Grow Journal of a Cannabinoid Android

[Dr. Green Fang]

Next round of nutes tonight. 75° tent with 50% RH...

Anyone for my question in the last post?

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

600ppm's of nutes done tonight.. whew it was warm today.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Hmm... overall everything looks quite excellent, and I'm very very happy. I'm working on 5th node on the 4 older ones, so I believe I'll be FIMing them tonight.

...on another note..
. . . Was that a bug I just saw?

Quite sure I saw a little tiny brown bug. Aphid maybe...I went in to grab it and it moved (I think.. less the fan moved a piece of dirt on the stem) I grabbed it, but couldn't really see anything in my fingers.


Considering Neem spray.. light.. but going to wait for a DEFINITE identification of any bugs.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

FIM'd the 1X Blue Lemon Thai and just 1X Pineapple Chunk. I'm leaving 2 PC's alone for now, probably for good.. I dunno

Everything in the tent looks so good, I'm quite happy so far. Let's see what happens from the FIM jobs... fingers crossed for 4 tops

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Everything looked quite good today, after FIMing a couple yesterday. Temps were a bit low at 62° with RH at 48%. I left my OSC fan on "high" last night and left the ventilation on over night, but I should've brought the fan back down and turned off the vent system for more heat last night. Didn't realize it was going to get so cold. Surely going to be a little bit of purple in some of these stems.. already see a good amount of it.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Nothing at all wrong with 62 at night.

Not all bugs are harmful. It is great idea to identify it before doing anything.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Indeed, I should check into it before squishing it into oblivion haha I just saw a bug and reacted. I have a small spider in there I believe, seen some webs near the light. And a ladybug still kickin'.. should get some some ladybug food.

Thank you so much for checking in THG. I'll get some pictures up later today, so you can tell me all how my FIM job went.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I put ladybugs in my growroom once.....and then when I harvested some of those big colas, I found dead ladybugs inside the buds....ugggh.

Pay attention to spider webs--they could be the first sign of spider mites, aka The Borg. Examine the underside of the leaves with a high power magnifying glass or microscope for mites as they are very hard to see with the naked eye. They are The Borg and the sooner you detect and take care of them, the better.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

@THG: Yikes! I'm getting a loupe soon, and will check.

Day 34 (Kinda)


Well here's some pics, with close ups of my FIM job. Also, there's some areas that do indeed either look like bug damage or nute splash... but I'm quite careful.

Would Neem Oil now be a potential good idea?

Temps and RH are all in excellent norms.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Anyone had a chance to check these last pics and read the update?

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Wakey wakey MP... I'd like some of your thoughts.


:bong:

 

[orangesunshine]

looking good ellisd---just noticed you have plants in different stages of veg---what's gonna happen when it comes time to flower---do you have a separate area or will they all flower at the same time

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Trying to train the 4 that are bigger to keep as small as I can, and letting the 5 that are smaller "catch up" ... then flower at the same time. BUT.. I'm getting a 2x4 (or 4x4) veg tent setup this May for my birthday. I may just veg out the 5 smaller for awhile longer.. I don't really know what to do LOL.

Thanks for checking in!

 

[ShecallshimThor]

Have you found any bugs?

That rusting colour makes me think deficiency of some kind, from what I understand nute burn looks different. All the way around the leaf edge would have a burned look under a microscope.

Here's a good pic from sick plant forum
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54233

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Thanks Shecalls! That chart is epic!

I believe, after cross referencing with that chart and with other pics of P def, that I have Phosphorus Deficiency. Trying to sort out the best plan of action.. any thoughts?


EDIT.. whoa whoa whoa.. I just saw a picture of something with Calcium Deficiency, and it looks SPOT on... I need to pick up some Cal-Mag!!

 

[pcduck]

If you just started feeding them I would let the nutes work for awhile before saying you have any deficiencies or attempting to correct something you may not have.. Patience is green when it comes to growing.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

indeed PC.. I just have brown spots on some leaves hinting either cal mag def or P Def according to what I'm reading on. Maybe even some Nitrogen Toxicity going on, according to one of these leaves clawing in.

These are the pics in question.

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=203863&d=1367021390

http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=203864&d=1367021390

PH of everything has been around 6.2, ppm's have been slowly on the rise over the last few weeks, temps are in the low to mid 70's at most, and low 60's at lowest.

I'll surely wait a bit, no worries there. How long do you think I should wait before I act?

 

[pcduck]

Are those your small plants or your larger ones?

I would also get the pH up closer to 6.5, but that is all I would do.

 

[Dr. Green Fang]

Yes, those are the large ones. The smaller ones are doing very good and ready for transplant eve.

PH has been between 6.2 and 6.5 every feeding, usually aiming for around 6.2. You think I should raise that more when feeding? So add some PH UP after mixing nutes?

On a side note.. doing multi-stage plants has been a pain really though I knew it would be. I can't "run" my table, I'm just mixing and top feeding till slight run off.

So how long until I act? I just don't want to lose them is all.. so much time down the drain if so.

Thanks so much for helping PCDuck... I really do appreciate it!

 

[pcduck]

Keep checking the new growth. Look to see if there is a pattern from top to bottom or from bottom to top, this helps in determining what or if you have a deficiency. If just random I would not worry to much. If it is caused from to much N it will work itself out.(The plant needs to use the excess N up in order to stop nute burn.)

In soil I like to keep mine at 6.5pH.. I do not pH my teas, the microbes in my soil keeps it at 6.5 for me.