Would feeding/watering like this work?

BegginerGrower

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My autos are about 2-3 weeks into flower, they're gradually drinking more and more, they're having 1.25 litre in a morning an now the pots are feeling alot lighter again so gonna have to feed twice a day morning/night, I've started feeding every other day instead of everyday, then getting ph'd water on the other days.. so now that IL be watering twice a day would it work if I watered with nutrients in the morning then watered just ph'd water at night? Instead of feeding every other day? Then they'd be getting nutrients an plain ph'd water more frequently
 

BegginerGrower

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Better to feed lighter doses both times
I noticed that even feeding 1/3 strength nutrients daily made the tips of the leafs yellow like really yellow..only at the top of the plants though,that's why I started feeding every other day,maybe they can't handle as much with them being autoflowers?
 

BegginerGrower

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Yeah I know it needs watering everyday with coco..more than once a day if the pots gets lighter,what I'm asking though is if it would be better to feed in a morning with nutrients an then just ph'd water on the night? That way if be feeding nutrients every day rather than feed,water,feed etc like I'm doing now, or should I carry on with feed,water,feed so feed twice a day,then water twice a day the next day,then feed twice a day the day after that etc?
 

twentyeight.threefive

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Medium is Coco coir, the pots are 10 litres, an yes mate watering until I get 20-30% run off every time
Coco should be watered/fed every day. You don't want to be giving plain water ever, always your nutrient mix.

My two autos, 3 gallon pots, in flower are given 1/2 gallon each of nutrient mix every day. (1.9 L of nutrients mix for 11.4 L cloth pots)
 
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T macc

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I noticed that even feeding 1/3 strength nutrients daily made the tips of the leafs yellow like really yellow..only at the top of the plants though,that's why I started feeding every other day,maybe they can't handle as much with them being autoflowers?
Sounds like they need more food and not less. What's your ppm?
And like they said. Always feed. Unless you have salt build-up and need to flush
 

coreywebster

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Pots shouldn't be getting light unless plants are too big for pots, in which case water more often.

What exactly are you feeding them?
PH?
EC?
Nutrient line?
 

BegginerGrower

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Pots shouldn't be getting light unless plants are too big for pots, in which case water more often.

What exactly are you feeding them?
PH?
EC?
If your girls need feed twice a day, give it to them...but don't use plain water. If you think the multiple daily feeds are too strong, dial back your nutrient, but for sure, you're going to want to keep the feed going to them each and every time.
So would 1/3 strength nutes twice a day be okay?cause i think the yellowing tips happened when I went up to half strength, I'm using general hydroponics and they are autoflowers
Nutrient line?
 

BegginerGrower

Active Member
Pots shouldn't be getting light unless plants are too big for pots, in which case water more often.

What exactly are you feeding them?
PH?
EC?
If your girls need feed twice a day, give it to them...but don't use plain water. If you think the multiple daily feeds are too strong, dial back your nutrient, but for sure, you're going to want to keep the feed going to them each and every time.
So would 1/3 strength nutes twice a day be okay?cause i think the yellowing tips happened when I went up to half strength, I'm using general hydroponics and they are autoflowers the EC is always between 1- 1.1 an PH 5.8-6.2
 

BegginerGrower

Active Member
Pots shouldn't be getting light unless plants are too big for pots, in which case water more often.

What exactly are you feeding them?
PH?
EC?
If your girls need feed twice a day, give it to them...but don't use plain water. If you think the multiple daily feeds are too strong, dial back your nutrient, but for sure, you're going to want to keep the feed going to them each and every time.
So would 1/3 strength nutes twice a day be okay?cause i think the yellowing tips happened when I went up to half strength, I'm using general hydroponics and they are autoflowers the EC is always between 1- 1.1 an PH 5.8-6.2
Sounds like they need more food and not less. What's your ppm?
And like they said. Always feed. Unless you have salt build-up and need to flush
how do I know if I have a salt build up? Am what makes you think they need more?because that's when the tips of leaves started bleaching yellow right at the very top..soon as I went from 1/3 strength to half strength.. But also been told autoflowers can't handle as much questions
 

coreywebster

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What I would do and I say this because your pots were getting light is run some low strength nutrients and collect some run off and test the ec to see if you have a salt build up.
If it comes out high EC , like a lot higher then I would flush them.
If it doesn't then put it down to them been very finicky

Ive never seen tip burn at such low feed levels and im just thinking of if your plants are going wet to dry daily you could be seeing effects of a high salt build up in the medium.
 

BegginerGrower

Active Member
Pots shouldn't be getting light unless plants are too big for pots, in which case water more often.

What exactly are you feeding them?
PH?
EC?
If your girls need feed twice a day, give it to them...but don't use plain water. If you think the multiple daily feeds are too strong, dial back your nutrient, but for sure, you're going to want to keep the feed going to them each and every time.
So would 1/3 strength nutes twice a day be okay?cause i think the yellowing tips happened when I went up to half strength, I'm using general hydroponics and they are autoflowers the EC is always between 1- 1.1 an PH 5.8-6.2
Sounds like they need more food and not less. What's your ppm?
And like they said. Always feed. Unless you have salt build-up and need to flush
how do I know if I have a salt build up? Am what makes you think they need more?because that's when the tips of leaves started bleaching yellow right at the very top..soon as I went from 1/3 strength to half strength.. But also been told autoflowers can't handle as much questions
What I would do and I say this because your pots were getting light is run some low strength nutrients and collect some run off and test the ec to see if you have a salt build up.
If it comes out high EC , like a lot higher then I would flush them.
If it doesn't then put it down to them been very finicky

Ive never seen tip burn at such low feed levels and im just thinking of if your plants are going wet to dry daily you could be seeing effects of a high salt build up in the medium.
I check run off pH an it's always 6.3-6.4 an EC-1.2 like I say it's only on the top part of the plants..IL take a pic soon , or could it be from the light?
 
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