i, personally, don’t know if that is necessarily something you should avoid. As long as you measure your total dissolved solids, pH, after you add everything together and before you water, I can’t see how it would be a problem.
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Some strains react different to food. Some are heavy feeders and some are not. Ive actually been trying to figure out the perfect mix. Because im at 1/2 strength nutrients and im still getting tip burn a little.
See these plants. Only one doesnt like the food strength. But the other strains are fine. I try and force my plants to have the same type and amounts of the same nutrients.
See this one plant is tip burned. The others are not. But there all connected to the same resivoir so i can do anything but run less nutrients.
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Doing the final trimming this morning, I realized I forgot to install the net. With the plants at this size now, have I waited too long?
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Kinda like using a rubber….if your not done it ain’t too late lol. Just slip it on.
Marty
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One of the plants is objecting.
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She’s the good one lol.
Marty
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Does the net screen look to be at the correct height? I tried spreading out the stalks, but some of the lower, shorter stalks that are on the sides against the walls just seem like they won’t be able to get much light. They are already very sticky and the Blueberry Muffin already smells like a fresh tray right out of the oven.
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Looks ok to me. See arent you glad you kept growing now. You got a good light now and you got it now.
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Yes, I am. The light seems to be doing much better than the lower wattage ones I used to have, and I seem to have zeroed in on a soil combo that is inexpensive and produces very good results. However, I am holding off my full opinion until these three plants are finished!
Also, I looked around my place to see if I had any of the items like what @nacho151 used for that hydroponic grow for orange crush. Turns out all I need to buy is an 8” diameter net pot. I can’t find any local to me so I’ll have to order online. Seems like a simple and popular thing that would be readily available in a fairly large city, but not around here.
I am going to try an Acapulco Gold in it!
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This the net pot I use, I got it off Amazon.
The Atwater HydroPod - Dual DWC Deep Water Culture/Recirculating Drip Hydroponic Garden System - Bubble Bucket - Hydroponic System in a Box
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I found that one on Amazon, but $27 is more than I can afford. I saw a single 8” diameter basic net pot for $8. The Dollar Tree has a plastic colander nearly the size of an 8” net pot. I’m considering trying that for just $1.25. I already have some 1/4” tube, irrigation fittings, and nozzles I can use to rig it. I’m really curious if I can get my plant to grow as good as your Orange Crush grew!
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Well hydroponic is pretty cool. Need some better water more meters/equipment. I have a build i did for my hydrosystem. But one bucket can work well needs some air and pump. Check out the thread.
Just for ideas i guess. I have a cheaper smaller hydroponic system i dont use that my friend made for me id give it you but you have to pay shipping. Its a smaller 4 pot rwdc system.
Heres the system. I used its sitting in the basement collecting dust and i hat to toss it out.
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In Photo #7 of your $150 hydro setup, are those plants in 3 gal bags? If so, do you leave them in those throughout the grow to harvest?
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Those are 3 gallon bags. And i do leave them in those bags. I try and keep them in one pot. I dont grow in bigger pots than 3 gallons. I find it wasteful for the space. I like to use the least amount of everything! But i like to have a fresh sterile start to every grow. Fresh grow bag, media, nutrients. I watched a canncribs wpisode where they bever reuse anything. Its a new sterile start everytime. So i try and do the same. So i like to grow in steps.
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Seedling in a tiny shot glass solo
Then into a solo cups.
- And into .5 gallon or 1 gallon. Depending on what im doing. I clone all plants. And save the strain for later regrowing. Or putting into the hydro system.
I have never rinsed out a plants roots from a soil pot. Im never going to do that to my hydrosystem. I ve seen it done but no thanks. I do not want to introduce anything into my $400 chiller. I already filter the water to catch any crap going through the system. Like any hydroton sand and plant roots or any algae that gets in there. I use those little root bags for plants as filter bags for the system. I ziptie then onto the pumps water hose and catch all of it as it leaves the system. It keeps the water clear and and debris free. I also do not swap out the qater in the system as i grow. I just balance out the ph of the sytem. A full water swap is a huge pia! I did it 1x ever and im not doing it again. The most i do now is suck the water out with a vacuum and replace a bunch of the water with new fresher water. But rarely.
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The Runtz is, again, complaining. The Blueberry Muffin and Monkey Slapz are doing fine (not pictured.) Lights were flipped on September 24, so I hope I can fix the problem before I lose the plant. That would be suboptimal.
What does this leaf discoloration signal? I’m going to check a picture chart but would appreciate the forum’s suggestions.
All three plants get the same nutrients at the same time.
Thank again for your help!
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Careful if they get to stressed too much they could hermie. Thats how that can happen. Ive done it to plants and then regrown the same plant to verify that it was my own cause that made the plant stress out and herm.
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So what should I do other than reduce the nutrients it gets?
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I’m going to take the plant outside and run about 30 gallons of chloramine-neutralized water through it.
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Its pretty late to do that now. Just let it finish it looks close to being done. Id just roll with it for now. Id just feed it water. Its gonna get worse looking just let it go. Because shes eating her leaves anyways
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