Stardawg17, Dutch Bucket, Photo, Fall 2022

[stardawg17]

Spilled the bottle of pH Down in the reservoir last night Guess I'll be changing it out again today. I did get pics last night, but not sure how to measure height now that I've started training

NL1 - 33 days

NL 2 - 33 days

NL 3 - 33 days

 

[stardawg17]

Roundup Continued...

PQ1 - 33 days

PQ 2 - 33 days

My runts are starting to fill out...wondering if any of them will get over 2"

 

[InTheShed]

Still trying to figure out why they're runts to begin with given all the analysis going on here!

Spilled the bottle of pH Down in the reservoir last night Guess I'll be changing it out again today.

Wait, you run hydro, poured in too much pH Down in, and waited to change it out? I've never run DWC but that seems dangerous!

 

[stardawg17]

Still trying to figure out why they're runts to begin with given all the analysis going on here!

Wait, you run hydro, poured in too much pH Down in, and waited to change it out? I've never run DWC but that seems dangerous!

Yeah... I'm not DWC...I only feed 3 times x day. The Dutch buckets give me a buffer to address reservoir issues. I can always skip a feed cycle or 2. Since there's about 1 gallon of feed in the bottom of each bucket I can survive a few days without running a feed cycle.

 

[stardawg17]

Still trying to figure out why they're runts to begin with given all the analysis going on here!

That's the difference between information and knowledge

 

[stardawg17]

Time for the weekly report. I feel like I've hit my stride and the ladies have too

Report Date	Seed Drop	Week	Flip Date	In Flower
12/3	10/23	6	12/15	FALSE
Plant ID	Strain	Days Old	Height (cm)	Growth (cm)	Topped On	Days Flowered	Harvest Date	Days To Go
NL1	Northern Lights	41		-5.5		0	2/8	67
NL2	Northern Lights	41		-4		0	2/8	67
NL3	Northern Lights	41		-3		0	2/8	67
PQ1	Purple Queen	41		-5.5		0	2/12	71
PQ2	Purple Queen	41		-2.5		0	2/12	71
AIR QUALITY
VPD	(Pa)		Temp	(F)		RH	(%)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
79.138838	69.26405097	44.71169	79.138838	69.26405097	44.71169	79.138838	69.26405097	44.71169
WATER QUALITY
pH	(logarithmic units)		TDS	(ppm)		Temp	(F)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
7.13	5.871757142	4.2	1943.54	609.6324243	7.58	68.56	63.74178641	58.66

NUTRIENTS
	ml/gal	gallons	Total ml
FloraMicro	3.8	8	30.4
FloraGro	5.7	8	45.6
FloraBloom	2.8	8	22.4
CalMag	1.8	8	14.4
Floralicious+	0	8	0
KoolBloom	0	8	0
Flora Nectar	5	8	40
Silica Gold	2	8	16
FloraKleen	0	8	0
Hormex	5	8	40
h2o2 (12%)	3	8	24

Roundup:

NL 1 - 41 days

NL 2 - 41 days

NL 3 - 41 days

 

[stardawg17]

And the queens:

PQ1:

PQ2 - 41 days

Group Photo - 41 days

 

[InTheShed]

The NLs are looking nice and green and even Queen 1 is looking good. Queen 2 is so happy she's your plant and not mine.

 

[stardawg17]

Queen 2 is so happy she's your plant and not mine

I've got the space in the tent and she really doesn't take any additional effort, so, I figure I'll let grow and see what she does. If she produces an ounce of buds I'll be happy.

 

[stardawg17]

So we're experiencing some turbulence here...

NL 3:

Some of those little hair-like look like some kind of silk / webbing. I don't see any evidence of critters on this lady though. And there is some odd coloring on a couple of leaves.

PQ1:
She looks like someone is munching on her, but again, I don't see any evidence of critters.

 

[stardawg17]

yup...I got some critters...had to bust out the microscope to see 'em

 

[InTheShed]

The microscopic ones are usually mites. Most of the others you can see with the naked eye (with reading glasses in my case).

How are you going to handle them?

 

[stardawg17]

The owner of the local hydro shop recommended Mammoth. He said to spray the plants before lights out or the oil can burn the leaves.

I also have food grade diatomaceous earth. I'll spray the girls tonight and this weekend I'll put the DE down under the floor liner. Before I started this grow I put down foam insulation and a sheet of 1/2" plywood inside the tent to raise the buckets enough so the return pipe lines up with the vent on the side of the tent. Maybe that's how they got in. Maybe they hitched a ride on my clothes.

Not getting bugs was one of the benefits I was hoping to get from a soil-less environment

 

[InTheShed]

Good luck with the artillery!

 

[stardawg17]

Good luck with the artillery!

Thanks shed. I think NL1 got a little burnt on the edges but the rest look

 

[stardawg17]

Update Time

Report Date	Seed Drop	Week	Flip Date	In Flower
12/11	10/23	7	12/25	FALSE
Plant ID	Strain	Days Old	Height (cm)	Growth (cm)	Topped On	Days Flowered	Harvest Date	Days To Go
NL1	Northern Lights	49	8	2.5		0	2/18	69
NL2	Northern Lights	49	13	9	12/11	0	2/18	69
NL3	Northern Lights	49	8	5		0	2/18	69
PQ1	Purple Queen	49	11	5.5		0	2/22	73
PQ2	Purple Queen	49	11	8.5		0	2/22	73
AIR QUALITY
VPD	(Pa)		Temp	(F)		RH	(%)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
2216.444449	1049.422088	293.1374019	87.348	76.22763273	66.08928	88.890734	67.19132961	45.376592
WATER QUALITY
pH	(logarithmic units)		TDS	(ppm)		Temp	(F)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
6.41	6.135784682	5.93	787.49	690.6652133	619.84	72.5	69.29706898	67.44

NUTRIENTS
	ml/gal	gallons	Total ml
FloraMicro	4.7	8	37.6
FloraGro	5.7	8	45.6
FloraBloom	3.8	8	30.4
CalMag	1.8	8	14.4
Floralicious+	0	8	0
KoolBloom	0	8	0
Flora Nectar	5	8	40
Silica Gold	2	8	16
FloraKleen	0	8	0
Hormex	5	8	40
h2o2 (12%)	0	8	0

NL1 - 49 days old

You can see the burn suffered from the Mammoth treatment

NL2 - 49 Days

The runt has become the belle of the ball and the first to get topped

NL 3 - 49 Days

She's grown quite bushy

 

[InTheShed]

That Mammoth stuff did some serious damage.

 

[stardawg17]

Update Continued...

PQ1 - 49 Days

Hopefully I got all the critters...also quite bushy

PQ2 - 49 Days

My other runt is coming along quite nicely too

And the group photo:

Also not sure what's these blobs are in the reservoir, but I don't like them...

I decided not to add any H2O2 today...I'll wait a couple of days and add it later in the week. Hopefully the Mammoth treatment does the job and the rest of the grow is uneventful. I had to re-calibrate the pH meter again and the TDS meter is currently out of whack. Hopefully I can re-calibrate it in a couple days too.

I found some python code on the interwebs for reading my Govee temp/humidity sensor and I'm hoping to convert it to a custom input for the Mycodo environment control system.

I'm also wondering if I'm over doing it with the lights. I currently only have 2 lux sensors...one in the center by NL2 and one all the way in the back by NL1. Perhaps the light intensity is what's making the plants so short and bushy?

 

[stardawg17]

That Mammoth stuff did some serious damage.

IKR...hopefully it took care of the critters...I'm sure she'll rebound

 

[stardawg17]

Report Date	Seed Drop	Week	Flip Date	In Flower
12/17	10/23	8	12/25	FALSE
Plant ID	Strain	Days Old	Height (cm)	Growth (cm)	Topped On	Days Flowered	Harvest Date	Days To Go
NL1	Northern Lights	55	8	0		0	2/18	63
NL2	Northern Lights	55	9	-4	12/11	0	2/18	63
NL3	Northern Lights	55	9	1		0	2/18	63
PQ1	Purple Queen	55	17	6		0	2/22	67
PQ2	Purple Queen	55	14	3	12/17	0	2/22	67
AIR QUALITY
VPD	(Pa)		Temp	(F)		RH	(%)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
2216.444449	830.8865547	170.6894091	87.49164	76.72082474	63.21648	91.62422	74.64297366	46.854152
WATER QUALITY
pH	(logarithmic units)		TDS	(ppm)		Temp	(F)
max	avg	min	max	avg	min	max	avg	min
14	5.894706528	4.58	6320.19	1182.697469	646.56	73.51	70.25557142	64.74

Not much vertical growth, but they are getting crazy bushy. Tonight I re-arranged the lights and dropped down to using just 2 of them. I'm hoping it was just too much light and now they'll start to stretch so I can train them more. Speaking of training...NL2 was the only plant I had topped before topping PQ2 tonight. When I tried to pull down NL2's top 2 nodes they broke off

I also removed some fan leaves to get more light to the lower growth. Onto the roundup...

NL1 - 55 days

NL2 - 55 days - topped 12/11

After "training"