How do i slow her down

[refer24]

Hi all,

I have a question about 1 of my plants it is the same age as my dwc plant but it seems to be weeks behind its still only has a few white hairs coming through where the other one has flowers now,it dosent seem to be changing much.

im not sure if im doin anything wrong with it.its gets watered 5 times a day and its a water to waste system in a bucket of clayballs

 

any info will be great.

[The Hash Nibbler]

heya Refer =) , nice to see ya joined 420crew man, Welcome! .......not sure on the EC, I dont use it. As for the two plants, DWC is one of the fastest growing, flowering methods. But could be different phenos, or a number of things.

I have Sativa dominant strains that flower later than more Indica strains, so I drop me flowering light cycle to 11 hours on 13 hours off, helps get em on track a lil faster, but they still take a week or so more.

Wait till you can adjust ya PH though, because I think once you sort that, the one in Hydroton will take off, the clay will affect PH more than the DWC will.

happy growing.

 

Peace. Nibbler.

[refer24]

Atm ihave been using a basic ph tester where you match the colours up been keeping them at 5.5-6.0 the drain to waste in the clay balls allways rises its ph level compered to the dwc

[Syb3 rm3nt41_%20]

hi bud ive hurd if you give sativas 72 hours of dark around week 2/3 of flower it can bring on full flowering faster (so ive hurd)never tryd it , an its supos to slow down the stretch to , ??

 

Do not do this.

 

peace'

[Syb3 rm3nt41_%20]

Hey,

 

the trick is to supercrop at the right time ... just before the stretch when flipping to 12/12 or even within a first week of flip to 12/12 is ideal..... the problem i have found growers have with this technique is most growers are too chickenshit to really pulverise the stalk when bending, and are too pissy/fragile with the plants .... when not done properly within a day the shoots will have repaired and be damn near straight vertical already .... thus not really curbing stretch .... i supercrop as much as 8 or 9 inches from the top of the colas... some plants you can supercrop back up to first week of bloom no worries, ive supercropped them back as much as 2 weeks or so into bloom (for a 10 week finisher) when i've misjudged a plants stretch previously... some stretch until week 3 .... hell some sativa dominant strains can stretch for much longer ...... if you dont know the strain youre growing its harder to judge when supercropping should proceed.... you can always tie back aswell ...

 

peace n pot,

[refer24]

Thanks for the info,When I supercroped,scroged and tied down the next night they were straight back up.

What is your reasoning behind not doin the 72hr off?

Since i have scroged and tied down,the stretch has slowed down alot and the flowers are growing

Do you have any info on the correct ppm or ec levels?

 

Thanks

[El Gato]

Yeah, you can go pretty hard on them branches and they heal fine.

 

Chance of freaking the plant with the 72hr dark into being hermie, or increasing the chance. Probably would slow it down too. I have done it and wont again, dont know if it cause problems, I just ride it out now. They will flower when they want to/have to.

 

As forr PPM, its a bit hard to say. Gotta know what ya water is (which you will soon) and there are other variables too. Its best to know how your plants are and react, especially with the unknown. Cant comment too much as DWC is not my thing.

[refer24]

Just done a nute change usually i do it every 7 days but i waited 11 day this time waiting for my gauges to show up

dwc.before ec flashes between .4 -.6

after ec 1.4 -1.6

water + drain.before ec .4

after 1.4

 

both have 14l of water with 50ml of bloom nutes a+b

 

measured my veg room res its 8l of water with 16ml veg nutes a+b

ec flashes 1.2-1.4

 

any info will be great

Edited October 19, 2012 by refer24

[Syb3 rm3nt41_%20]

reasoning behind not doing 72 hours darkness ? Ever had the sun not show up in the sky for 3 days ? .... take a photo of the best plant and worst plant .... likely we can better judge any issues then ...

 

peace'

[Matanuska Thunder]

When I supercroped,scroged and tied down the next night they were straight back up.

Thanks

you are not being tough enough with them.

 

mt