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[Shady]

 

Hahaa... Less is more FTW!

[Norm]

 

Originally Posted by Shady

Hahaa... Less is more FTW!

I really though it was a typo. lol

I forgot tho you're starting with 0 ppms though, right?

thats crazy how low it is and they're beautiful looking plants.

[Shady]

 

Yeah, starting with RO... I'll bump up the strength when I change out the res to start Week 3 of bloom though...

[Butcher Bob]

 

Wut?...to 200?




...oh you know I kid.
I actually bin watchin how the undercurrent's bin doin fer ya.

[JoeCrowe]

 

There's a secret to maintaining your ph in organics too, I think I've figured it out. I'm using ph neutral ferts made from alcohol, but with the addition of some worm castings(microbes) and peat moss(ph6) to your organic mix, you don't need to check the ph again. The worm castings by themselves take a while to change the ph of the mix when they are fed with organics - the peat speeds up the process. In this way I can achieve the same results with organics as chemical. Errrrr oh yah that doesn't have anything to do with DWC
On the other hand in the DWC, things are ripping right along. I lent my TDS meter to a friend so he could test his ferts levels, but I think in most people, they can detect the changes in the plant with their naked eye. It operates on the same principal of the hand held laser scanner that they use to detect plant health. If the colour of the plant changes, the laser picks up on the drop in chlorophyll production and alerts you. As long as you're not colour blind, the human eye should be able to pick out that change too.

[GonGfreak]

 

update for you guys

[Butcher Bob]

 

Originally Posted by JoeCrowe

...I think in most people, they can detect the changes in the plant with their naked eye.

Finally startin to see some lock-out issues on the oldest leaves...



...guess it's time to dial back the nute levels.

[Shady]

 

Originally Posted by Butcher Bob

Wut?...to 200?




...oh you know I kid.
I actually bin watchin how the undercurrent's bin doin fer ya.

No worries brah... Actually, I bumped it up to 300 PPM...

Originally Posted by Butcher Bob

Finally startin to see some lock-out issues on the oldest leaves...



...guess it's time to dial back the nute levels.

Right on... Check this out...

Originally Posted by Shady

It's been a while since the last update, so I'll start off with the Under Current details on the first res change in bloom and a couple top off mixes to adjust the PPM's and pH:



Day 13 of Bloom, Start of Week 3, 7/4/12
Starting >
pH: 6.25
PPM: 130
2nd Res Change
@ 30 gal
CM: 2
UC Roots: 2
CS Bloom A: 5
CS Bloom B: 5
CS Bud Booster: 3
pH: 5.50
PPM: 420
Ending >
pH: 5.60
PPM: 320


Day 18 of Bloom, Middle of Week 3, 7/9/12
Starting >
pH: 6.08
PPM: 200
Manual Top Off @ 4 gal
CM: 2
UC Roots: 2
CS Bloom A: 12
CS Bloom B: 12
CS Bud Booster: 3
pH: 5.05
PPM: 915
Ending >
pH: 5.97
PPM: 285


Day 20 of Bloom, Start of Week 4, 7/11/12
Starting >
pH: 6.00
PPM: 250
Auto Top Off @ 25 gal
CM: 2
UC Roots: 2
CS Bloom A: 7
CS Bloom B: 7
CS Bud Booster: 5
pH: 5.25
PPM: 520
Ending >
pH: 5.95
PPM: 300





The following photos were snapped on Day 20 of Bloom...

[GonGfreak]

 

not long now

[Shady]

 

Looking good GonGfreak!