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AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Hey doc, out of curiosity, what ppm are you feeding the glue? I haven't been using a pH or ppm meter in the veg room since I moved but tonight I went and brought my meter in to check things since the glue clones are looking better and I wanted to know what I've been feeding and check the run off. I started feeding 3/4tsp and 15 drops of pH down per gallon of water, so I made a gallon of nutes, tested it and it was fucking 1400ppm! Checked the glue run off with only one small cup of nute water (so I didn't dilute the run off) and it was 1330ppm and 5.5ph, so that means my glue in these Rockwool cubes need 1400ppm and they are only 8" tall?! It's freaking me out that they NEED this amount to be healthy, never had a plant need this much, so I'm curious if it had something to do with the Rockwool and having roots in an actual medium, or what is going on?

Your in Coco, it's kind of similar I guess, what are you running ppm?
 
yktind

yktind

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AlphaPhase said:
Week 1 flower is over. I'm not sure what to think really, they look OK but not really happy with the growth/looks unfortunately. My pH has been off a bit by the looks of things so I tested some runoff and was pretty high. I've not let the water sit out a couple days so pH is gonna rise in the pot, duh, should have known that :p

Hoping these 2 gal pots are gonna keep the plants happy for flower, already have roots growing out of the sides everyyyyywhere, way worse on the bottoms. Oh well, I'm in this run for the long haul so will have to make it work 8-)

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Roots growing too good is a good problem to have :weed:
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Right on Payne, I think I'm seeing some calcium Def here and there, I think I'm gonna lower the ppm of base nutes and add some extra calmag. I feel like I'm learning to grow all over again in this new medium lol

papapayne said:
mine is running around 900 ppm and hungry for more, particularity in cal mg.
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AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Totally :) my problem with mediums is just not knowing exactly what is in them, like in my ssuspended roots setup, I'd be feeding these 600-700ppm tops, probably closer to 600, but in mediums, I can put in 1000ppm, but the only way to know what ppm is in the medium the next day it to check run off and that's tough for me :( especially with only 1 pH pen that's in a different building. I'll get it dialed eventually I'm sure, but it's crazy to see how different the feeds are between the two setups
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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Got the veg shelf almost complete I just need to cut the underlayment for the top shelf :) finally can start my mama plants and get them back on track. Can't wait to get these damn glueout of here and iinto the flower room, damn things are taking up so much space :p a week ago I said 2 weeks, but it's looking like 2 more weeks now :p I can't help but keep topping them

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Dr.D81

Dr.D81

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AlphaPhase said:
Hey doc, out of curiosity, what ppm are you feeding the glue? I haven't been using a pH or ppm meter in the veg room since I moved but tonight I went and brought my meter in to check things since the glue clones are looking better and I wanted to know what I've been feeding and check the run off. I started feeding 3/4tsp and 15 drops of pH down per gallon of water, so I made a gallon of nutes, tested it and it was fucking 1400ppm! Checked the glue run off with only one small cup of nute water (so I didn't dilute the run off) and it was 1330ppm and 5.5ph, so that means my glue in these Rockwool cubes need 1400ppm and they are only 8" tall?! It's freaking me out that they NEED this amount to be healthy, never had a plant need this much, so I'm curious if it had something to do with the Rockwool and having roots in an actual medium, or what is going on?

Your in Coco, it's kind of similar I guess, what are you running ppm?
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I am running the Dyna at 700 ppm feed after cal mag 200 ppm and protek 100 ppm it is 900 and everything looks great.
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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New chemalope mama

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Waiting on some grand daddy purples cuts for flowering in a 16 plant sog grow in the 5x5 after the current grow in there finishes up. Should be a perfect candidate from what I hear. Grapes taste and smell with some funk and purple sign me up!!

5he 5x5 canopy is full and in 6th gear. Still can't get the temps above 70 lights on though. But my res water is a steady 60 degrees. Can't beat that with no chiller
 
AlphaPhase

AlphaPhase

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I've heard a lot about the grape ape, really quick flower time and nice smoke, I'd recommend the do short blueberry or dinefem blue hash for the blueberry, blue hash has got to be my favorite blue to this day. 7-8wk flower time, the frostiest blue and hella potent!
 
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