Today, Day 11, the seed has entered it's 2nd cycle of growth and appears healthy has can be. Can't wait for the results to come.
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Here's what the baby looks like now as of day 21.
Should I begin pruning lower leaves now that it's entered the veg stage?
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Day 19 update,
Took these pictures right after sending the plant into Veg 1. I had completed a water change prior to heading into the seedling stage however the ratios of nutrients stay the same into Veg 1 so I did not complete a water change for this phase change. Also, it appears to me that some of the newer fan leaves seem to take on a paler green than leaves that have been there longer, is this normal/ do these plants look healthy? I am a first-time grower so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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@MichiJuana i don think anyone has tried two plants before. It will probably take a LOT of pruning but it could work!
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How is everybody enjoying the new update?
Please let us know if you are seeing any issues at all, large or small! Thanks everyone!
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Hey Everyone!
We just want to stress the importance of pruning as much as you can when growing inside of the BLOOM. There are several reasons why it is so important:
Space is limited in the BLOOM - this is the most obvious reason, but you want to prune to avoid having your plants grow into the lights. The top lights are 250 watts and the side lights are each 25 watts. This generates a lot of heat and the lights can burn your plants if they get too close.
All plants transpire in order to move water throughout their stalks to the branches and leaves. This means that as the plant is larger, you won't need to fill the humidifier as much because the plant is busy converting the water it takes up to a gas. If you start to see a "steam room" effect inside the BLOOM, you should consider how large your plant is and prune wherever possible.
Pruning encourages new growth in the plants and because the BLOOM provides the perfect environment, you WILL see faster and more frequent growth. It may feel "wrong" to prune early on, but you will quickly notice that the plants will bounce back and be stronger than ever!
Post to the forum if you have any questions about when/where/why to prune your specific plant. Yes, there is a lot of information out there to help you, but be aware that a lot of the tips on the internet are geared towards outside growing vs. the controlled environment of the BLOOM. Our BLOOM experts and community members are always happy to help!
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@spicypeppers123 I love plants at this "toddler" stage. Looks so good!
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Hi, @DJ. We had a chance to look at your system data and see that you are in the "Drying" stage.
First, a couple questions:
Is your plant cut and hanging and are your lights off?
We can see that your heater is working (we've observed an increase in temperature to 61 at certain points), but we believe that the heater is essentially battling the radiator which works constantly to help maintain target humidity levels. The heater will only kick on for 2 minutes at a time to avoid overheating and frying the plants.
We appreciate the data and are looking into how we can make both systems work in conjunction with each other more consistently. For now, having a temperature of 60 vs. 65 is totally OK and it is more important to have the system work to control the humidity levels than to constantly heat during this stage.
Please let us know if you notice anything else and reach out if you need additional help.
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I tend to use mine on the lawn, but diluted at about 4 to 1 it should be good for houseplants. Since houseplants grow so much more slowly, you do not need the high concentrations of nutrients present in Bloom.
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Thanks - that sounds about right. We are at and early stage and would need to refill each morning but its starting to taper off.
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@northern_dweller please keep us posted!
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Welcome, @Rainville!
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Glad to hear it and please keep us updated if anything else comes up, we're always here to help!
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Here's a very helpful video displaying the correct connection of your Drain Tube to the orange Quick Connects.
Having these properly connected will avoid a leak during the water change/draining processes. Note that when you re-secure your orange quick connects to any of the blue inlet/outlet tubes, you'll want to make sure they are snapped into place as well.
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RE: Clementine Kush
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RE: Humidity Level
Thanks - that sounds about right. We are at and early stage and would need to refill each morning but its starting to taper off.
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Ready to Bloom
Hi Everyone! Very excited to be starting my first Bloom grow. My wife and I received our Bloom about a week ago and have just finished setting it up. Looks like we are going to be using the FlapJack recipe in order to proceed with the Indica seeds we had purchased. Can't wait to see what comes next!!!
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RE: Increasing Nutrient levels
Here's what the baby looks like now as of day 21.
Should I begin pruning lower leaves now that it's entered the veg stage?
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RE: Increasing Nutrient levels
Today I received a new power board in the mail and immediately installed it. Although I received some very clear instructions on how to properly install the board the following lines will be about my experience carrying said instructions.
As described, I began by removing the power board cover and carefully pulling out each wire, 1-15. Wires 8 and 9 proved to be fairly tricky to remove so a word of caution to anyone who may have this problem. After that, I simply unscrewed the powerboard, replaced it with the new one, and re-attached each wire this time starting from wire 15.
The dashboard then proceeded to give me notifications relating to the problems that were now fixed.
The nutrients level had now read 2400. In order to lower this, I emptied about a quarter of the reservoir and filled it up with fresh water then checked the ppm. I continued doing this until the ppm was slightly below the recommended range and then allowed the bloom to put it back in range.
Once that was done I was given another alert regarding the ph sensor. The dashboard was only reporting an error so I went back into the power board cover, unplugged and replugged wire 14 then turned the bloom off and on again. This seemed to have fixed the ph sensor which then read 8.2. The bloom quickly began adding ph down until it was back within its normal range.
Everything is once again functioning as it should and my plant seems to be responding already. Thanks for all the help!
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RE: Increasing Nutrient levels
@pdxbloom apparently the problem was with the ppm sensor.
I believe the sensor was constantly reading the nutrient level it was at when I had made the stage change (623) and in an attempt to raise the level to 800 it kept pumping the nutrients into the reservoir. This lead the reservoir to change to a deep purple color.
Luckily, I caught this the day of the stage change and my plant hasn't seemed to suffer from overfeeding.
In order to solve the issue, I was told to remove the pumps from the three nutrient bottles. Then I emptied most of the reservoir, leaving about an inch or two left, and filled it back up with water, which seemed to dilute the deep purple color that I had seen earlier. I will now be receiving a new sensor system to install along with nutrients to get my plant back on track (I'm not sure who to @ but the help has been greatly appreciated).
I hope this can help solve any future problems
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Increasing Nutrient levels
Good morning everyone,
Just a follow-up question for my previous post, it seems that after sending the plant into the veg stage that my bloom is unable to hit its expected nutrient level, any tips or tricks as to how to fix this?
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RE: Clementine Kush
Day 19 update,
Took these pictures right after sending the plant into Veg 1. I had completed a water change prior to heading into the seedling stage however the ratios of nutrients stay the same into Veg 1 so I did not complete a water change for this phase change. Also, it appears to me that some of the newer fan leaves seem to take on a paler green than leaves that have been there longer, is this normal/ do these plants look healthy? I am a first-time grower so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: Clementine Kush
Today, Day 11, the seed has entered it's 2nd cycle of growth and appears healthy has can be. Can't wait for the results to come.
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RE: Clementine Kush
Day 8 into germination and I had completed the stage change as instructed by Bloom.
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Clementine Kush
Hey Everyone! just catching up on some posts.
11 days ago I began germinating my clementine kush seeds. In order to do so I simply placed the seeds in and began the FlapJacks recipe posted by @I_like_plants. This was contrary to much of the research I had done on growing but the seeds have certainly taken (more to come).
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RE: Humidity Level
Thanks - that sounds about right. We are at and early stage and would need to refill each morning but its starting to taper off.
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Humidity Level
Is it normal that I get a daily message about the humidity level being low?