First Grow: Bruce Banner TF-DWC

They look about like mine were when I started out. I felt the exact same way! I use two 240 w led full spectrum cobs. I moved my lights up probably another 10 inches and it helped them stretch up a bit more! Try it out. Check out my first grow for tips tricks and to learn what not to do! Cheers and happy growing!

Hi buddy go down with the ph to 5.5 - 5.8 at hydro :-) and the ec can slowly go up to 1.2 :-)

Hi! For what I see on your diary, you normally would need higher levels of Cal-Mag supplement, like 1.5~1ml/L for the entire grow. From pics it seems that there are a couple of problems there (leaves curling up, some of them are kind of glossy and seems to be hard/plasticky). I'd first increase Cal-Mag supplement to at least 1ml/L. If you're in doubt if it's Mag deficiency, make an epsom salt solution and spray under the foliage, should address it quicker than root feeding. Check roots to see if they're dark or slimy, if it is, probably starting to rot, increase aeration and make their water slighty acidic (pH 5.6~5.8) It's good to remember that in hydro, water pH is slightly increased due aeration, so make sure that you test reservoir pH with bubbles on, or at least with a good stir. EC is kind of low for week 4... What is your plain water EC? I'd increase nutrient dosages to 0.66~1ml/L. Start on lower end and increase nutrients if you feel well. Also, those brown patches could be from pH fluctuation, that could lock your nutrient uptake, so give them new water with pH 5.7~5.9 for now. On hydro water pH changes from time to time, so try to play with their pH from 6.0 to 5.6 during the week, at least until she's flowering, so they can absorb all of the macro/micro nutrients correctly. For last, it is pretty rare, but only for sake of knowing it, check your water's Iron ratios... If you have lots of Iron or if your water comes from a well or maybe rain water, you could have some type of Iron excess. I'm not an experienced grower, everything here is from my little knowledge and some things that I read. Hope everything turns ok for your grow, cheers!

You don't have to do it every week. Just watch the build up of un-used nuits; plants will tell you when to change. But as long as their healthy run it. Saves a dollar in long run.

bend or break stems... the latter being the last thing you want to do... but, tape them up and try not to damage the vascular tissue inside as best as possible as you weaken and or snap the stem a bit, lol... not joking.. don't grow them so large. this is a common mistake first grow. I did it too, but didn't have to do any High-stress training. i just lost a few trichomes off top due to evaporation. It doesn't look like light burn. 25" should have some space to give before you need to do these things. you better bloom it immediately, if running into height issues... as you have another 3 weeks of growth after that point. Since there's so much time after you change to 12-12, you could prune it back a tad, get 2 new vertical dominant growths and in those 3 weeks should grow out enough to provide solid colas... you have options. This would save a few more inches for sure, and shouldn't impact yield much. bending/breaking (supercropping? i can't recall at moment) works too.. people successfully do it all the time.

You want those yo.. don't snip them off.. you can leave like 2-3 sites below the main one and be ok! Happy growing! 👊

Most strains finish within 10 weeks of 12/12, some others that are more sativas take usually 12 weeks. So 2 to 4 weeks I would say.

Keep an eye out for it but you really have nothing to worry about. It would take a prolonged exposure for this to cause bud rot unless it was already forming prior. Remember, they face these conditions out in the wild all the time and rot isn't too common even then.