Hail Hydro 2.0: New Beginnings

[PetFlora]

Hurricane knocked out my electric for 5 days, so I harvested the plant under the P3 (with the cube support). I had no choice but to move PYT outside and hand feed her. She's now under the P3, and although shaken, she seems ok.

I sampled the pygmy plant. WOW. I took a sample (IN A GLASS JAR) to a friend at work, she is a bartender . She did not open it! A patron said she smelled cannabis. I played dumb. Alas only 19gms dry

 

[PetFlora]

Dry weight of trimmed second plant 61.5gms

Here's a late flower tip (lower pH) I was unaware of

Temperature day/night: 75/64 degrees Fahrenheit
Humidity: 50%
pH level: 5.5
TDS/EC: 0 to 500/0 to 1.0
Lower the EC significantly so you can rid your plants of all the nutrients. Give them only water at the pH level of 5.5 until harvest time. This will help your marijuana taste better once you harvest it. Make sure there is no rot and that there are no pests, as those will be the ultimate destroyer of your plants.

Wait until the little hairs are at 80% brown before you harvest your plants. Your personal taste is going to be what determines the exact time when you harvest your marijuana plants, however. More about harvesting in my article “When to harvest marijuana plants”

 

[PetFlora]

Back on line after IRMA

PTY is now dumping hormones like crazy, which is typical during this stage of flower. It shows up as a huge jump in pH (5.5 becomes 7.0 overnite!)

If you do not pay close attention, nutes will lock out, and your harvest will suffer

 

[PetFlora]

I am adjusting pH twice a day as by mid day it's already 6+

 

[PetFlora]

Update

PYT is rounding the corner now. Maybe 3 more weeks

I have to add water daily to keep PPM around 600

Here's a few pics

Daily seeing more trichomes.

Pistils are light and fluffy

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[starke]

Nice looking buds. Can sympathize with you on Irma. I had to harvest my Hawaiian Snow grow 5 weeks early after five days with no power.

 

[PetFlora]

Made up fresh nutes for both PYT and 2 plants under my T5 LEDs

ppm ~ 700

I will probably move the 2 under the T5s to the Amare 250. These 2 have been mostly unloved, but have survived in spite of my lack of attention

 

[PetFlora]

I added Humic Acid today (1/4 tsp/G) total ppm ~730

Roughly 27" with ~ 3 weeks to go

also 2 highly neglected plants under T5 LEDs, just beginning to show pistils

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[PetFlora]

both tents are doing quite well

The sat under the P3 is packing on calyxes and lots of sugar/trichs

pics 3 and 4 are the 2 top branches/colas

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[PetFlora]

Yesterday, I moved the big plant from the t5 LED tent to under the Amare SE 250. She is full of wispy branches, so I surrounded her with a Cube to support them once the buds gain weight

PYTs pistils are rapidly darkening. I cut EC below 1.5 and will begin diluting daily to slowly drop it to ~ 1 EC as well as lowering pH to ~ 5.5, minimizing certain nutrient uptake

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[PetFlora]

FYI, if you buy pumps that feed from the bottom, the rubber feet collapse easily, in effect limiting/cutting off the inflow, which effectively minimizes oxygenating the nutes. simple solution is to place it on something that has a bunch of small holes

PYT is nearing the end. I diluted the nutes to ~ 1 EC this morning, and will dilute daily as a meanings of flushing.

In cse you are unaware, having some nutes in solution does a superior job of flushing than plain water

 

[PetFlora]

I turned PYTs light off yesterday

Took a couple pics of her and the newer plant which is now into 3rd week showing pistils

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[PetFlora]

Is it ready yet?

Is it ready yet?

Chef Derek yt video harvest tip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BGEKk4jQhc

 

[cooterbrown420]

I turned PYTs light off yesterday

Took a couple pics of her and the newer plant which is now into 3rd week showing pistils

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I would check my ph if my plants were only throwing 1 blade leaves.

 

[PetFlora]

I would check my ph if my plants were only throwing 1 blade leaves.

I mentioned earlier that this was plant that was highly neglected

 

[PetFlora]

Ah harvest. Looks like pistils began around August 10, so right at 66 days

Pretty decent haul, dense buds. Sticky Fingers

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[PetFlora]

Trimmed away a bunch of single blade primary leafs today, many were turning yellow anyway, though I have no idea why they were turning. I also snapped the top cola as it was too close to the light and I cannot raise the light any higher

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[PetFlora]

fellow growers on another site have provided insight to why my roots are so small

as a result I will be making several small changes that could be huge, potentially doubling harvest

One I did yesterday was to make a 1" netpot size hole in the rear of the lid to allow for better air exchange. I would not be using lids except for the pesky mosquitoes that manage to gt in my house and lay their eggs in the totes or rez, which caused me to cover both. However, covering both could lead to humidity building up in the tote

Been dealing with what appears to be a CaMg deficiency, but could be related to unhealthy roots. Over the last few days I added more CaMg and sprayed the leafs with diluted Kelp. It doesn't seem to be getting worse, so...

 

[starke]

Nice looking colas on that harvest. Congrats.

 

[PetFlora]

Nice looking colas on that harvest. Congrats.

Thanks, in spite of pilot errors.

Just flushed the crap out of the remaining plant, fresh nutes sans humic, kelp, and microbes