Am having a bit of an issue where flower development seems to pause and stop every time at between 3 and 4 weeks. Flowers develop well but just don't seem to swell, they ultimately mature fine but they just don't swell up the way I am used to. Every other part of the cycle seems perfect, stretch is unreal, they come in at about 12" tall and stretch to the net which is set at 36".
The environment seems ideal to me, they are drip fed dtw with plenty of runoff, I use drip clean in everything they are fed 3 times a day to begin with and peak at 5 times a day, co2 is set at 1500 ppm, ambient temp is 81 canopy temps vary between 79-85. humidity starts about 65% and is lowered to 55% as the cycle progresses.
Nutrients are canna AB, Hydroplex, Big bud dry, and magnesium sulfate. PH is always 5.8-6.0 Generally they are fed at around 1.3 ec (7 ml's AB 2 mls hydroplex, .5 grams Big Bud Dry, .5 grams epsom) this comes out as
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I was comfortable with this because I felt like it was close enough to the H3ad numbers to be safe. It seems as though they like it quite a bit for most of the cycle. I do begin to raise those until I hit my absolute peak of (8 mls coco AB, 6 mls hydroplex, .5 grams epsom) which comes out at around 1.8 ec and gives
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I use RO with enough tap to bring the EC of the starting water to around .2-.3
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way the plants look, ZERO signs of any discomfort, no signs of burning, they look well fed runoff seems to be perfect (PPM drops (between 100-200 ppm @500), PH raises to maybe 6.2 in the runoff)
What really screws with me here is everything looks fantastic the entire time, they just don't swell, stretch is perfect, flower set is ideal, they stack up nicely, they swell for a bit but they just seem to poop out at that point. Making me truly insane because it is impossible to show these bastards anymore love and care than I am already.
The weakest part of my current system is really the cleaning of the plants, they are flipped small so its pretty pointless to clean them up before flip, they stretch fantastically and somewhere around week 2 I begin to slowly clean them up. I do just a bit each day, removing branches that don't reach the light, cleaning up lower new growth. Really minimal removal each day, spread out over a long period of time. I have experimented with not cleaning them up and it does not seem to help the issue of flower development slowing and just creates tons of larf.
They are also spike fed guano and carbs (florilicious plus) and tricantonal (GPW massive) Phd to 6 as a minor flush with 50% runoff twice a week. Their scheduled feedings kick in immediately afterwords so their should be no issue of them becoming deficient after that flush.
The environment seems ideal to me, they are drip fed dtw with plenty of runoff, I use drip clean in everything they are fed 3 times a day to begin with and peak at 5 times a day, co2 is set at 1500 ppm, ambient temp is 81 canopy temps vary between 79-85. humidity starts about 65% and is lowered to 55% as the cycle progresses.
Nutrients are canna AB, Hydroplex, Big bud dry, and magnesium sulfate. PH is always 5.8-6.0 Generally they are fed at around 1.3 ec (7 ml's AB 2 mls hydroplex, .5 grams Big Bud Dry, .5 grams epsom) this comes out as
75
65
114
36
30
83
I was comfortable with this because I felt like it was close enough to the H3ad numbers to be safe. It seems as though they like it quite a bit for most of the cycle. I do begin to raise those until I hit my absolute peak of (8 mls coco AB, 6 mls hydroplex, .5 grams epsom) which comes out at around 1.8 ec and gives
85
106
132
44
17
95
I use RO with enough tap to bring the EC of the starting water to around .2-.3
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way the plants look, ZERO signs of any discomfort, no signs of burning, they look well fed runoff seems to be perfect (PPM drops (between 100-200 ppm @500), PH raises to maybe 6.2 in the runoff)
What really screws with me here is everything looks fantastic the entire time, they just don't swell, stretch is perfect, flower set is ideal, they stack up nicely, they swell for a bit but they just seem to poop out at that point. Making me truly insane because it is impossible to show these bastards anymore love and care than I am already.
The weakest part of my current system is really the cleaning of the plants, they are flipped small so its pretty pointless to clean them up before flip, they stretch fantastically and somewhere around week 2 I begin to slowly clean them up. I do just a bit each day, removing branches that don't reach the light, cleaning up lower new growth. Really minimal removal each day, spread out over a long period of time. I have experimented with not cleaning them up and it does not seem to help the issue of flower development slowing and just creates tons of larf.
They are also spike fed guano and carbs (florilicious plus) and tricantonal (GPW massive) Phd to 6 as a minor flush with 50% runoff twice a week. Their scheduled feedings kick in immediately afterwords so their should be no issue of them becoming deficient after that flush.