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Munki, your plants are beautiful![]()
Plants looking beautiful as always, Munki! Sorry to hear you are battling temp and PM issues, but seems like you're winning the battle overall. Sending positive vibes your way hoping that those buds fatten up big time for you. Don't blame you for ditching the moms - I haven't had to deal with PM yet, but I know I'd not want to either. Keep fighting the good fight, brother!
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Morning Munki beautiful pics as always!
How late into flower would you be comfortable using the SNS?
"Flower day 43, starting week 8"
You mean week 7 right?
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Was rereading your previous post and see that you add Silica. I don't think a lot of people do, but I have to say that it's one thing I'll never stop adding. Of all the things that don't work, Silica isn't one of them, imho. I've found that it really does a nice job of fattening and strengthening stems and branches. Have you always used it, or something you've added more recently?
Was away for a while. Glad you're still growing - I've enjoyed your journals here from the first one. Must have had 100 posts or more to read to get caught up. Looks like you've battled adversity here between the PM, the multiple PS failures on the LEDs, and the pump overrun. But you've handled everything in stride, and things look great.
Too bad the buds did not fill out
Blue, what exactly is the Silica supposed to be benefcial for ?
Hey naphtali how's things? I got it to strengthen the stems, the plants grow so fast in hydro/hempy that the stems/branches can lack the strength to hold up the buds. It's also supposed to help the plant retain water.
all is well Blue, just wondered about that cause i had crazy trunks/stems on my plants in flood/drain...is it strain specific that may have issues in hydro?
Have you thought about raising your LEDs a fair bit (in a future grow) to see if it helps, possibly by allowing the various frequencies to more fully blend?
Regarding your pH - if the plants are indeed sucking up lots of silica, that would account for it. Have you been able to substantiate that hypothesis somewhat via EC & water consumption fluctuations? (Have you noticed if adding the product affects the EC, and if so how much so that you can infer its uptake by the reverse behavior?)
Is there any possibility that you've got some form of life sharing the reservoir?
My last experience with a silica product was a bad one, lol: I added GH's Rare Earth in its little bag to a multi-plant DWC reservoir and left for 2½ days. I returned to see that the bag had become disloged - and opened - probably by either one of the airstones or the massive action from the power head. pH had gone up like a rocket and the plants looked like they'd all been microwaved for 20 minutes. Completely gone, wilted. (But I don't blame the product.)
Hey Munki! Beautiful pics thank you! They're delicate but beautiful nugs.
Oops on the plug lol. One of the benefits of silica is supposed to be water retention and heat tolerence so maybe that's why they didn't wilt?
I got a cheapo ebay light mover from sunlighthydroponics, don't waste your time and money. Hopefully the more expensive ones are better built, but this one is just too small. It can't handle the tension of the thick power cord that goes to my light, and eventually gets pulled out of balance and stalls. You lower your light a bit to compensate for it being over the plant less, and if it stalls when you're not around that could be a real problem. If you don't lower it your plants are getting less net light. So IMO if the mover isn't close to 100% dependable I won't trust them.
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