3-12-04, Day #29 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 78f, RH 38%, Nute Temp 74f, PPM 1460, Ph 5.8.
They each drank about ½ gal of solution but there wasn’t enough change in the ppm or ph to worry about.
So I just sat & admired them for a while.
3-13-04, Day #30 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 79f, RH 38%, Nute Temp 74f, PPM 1400, Ph 6.0.
The plants have now drunk another gal of solution, leaving the ppm at 1550.
The ph dropped again today. It was at 5.5.
So I topped up the bubblers today. The only thing I added to the water was 2 ml per gal Ph Up. This brought the ppm back down to 1400 & brought the ph back up to 6.0.
I think the reason my ph has been dropping, is because I’ve been using silicone to raise the ph. I believe the plants have been sucking up the Si, which has been causing the ph to drop. This might also explain why the stems are as strong as they are. They won’t have any problem holding up the weight of a nice fat cola.
To try & stop the ph from dropping, I’m going to use ph up instead of Si to raise the ph. Hopefully this will stop the downward drift.
Here are a few pics I took this evening.
The buds are really starting to fatten up. They’re also starting to put off a very sweet skunky aroma. I guess it’s time to crank up the ozone generator.
The last pic shows some of the lower bud formations.
3-14-04, Day #31 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 79f, RH 41%, Nute Temp 74f, PPM 1440, Ph 5.7.
The plants drank about ½ gal of solution each.
The ppm went up slightly, but the ph dropped again.
Not enough change to do anything today, other than give the branches a slight shake so I could enjoy the wonderful fragrance they're giving off.
3-15-04, Day #32 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 79f, RH 41%, Nute Temp 73f, PPM 1500, Ph 5.7.
The plants drank another ½ gal of solution each.
The ppm only went up to 1460 & the ph went up to 5.8.
So I topped up the bubblers today.
I added 1 tsp Kool Bloom per gal of water.
After adding this to the bubblers, the ppm was 1500 with a ph of 5.7.
3-16-04, Day #33 of Flowering:
No report today. I was out of town.
3-17-04, Day #34 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 81f, RH 41%, Nute Temp 73f, PPM 1480, Ph 5.9.
The plants drank about 1 gal of water so I topped up the bubblers with plain water ph’d to 5.9. This brought the ppm down to 1400 but left the ph at 5.9.
Here are a few pics of how the plants are progressing.
Group Pics:
Close-ups:
Here's a pic showing red hairs on a few of the lower buds.
3-18-04, Day #35 of Flowering:
Cab Temp 81f, RH 41%, Nute Temp 72f, PPM 1400, Ph 5.7.
I did a nute change today.
Here’s what I added to 10 gallons of water to make the new solution.
7 ml per gal Micro
0 ml per gal Grow
17 ml per gal Bloom
1/8 tsp per gal Kool Bloom
After adding this to the bubblers, the ppm was 1400 with a ph of 5.7.
Here’s a pic of how the trichomes are starting to build up.
