Am I doing my top feed watering right?

[Justin Freidman]

Guys,

Maybe I'm over thinking things and sorry if I ask too many questions - I'm learning. I have built a top feed system which is drain to waste. I'm using big mama cubes.

I'm wondering how often to feed the plants. The drain to waste works well, when I feed, water flows freely out from the bottom of the cube and away.

When they were young I feed for 30 seconds each morning



But now they're bigger I feed for one minute lights on and one minute before lights out, so twice a day. The plants are growing well and thriving, do I just leave this setting now - or water more (i.e. 3 x 1 min per 24 hour) as they get bigger and flower?



Sorry for the questions, just want to get this right.

Thanks,
J.

 

[athomegrowing]

We're counting on you to run the experiments and report back. For an amateur you have a better set up than most of the mid-level guys here... The draining aspect of this system indicates that you would have a hard time overfeeding providing you kept the percentages optimal. Perhaps the experiment is how long can you leave the lights on before fucking them up after feeding. Also more food, why not.

 

[CannaCountry]

If it's not broke...

Your plants will tell you if you need to feed more or not. They look pretty happy to me.

 

[Justin Freidman]

We're counting on you to run the experiments and report back. For an amateur you have a better set up than most of the mid-level guys here... The draining aspect of this system indicates that you would have a hard time overfeeding providing you kept the percentages optimal. Perhaps the experiment is how long can you leave the lights on before fucking them up after feeding. Also more food, why not.

If it's not broke...
Your plants will tell you if you need to feed more or not. They look pretty happy to me.

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Love learning from the best. This forum rocks.

 

[NanoGadget]

Those plants look great! Just keep your pH and EC on point and the rest is just figuring out how the plants needs change throughout it's life cycle.

 

[Justin Freidman]

Those plants look great! Just keep your pH and EC on point and the rest is just figuring out how the plants needs change throughout it's life cycle.

Thanks man, I guess the next thing is working out how to cross over veg and bloom nutes during the couple of weeks pre-flower/switch.