Alienpus RDWC, Indoor, HPS, White Widow Auto, 2018

[KCCO 77]

Been reading up on this, according to the american medical association and several studies the blue in LED's can damage the retina and the UV from HID lights can damage the cornea. I'm glad we touched on this subject, I had no Idea of the risk and like you mentioned we spend a lot of time under the lights, glasses are a must. I wonder if there is a correlation with HID and skin cancer.

I have worked outside all my life in the trades and always had my shirt off when the weather was nice and never had shades on. Same with my Grows. I have changed my ways in the last 5 or 10 years. Nowadays long sleeves sunglasses and hat all the way.

 

[Alienpus]

Day 48 Having some trouble controlling PH, lowers by 0.4 - 0.6 every 24 hours instead of rising like usual. Using potassium hydroxide as PH+, don't know if its evaporating out or the plants are absorbing it or what but I am using a lot, PPM is pretty stable.

Pistils are starting to appear a little more but not getting the stretch I was expecting/hoping, I did get some over a period of three days, don't know if it's because they are autos or just too many shoots or if it will come later but I could really use some.

I'm not much into defoliating but am seriously considering it, any thoughts on defoliating this early into flower on autos, I lack experience with both.

 

[KCCO 77]

Day 48 Having some trouble controlling PH, lowers by 0.4 - 0.6 every 24 hours instead of rising like usual. Using potassium hydroxide as PH+, don't know if its evaporating out or the plants are absorbing it or what but I am using a lot, PPM is pretty stable.

Pistils are starting to appear a little more but not getting the stretch I was expecting/hoping, I did get some over a period of three days, don't know if it's because they are autos or just too many shoots or if it will come later but I could really use some.

I'm not much into defoliating but am seriously considering it, any thoughts on defoliating this early into flower on autos, I lack experience with both.

Hey the plants look great. I don’t know to much about defol on autos as I have never grown one in my life. Can’t wait to c how they turn out. I have some lambs breath auto seeds from CKS that r just begging me to take the plunge. As far as normal plants I defol up until 2 to 3 weeks after flip. Then just a touch up here and there

 

[Alienpus]

Hey the plants look great. I don’t know to much about defol on autos as I have never grown one in my life. Can’t wait to c how they turn out. I have some lambs breath auto seeds from CKS that r just begging me to take the plunge. As far as normal plants I defol up until 2 to 3 weeks after flip. Then just a touch up here and there

Thanks, gonna defoliate one and take about 50% of the leaves, experimenting is part of the fun

 

[Greenlizard]

Wholy bushy weed plants Batman!
They look great. I have no clue about autos but you can see in my grow that I have been pruning a ton lately. Seems to make a big difference with lower node light exposure.

 

[Alienpus]

Wholy bushy weed plants Batman!
They look great. I have no clue about autos but you can see in my grow that I have been pruning a ton lately. Seems to make a big difference with lower node light exposure.

You really did a number on yours last week and they looked great yesterday, I don't have the guts to do it

 

[Greenlizard]

Well taking just the lower portion of the growth isn't so scary. It helps give that wasted energy to the new growth.

 

[Alienpus]

Well taking just the lower portion of the growth isn't so scarry. It helps give that wasted energy to the new growth.

Agreed, I'm off to defoliate now

 

[Alienpus]

So I took a little more then half the leaves from the left one, seems reasonable, really opened her up. Now the right one is looking a little too bushy.

 

[Greenlizard]

Looks good to me. More air circulation too.

 

[KCCO 77]

Agreed, I'm off to defoliate now

I love a good defol. I don’t know much about autos but my plants get hit them hard in veg then one more good trim 2 weeks after flip and they seem to love it. I have never had a problem as long as the plants r not stressed. Also love the fact that you just did one. One can learn a lot from experimenting. Good luck the ladies r looking good.

 

[Alienpus]

Already time for the bi-weekly root check

 

[Alienpus]

Day 52 PH has stabilized, topped up reservoir, PPM down by 200. Res temps are stable at 16c/61f, must confess I have done the whole run without any air stones so far relying on the drain to oxygenate the solution, thus the frequent root checks. The plant on the right has begun the cotton ball stage, the one on left barely has any pistils yet but has bounced back from her defol already. Boy are these autos compact

 

[Alienpus]

Day 56 Rotated plant on the right 180 degrees to free up a little room and opened her up a little, been taking a handful of leaves every day. The left one put out some stretch and is starting to flower finally. Roots are perfect and everything is going great

 

[Aroxol]

Noice... and those roots, hot damn!

 

[Alienpus]

One of my girls (left) seems to have developed a cal-mag issue on older growth and it's getting bad pretty fast, couple days. Dumped the res and mixed up a fresh one, jacked PH from 5.8 to 6.1 in an effort to make cal and mag more available. Tomorrow will pick up some cal-mag plus and blue grow room glasses when I go to the city. Hope none of this will affect the on the right as she is doing great

 

[Alienpus]

Day 60
the one on the right is stretching 1" per day in the center, raised light, hope she stops soon getting big

added 125PPM calmag to the reservoir yesterday in an effort to treat the left one, but as it progresses it looks more and more like a phosphorus deficiency. PH has always been good, running flower nutes so there should be plenty of Phosphorus available, may have been locked up but only affected one plant, dunno, a pheno thing maybe

 

[Alienpus]

Day 65

Still having major issues with the left one, right one doing fine

 

[Aroxol]

Those roots are a work of art and your last pic looks great, man. Are there any outright signs of deficiency on the left one or is it just seem stunted/ not growing? Did the supplemental Cal Mag resolve that issue or does it still have new spots showing up?

 

[Greenlizard]

Every time I look at your roots I get a craving to put soy sauce on them. They look good enough to eat! LOL.
Your flowers are looking great.