Well the one I’ve been struggling with defs is doing ok, I can tell she hasn’t fully recovered. Woke up to more rust spots. Thinking I should rinse the top roots with ph’d 6 water since I had it so low not allowing that magnesium intake.
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I’m using the Lucas at 5/10 for veg 8/16 for flower. Is that to much you think?
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Bizarrely, I have never personally run the Lucas formula so I’m not the guy to answer that one I’m afraid. Always been meaning to try it one day but just haven’t gotten around to it.
I run a bottled nutrient line from a Canadian company called Green Planet. It’s their 3 part GP3 line, plus additives. I really like it and I’ve had plenty of delicious results, but my first run in DWC I really struggled with learning a new style of growing and reading the plants correctly. Didn’t help that I’d been outta the game for over 15 years, had to put my training wheels back on!
The thing is I thought I was starting out pretty conservatively by running them at half strength. I just didn’t have any idea at the time how truly efficient uptake can be on a deep water system. With the roots in the nutes the whole time they just suck the food up like a pig at a trough, and before I knew it I was burning them pretty bad.
Of course, out of practice and alone, I totally misread the signs as a defficiency and upped the feed like an idiot. Yep, made it worse.
It’s a bit of a read but I went off on this a while back in my grow thread…
About halfway through that long ass post, after this…
That’s about my whole take on it if you want, but I’m sure somebody around here that has experience with Lucas will chime in.
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Training is my favorite part as well. Looks like you did a really good job🤘
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Guys I need some help! I think it’s a mag/cal def. new growth is able to use nitrogen that’s available.
My ph was at 5 for a week raised it to 5.8 now and didn’t add any extra cal/mag just Incase that would cause lockouts.
Oh and sorry for the finger I work on machines so my hands get cut up.
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You are probably seeing the effects from the pH being at 5. That damage won’t recover, keep an eye on new growth. I suggest a little LITFA.
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Looking great so far! Seems like you will be a natural to me. Good luck on your new adventure
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Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. Feel like I am stumbling to the finish line.
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A little deficiency here and there is a great way to learn and judging by your plants I think you are still going to do great! I have been doing this for years and always feel like im stumbling somtimes lol… A matter of always biting off more than I can easily chew for some reason.
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I’m fairly certain that literally every single one of us felt that way on our first grows… and on many more afterwards! 
Just take it in stride, it’s how all of us learned.
They look pretty good, like @ReikoX said watch the new growth, dont worry about those ugly fans that won’t change back.
And his LITFA is really a top notch product, all the smartest cats on here keep a bottle of it handy in the garden.
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Thank you for keeping me calm. Probably added stress from my first week of flower. I just don’t want to ruin my babies.
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Welcome to OG @DannylovesCannabis.
Your babies should bounce back with little effort. Cannabis plants are resilient plants… they can take most any abuse you give them and recover rather quickly in most cases.
Relax a little and watch your plants grow.
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You’re right, I already know the issue and took the steps to fix it. I just need to sit back and watch now.
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Heh heh… and again I say we have literally all gone through this, it is absolute textbook first grow jitters man.
You see Danny, there comes a special time in every Cannabis lovers life when they start to go through changes. They start having feelings they haven’t had before, their jars get bigger, and buds start growing where there were no buds before. These feelings can be exciting and confusing, but it’s important to remember that these feelings are a natural part of growing up, and everyone experiences them, in their own time in their own way. It’s a special time, a natural time, that every sprout must go through as it blossoms into an adult tree.
Just a little excerpt from my upcoming book for new growers entitled Are you there Weed? It’s me, Rick.
But I’m just messing with ya! In all honesty they look better than my first batch when I finally put em into flower. Hell, I’ve got pictures of my first run that look so haggard if I showed em to ya you’d feel like you invented weed!
Pour yourself a tall cold glass of LITFA, keep an eye on your PH, and ride it out.
You’re doing fine.
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You’re right rick I feel myself becoming a beautiful flower. I’m transforming.
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No joke man, the craft changes people, many for the better. Gardening is soul medicine, and I’ve seen it save brothers.
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Took a lot of the inner stuff out so my plant could breathe in flower. You can’t tell on the second one but I definitely took out a lot.
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Good air circulation is important for plants, without it, they can get too hot, which may cause them to over transpire and waste their water resources. Die back is also a real possibility.
Truer words have never been spoken!
Gardening plugs you back into nature. Getting your hands dirty, playing in the soil, letting the microbes in the soil increase the serotonin levels in your brain, making you a happier person. Gardening is fantastic for the soul!
For some of us, cannabis is a godsend that keeps us from having to take prescription medications. If you can get by using cannabis, why wouldn’t you?
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Looking good!
Cleaning out the clutter is important to keep that airflow up for sure. Pruning is another one of those things where it just takes enough grows to start feeling confident when you snip. I used to agonize and second guess myself over every little pluck and cut, now I’m like fucking Edward Scissorhands rocking a topiary, leaves flying everywhere! 
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I read tappys grow log and he had prove of what pruning does for the plant. That’s why I’m all about it. Does wonders.
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