roots_indoors
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My last run, I was a bit hesitant to give a full on feeding in fear of messing something up. And as a result, I think I left a bit on the table at harvest time. That and the leaves faded out a lot quicker than typical. The plants started eating themselves around week 5 of flower.
For my current run on the 4th week of flower, I have been feeding the plants at every watering, which started in week 2 of flower. I am growing in Ocean Forrest, so after transplanting, I rode out the nutrients in the soil until I started seeing signs of deficiencies, which was the end of week 1 flower. Since then, I have fed the plants 3 times, starting at 500ppm and eventually worked up to ~900ppm. My ppm target for the end of flower week 5 is around 1200ppm, but honestly it'll be as high as the plants can take.
The thing here is that I am not seeing any signs of slight nute burn. My idea was to feed them until I start seeing the leaf tips burn a bit. Contrary to what I thought, even after feeding 3 times in a row, the plants still seem a bit hungry.
My plan here is to continue feeding with every watering, and on occasionally just do a plain watering with an increased amount of water to help flush any salt buildup. I know you typically feed with every watering in coco, but for soil, it seems like more than a few people recommend water, feed, water or water, water, feed.
My question being, is there any downside to feeding with every watering, aside from using more nutes? My plants seem to want more, and I haven't seen any nute burn yet.
For my current run on the 4th week of flower, I have been feeding the plants at every watering, which started in week 2 of flower. I am growing in Ocean Forrest, so after transplanting, I rode out the nutrients in the soil until I started seeing signs of deficiencies, which was the end of week 1 flower. Since then, I have fed the plants 3 times, starting at 500ppm and eventually worked up to ~900ppm. My ppm target for the end of flower week 5 is around 1200ppm, but honestly it'll be as high as the plants can take.
The thing here is that I am not seeing any signs of slight nute burn. My idea was to feed them until I start seeing the leaf tips burn a bit. Contrary to what I thought, even after feeding 3 times in a row, the plants still seem a bit hungry.
My plan here is to continue feeding with every watering, and on occasionally just do a plain watering with an increased amount of water to help flush any salt buildup. I know you typically feed with every watering in coco, but for soil, it seems like more than a few people recommend water, feed, water or water, water, feed.
My question being, is there any downside to feeding with every watering, aside from using more nutes? My plants seem to want more, and I haven't seen any nute burn yet.