hotrodharley
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Potassium deficiency USUALLY begins on lower growth. Usually.
Urgent help needed please
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Fish scale
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Once a day dude
Fish scale
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I don't use Pro-Tekt and I'm not 100% sure where to get it from
Fish scale
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I use Canna coco Professional Plus, I think it's already buffered? I'm feeding 1 time per day
Fish scale
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It started on the lower parts and seems like it's moving up towards the top
Fish scale
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I'm not sure whether to feed them more feed or less feed
medidedicated
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Last I recall, you grew ten times longer than me haha but if my 2 cents is worth anything, last time I had runoff .5ec and a thread on RIU for micro deficiency, 90 days in veg; I was told to feed more often despite no dryback.
I would do that before upping EC and see if that helps. I was feeding 5x a day in flower and about to do coco again soon, Im excited.
Fish scale
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It's impossible for me to feed more than once a day without an irrigation system due to the fact I have loads of other work to do. I need to get a water tank and a pump and a timer and stuff so I can feed them more than 1 time per day. But I won't be able to do that until I save up some money, otherwise I would feed them at least 2 times a day if I could dude
Fish scale
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I just don't know where to go from here, I've got two decent plants so I suppose that's always a bonus lol 
Fangthane
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I've been kicking around the idea of giving coco a try in the near future. I also wanna go automated and was looking into Blumats. Fairly cheap and people seem to love them. Might be worth checking out.
medidedicated
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Yea and like others said upping ec may help too, but one thing at a time is also a factor. Yea I hear ya, I cannot do coco for a while due to same reason.
Lots to size up and costs in pumps that make it financially a thing to wait on as where dirt I could just buy lights and get started but I am new to dirt, have lots to learn and don’t want my main yield to suffer from it.
hotrodharley
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Try feeding more times a day. Proper volume too.
manfredo
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Yeah you need to feed/water at least twice a day in flower in coco. Not sure how they don't dry out with only 1 feeding a day. A flush certainly wouldn't hurt you at this point, just resume feeding immediately.
Blumats are not great for coco. They don't deliver enough water consistently to work. But the good news is, it's easier and cheaper to just run a line to every pot using a pump and manifold...and you will need a good timer that does seconds. All cheaper than a Blumat system.
Fish scale
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It's impossible for me dude, I can only feed once a day until I get a irrigation system, water tank, pump and timer and stuff
manfredo
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Awesome timers, up to 10 settings per day, anywhere from 1 second to _______. Easy to function, and I have recommended them to others who also love them.
These manifolds are great too, and you can get them in 2 to 8 outlets.
Then just a pump, res. (I used a 32 gallon trash can) and some quarter inch tubing and some 1/2" PVC if you want to hard pipe it.
medidedicated
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What about runoff pump ? Dr mjcoco recommends this 140$ one but there are cheaper. Thats what drives costs up to about 200$. I have to buy lights too so thats double so I have to wait on coco.
Fish scale
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That's what I'm going to need to buy a,s,a,p. As soon as I've got enough money together I am going to buy a system like that. Do you have to run any h202 through the water tank to keep it clean? or can you just keep topping it up with water once every few days? Another problem I've got is my tap water PH rises back to it's original value after using PH down due to the buffers in the tap water so I don't know how I'm going to deal with that.
manfredo
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Yes nutrient solution always rises a little as it sits, so just start on the lower side...Like 5.5-5.9, and then it wll rise to within limits.
Nope, I have not had to flush the tank at all.
One thing you will have to deal with is runoff. There's a number of ways...I built a sloped table about 10" tall that drains into a plastic rain gutter and that drains into a condensation pump. I also use a dehumidifier and that also drains in the condensate pump, and it all gets pumped to a floor drain. So no carrying any buckets! And the dehumidifier can run 24/7 without worry about emptying. The condensate pump was the most expensive item at about $60, but you can get by without that for a while.
Give me a shout if you have any questions..
Fish scale
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Thanks dude, so what do you think I should do with this messed up plant? Should I feed her slightly more and see how she reacts? or should I feed her less and see how she reacts? Because that's about all I can do at the moment, I don't have the time to feed two or three times per day until I get the irrigation system
manfredo
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I'm honestly not experienced enough to answer that...Still trying to get a handle on it myself. For me personally raising my EC increased my burning issue, is all I can say.