Diary Here we go again..

[exploziv]

Hello! I promised an update and here it is:



All remaining plants are female.
I number them 1 to 9, left to right and front to back.

7 - 8 - 9
4 - 5 - 6
1 - 2 - 3

plants 1 ,2, 3, 4, 5, 8 have been tied 2 days ago.
plants 6, 7, 9 have been tied before the update.
I have also defoliated them a bit while tieing then to better optimize canopy spread.
Plants don't need water yet. But most probably tommorow they will receive a watering of diluted seaweed extract dose in water to see how they react.
Temps are around 21-22 C at night, 23-25 C on light on. Humidity varies from 50 to 65 %. VPD around 11.
they are about 3 weeks since 12/12 and probably around 6 weeks old. Maybe a bit more.
Lots of tops in there! Light still at 60%.

 

[exploziv]

Sure look healthy!
Yeah the dolomite will take a couple weeks to start providing anything for the plants, I have mixed a batch of LC's mix and let it sit for three weeks before I up-potted the latest batch of DoSiDos clones.
So far they seem to be good with no signs of deficiencies and the the thrips were dealt with too.
Keep it up bro always a pleasure to stop by these parts!
CC

Thank you bro! Sounds great! If I manage to not fuck this round up by too many amendaments then for sure I will do it again with less chicken shit.

 

[exploziv]

Fantastic grow as always my friend, we're patiently waiting for the bud porn that's been promised, keep up the good work!

Nothing fantastic in here yet, but hopefully that will change soon, as they start growing buds.
Thanks for checking my thread, my friend.

 

[exploziv]

Small update with pictures:

Above is a group picture from today. Plants are about 4 weeks from light switch and about 8 weeks since germination. I had to retie 4 of them today because they were getting taller than their sisters. I also sprayed them with a FPE for Ca, Mg and other micronutrients. It will probably be last spraying they receive since the buds are starting to grow and I won't spray in flower to risk mold.

Below I added pictures of 2 plants that don't look so well. I would need opinions on what is wrong with them. I suspect it's Ca deficiency or a ph problem from too much chicken shit pellets I added to the soil mix before planting.
but any input you guys have would be helpful.
One pic has a matte white sheet of paper in it for white balance comparison, so you get a feel of the real shade of green of the plant(s).

Last pic is environmental data:

Keep in mind that light just been turned on after they were left for 2 hours to dry a bit on the leaves from the spray I did, so temp is lower than the usual 24-26 degrees C I have on lights on.
Also, just 2 soil sensors are used and I did not updated my controller yet to calculate humidity based on just those 2, so real humidity is the one displayed by the S2 and S3 probes, and the average of them two is actually double the displayed soil humidity (47 x 2 = 94%). I will soon code a way to select which sensors are used and how many of them from the controller menu, which is in the works right now. For now I would have to rewrite the programming with a slight change to modify it. And it's not as practical.

Thank you for checking my thread and see you soon for a new update.

 

[Archangel]

I think it's Nitrogen.

 

[exploziv]

Hello Archangel! Thank you for checking my thread and trying to help.
I would hope it's really just a deficiency and not a bigger problem regarding ph.
If really it's just N or other element, they should be already on the way to being fixed, since they already received both seaweed extract liquid feed in soil and also fpe spray. Those 2 toghether contain enaugh of N, Ca and Mg to put the plants on the right path. Or at least start the recovery. But if that is right it means those plants are monsters. If I go by how much ferts I incorporated into the mix, I would have expected them to finish flowering no problem and just start to have slight deficiencies (maybe) in late flower IF no other liquid ferts were added during the grow.
i guess we'll see what happens. Hopefully it doesn't get worse or spread to the other plants till i figure out how to fix it.

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Have no idea about this. but i hope you will find the solution soon.

 

[exploziv]

Some of the other plants started to
show deficiencies, it looks like they need a bit of each, Ca, Mg, N, K. So I will start feeding full dose every watering and see how it goes.
That means this light is a monster! You really need lots of nutes to sustain what this light can do! I have a lot of grows under my belt but wasn't expecting as much consumption as they have shown. Actually I almost dismissed this as impossible! Haha..
Hopefully they will get back on track before bulking up starts. I am lucky that this plant (and sativas generally) can take more abuse than others.

stay tuned, tommorow should be update day!

 

[Chevy cHaze]

Good stuff, let us know what you find in regards to the light ;-)
CC

 

[exploziv]

For now I think I found out I will be back to double dose of nutes every watering.
I think the real findings will come when i manage to feed them right for a whole grow and not subestimate the light's power and good spectrum. Then, the result should be mindblowing.
P.S. The light is at 70% starting today! So I am yet to witness what it can do at 100%..
Thank you for your visit, mate! See you soon!

 

[GMT]

I got some calcium tablets from the chemist, drop one and a soluble asprin into 5 litres of water and give each plant a dose at the start of flowering. Together with my nutes ( hesi line) it seems to have kept mine happy. Of course it depends on your soil and water etc, but just an idea.

 

[exploziv]

GMT thanks for coming in. Any ideea what is the aspirin supposed to do?

 

[GMT]

Its meant to keep plants healthier, but as to how, no. Its recommended on a bunch of general gardening Chanel's, and its something Charles Xavier once spoke about, but the process is a mystery to me. It does seem to make them a little happier though. So I have started giving them one between them at the start of flowering.

 

[unclefishstick]

Its meant to keep plants healthier, but as to how, no. Its recommended on a bunch of general gardening Chanel's, and its something Charles Xavier once spoke about, but the process is a mystery to me. It does seem to make them a little happier though. So I have started giving them one between them at the start of flowering.

isn't he the leader of the X-men?

aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid which is similar to a compound in willow leaves,often used for germination as it mimics the effects of certain hormones

 

[GMT]

Lol, yeah, also an old member on this site. I didn't think it was long enough ago to be before your time here though. I know it can be used to aid old seeds, it can also be used in high doses to aid in reversal, but as a low dose infrequent addition to nutes, aids in the health of a plant.

 

[exploziv]

Salicylic acid is a phenolic phytohormone, and is found in plants with roles in plant growth and development, photosynthesis, transpiration, and ion uptake and transport.[SUP][38][/SUP] Salicylic acid is involved in endogenous signaling, mediating plant defense against pathogens.[SUP][39][/SUP] It plays a role in the resistance to pathogens (i.e. systemic acquired resistance) by inducing the production of pathogenesis-related proteins and other defensive metabolites.[SUP][40][/SUP]

The volatile methyl ester of salicylic acid, methyl salicylate, can also diffuse through the air, facilitating plant-plant communication.[SUP][41][/SUP] Methyl salicylate is taken up by the stomata of the nearby plant, where it can induce an immune response after being converted back to salicylic acid.[SUP][42][/SUP]

Yeah, I guess it is helpful. Here is what wikipedia says about it's use as a plant hormone. I will try it sometimes to see how it goes!

 

[exploziv]

 

[exploziv]

Update time! Plants are about 4 weeks flower. They have just received their first full dose nutrient watering. Keep in mind that plants are a bit thirsty in the pics since I switched off the controller some days ago to be sure I manage to water them with nutes before it was gonna water them with plain water, but then my watering came about a day late than it should. Soil humidity level was under 60% before watering, now it is 90%.
i think they won't need that much tieing from now on. I will stop for a while and see if the stretch too much, then I might have to retie some tops, but for now they are ok. Last bondage session was before last update, last week.
Not the best pics but we gotta use what I captured since I am high as fk (making and smoking kief all day) and won't take other pictures till next update anyway. So, please enjoy. Hopefully the deficiencies will get slowly fixed now that I finally understood how much more nutes they need.

 

[shawkmon]

HZ KRU ! HIGH IQ WEED RIP ANDYO

 

[exploziv]

Thanks for coming by, shawk!
Rip Andyo! Kief puffs for him!

Forgot to add light (mars hydro TSW2000 led panel) is at 70% starting yesterday, will go at 80% in one week, around update time. Nice way to slowly ramp it up and they still get to enjoy 100% light power for the last half of the flowering.