LST AK-47 DWC

[Guest]

Those look like high PH issues to me. 600ppm at .5 isn't very much, this might be why the PH could be going up, you need strong nutrients to keep everything stable; I have one plant at day 15 flowering, and I've had it at 950ppm(.5) for the past two weeks, and it just loves it. I see that you are using six different additives, not counting the PH adjustments. IMO, you need to get rid of 4 or 5 of those: KISS. I would also advise to try not to use PH adjustments, as they are very nasty and harsh chemicals. Try and do all your adjustments with just nutrients, they will lower your PH. Modern nutrients have built-in ph stabilizers, I think they work best when you just leave them alone and give those buffers time to settle in.

When I tried a DWC grow (got males), I was having leaf problems just like yours, chasing the PH around with a bunch of ph down and nutrients, and it was doing nothing. I dumped the whole thing out and just added basic nutes and didn't worry about the PH. Within a couple days the plant was healthier than it had ever been and it grew incredibly fast until it showed its balls.

If you check my current grow, I've had the same rez water for over a month now and I have never used any PH adjustment; RO water and the simplicity of the lucas formula takes care of everything.

 

[Guest]

That was at 3 weeks 12/12, shes been n gone now. Still got the same stuff on the go though.
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=28385
comin soon etc
peace.

 

[Guest]

Can not help you on the problem....but everything really looks nice other then that...Really great grow you got...awesome style too...Keep it up and good luck finding out what that is and fixing it.....Thanks for sharing

 

[ShroomDr]

ls1_man I may have topped of with store bought 'spring' water. As a matter of fact, i can't find the bottle anymore, and i don't remember pouring it down the drain.
The 'spring' water had a pH of 8.2 and i did not want to use it.
I also assumed the water was already pH balanced, if i did use it, and i think i did now.
I will be changing the water tomorrow and dropping the Bud Blood from the line up. I was thinking about adding one more week of Silica to hopefully aid in (hopefully) heavy buds. I will check the pH and ppm before i dump the water tomorrow, and report back.

twenty47red-i Nice grow, I'm hoping to have a shrub of Bud. I have about 8-10 growth tips tied down, and almost all of those are now holding down the longest growth tips of there neighboring tie downs. I hopefully have about 10-12 more days until this pheno stops stretching. That should be enough time for everything to reorient themselves to the light. Then the Budding Starts!

Respect Thanks for the kind words, the problem should be corrected tomorrow.

Any more thoughts, keep them coming

 

[ShroomDr]

Flowering Day 10

Reservoir Change time

Current pH 5.35
PPM 385
temp 81F


New Container that i moved the air input up on.

This one holds 3G comfortably
so
3G 0ppm pH 5.25
45ml Sensizyme ppm 20 pH 5.45
7ml Silica Blast ppm 34 ph 6.76 (according to the bottle though, my ppm should have went up +55, not +14, but maybe some of the ppms wont read on my meter{organic?})
15,l Sweet ppm 153 pH 6.66
30ml Liquid Karma ppm 306 pH 6.54
30ml PBP Bloom ppm 655 pH5.78

 

[ShroomDr]

Pics
Roots

Two different lighting settings with a ruler for reference






The ruler is just sitting on top of the lid, maybe slightly leaning on the wall.


So any ideas on what happened to those leaves? I'm about to just cut them off, but some of them are yellowing & dying anyway.

 

[bounty29]

I love the setup, nice and simple. I can't wait to see that thing in full bloom!

 

[ShroomDr]

update
D 12

 

[ShroomDr]

Day 15 Flowering
The budding has started

 

[ShroomDr]

Flowering Day 16
Reservoir Change
pre-change
ppm513
pH6.06

3Gal. H2O (distilled) ppm 0
40ml Sensizyme ppm 22
20ml Cal-Mag Plus ppm 288
20ml Liquid Karma 391
10ml Sweet 454
20ml bloom 676
5ml hydroplex 719 ppm 4.58
(i checked my calibration, using 2 solutions, it was good)
1.25ml of pH up
FINAL
PPM 719 pH 5.40
Funky Color Option on my Camera

Really makes the bud sites stand out.

 

[ShroomDr]

Are these images too big? I could just leave the -Thumb tag on them.

 

[Guest]

images are just fine shroomdoc

 

[!PeAcE!]

this looks like it will be very interesting!
!PeAcE!

 

[ShroomDr]

Pics from two days ago.
ppm was 686
pH was 6.19






Healthy, and i was at the hydro store today too! I got some yellow sticky pest strips, Ceramic Air Diffusers, and another bottle of Liquid Karma
I was like a kid in a candy store. Asking the clerk all kinds of stupid questions (do you ever even use pH Up?; Only if i used to much Down )
I'm now contemplating upgrading my 3.5 or 4W air-pump to something larger. I'm not sure if they can power though the diffusers like i have seen them at the 'garden shop'.

But how can 3.5 watts not be enough for a 3.5 gallon bucket?
Maybe though? How about some 'Watts per Reservoir Size' ratios my fellow ICMAG'ers? Now that I'm actually thinking about it, i bet a 1:1 ratio might be spot on or too low on the watts. If i had a large controller (say 55G drum) i would defiantly use a 50W pump. Are there any standard ratios?

 

[hybridtek]

dude upload a full size version of your avatar!!!

 

[ShroomDr]

ah, the image is HUGE, I mean poster size. When i set the original as my 'background' all that shows up is the small of her back :jerkoff:

 

[hybridtek]

icmag will resize

 

[ShroomDr]

Pre reservoir change
ppm671, pH 6.63

Added about .8Gallon (ppm now @ 450)
&
10ml Bloom
8ml Silica Blast
1.25pH Down

POST
ppm 693, pH 5.54

I'll try to find the link that i found all those pics (including my avatar)!
It was a Russian site, so you have been warned. I took lots of pictures also, but i want to finish with the work before i post all the pics.

 

[ShroomDr]

Russian Link. There is definitely nudity.
Anyone else with artistic nudes, like this link, please feel free to post links. i love most of these pics

56K warning
http://thefoto.ru/2006/07/25/master_obnazhenki_waclaw_wantuch.html

 

[hybridtek]

awesome....I love butts