Naughty.Psychonaut

uh oh.. was the tip burn before repot? I would say hold back on the calmag man. your medium should really have enough. give microbes just once a week. rest of the time. clean water. it's veg and you're in organic soil that claims it's fully loaded, first signs of def you should run into is N and your plant will turn slightly yellow, this should only happen well after a month of giving just water. only then you can start adding stuff, I would say some Biobizz fish and grow, alternate between the two 1ml/L. but you gona have to flip those ladies soon, sooo.... just plain water for you, once flipped you can do 1ml/L of biobizz bloom, wait about a month before adding any N or any CaMg

Vinegar can actually be used to kill some unwanted weeds in the garden, it's suggested to spray them, because getting vinegar on the soil will even be bad luck for the plants wanting to grow there in the future. so you're kinda using a herbicide to feed your plants unless you're a real sciency guy and wana know a bunch about compound analysis and chemical interactions and put in the time to study the products you giving your plant, don't refer too much to alternatives. stick to using products that are made for plants, even then you'll have to study your products carefully so you don't mix the wrong stuff and what not. this will teach you the dicipline and importance of knowing what's going in your plants. only then I would say to allow yourself to dabble with alternatives and try to save a few rands here and there. first you gotta pay the school fees man.

just a heads up, there's been a few reports about that soil being a bit too hot, so keep your eyes open for burnt/curled leaf tips. keep feeding dosages low and increase slowly over time. although for the first month in that soil you should be good just giving clean water, no feed.

hahahah it's a nice coincident, hope he keeps milking it, looks like he's one of their ambassadors or something I got a whole bunch of those stands myself, love em, but they don't make my plants look like that I was thinking maybe the pots will help!

yeah got the man kit out with storage solution, 2 x calibration solution and ph up and down. hopefully he will put in the effort to look after his antiques

@mantis the guy certainly knows something we don't!! I got a question, maybe its been asked before and maybe it's just so obvious that I'll be making a fool of myself, but hey I take notion in the whole "there's no such thing as a wrong question" thing do you have anything to do with the mantis brand? I like those pots!

awesome! now when watering in future, just pinch the material pot between thumb and index finger, give a slight tug as to pick it up, but what you're actually doing is just checking the weight. top soil should be dry about 12hrs after giving anything, plants leaves will still be perky when medium is light and close to completely dry, you could even wait till you see a little bit of droopyness before you water again and this would be healthier on your roots than keeping them wet. although, idealy you wana water right before they go droopy also just checking, did you perhaps add some myco life to assist the roots? not talking bout root stimulators or phosphates or "root juice" or any tipe of feed for that matter, that would do more harm than anything right now. just some microbial life to help break down the soil and ease the transition for the already compromised roots into their new environment. I always keep mycoroot on hand, or well in the fridge... I also keep some eco-T around, or anything with Trichoderma species in it. Explogrow and Biodyne also good options.

interesting story here, I have a friend who dusted off some probes his grandad had in his garage, must've been the shit back in the day, cause it had this leather covered box with the name written in gold, some german or swedish name we couldn't read. shit looked expensive even for today. each pen still takes one single AA battery, this guy pops it in some calibration solution and I shit you not 100% accuracy, took a minute to get there as the tech was a bit delayed, but hey, it worked!!! I almost burst out in laughter but then realised it's not even funny, how the hell....? even when it turned on when putting the battery in, blew me away! this thing must have been in storage over 10 years, maybe muuuuch longer, the plastic even looks like it's going brittle, the probe was onviously drier than a you know what.... and the rule of thumb with the probes are "if it dries, it dies" this thing was on point with both calibration solutions.. luck certainly is a factor here, cause in a production line up where millions of the same thing gets made repetitively, you're bound to have that one in each 1000 or so that will be put together better than the others. it's the same with a defective slip up, sometimes you buy something and it only lasts a month, because of a slip in the production line, but sometimes the slip up may result in a better end product.

woooaah good golly, sooo since May 13 till today I count as 49 days, it took you a month and 10 days to fill up a 1.2 x 1.2 tent with 5 plants in 15L pots? I get that clones take about 2/3 weeks shorter veg time than growing from seed, but this is impressive! plants are looking damn good too!

another cool thing bout Blue labs, they switch off by themself. when they read and the value still changes it will stay on, but if it was at a constant value for longer than 1min or so it shuts itself off. I also got those drops, they work fine and will help you for sure when I got oily/sugary substance such as molasses in the water I don't like to use my blue labs pen, don't wana risk any film build up on the glass probe, even though I keep it extra clean with fresh tap water and fresh storage solution after every 3 uses I just don't wana risk any harm to the pen, make it last a lifetime

yeah. I think you got the best one made yet brother hahahah batista, if you wana get another yelllw one I would say research and find atleast 10 or so guys who have used the yellow one and get their opinion. I am certain you'll find that a healthy percentage of the people who have them have thrown one away, it's simple, look at the price and tell me those will last forever and I will ask you why we all don't have a cheapy. answer will come back, because they cheap and don't last.

as of yet I do not have a tank, when I expect rain I put buckets down all around the house, old schoooool style! so I don't let it stand, collect and 24hrs later should be used and rest goes to under roof garden. got corrigated zinc sheets on the roof, clean gutters all around, but still interested in the ph and ppm. got a few buckets collected, will do the tests tonight

did you mean in the screen of the thing? so the enclosed motherboard area got water in? the potassium chloride the trooper is refering to is the probe liquid, it needs to be kept wet at all times. those yellow cheapies don't last long, heard only about 6 months if looked after it properly and calibrated each month. after the 6th month it wont calibrate correctly anymore. your situation seems like it might have been dropped in water or you submersed more than just the tip and water got into the body of the pen? my blue labs equipment is all submersable and waterproof, if you buying a new one I would like to recommend to look at the blue labs one. if you thinking bout sticking to growing any kinda plants I would suggest getting a pen that will last you forever and it stays accurate aslong as you calibrate it.

uh oh, I been giving rain water a couple times now all willy nilly, haven't checked its ph at all. it wouldn't hurt the probes? I read that I should only be reading tap water, no filtered water or RO water, can't remember if it said anything bout rain, but I been using it only on tap water as I know that's safe. it may even be that the rainwater has a high ppm too then flushing with it may also cause more harm?

oh yeah, ahead of budget is always a good feeling! nice one man! what size is it? 15cm looks like you gona have to make sure the end of that duct is completely out of that room, I assume it's a 10m length? have it go out the room and around a bend, remember the co2 will travel upwards so ducting pushing co2 always perform better when going up and never down, especially if it's such a long way to go like you got there and every bend will decrease airflow so keep all these small things in mind. if the end of your duct is close to the end of the room you might have a problem with that air just coming back to your room. with tent guys we always gotta exhaust to another room or preferebly outside, because if that air goes in the room your tent is in it will just suck in the same air again and again and essentially same with your situation. but yeah, you heading the right direction brother Next on your shopping list is probably a tent? maybe some more material pots also and then gona build a 10k worth LED setup for 4K from local aluminium and digikey imports.

ECOSIA, they plant trees for every few thousand searches if they really do or not I don't know, but what I also like is the suggestions is not like google shoving useless negative info down my throat and pouring stress down on me, instead it shows me crazy accomplishments in the nature department all over the world. you can also keep track of the amount of trees planted by your searches, it's my default browser everywhere.

7m is deeep woah, I would say you getting co2 build up there, to take the guessing out the game you can ask around you for someone with a co2 reader... I would say to know that conditions are optimal your best bet would be to get a tent with all the right equipment, that will certainly improve your conditions without doing any testing and playing around. Start off by letting your medium dry out between waterings. lifting the pot to feel if it needs water should be fine for you. we got 40L pots tucked away under a massive cannopy and scrognet behind other plants, and we still gotta lift our pots every now and then to test when to water. specially now with the rain and extra high RH and pots taking forever to dry out, for you to lift your pot should be no trouble at all. I agree with batista, look at the earlier pics of the white stones, even the ones that aren't covered in dirt are less white now. perhaps do a runoff test by testing what you put in, water till first runoff and read that. I would say ph and ppm, whatever those stones might be treated with could carry undesirable compounds. do you know the ph of the water you're giving? I know they say not to worry bout ph in organic grows, but my tap water sits pretty at 9.8ph and this has caused me problems in the past. now the light, to get the most out of it you gona have to provide reflective walls and because it's such a little light you gona have to bring those reflective walls right up to the side of the plants so you really get some penetration from the sides and bottom. preferebly from all sides. this brings me back to getting a tent.

I will add to that maybe a nice strong metal floor standing fan to get a draft going. Do you close the corridor off? Do you have a fresh air exchange set in place? Any inline fans bringing fresh air in or taking old air away?

wait, @Pants bud you got that grow area that's like a closed off corridor vibe? a dead end hallway? am I correct? if so how deep is that thing? I have to say the high RH, low air circulation is a bad mix. If it's a long/deep room, more than 2m deep you will have to make like us tent growers and exhaust that air back there. the wind that blows by or that one oscilating fan will not do the job and air will become stagnant and CO2 will build up to undesirable levels and basically choke your plants. suffocating them by the leaves aswell as suffocating them by the roots will have them standing still before looking into a new light. concider some material pots. perfect for soil growers like us. even more perfect for people with high RH.

I have also heard some defficiencies will cause purple pigments to appear, at the end of the day you will find that a certain factor of stress is what causes the reaction in the plant. if it's bread into the genetic, that might just mean that the genetic carries stress and the reaction of the purple pigmentation to show up is easily provoked cause you got a gene that goes into stress easily. so just cause it's genetic doesn't mean it's better, or good persay this is why my purple banana also has "the purple taste"

hahahah yeah no just kidding bout the frostbite cause humans also go purple/black when introduced to cold conditions outside of our favourabilities, it's a shit joke haha I have not read up about it, but what you are saying makes sence and just naturally I would assume that it would also have impact on the terpenes, and this would change the overall smell and taste of the buds aswell...

the wierd thing is, back in about 2009 I got my hands on my first purple bud. this was an memorable moment as I still remember the way it looked and smelled. everything that was good back then was called "Skunk" and there was a few purple buds amongst some skunk buds we got. didn't even look the best, nothing compared to the stuff we get these days, but tasted like grape candy and really packed a punch that was just... different.... maybe I built a tolerance and gained a more acquired taste over the years, like we all do, but without a doubt the hype around the purple weed back then was backed by my first impression and then got watered down over the years. was it perhaps only my perception that has changed

damn, like frostbite for plants luckily this one must be genetics as like I said she will purple up no matter the conditions. none of the other plants are turning so I am very happy. will select against purple going forward

it is almost as if it's the purple specifically. had a bunch slurricane buds took me looooong to smoke cause I didn't like it, made me not understand the hype around the genetic, untill I had some green slurricane. big difference. the banana seems to go purple even when grown in the summer winelands sun, some days go up to 43°C, she still pushes the purps. luckily she is frosty as hell close to pure indica so she lays you down gently and that is what I like about her. she also got her space in my next run, but that will be the last of her. getting rid of her literally because of the purple.