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Mquintana97

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Hello everyone i am new to this forum and happy Saturday to everybody! This is my first auto flower grow I’m growing purple lemonade in 10 gallon smart pots and using happy frog as my soil there exactly a month old today and growth has been slow in my opinion I know ppl recommend nutrients I have general hydroponics flora series I haven’t added any because I’m not sure if I should add veg or flower nuts also I’m not sure how much to add and I don’t want to burn them any advice will be much appreciated thanks In advance!
 

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Mquintana97 said:
Hello everyone i am new to this forum and happy Saturday to everybody! This is my first auto flower grow I’m growing purple lemonade in 10 gallon smart pots and using happy frog as my soil there exactly a month old today and growth has been slow in my opinion I know ppl recommend nutrients I have general hydroponics flora series I haven’t added any because I’m not sure if I should add veg or flower nuts also I’m not sure how much to add and I don’t want to burn them any advice will be much appreciated thanks In advance!
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Hi. Is this your first time growing including photos, or just first time at growing autoflowers? If those sprouted a month ago IMO I would say they are stunted. Do some research on the the site about the nutes you have and see what amounts you could start feeding. I would start asap.


Just to add I'm very new at this also. Just my 2¢.
 
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This is my first time with auto flowers not my first time growing in general and yes they sprouted exactly a month ago today there outdoors so there’s been heavy rain and cloudy these past few weeks this last week it’s been sunny tho and regarding nutes would I start with veg nutes or flower nutes ?
 
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Mquintana97 said:
This is my first time with auto flowers not my first time growing in general and yes they sprouted exactly a month ago today there outdoors so there’s been heavy rain and cloudy these past few weeks this last week it’s been sunny tho and regarding nutes would I start with veg nutes or flower nutes ?
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Understood. Moving forward I would say try and bring them inside if possible to avoid those real bad rainy days. As for nutes I would go veg in small doses. How many pots total?
 
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Hey mate,, the soil you are growing in will have plenty of nutrients for a seedling,, that's why you buy the overpriced soil,don't think by feeding a seedling in that soil you are doing it any favours, you will do more harm than good
And your first feeding will be with veg nutes,, but and this is a big but,, if the bottle of whatever you have says to use 10 mil per litre,, only used 5 ml,,,,,, no need for Bloom,, until you start to see flowers,,, even then half recommended dose will be plenty,,,, good luck
 

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It depends on a few things. What kind of lighting you are using is a big factor that can determine how much nutes your plants can handle. Your seedlings look 4-5 days old...that is why I am wondering about the lighting. The other thing to remember is that a plant "feeds" through photosynthesis and that nutes are like your daily vitamin. There isn't a whole lot of difference from one nutrient line to another, IMO. The soil you are using is usually good for the first 3 weeks, but that should usually mean about 22" of growth so far. Your lighting might be inadequate.

Also, a good rule of thumb with regard to pot size is one gallon size for each month of growth, I use 3 gallons as mine are usually 2 1/2 months. 10 gallons of dirt is hurting more than helping to tell you the truth.
 
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McStrats said:
It depends on a few things. What kind of lighting you are using is a big factor that can determine how much nutes your plants can handle. Your seedlings look 4-5 days old...that is why I am wondering about the lighting. The other thing to remember is that a plant "feeds" through photosynthesis and that nutes are like your daily vitamin. There isn't a whole lot of difference from one nutrient line to another, IMO. The soil you are using is usually good for the first 3 weeks, but that should usually mean about 22" of growth so far. Your lighting might be inadequate.

Also, a good rule of thumb with regard to pot size is one gallon size for each month of growth, I use 3 gallons as mine are usually 2 1/2 months. 10 gallons of dirt is hurting more than helping to tell you the truth.
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I’m currently using happy frog soil and I have the plants outdoors there autoflowers not regular photo I’ve put them out in more direct sunlight and they seem to be growing quicker now still no nutes I’m just watering plain water there still pretty small compared to what they should be the strain is “purple lemonade” and from what I read there supposed to be completely done from seed to finish in 70 or so days but I’ve had mine out since February 19 they took about a week to sprout I’ll show pictures of how they currently look I’m thinking about adding nutes tomorrow this is my first time growing autoflowers
 

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Poontanger said:
Hey mate,, the soil you are growing in will have plenty of nutrients for a seedling,, that's why you buy the overpriced soil,don't think by feeding a seedling in that soil you are doing it any favours, you will do more harm than good
And your first feeding will be with veg nutes,, but and this is a big but,, if the bottle of whatever you have says to use 10 mil per litre,, only used 5 ml,,,,,, no need for Bloom,, until you start to see flowers,,, even then half recommended dose will be plenty,,,, good luck
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Should I start using nutes now ? I still just been feeding with plain water and I put them out in a more sunnier spot they started to grow faster but there still behind because from what I read on the strain of autoflower they should be done from seed to finish in roughly 70ish days I’ll post pictures
 

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10 gal of happy frog should feed them for quite some time, so no need to feed yet or at all. I think you're seeing slowed growth because they are in such big containers. Most growth in early stages takes place under ground (root system).
 
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Tiflis said:
10 gal of happy frog should feed them for quite some time, so no need to feed yet or at all. I think you're seeing slowed growth because they are in such big containers. Most growth in early stages takes place under ground (root system).
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That's my conclusion too. It's very hard for that little tap root to see any oxygen in 10 gals of dirt.
 
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Tiflis said:
10 gal of happy frog should feed them for quite some time, so no need to feed yet or at all. I think you're seeing slowed growth because they are in such big containers. Most growth in early stages takes place under ground (root system).
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Okay I have nutes on hand I’ll hold off for now because there still growing with just water so far the only thing I have a concern for is one of the plants is growing slower and looks light green with a light hint of yellow I thought it was because it needed nutrients
 
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