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Mitchician

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JimyTheCook said:
@DustyDuke

Been feedin with powerfeed since the start not top shelf but has been doing good so far.. bout 40ml to 9ltr of water
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Mate it looks like she's got a bit of heat stress with the leaves cupping like that and the serrations all tipping upwards, I don't think the burnt tips are nutrient burn, because it seems to be starting with the old leaves which indicates a deficiency of a mobile nutrient, so I've got a funny feeling it's a potassium deficiency, which could actually be a lockout from having too much of something else present. 40ml/9L sounds pretty high if you're feeding that amount quite often, how many times a week do you apply it, and are you just giving straight water in between? When I used the purple powerfeed on my outdoor girls I'm pretty sure I only used 20ml/10L and only a couple times a week, but to be fair I had a slightly ammended soil too.
I think the corrugate pot could be heating up the root zone too much, adding to the heat stress, and causing a lot of water to evaporate, which effectively would increase the strength of the feed you're giving it, because more of the water is going straight into the air, instead of diluting your feed.. If all your plants in the ground are sweet and the only ones looking heat stressed are the ones in the corrugate beds, you probably just need to set up a dripper or something to keep those ones extra watered and the rootzone temps lower. I think plants in the ground can take a shitload more heat than any plant in a pot of any kind, except for those massive fabric pots, because on a really hot day, a pot of soil on the ground will get a shitload hotter than it is actually under the ground. I could be completely wrong though this is all just a guess based on my experience.
 
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Mitchician said:
Mate it looks like she's got a bit of heat stress with the leaves cupping like that and the serrations all tipping upwards, I don't think the burnt tips are nutrient burn, because it seems to be starting with the old leaves which indicates a deficiency of a mobile nutrient, so I've got a funny feeling it's a potassium deficiency, which could actually be a lockout from having too much of something else present. 40ml/9L sounds pretty high if you're feeding that amount quite often, how many times a week do you apply it, and are you just giving straight water in between? When I used the purple powerfeed on my outdoor girls I'm pretty sure I only used 20ml/10L and only a couple times a week, but to be fair I had a slightly ammended soil too.
I think the corrugate pot could be heating up the root zone too much, adding to the heat stress, and causing a lot of water to evaporate, which effectively would increase the strength of the feed you're giving it, because more of the water is going straight into the air, instead of diluting your feed.. If all your plants in the ground are sweet and the only ones looking heat stressed are the ones in the corrugate beds, you probably just need to set up a dripper or something to keep those ones extra watered and the rootzone temps lower. I think plants in the ground can take a shitload more heat than any plant in a pot of any kind, except for those massive fabric pots, because on a really hot day, a pot of soil on the ground will get a shitload hotter than it is actually under the ground. I could be completely wrong though this is all just a guess based on my experience.
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This bitch here just went 6 days 40 plus heat with 3 of those days 46-49
No yellow leaves
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Yeah but she's in the ground and you've got a mean as fuck watering octopus thing and she's shading the whole ground man.. she hasn't got any heat stress because her roots are probably at a much lower temperature than Jimy's one in the corrugate pot, so your plant can regulate it's temp. by pumping more water through itself, but I reckon Jim's plant can't do that because it's pumping hot water through itself, which could be getting exacerbated by too much food too often. I don't know how often he's feeding that's why I asked. Like I said I could be wrong too, just trying to help..
That's a stunning plant by the way. You obviously know what's what.
 
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beernutz

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Mitchician said:
Yeah but she's in the ground and you've got a mean as fuck watering octopus thing and she's shading the whole ground man.. she hasn't got any heat stress because her roots are probably at a much lower temperature than Jimy's one in the corrugate pot, so your plant can regulate it's temp. by pumping more water through itself, but I reckon Jim's plant can't do that because it's pumping hot water through itself, which could be getting exacerbated by too much food too often. I don't know how often he's feeding that's why I asked. Like I said I could be wrong too, just trying to help..
That's a stunning plant by the way. You obviously know what's what.
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Wasn't a brag just more a point plants can cope with extreme temps
 
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Mitchician

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beernutz said:
Wasn't a brag just more a point plants can cope with extreme temps
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I agree plants can cope with extreme temps, my point was it helps if they're in the ground, when they're above the ground and the soil's touching baking hot metal all day I imagine it would cause areas of very hot and dry soil where it touches the walls, which is also probably where most of his feeder roots are, causing the heat stress from them getting too hot and drying up. A ring of drippers around the outside of his pots like your set up, going on the hottest part of the day would be the go for his pots to keep the heat down I reckon.
 
DustyDuke

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Lucky Luke said:
did some trimming and some chopping last night.
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More to the reveg Where's Weedo garden.
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Only one plant left in the flower tent.
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I’ve been trimming but now Ive got family over for Christmas until the 30th. I don’t trust some of em sticky fingers. So I did as much trimming as could but some is getting the full dry trim treatment. I went the shop to get some twine to hang bud on I get back and the Mrs is like I hung it on the lights. I’m cheers now I have to clear more shit
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PURPLEB3RRYKUSH

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DustyDuke said:
I’ve been trimming but now Ive got family over for Christmas until the 30th. I don’t trust some of em sticky fingers. So I did as much trimming as could but some is getting the full dry trim treatment. I went the shop to get some twine to hang bud on I get back and the Mrs is like I hung it on the lights. I’m cheers now I have to clear more shit
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Poor lights getting tricomb dusted lol
 
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klx

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DustyDuke said:
I’m cutting it to 2 strains after this next grow. I need synergy! I will put one strain per tent I’m over trimming been out of whack and different feeding for certain strains. I’ll be running the big tent with gg x sba clones if the plant I have vegging flowers like the one I’m flowering now. She’s got 2ish weeks left and has really put on weight.
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I have pretty much decided on my keeper the #3 so will run that one for now until I get a chance to pop some more next year. Its stacking the best.
 
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DustyDuke

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klx said:
I have pretty much decided on my keeper the #3 so will run that one for now until I get a chance to pop some more next year. Its stacking the best.
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I wouldn’t mind popping some more there’s some potential in that stuff
 
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Mitchician said:
Mate it looks like she's got a bit of heat stress with the leaves cupping like that and the serrations all tipping upwards, I don't think the burnt tips are nutrient burn, because it seems to be starting with the old leaves which indicates a deficiency of a mobile nutrient, so I've got a funny feeling it's a potassium deficiency, which could actually be a lockout from having too much of something else present. 40ml/9L sounds pretty high if you're feeding that amount quite often, how many times a week do you apply it, and are you just giving straight water in between? When I used the purple powerfeed on my outdoor girls I'm pretty sure I only used 20ml/10L and only a couple times a week, but to be fair I had a slightly ammended soil too.
I think the corrugate pot could be heating up the root zone too much, adding to the heat stress, and causing a lot of water to evaporate, which effectively would increase the strength of the feed you're giving it, because more of the water is going straight into the air, instead of diluting your feed.. If all your plants in the ground are sweet and the only ones looking heat stressed are the ones in the corrugate beds, you probably just need to set up a dripper or something to keep those ones extra watered and the rootzone temps lower. I think plants in the ground can take a shitload more heat than any plant in a pot of any kind, except for those massive fabric pots, because on a really hot day, a pot of soil on the ground will get a shitload hotter than it is actually under the ground. I could be completely wrong though this is all just a guess based on my experience.
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Pictures can only tell part of the story so from the start i wasn expectin an answer that would be a 100% fix to all my problems but you blokes on here have helluva lot more experience then i do, i never thought it would be a defiency of any sort.
As for the metal pot, its not a pot of any type its only a ring bout 150mm i made up to stop the mulch from blowing away in the wind an they have only been on there for the last month think it was beernutz that suggested top dressin with cow manure then add layer of mulch over all that.
An holes were dug down to atleast foot an a half deep so the root zone shoukd be deep enough to not be affected by the metal ring.
My soil was average at best to start with an at time of top dressin cpl plants soil ph was readin at the high 5's so wen i top dressed i added dolomite lime to try an balance it back out week or so later the ph did rise bak closer to neutral so i left it at that.
I know powerfeed aint designed for weed but i go by the feex ratings it suggests for herbs veggies an annuals an that reccomends 50ml/9ltr an i would only feed them once every week an a half at best. Have other plants growin in different area with similar set up expect i have put up a heap of panda plastic to help bounce the sunlight around them better an they seem to be having no problems at all.
Metal ring
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Hard to tell but soil still moist inch or 2 below the top dressin an hasnt been waterd since fridy night.
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Cpl Plants in other area
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Rcmnd feed ratio
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