Mosca Negra's C99 BX1 - 400w Cabinet Grow by GrnMtnGrwr

[mosca negra]

GMG- Please confirm this is your nutrient regimen:

Nutes
GH Flora Bloom
GH Flora Micro
GH KoolBloom Powder

Fed according to the recipe, which is basically...
6 Micro / 9 Bloom per gallon during veg and about halfway through flowering, followed by just the Bloom part until flush, with a few doses of KoolBloom applied throughout flower.

I'll be doing some foliar treatments for my first time, I'm using Dutch Master's Liquid Light and Penetrator. I will begin this after they've got 1 or 2 nodes, and continue until the stretch stops in 12/12.

The starter cells they're in are pure GH Cocotek Fine Coco, but they will be growing in 1/3 Perlite and 2/3 Coco. I will be handwatering until maybe a week or two after they get transplanted to the 7.6" square containers (1.7 gallons). There is one step between the starter cells and 1.7 gallon pots, I'm not sure the exact size though.

After they have spread their roots in the final containers, I will be feeding via Tropf Blumat for the remainder of the grow.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

I'm only using the Micro and Bloom right now, trying to keep it as simple as possible until these problems clear up. Some of the plants looks awesome, perfectly healthy and green, and some are having the issues mentioned before. No foliar treatments right now, PH is 5.5, unsure of EC but the last time I tested the tap water here it was about 0.2ec, so that plus 6ml Micro, 9ml Bloom per gallon.

I'd love to hear any input you've got on these issues mosca!

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

 

[gdbud]

Nice job with the chart! Are you also keeping a daily log of your cabinets environment to?
I'm keeping a daily log myself, but of the environment of the cabinet and it has paid off several times by being able to go back through the log to help correct a problem.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

No daily log, but I've got a temperature/humidity sensor in there that keeps track of highs and lows.

Temperatures
High - 85
Average - 79
Low - 60 (One or two nights)

Humidity
High - 47% (Only once or twice)
Average - 35%
Low - 20%

 

[RiddleMeThis]

Looking good so far, hope you are able figure out whats going on with the couple of your girls that are showing some distress. I am going to be following the same regimen, same exact nute's and schedule, b'cuzz coco, adding perlite, same ratios as you. I however am using 4sqft tent with 250w mh/hps. My temps/rh seem to be very similar to yours as well. Gonna be following your log closely, hope you dont mind if I pop in now and again with comments & questions! Good luck to you and your girls!

rmt

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

2.5ml Dyna-Gro Pro-Tekt
6ml GH Flora Micro
9ml GH Flora Bloom
60 drops of PH Down

Since I got the humidifier for the room the temp in the cabinet has been between 69 and 82, and the humidity has been between 36% and 59%.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Day 25

Day 25



#7 and #8, the droopy ones, are also the tallest ones, with more space between nodes than all the others.

 

[gdbud]

Looks like they are filling in nicely.

 

[thegambler]

Hey GrnMtn- I didn't fertilize until the 4th week of veg. I didn't have to add a thing- just maintained a 6.2 pH with R.O. water. After switching to flowering, I lightly fertilized with grow ferts for 2 weeks, then slowly introduced bloom. I use Advanced Nutes Connoisseur AB/Liquid Karma/Sensizym at a light feeding schedule......

Some of your plants are showing fertilizer burn. Others look like (lime green new growth) they need cal/mag....... others look great???

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Hey GrnMtn- I didn't fertilize until the 4th week of veg. I didn't have to add a thing- just maintained a 6.2 pH with R.O. water. After switching to flowering, I lightly fertilized with grow ferts for 2 weeks, then slowly introduced bloom. I use Advanced Nutes Connoisseur AB/Liquid Karma/Sensizym at a light feeding schedule......

Some of your plants are showing fertilizer burn. Others look like (lime green new growth) they need cal/mag....... others look great???

What medium did you grow in? I admit I may have jumped the gun a little bit on feeding but there's no way in hell I'm going to wait 4 weeks to feed them.

These will be getting veg feedings for the first few weeks of flower.

Wait a second... so out of 6 females, you got 5 of one pheno and 1 of another? And the 5 stretched from 16-18 inches to 6+ feet?

You said you harvested all of them at 56 days? Any idea what the trichs looked like?

I think it's telling how they've separated into a few different groups in regards to nutrient needs. I'm curious to see which ones are which once I flower them.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Looks like they are filling in nicely.

So do yours!

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

I just gave them a soak down with 60ml Penetrator / 45ml Liquid Light (Per Liter) (3/4 Strength)

The liquid was all gone less than 10 minutes... I'll be keeping an eye on them for the next few hours until I go to bed.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

2.5ml Dyna-Gro Pro-Tekt
6ml GH Flora Micro
9ml GH Flora Bloom
60 drops of PH Down

This comes out to be 5.5 with my tap water. I tested the runoff, just for shits and giggles, and it was 6.1. Just about everyone I've talked to, experienced with coco, has told me it's the PH going in that matters, not the PH coming out. So at this point, I'm going to continue as I've been. If anyone has any different advice, I'd love to hear it.

 

[mosca negra]

GMG- what up brau? Let me start by saying I really appreciate the attention you give your gals!!! I know what it takes to devote the time & energy to this passion we all share... K+

A couple of suggestions I have would be to raise the ph of your nute solution to 5.8-5.9. And I would let them girlz dry out for one watering cycle. Looks like the leaves are droopy and need to perk up a bit. I have learned to ease up on the nutrients is best in the long run with gals. You can always up the nutes later a tad if they show any signs of deficency.

Good growing and may all your seeds be female!

Mosca

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Thanks for the advice mosca!

I will give both of your suggestions a shot and see what happens.

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Alright, just got back from feeding them. I upped the PH to 5.8 this time. The coco was starting to dry out on all plants, with a thin layer of completely dry coco on the top of the containers. It was slightly moist when you brush the top 1/8" or so off, but you start hitting roots if you go any deeper than that. I'm really looking forward to transplant time, I can't wait to see how these roots look. Here's a few pictures...

Here you can see what the coco looks like up close...


Here is a fan leaf from #3's highest node...


Here is #7 or #8, they're extremely similar... the mix is definitely a bit strong for this one. Both #7 and #8 have the weakest stems. My watering method entails picking up a single container, running nutes through it until it starts pouring out the bottom, then rotating the container so that each corner has a chance to be the lowest point, ensuring that the moisture is fully draining out of each corner so that water has passed through all the coco. I then do slow up and down "curls" with the containers, to get excess water out. All the plants, except 7 and 8, stand tall and stable when I do this. These two flop around like rag dolls.


This one is #9 or #10... I forget... but either way, I just thought it looked cool.

 

[generalgrievous]

good job....gardens lookin' happy... get some root porn when you transplant.... love root porn...

hope you're rippin' some killer tubes with the PHX.... i got my 3 cola's picked out already....

those upset girls of yours look exactly like what went down with my first coco attempt... hope they come around.....

 

[GrnMtnGrwr]

Most have preflowers showing, I'm going to wait at least a few more days before I call any of them though.

 

[gdbud]

Your plants sure have grown! Looking good.
When did you put them in to flower mode?