion
What is the pH of the "Tank"? 5.8-6.0
Are you sure your calibration is correct on your equiptment? No.
When was your last watering?
When was your last feeding change? (ie. grow-bloom-micro-additional)
What size bulb are you using? 1k HPS
What is the distance to the canopy? 16-18 inches
What is your RH Factor? no idea
What is the canopy temperature? no idea
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include flucutaion range) 50's night 60 low 70's day
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) 8" vortex..
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? no, oscillating
Is your water HARD or SOFT? Hard.. tap water
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned off of or pinched - pruned a lot actually..
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so, What and When?
Are plant's infected with pest's - no
Anyone know why my plants are so leafy? The first two weeks of 12/12 my PH meter was way off.. Was giving me 6.0 readings but was actually 4.5 ph.. Plants starting getting back on track after i emptied the buckets and refilled them with fresh nutes. Now i'm not sure how long i've been flowering more than 4-5 weeks, way too long and the buds are literally non existant. It's all leaf.. The top 2 inches of canopy are starting to throw fat white hairs but the rest is larfy garbage. My water temps were low early on in flower also, about 60 F.. Fixed now.
I'm finding some nanners on the bottoms also.. What could be the problem? light leaks? lack of D/O? ph problems in the beginning of flower? not enough nutes?
Should i scrap this grow and pick up another 64 kens gdp or sfv og kush and flowering them out with no veg? going to go back to coco for now, I can't afford fucking up another crop experimenting with grow techniques.. or should i wait it out another week or two and see what happens?
*edit - Turns out the roots had clogged the 3/4" drain lines and the plants had some stem rot. Blazeoneup RDWC was not successful, the growth was great but the root mass took up the entire 5 gallon bucket and clogged the lines completely. I wouldn't attempt RDWC again unless I had an undercurrent or similar, like 20 gallon brute trash cans and 4-6" PVC return lines/bulkheads. RDWC is fucking insane and insanely easy, I like it more than coco.
DIdn't mean to bump this thread after years. My apologies.
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