21st Century Drip Using 320 GPH Pump

ASMALLVOICE

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Good news, since increasing the amount of nutes per feed 3.5 hours ago (I also raised the fixture 2", so I doubt that was the cause) the pistils are fat and fluffy again
Pics, for the love of all that is good in the world, I need bud porn....:weed:

Sounds like you have it going your way. Keep it up.

Peace and Great Grows

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PetFlora

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Pics taken yesterday

Buds not getting any bigger

Nute ppms lowered to ~ 700

Time to change lights from 12/12 to 11/13 for a week, the 10/14 to finish- will lower ppms with each light drop


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PetFlora

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Long overdue, but this morning I cleaned the bottom of the tray. It had a fair amount of algae.

This is due to my intentionally positioning the drain valve slightly up the side wall. This prevents heavier runoff from polluting my rez, but leaves ~ 1 quart of standing nute/water.

I simply redirected the drain tube to catch the bleach dirty water

Emptying the rez is a breeze. I simply uncouple the tubing where it curves over the red tote, aim it into a dry vessel and turn it on.
 

PetFlora

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Plants are finishing faster than last grow (different strain). Could it be the second Coral Wave? Maybe Hyroot will chime in.

Anyway, they look like they could finish by July 4th (vg waning moon, too), so I am diluting the nutes by 100ppms/day

Now roughly 25% white pistils



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PetFlora

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Reading the gardeners moon cycle regarding the next 4 days, looks like July 7 is the first day to harvest flowering plants.

I will monitor carefully. It does appear that tomorrow would be too soon. More trics to be had

In the mean time, I extended feed cycles from every 6 minutes to every 9 during lights on

Also raised the lights ~ 6" to make light less intense, as would be the case in nature
 

PetFlora

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Since I am extending harvest until the 7th, I decided to replace one Coral Wave with a UVL AquaSun. Hoping it will increase resin a tad. I might replace it with a Quantum Flower bulb

I decided t look at the 2 bulbs spectral graphs. Quantum Flower would be a good choice if I didn't already have plenty of 600-640 from the other bulbs. The AS has a good amount of 500-550 + a small ~ 730 peak
 

PetFlora

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Here's an interesting observation

The 2 clones were taken at the same time, rooted under the same light then transferred to the Hydro Halo System, getting identical nutes from same rez, BUT...

The plant usually on the left (first when viewed in line) in my update pics has smaller calyxes and 10-15% fewer trics

WTF?
 

PetFlora

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Since posting (#93) yesterday about removing one of the Coral Waves, tric production is back on track
 

PetFlora

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I planned to harvest today, but I think there are more trics to be had. According to UK moon cycle site, I can go a few more days.
 

PetFlora

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Wow, I've been so preoccupied with my LED grow that I neglected to take pics of my HOT5 grow.

Waiting a couple extra days has paid dividends. Using my jeweler's loop, I see a lot more mushroom caps


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PetFlora

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I took 3 decent weight lower branches for a friend without weighing them

Pre-trim (not not much in weight there) but with full main stalk = 117gms

Should come out to a bit over an ounce

The other plant is roughly the same weight, maybe a bit less weight.

Assuming I end up with 2+ ozs I'll be very happy with my first Hydro Halo endeavor

Keep in mind I put these clones in flower way early, as that room gets very hot. It was only 6 weeks ago that I got the ac on that side fixed

Their mother was ~ 43", these barely 2ft




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