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Opie1971
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Best garden that I’ve had in a while, every plant is doing really well, just a few lower leaves yellowing a little but that’s to be expected I guess. Hopefully I can keep them all in A-1 condition until the end.
When I get these cleared out I’m thinking I’ll use bigger pots = bigger plants to fill this up. I’ve been using 2g pots and getting at least 2oz’s per plant, this gives me more variety, there’s 8 different strains now.
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Madriffer
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Looking good man. That Saphire OG is stacking up nicely. Good job.
H.A.F.
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Looks great! Big difference I see between yours and mine is crowding (and the crap that goes with it). My plants are exactly the same height and jammed together. I like how you have everything staggered so that they aren't crowded even though they are jammed in there pretty good.
Opie1971
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Many thanks. Tent is a 4x4, so with 9 plants in it, that gives them 16sq in per plant, roughly, and a few of these are 12/12 from seed, so they have plenty of room. Also, tent is lit by 2 HLG 260w QB’s and it’s rocking it.
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H.A.F.
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Looks like you have a handle on it. I wish I had just stuck to what I know instead of trying different crap for the comp - live and learn
Don't get me wrong, I should get a decent harvest, it just won't be pretty. I have the fact that I can have it dried and a smoke report before the competition ends in my back pocket to maybe get a vote or 2
Kushash
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I think you will be very happy upgrading to larger pots.
Makes it easier to control deficiencies.
H.A.F.
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I second the motion - the bill has passed. Small pots suck!
Opie1971
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Who has deficiencies? Lol.
H.A.F.
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Kushash
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Who has deficiencies?
IDK!
For all I know they have all been corrected.
If all have been corrected the possibility is no one has deficiencies.
Could be that recent deficiencies have been turned into toxicities, to soon to tell.
Any possibility you may have had a Mg deficiency at some point in this grow?
If you did a larger pot may have made a difference in avoiding it.
Opie1971
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H.A.F.
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On a serious note, in my little 2 gallon pots I bet there is a mass of roots. Meaning, the root to soil ratio drops significantly over the same plant in a 3 or 5 gallon over the same amount of time.
It takes a week or two for deficiencies to show up, and I am seeing a few light brown spots on my non contest plant. But they are nothing drastic and only on the older fan leaves - which I didn't notice until I was pruning some away anyway. It was fed using the same bad pH pen for the same amount of time, but is in a 3 gallon pot.
IMHO if you grow in soil a bigger pot gives you a little fudge factor on problems, just like the cloth pots help keep you from overwatering.
DesertPlants
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I may need someone else to keep the spreadsheet updated for a bit. My motherboard went out and the manufacturer says 15-35 days to replace, not including shipping time.
J.James
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I can handle that if you would like.
homebrewer
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Overwatering isn't the issue, it's the lack of oxygen to the root zone that's the issue, and cloth pots breathe well.
DesertPlants
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I ended up just ordering a new one and then I will sell the replacement one whenever they finally send it to me. I should be back up and running by tomorrow. I should still add some of you all as editors though... that way you can update if you want to.
J.James
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I would be honored to assist you sir
H.A.F.
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Alright Mr. $0.02 - was there anything factually wrong with my statement? Y'all have fun in here - I'll post pics as required.
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