Perhaps he was confusing perlite with vermiculite.
thanks. Guess my roots are starved for oxygen. I’ll try the perlite again. Maybe with more perlite I need to be more aggressive with feeding so I don’t get deficiencies. I think I was following this channels advice where they say not to add perlite after I was having so many deficiencies with it.
I don't think you're experiencing light stress. You normally only see that on the top leaves and there's usually some tacoing of the leaves where they get canoe shaped and crispy.
What's the dealio with the beer cans in the bottom of the pots?
I'm guessing that's part of the sip he was talking about.
Gotcha, missed that part. I do the same thing for my clones in double solo cups with a 1" ring of 1 1/4 pvc to get those roots stretching before they go into the sip.
Dang. Budz your all about the pee. I have to ask so the buds get any pee flavoring when harvested or do you flush them out before that? Lmao
After going through my notes. I think it was underfed. The picture I took was on March 13. You can see I only did 3 1/2 tablespoons March 4th. I copied the wrong plant schedule here initially. I think from now on I need do to a 2 week feeding after moving to flower at 1 tablespoon per gallon. Then at the next two week feeding do almost 2 tablespoons per gallon. Then not touch it for 3 weeks to a month. I don’t think there anyway that 4 tablespoons on 2/17 and the 3/4 3 1/2 tablespoons was enough food to prevent the deficiency on March 13. What are your thoughts?
The cans are the reservoir. The spaces between the cans are filled up with earth, these tendrils of dirt act as the wicks.
Gaia has a different way of doing things than Dr Earth and Down to Earth as far as I know, I've never used that brand before. Have you seen the Gaia Green thread here on RIU. Here's a link:
I was following the down to earth schedule then added that 1 tablespoon of Gaia. Down to earth is 1-2 tablespoons every two weeks per gallon and I only do one per gallon. I think when it’s peak bud it starts drawing all these nutrients from the leaves. It happened with my last grow.
my roots look small and white but Im in cloth pots. Will cloth pots prevent big roots like that?
What do you mean by big roots? You mean thicker?
Yeah I think those are thicker than mine but like i say Im in cloth pots.
You want a healthy amount of Nitrogen on board when you flip. During the first two weeks of flower you get incredible growth called stretching. It's common for plants to show Nitrogen deficiencies right after the stretch by having lower leaves start to yellow. Thats the plant stealing nitrogen from the leaves to use for the newer growth. I usually use the veg formula into bloom until they stop stretching and then switch to flower girl or a blend of veg and flower girl depending on how the plant looks. Dry amendments are great once you get used to them. I'm sure you'll have it dialed in soon.
Thank you. Yeah I was doing bloom two weeks into flower but didn’t notice nitrogen deficiency. I just think when it hit that fourth week it was really craving more nutrients. I’m really bummed because it was such a nice plant and went down in a week. Also it’s from regular seeds so I was lucky to get a female. Alien hands but smells so good. The clones aren’t growing the same as the seeded plant.