Niwashi's First Grow

[Niwashi]

1/21

Thank you everyone for the guidance. I have dumped my res and refilled with 7 gal of DI because I couldn't get my hands on a RO unit quickly. I still haven't adjusted the PH as I'm waiting for my calibration buffers to dissolve. Should be able to adjust in an hour or so. Question for now. I understand no nutes at this point but is cal/mag required at this stage?

I'll be back to report on the plant and PH in a few hours.

Thanks!!

 

[Scrogdawg]

Cal/Mg isn't necessary yet, but a little (100 ppm) won't hurt anything either. You wouldn't be wrong either way.

 

[JustMeds]

RO water a little like SD said would be good. RO has had everything stripped from it.

 

[Niwashi]

It's my understanding that DI is also fully stripped of everything besides H2O. Would you recommend adding the calmag before or after adjusting the PH to the correct level?

 

[Old TimingMan]

It's my understanding that DI is also fully stripped of everything besides H2O. Would you recommend adding the calmag before or after adjusting the PH to the correct level?

Always mix your nutes and PH up or down last. If you are adding a silicate, add that first and then the Cal/Mag or it will calcify on you.

 

[Niwashi]

Ok, I added 7tsp of calimagic to the 7 gallons of DI and I am reading 225ppm and 5.95ph. am I too out of whack on the calimagic? Should I dump and re do? I should have only used half of what the bottle recommended to RO/DI.

If I am OK to proceed with the current amount of calimagic. Should I adjust down to 5.8ph, or am I close enough?

 

[Niwashi]

Added another gallon of DI. PPMs down to 200. PH is stable at 5.95. Here are some pics of the ladies

 

[Niwashi]

Ok, upped it to 9.5gal DI. That dropped PPMs to 173. I then PHd it to 5.67 which raised the PPms to 202. I'll post up updated results in a few hrs. Please let me know if everything looks in line

 

[Scrogdawg]

PPM's at 173 with Cal/Mg is fine. Ph is good at 5.7 too. Give it a day and check the PH again, don't get in the habit of chasing PH, anything in the 5.5-6.0 range is OK with 5.8 being optimal for nutrient uptake.

 

[JustMeds]

Those leaves look really wet. Try to not let them stay that way. Those plants are big enough to not need a dome or misted they should be fine.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Good catch JM.

 

[Niwashi]

Thanks everyone! I was misting because my humidity was slipping below 40%. However, by playing around with the exhaust fan, I am now able to get it all the way to 80% if I want. As soon as I got that figured out, my smart outlets started not wanting to turn on for the fan. I have swapped them around and the outlets will work with all the other components except for my exhaust fan. Need to bite the bullet spend some time working on my grow room controller.

I apologize for the sporadic posts, work has been insane lately, I truly appreciate the help from everyone!!! I have wanted to do this for over a decade, and I have been studying techniques just as long. Thank you all for coming along on the journey with me!!

 

[dynamo1]

I'm enjoying following your teachers giving you advice Niwashi, I think I'll lurk in the back. I'm a soil grower but open to learning new things.

 

[Niwashi]

I'm enjoying following your teachers giving you advice Niwashi, I think I'll lurk in the back. I'm a soil grower but open to learning new things.

Glad to have you along for the ride!

Someone has to be the guinea pig

No matter how many times I read something I still ask questions. Nothing like some realtime feedback, especially when that feedback is coming from JM, OTM, Scrogdawg and this whole community of ganja growing masters!

 

[Rider509]

Rider is in the house! No need to stand up. As you were.

Niwashi, it looks like I got here right in time to watch you kick some serious ass. I suspect you'd have figured the whole grow thing out on your own but with SD, JM, and OTM here it's a guaranteed win. Sooo... I'm going to just kick back and watch the show. You're in good hands.

 

[dynamo1]

I suppose Tunkers is in your back pocket or is he out looking for his chair?

 

[JustMeds]

I'm enjoying following your teachers giving you advice Niwashi, I think I'll lurk in the back. I'm a soil grower but open to learning new things.

I am in soil now too.

 

[JustMeds]

Tunkers is our "Ace in the hole" we only pull out when shit gets deep.

 

[Spec420]

Alright, subbing in on this grow.
Looking like a nice setup and the plants are off to a great start!

 

[Niwashi]

1/25 Update

Still having trouble keeping the humidity at the proper levels, I think that I may have been getting a bad reading when I observed 80% humidity earlier. Even after adding a speed controller on the fan and keeping it to it's lowest setting my humidity still drops below 40 and temps start creeping into the low 80s. I'm not sure why my smart outlets suddenly started not working with the exhaust fan (I've tried 3 of the same model and they all won't turn the fan on) but somehow the fan that is supposed to only draw 0.8 A must now be surging above 8.0 amps when turning on. Any suggestions on how to remedy this? I have already added a few diy wick humidifiers.

Edit: The room that holds the tent is currently at 72° 47rh

As for the plants, the first seedling looks like it's going to loose it's bottom leaves. They are all dry and crunchy and curling up. Should I remove these so they aren't blocking light to the new growth? Underneath, roots are starting to pop out from root cup which I believe is a good sign

The seedling that got a later start seems to be doing OK. The leaves are a asymetrical but that's how she came out of the seed. I don't think I'm working with the best genetics here. Roots are also starting to poke out of the cup!

PH is at 5.88 and TDS at 230 (primarily from PH adjustments, when I added the calimagic on the 21st, before PHing, the TDS was 173). Water temp is in the low 80s, not sure how to keep the temp down without adding a larger res or chiller. When should I be eyeing a feeding?