Spoken light someone who's still on their first grow and haven't tried anything out yet.
Those of us talking about "yellow" leaves not being good are people who have actually tried higher N foods.
I use a 6-3-8 from start to finish.
Now granted an extremely high N food can cause problems later in flowering, and as MrEDuck pointed out the use of something like a 5-1-1 will hinder flower production.
No botanist would ever let their plants get deficiencies. Regardless of what stage of a plants life it is.
Part of the curing process (have you ever cured?) is to allow bacteria to use chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the green pigment in the leaves. N Ca and Mg all help to realise this chlorophyll with Mg being the most abundant element in chlorophyll.
Just because you've read a few books about growing MJ doesn't mean its law.
Most of the more knowledgable folks on RIU have actually grown strains and tested differing methods. Such as flushing, leaching, high P and K foods, ripening agents, sweeteners blah blah blah.
Honestly the next thing to come out of your mouth will be that molasses makes buds sweeter and dense.
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You don't quite read and understand posts huh? I never said that this is what I do or what someone else should do, I was only mentioning other ideas for situation he was facing with his plants. Nothing is ever law when trying to grow a living, breathing piece of horticultural artwork.
I am actually on my second MJ grow after serving in the Navy, but I also grow veggies in an organic garden. I had a few hydro grows before I joined the service, and I have only been on RIU for 2 months so I don't have an excessive amount of posts or rep, but that doesn't make anything I post any less viable than someone else.
Before I joined the Navy, my hombre and I ran a 10 plant wick-resevoir hydro system for several harvests, so some of what I talk about is from then and what I learned at Oaksterdam U and from books/forum/etc. I have moved on to soil and now organics after advice from others and for a more natural way to grow medicine.
As for deficiencies, Subcool and most all his Weed Nerds love for their plants to fade late in life, but they don't know what they are talking about and are probably noobs too. I guess so are the people who wait it out and keep feeding normally, only to find that the plant corrected itself naturally by absorbing the nutrients it needs while keeping a watchful eye to ensure the plant stays healthy and full of vigor.
As far as testing different methods, I believe whole-heartedly in this, but once someone finds what works for them, stick with it and fine tune it to perfection. I have two plants with chemical nutes and some ripening agents (bud candy & overdrive), i have a few using Subcool's Supersoil and yet another using just organic soil and AACTs.
And as far as molasses goes, I use it in my organic tea's but mostly for the sugars to feed the microbial life in the soil.
