can one big plant take all the nutes from younger ones?

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gman123

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i have 4 plants one is over a month old and the others are only more than a couple weeks but should be bigger. is the one big plant taking all the nutes because im giving the same amount of nutes i gave when i only had one plant but nows theres 3 more should i double or tripple the nutrients?
 
Reeny

Reeny

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Huh? Are they in the same pot? Is it an outdoor grow? Hyrdro?

I personally do not use nutes till my plants are 3+ weeks old. I can not understand how a plant can take nutes from another plant.

If its an indoor soil grow and you have more than one plant in a single pot I recommend transplanting each plant to their own home before the roots get tangled up together.
 
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gman123

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Reeny said:
Huh? Are they in the same pot? Is it an outdoor grow? Hyrdro?

I personally do not use nutes till my plants are 3+ weeks old. I can not understand how a plant can take nutes from another plant.

If its an indoor soil grow and you have more than one plant in a single pot I recommend transplanting each plant to their own home before the roots get tangled up together.
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its inside and hydroponic. wat im trying to ask is that since one plant is bigger than the other ones is it taking all the nutes before the smaller ones can get enogh, because the smaller ones havent grown more than an inch an the past 4 days.
 
olosto

olosto

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I think we still need more info. Ebb and flow? DWC?

The only time you could run into this is if your res is not large enough, or if you do not have enough movement. If you have enough fluid and enough movement its not likely to be a problem i would think..
 
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dbo24242

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no, what your asking is not correct. there is another factor. if the big plant is sucking up enough water so the smaller roots aren't submerged then yes but that is doubtful.
 
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gman123

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dbo24242 said:
no, what your asking is not correct. there is another factor. if the big plant is sucking up enough water so the smaller roots aren't submerged then yes but that is doubtful.
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my res should be big enough...and i keep my res full al the time
 
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gman123

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my ress i think is the problem. the big plant takes up all the room so its hard for the little ones to spread their roots.
 
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