boredinmemind
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hey there,
so i thought i'd make a thread about my current round im doing atm.
construction is as follows:
Tent : 36"x24"x62"
Light: 1 x 400w HPS in a econowing
Bucket Setup:1 x 2gal. bucket with 2 round airstones in it with the main plant. no drainage just the bucket (i think this is where alot of my problems are arising)
Ventilation: 1 x 6in exhaust fan on top. (creates a vacuum so the tent gets the cool air from the AC in the room.)
1 x small box fan for circulation
1 x small desk fan mutilated and mounted to the light. (god how i wish i could afford a cooltube.)
Misc: scrog net out of wire fence and pvc. (not that you can call it scrog with how i let it get out of control.)
Strain: fem BerryBomb x "cherry". (there is also another of the same in soil in the tent. figured that way even if the hydro one died i didnt end up with nothing)
(cherry is a strain a friend had that i got a clone of last round. it herm'd and it was in with a berry bomb girl hence this strain, the cherry was a shorter plant i'd say mostly indica and had a dark bud appearance with skunky aroma with a hint of like a dark red cherry smell. very nice plant i wish i had cloned it when i had the chance.)
Nutes i have atm:
GH 3 part.
GH floralicious plus
GH koolbloom
GH diamond nector
grabed these yesterday.
superthrive
canna rhizotonic
canna-zyme
ive been mixing 3gallons at a time in a 5 gal bucket with an airstone to keep it happy about 1 day in advance typically. then i use a submersible pump that stays in the nute res and i plug in to transfer. the nutes sit as i only use 1 gal a time to refill. ive also just been using only the nute'd water, not topping up with fresh ph'd water. though i started this recently. i know that probably didnt help
ill post pics in the next posts.
My Issues
so ive been having some PH issues.
recently the bucket has been having it's PH fluctuate alot.
example: friday night i returned to a dry bucket, so i checked the nute res made sure it was at 5.8 then watered it 1 gallon. saturday morning around 11am (lights on 11am- 11pm) my gf checked the buckets PH. and it was at 5.93
perfect! i was thinking things are going ok. then when i got home and the res was down and at 5.9ish, so i watered it with the nute water after adding some superthrive to help with the stress of going dry for a while and whatnot. let it sit overnight, and when i checked this morning the water was way down so i checked PH was at 5.5 and the PPMs were at like 1500......
at 1st i thought i had root rot but it was the lighting mixed with "micros" ability to make water look like the runoff from a nuclear plant. (though i know the tent is in my bedroom im sure it could be more sterile, and i try but shit happens)
throughout all this the same strain in FFOF and having only used nute'd water once has been doing great. so i know it's something to do with me not the strain. (i assume)
What im going to start doing.
when the water goes from 1gal down to .5 gal i will fill back to 1gal with fresh tap water ph'd appropriately (just in case this is a salt build up.
im going to put an inverted grow bag over the 2 gal bucket to eliminate any light leak there could be (idk if there is or not honestly)
(though i know when i feed and check i have to open the bucket so there is then...)
ANY advice is helpful! and im sorry about the essay but thanks for reading.
so i thought i'd make a thread about my current round im doing atm.
construction is as follows:
Tent : 36"x24"x62"
Light: 1 x 400w HPS in a econowing
Bucket Setup:1 x 2gal. bucket with 2 round airstones in it with the main plant. no drainage just the bucket (i think this is where alot of my problems are arising)
Ventilation: 1 x 6in exhaust fan on top. (creates a vacuum so the tent gets the cool air from the AC in the room.)
1 x small box fan for circulation
1 x small desk fan mutilated and mounted to the light. (god how i wish i could afford a cooltube.)
Misc: scrog net out of wire fence and pvc. (not that you can call it scrog with how i let it get out of control.)
Strain: fem BerryBomb x "cherry". (there is also another of the same in soil in the tent. figured that way even if the hydro one died i didnt end up with nothing)
(cherry is a strain a friend had that i got a clone of last round. it herm'd and it was in with a berry bomb girl hence this strain, the cherry was a shorter plant i'd say mostly indica and had a dark bud appearance with skunky aroma with a hint of like a dark red cherry smell. very nice plant i wish i had cloned it when i had the chance.)
Nutes i have atm:
GH 3 part.
GH floralicious plus
GH koolbloom
GH diamond nector
grabed these yesterday.
superthrive
canna rhizotonic
canna-zyme
ive been mixing 3gallons at a time in a 5 gal bucket with an airstone to keep it happy about 1 day in advance typically. then i use a submersible pump that stays in the nute res and i plug in to transfer. the nutes sit as i only use 1 gal a time to refill. ive also just been using only the nute'd water, not topping up with fresh ph'd water. though i started this recently. i know that probably didnt help
ill post pics in the next posts.
My Issues
so ive been having some PH issues.
recently the bucket has been having it's PH fluctuate alot.
example: friday night i returned to a dry bucket, so i checked the nute res made sure it was at 5.8 then watered it 1 gallon. saturday morning around 11am (lights on 11am- 11pm) my gf checked the buckets PH. and it was at 5.93
perfect! i was thinking things are going ok. then when i got home and the res was down and at 5.9ish, so i watered it with the nute water after adding some superthrive to help with the stress of going dry for a while and whatnot. let it sit overnight, and when i checked this morning the water was way down so i checked PH was at 5.5 and the PPMs were at like 1500......
at 1st i thought i had root rot but it was the lighting mixed with "micros" ability to make water look like the runoff from a nuclear plant. (though i know the tent is in my bedroom im sure it could be more sterile, and i try but shit happens)
throughout all this the same strain in FFOF and having only used nute'd water once has been doing great. so i know it's something to do with me not the strain. (i assume)
What im going to start doing.
when the water goes from 1gal down to .5 gal i will fill back to 1gal with fresh tap water ph'd appropriately (just in case this is a salt build up.
im going to put an inverted grow bag over the 2 gal bucket to eliminate any light leak there could be (idk if there is or not honestly)
(though i know when i feed and check i have to open the bucket so there is then...)
ANY advice is helpful! and im sorry about the essay but thanks for reading.