CasualGrower said:Well I thought I would do a small update early this week cause I was wondering if anyone out there might be able to help with this small problem that I also had in the last grow..... Just under 4 weeks into blooming and Trichrome production has started.... But I am also getting some pretty concerning browning and yellowing of the fan leaves...
I did not get too concerned about it the last grow, but I see many people here growing and their foilage looks healthy up till harvest....
If anyone has any ideas or just to lay my concerns to rest, please post.
Here are some pics, I actually got a couple decent ones showing trichs.... Learning to use your camera is a good thing.
I did not take PPM measurements or PH readings today... no time before I have to go to work tonite...... I have a full water change and renutine scheduled for wed or thurs anyway.
CasualGrower said:Would Botanicare Cal/Mag help.... I have that on hand for the tomatoes anyway.... maybe a lil shot of that.
Last time I just sorta let it go, but I think it hurt my yields, would like to try and solve problem this time around.
CasualGrower said:There is a big Salmonella outbreak in the US with Raw tomatoes..... all the stores and restaurants are not selling them at the moment...
Seems as a major supplier out there bought a load of infected fertilizer, problem is they dont know which supplier it was yet heh.
CasualGrower said:OK, time for that small update... Not gonna post pics today since I did that just 2 days ago.
Today I did a Full water change in all 12 buckets. I brought the water level up to about 3 inches from the top of the bucket. In that amount of water I added 1 OZ of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom, and a 1/2 oz of Big Bloom, Botanicare Liquid Karma, and Botanicare CalMag (to fight the Cal deficiency I think I have goin on)... If the CalMag starts fixing the problem I might add another 1/2 oz within the week.
My Tap water today was reading 155 PPM and with those additives it brought the solution up to about 850ish in each bucket and only about 500 of that is harsh nutes.... The rest is just the additives...And the best thing is after adding that combination to the buckets today, They PH'd at a steady 5.6.... Can't ask for any better than that :hubba: .
The tomatoes also underwent a water change..... I put 2 oz of Tiger in them... a full oz of calmag and a 1/2 oz of Liquid Karma. I am hoping that fruit will start to form next week or so.
The Nursery is also undergoing some changes this week. Taking the clones out of the cloner and putting them in their net pots and setting them in Veg mode for the next 5 weeks or so.... till the crop in bloom is done anyway. Gonna bring the water up to the bottom of the cups till the roots startr to protrude and then I will actively make them chase the water aeroponically.
Both the new mother plants are now growing vigorously and should be more than ready to cut when the third batch will be needed to start being cloned.
Nutrient Note: From now on I think I am gonna return to using the Botanicare Pro Blend Nutrients for veg and bloom. The Fox Farms did well, but what I heard was sorta true and it looks like there may be many more solids in their product and in hydro that is not really a good thing.... I think i will still use Big Bloom in the same ratio as i use Liquid karma.... It can only help I guess and if I see improvement in the plants with the Calmag, I will start all my ladies on a lil shot of that when starting blooming.
NOTE for NEW GROWERS: OMG!!! Stop measuring your nutrients in a measuring cup or by guess or by the add and test and repeat method heh...... Get yourself a few Marinade Injector needle and syringes.... It makes measuring Nutes so much easier, especially if you use several independent resevoirs.
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