Chem D x C99 and Querkle

[budman678]

THANKS SUPERSTONE

i have no idea why one is acting up and not the others...just hoping that its male...haha

we will see if i can turn em around or if they continue to act up

everything is getting the same love. same nutes, same medium...i guess some plants are just not happy or healthy. no matter how much you try

but anyways, everything is looking good and i am happy..

have a space heater running down there and i have zipped everything up and turned on the scrubber...temps are stay around 68f

 

[nugbuckets]

nice, good to hear you are happy! that is really what this IS all about.

 

[chief bigsmoke]

the only concern i have is i think your running your ph to low....in pro-mix, without any added dolomite, over time when it starts to break down, and added organic salt build-up, it will become acidic, (that is the beauty of a buffer)......so if your feeding at 6 you may be too low.....what you can do is test your run-off......measure your ppm and ph before, and then after you collect it through the bottom of the pot......this will give you a ballpark of where your medium is at, as a platform to base your feeding from......my medium is at 7, and i feed at 6.5, i am probably averaging 750 ppm going in, and 1200 coming out, and my run-off ph is around 6.8.....remember you want a higher ph in soil/soiless, than hydro......but i am glad you threw the book at em....they were asking for it......keep up the good work bro, i am really enjoying both of our grows....nugs.

Looking awesome BUDMAN ! Once I saw the beautiful strawberry cough nug on your first page it prompted several more pages.. ha It looks like you are doing everything well. I do concur with NUGBUCKETS. It appears you have a low ph issue. Here is a cool graph to print out and have near your watering station. It helps me to remember to stay diligent in keeping my pH levels in check. i'de advice getting some cheap pH test strips or a cheap tester if you don't already have one.

hope this is a little bit helpful. Great work overall!

 

[budman678]

thanks growforit...you are an inspiration to me. i love you HARD MODE nugs..

i cant wait for the real show to begin...already thinking about whats next.

i have some pollen chuck revised, og kush x L.U.I., sour diesel x kksc, tahoe white, sour diesel ibl, dour diesel x sfv og kush, rez's chem haze diesel, sour diesel x og kush, field marshal aca kush....

these are decisions i love making!

 

[budman678]

you all have pretty much have me convinced...i will be feeding tomorrow around 700ppm and i will ph to about 6.5. give em a nice bump up and see what happens...

does that sounds like a plan? let me know you thoughts...thanks for sticking around. there will be more nug porn come derby time.

 

[nugbuckets]

sounds good, but you may want to give them a nice clean drink of pure water soon, you fed the shit out of them recently, and they maybe getting thirsty for some pure water....but don't give them too much, cause you don't want to flush out what you built up.

 

[budman678]

thanks...i just gave them a 650ppm feeding...very light though...and i realized (i was in a rush) i forgot to ph before wattering...im sure it was in 5ph range/

will i be okay? heading out to see some music. they look SO GOOD TODAY...wow...pics soon

 

[budman678]

Walking out the door and am pissed off I forgot to oh the water. Since its obv low now should I water next time at a higher ph to compensate. Maybe like a 7 or 7.2?

They are looking stokey!!!! Today was the first time I was super proud of them. A couple stem snaps are starting to bounce back

 

[nugbuckets]

yeah, just bump up the ph next round....

 

[budman678]

K+++++

 

[budman678]

2 days is all

2 days is all

i am telling you what. i am so amazed at what they have done in the past two days i am astounded. this plant never ceases to amaze me. it drives my overall being and when things in the garden are good, i am good. feel me?

look at the pics above!!!! that was only two days ago this this:

LIGHTS OFF CAMERA ACTION.GAVE THEM A QUICK BREATHER AND THEN THE SUN ROSE AGAIN!

one in particular has a little tip burn but it is very minor. i am going to give them all some plain water next tomorrow...give them one more nice shot of N (800ppm) and flip the switch on sunday....i believe the chem99s will stretch a fair amount. as usual i will stay with the 400mh the first two weeks on 12/12 and then blast em with the 600hps

 

[nugbuckets]

the girls look excellent! so by the 26th they should all be sexed! if you have tip burn, 800 may be a bit high......also, imho, maybe 1 week with mh?....thats just my opinion though....i am always concerned with stretch though....so i do whatever it takes to keep that at a minimum....really try to keep your temps up too thru the stretch, it will help keep them down...congrats on the plants bro....i am proud of ya!......my girls are starting to smell really, really good....a peppery/vanilla/ fruity thing going on!....yum.

 

[nugbuckets]

......and i do feel ya, when the garden is happy......i be happy!

 

[growbie1]

GL with your nice looking plantz! I feel just the same, happy plantz always means happy me

i am always concerned with stretch though....so i do whatever it takes to keep that at a minimum....really try to keep your temps up too thru the stretch, it will help keep them down...

Correct me if i'm wrong here, but in my experience the best way to limit stretch is to keep the nighttemps close to your daytemps. If thats what was meant, just ignore the above

 

[nugbuckets]

GL with your nice looking plantz! I feel just the same, happy plantz always means happy me


Correct me if i'm wrong here, but in my experience the best way to limit stretch is to keep the nighttemps close to your daytemps. If thats what was meant, just ignore the above

yes, thanks for clearing that up brother.

 

[budman678]

going down to give them a little plain water...going to try and ph around 7 or 7.2 to make up for the lowwwww ph last feed

 

[budman678]

UPDATE:

spent some time with them this afternoon. I have three confirmed chem99 females and two confirmed querkle females :::deep exhale:::

decided to go ahead and flip the switch. lights off at 7am...green lights in place...we are ready for the real show to begin!

lets hope for more than five females. keep in mind i have already gotten rid of one chem99 male...so we are 5/9 thats pretty good

 

[budman678]

the girls look excellent! so by the 26th they should all be sexed! if you have tip burn, 800 may be a bit high......also, imho, maybe 1 week with mh?....thats just my opinion though....i am always concerned with stretch though....so i do whatever it takes to keep that at a minimum....really try to keep your temps up too thru the stretch, it will help keep them down...congrats on the plants bro....i am proud of ya!......my girls are starting to smell really, really good....a peppery/vanilla/ fruity thing going on!....yum.

eww , i love the peppery vainilla smell...yum

so, should i nix the first week with mh all together? do you think this makes a difference? i dont mind at all sticking the 600hps in there from the get go.

if its proven it doesnt make much of diff on the stretch then im ready to blast em....

my lights on temp are 73 with ambient temp reading around 75

lights off i have a feeling we will be around 67 or so...which that is running the small spaceheater 24/7

 

[budman678]

So lights off is around 63f. Also I jacked up the space heater and it totally fried crispy a couple colas on one of the chem99s. Oops I have learned another valuable lesson. Don't crank the space heater directly at on of the floor tint windows. It will dehydrate whatever is in the other side.

After a quick once over on em the males are slow to show themselves. We got some confirmed females but no males have definitively shown themselves. I am simply waiting for a couple dudes to make them selves known so I can make a little space in the tent. It is getting very tight in there. I'm chargin up the cam and then going back down to take some pics. I believe you will be astonished at the initial growth spurt brought on by flowering

 

[nugbuckets]

give me a photo update brother, i'm missing your little bitches!