basketballer
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When things go right, that's pretty much what has been my recipe. I've got 1 plant that is doing well and I don't know why. If I could copy that and do it all the time, I'd be happy. I definitely like the ~7 nodes, too much taller and they take up too much space. Seems like about the perfect size plant for my tents. Only thing is they go through a lot of expensive seeds!Soil i been growing 10 yrs
Veg , against all the advice you get on forums, keep to a minimum.
I stumbled upon this advice on sagarmathas website. A legendery breeder.
He says to veg plants to 7 nodes. That is a really small plant and aprox 2 weeks veg time.
The result is a plant that ends up 2 to 3 foot and minimal wasted height.
Feeding wise. Start off in 1 litre pots, as seedling. No feed required. At 7 nodes transplant into 4 gal pots into nute rich soil and flip light.
Next water light n and calmag feed.
Week 2 into the flowering nutes
Week 3 or 4 more cal mag
Plain water every 2 or 3 waterings.
Lift your pot to determine if its nearly dry. Only water at that point
Week 8/9 just water
Note you need to find out if you live in a hard or soft water area . Hard water may not develope cal or mag defs
I think I'm going to repot the very small ones I posted about earlier... or can I transfer them over to hydro? I have those clay ball medium coming in the mail. There's no local stores except walmart (rural) and mail is taking weeks to get anything so I'm kind of stuck with what I have and those clay balls that should be arriving. Plants will die I think before I can order and go with something else. So I gotta kind of do something with what I have, can't go ordering this or that. What I have is a huge bag of perlite, that junk walmart soil, and some starter soil that is 100% sphagnum peat moss. Maybe try replanting 2 in the spagnum and a lot of perlite, and the other 2 switch to hydro once that comes in the mail?
Anyways, here's a picture of my current 1 success, the one to the left. The right one, not sure what happened but it stopped growing. Might be smoke-able but seems like it died prematurely. I turned the far light off as it blinded the camera. I know people will say they're cheap lights, but they've grown really good dope in the past. I don't think that's my issue. All signs point to bad soil, maybe too much moisture, bad fertilizer, and maybe my feeding/watering schedule. I also didn't add any calcium or magnesium (I haven't ever until this last grow, but they still failed). Maybe my issue is too much limestone? I didn't use any magnesium initially and sprayed the leaves with a solution after the stems came up purple. That actually made a couple of them grow a tiny bit but then stop again.
Actually, looking at my own photo, I see I used a TON of perlite, maybe that's why its doing well?
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