HomeGrownNLD's First Grow - 220W T-Neon - 2014/2015

[HomeGrownNLD]

Good day everyone and welcome to my first grow. For this grow I'am using a SJ DS60 together with 4x 55w T-Neon Lighting. I have been lurking on the forums for quite a while, taking in as much information as possible. Currently my ladies are 3 weeks into flowering, so I hope everyone will enjoy the journal as we slowly approach the last stages of this grow.

If anyone has any questions or anything please leave a message.

Ladies and gentlemen let the show begin.

Strain:
the Doctor (Greehouse Seed Company)
Genetics:
Great White Shark x South Indian x Super Skunk
Type:
Hybrid (mostly indica)
Numbers:
According to Greenhouse Seed Company. THC: 17.69% CBD:0.21% CBD: 0.06%
Stage:
Flowering (3 Weeks 3 Days as of 16-02-2015)
Indoor / Outdoor:
Indoor
Medium:
Soil, 11L Pots
Lighting:
220w T-Neon (Fluorescent)
Grow-room statistics:
Temp High: 27.6°C
Temp Low: 21.4°C
RH High: 60%
RH Low: 31%
Watering:
Once a day about 300 to 400ml per pot, SPA Bottled water (PH 6)
Feeding:
B'Cuzz (Atami) 1 component nutrition
Aptus line boosters (Superpk, CaMg, K Booster, Regulator, Topbooster)

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Re: the Doctor (GHSco) - 220w T-Neon - 2014/2015

Some pictures of the vegging stage.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Re: the Doctor (GHSco) - 220w T-Neon - 2014/2015

Flowering stage (3 Weeks):

Broke the stem during supercropping, she healed up against my expectation. She is a little deformed tho

This is the deformed one

 

[Dan Ultra]

Looking good brother!

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Thanks and welcome to my journal any tips and/or advice is always appriciated.

 

[Dutty Panty]

I'll be following looking good so far man.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Thank you Duty. In a couple of weeks ill be using LA's Backbuilding technique. I was also wondering if it would be wise to do some defoliation, what are you're opinion's Yay or Nay?

Peace and
HomeGrownNLD

And of course some pictures.

 

[Dutty Panty]

I defoliate in veg twice and bloom week two and week 5.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Maybe I'll leave the fan leafs for this round, as I have not done it during vegg'ing and already past week 2. Don't wan't to stress them to much.

I do have a question which I hope someone can answer for me. What is wrong with this plant? She has been growing these weird looking leaf's. First I thought there might be a pest problem but as far as I can see there are no bugs, eggs or anything. By the looks of it she still continues to make buds and grow normal. My other plants do not have this problem.





Also I have made some close up's of the growing bud's, you can see the trichome's starting to form if you enlarge the pictures.






Lower bud's


Lower bud's

 

[Tead]

Pardon my ignorance.... What's a t-neon? Got a photo?

 

[Dan Ultra]

Just a diff fluorescent tube

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Thanks Dan. That is the type of light that I'am using.

Some specifications of the 55w bulb:

Edit - I'am only using the grow and bloom lights.

 

[Tead]

Thanks! Learn something new every day....

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

New day, new problem. Today I noticed on all of my plants signs of I presume a calcium deficiency. The water I give has a PH of 6.

- edit. It also could be a Phosphorus deficiency after reading the Cannabis Plant and Pest problem solver

My plant:



From the problem solver:

 

[Tead]

I thought the target for PH in soil was 6.4?
I'm not quite sure what that is. It doesn't look like the standard nitrogen burn.
Is it possible that this is a bit of nutrient spill?

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

Yeah I think the target PH was around 6.5. But due to the fact that I don't have a PH meter yet and the tap water has a PH of 7.9 here. I thought the best option for now was to use bottled water for now which has a PH of 6.

It is possible that I have spilled some of the nutrient rich water on some of the leaf's, could that be the case then?

edit - I edited my post just before you posted you're message, it wasn't Nitrogen but phosphorus.

 

[Tead]

That damn chart...
Yes... it might technically be low phosphorus... but the real question is "why?". I'll bet your soil and nute mix have plenty of P in them.
The better clue is your bottled water. What makes you think it's at 6? Most bottled water is at 7 (if it's anything better than tap water).
I might suggest that your problem is not with P, but rather with your PH being out of range for P to be absorbed.
Get a PH pen. Your just guessing without one.

 

[Tead]

I see by looking at the PH chart that at a ph of 6, you're just barely in the range for P.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

It says so on the label of the bottle.



The PH meter is on my to-buy list, should have one soon. Together with a EC meter.

Also for the soil, it had nutrition in it for 8 weeks after that I slowly began feeding her nutrition with 3 - 3 - 6 NPK. Started feeding them exact 5ml/L as written on the label.

 

[HomeGrownNLD]

The PH is a bit on the downside of the chart indeed. I hope to have a PH meter by the end of next week. I will keep giving them the bottled water for now, as the tap water's PH is too high. This problem started only yesterday afternoon a couple hours after watering them. I have been giving her this water for 9 weeks now and didn't show any sign's before.