Calling all Experts...

[steveo2grow]

2 1/2 weeks into flower
15 inches tall (Short Rider Strain)
226 watts worth of CFL's 12/12 cycle.
fox farm ocean forest.
ph is at 6.9 to 7 (not sure i trust the meter)
fox farm tiger bloom every other water.
water cycle 3 to 4 times a week. (i might need to back that down)
1 gallon pot

noticed drooping purple stems at top of plant. sometimes whole plant droops. i may have started to over water, so i'm backing down on that, but the purple stems lead me to believe something else may be up. what do ya'll think?

 

[Punk]

Tiger Bloom every other watering is way too much, I only give it to the plants once during the whole flowering cycle, about three weeks in.

 

[SCbudboy]

Tiger Bloom every other watering is way too much, I only give it to the plants once during the whole flowering cycle, about three weeks in.

thats argueable, i water mine every other water with nutes with great results( i just use half the directed amount per gallon of water)

steveo your plant looks good btw, i would go to a bigger size pot though especially durring flowering
i've had expeirence with a bigger yeild switching to a bigger pot before flowering

 

[steveo2grow]

i'm afraid to transplant this far into the grow. if she's stressed now, i might kill her from additional shock.

 

[StonedBlownSkiller]

the purpling is normal or from cool temps. no worries. it looks good.

 

[dvan]

i'm afraid to transplant this far into the grow. if she's stressed now, i might kill her from additional shock.

play music to it lol helps the plants anyways. I play death metal(much stonier weed)

 

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they look healthy i wouldnt worry but that is a lot of watering. i only water mine ever 3 to 4 days

 

[patlpp]

Short Rider yields much better under 18 to 20 hrs of light being an autoflower and all. They look good though bra.

 

[PinchedNerve]

play music to it lol helps the plants anyways. I play death metal(much stonier weed)

What would happen if you played some Elton John?

 

[StonedBlownSkiller]

it will make you wear big sunglasses

 

[dvan]

it'd be fruity HAHA. idk. death metal has more double bass and emits more sound waves. any music is ok. u can even just yell at them if u want.

 

[dvan]

or it'd turn male
haha

 

[steveo2grow]

yeah i gave it 20 hours the first 4 weeks. then switched to 18/6 for almost 2 more weeks with no signs of flower so i said, fuck it, and switched to 12/12. after doing that it took 2 days and BAM! pistils.... fuck autos....

 

[patlpp]

Yea I heard of that also where you give them a 12/12 kick in the ass. I have grown both ways and found 18/6 yields better. I never had one with flowering trouble though like you did. Considering the grow time, it's a good deal.

 

[SCbudboy]

i'm afraid to transplant this far into the grow. if she's stressed now, i might kill her from additional shock.

just dont break any roots. knock all the soil loss use water if you need to

 

[Punk]

thats argueable, i water mine every other water with nutes with great results( i just use half the directed amount per gallon of water)

steveo your plant looks good btw, i would go to a bigger size pot though especially durring flowering
i've had expeirence with a bigger yeild switching to a bigger pot before flowering

I have the FF trio and I don't really care for it overall. Tiger Bloom contains ammonium phosphate, a salt (which is not great) and its a derivitive of ammonia, a toxin, thanks to the bat guano they put in it. I stand by my original advice and say to pull back on it and give your plants a good flush going forward, and make sure you have good runoff when you water.

 

[steveo2grow]

well punk, your advice was taken to heart and i flushed the SHIT out of her this morning after i woke up and saw my plants leaves hanging practically on the floor they were so low... 1 hour later, stems perked up and purple slowly fading out of the stems.... i think the soil was nute logged or something... after a good flush she was good. i think i'll keep the nutes to just every so often instead of every other day....

 

[bird mcbride]

I bud in F&D in rock and my fert mix is 1/6 of that recommended for dirt. I water three times daily with this mix. Pot is a weed and it does better with less nutes. For mg growers, about one teaspoon for every six gallons for flowers.

 

[steveo2grow]

yeah she's doing MUCH better now... i was feeding at half strength.... i'm going to just water her for the next week or so, then i'll give her an 1/8 of regular strength from then on... it was just so confusing, because i don't have any nute burn at all... go figure...