Wild Thailand Ryder: 2

[Bigtone13]

Something major is wrong, my guess is PH.

Yeah for sure. Ordering a new one. Can she be saved you think?

 

[Pennywise]

Maybe if you can get the ph straightened out.

 

[Bigtone13]

Maybe if you can get the ph straightened out.

Ugh here we go. I gues this is a good learning lesson as iceman told me.

 

[Pennywise]

Ph will cause more problems than over or under feeding.

 

[Bigtone13]

Ph will cause more problems than over or under feeding.

Ok. I ordered a better quality pH meter. Let’s see what happens

 

[Pennywise]

That should help get you going in the right direction.

 

[Bigtone13]

Fellas, IM BACK ON TRACK!!!
Ok so I’ve been MIA the last 2 weeks or so due to the fact she stopped growing and I couldn’t figure out why. I was doing research after research and I was just about to pull her out and start a new one when it hit me.

I have the temp anywhere around 73-80 degrees. Humidity around 65-70. I have a small fan up top blowing out the stale air in the tent out of the top vent. But I turn the main fan off when winter hit because it lowered the temperature in my tent too much. That’s when she stop growing. And i couldn’t figure out why.

Well after doing so much research, it hit me. I have no fresh air coming in. I have the tent closed up all the time due to the winter and my house being a little colder then in the summer/ fall.

Well I opened up a bottom vent, put a small fan in front of it to get some fresh air pulled into the tent. And Wala, within two days she doubled in size! She must’ve been suffocating the last two 2- 2 1/2 weeks, and stopped growing.

So, I’m actually on week 6 of her life span. But started week 4 nutrients today (Transition week). And I removed the 400 W light, and added the 600 W. I also ordered a way better pH meter because the $10 pen one wasn’t giving me an accurate reading. It was close but close isn’t good enough when dealing with plants obviously.

So she’s back on track! I’m sure the hiccup is going to affect the end result. But as you can see with these stem trainer things I bought she has an equal level canopy. One side is a little struggling, but I’m gonna work on that on to get it to catch up. I’m hoping to get a good number of top colas now instead of just one main one.

I’m planning on her to do some fast growing now in flower, since she’s been struggling for so long. Like @Icemann420 told me “Nothing is ever wasted in this hobby, just lessons learned”. This is only my second plant I’ve ever grown.

Water holding at around 5.8pH. This new pH meter is the bomb. 100$, and you can keep it in the bucket the whole time. Just plug the other end into the meter and boom. Accurate reading. This is a real lab pH meter. Stepping my equipment game up one piece at a time. Next is a better light. Anyone wanna lend me 400$?!?! Hahah.

 

[Pennywise]

Good detective work, I’ll have to remember this one!

 

[Bigtone13]

Good detective work, I’ll have to remember this one!

Ugh, it was frustrating. But I’m still learning. But it makes sense when thinking about it. It was breathing in stale air the whole time. During the summer I had the top part of my tent unzipped because it would get way too hot in there. So that one was getting fresh air then all the time. This one wasn’t. Moving forward, I just hope it doesn’t affect the harvest too much.

 

[Bigtone13]

Good detective work, I’ll have to remember this one!

But I highly recommend getting the stem trainers. I can already see like 10 New tops!

 

[Pennywise]

Shouldn’t hurt it too much, I’m thinking it’ll bounce back.

 

[Bigtone13]

Shouldn’t hurt it too much, I’m thinking it’ll bounce back.

That’s good to hear

 

[Scrogdawg]

Glad your back on track Bigtone. Those trainers are really doing the job. Nice work getting a handle on things.

 

[Bigtone13]

Glad your back on track Bigtone. Those trainers are really doing the job. Nice work getting a handle on things.

Thanks man. Just say a little prayer that she keeps on growing.

 

[Bigtone13]

What’s up people. She is doing pretty well for having such a setback a few weeks ago. We are in the middle of Week 5. A whole bunch of bud spots popped up outta no where the other day. Stem trainers are working really well, and so easy to use.

That new one is a White Widow Auto that just popped up the other day.

 

[Icemann420]

Looking great. My friend.

 

[Bigtone13]

Started week 6
Looking much better these days.

 

[Scrogdawg]

Back on track and looking good.

 

[Bigtone13]

Start of Week 7
Huge change this week. She got icy as shit last week.

 

[Bigtone13]

Start of Week 8.
She’s iced up like a MoFo. Crazy difference then my first one with this new light. Hopefully the end results will stay tight and dense.