Need some Guidance for my Autoflowers!

Jjgrow420 said:

K so I'll tell you what I would do if I were you. I'm not telling you what to do that's your own journey to travel.
I'd throw out that fox farms 1st. Or use it on my flowers in the planter box
I'd get some promix hp or sunshine mix #4
I'd buy a reliable meter like bluelab or Hanna
I'd buy maxibloom, silica armoursi, and ph down.
I'd learn about the 'lucas formula' and ec levels for size/stage of plants.
And I'd feed no more than 1.4 ec at anytime during the grow.
If you do this, you will harvest weed.
Then once you've got a grip on wtf you're doing you can try some other shit if ya like.
Hope this helps you get some smoke.

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Budzbuddha said:

oh and before I forget ….. DISREGARD Fox Farms feeding schedule unless you want torched plants.
‘Their EC / PPM amounts are crazy high.

Most strains can tolerate OF upfront but some plants get nute burn UNTIL it acclimates. Autos will acclimate to it over time.
Just don’t compound the issue by adding more nutes into equation. Sometimes I had to use a 50/50 mix of mild potting with OF just to temper it.

Most growers here will agree after this run , you will probably kick FF to curb in future grows.
I pretty much did but try to help those that bought it n

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Budzbuddha said:

If you gotta use FF nutes - let the Ocean Forest do most of the initial feed …. alone. It is highly nute dense right from the bag , especially for autoflowers ( done a whole thread on this ). Most autos will finish within 100 days ( + or minus ) so complicated , multi-bottled this and that is unnecessary.

Believe it or not … that soil will carry an auto all the way to finish. Plus no BS fancy distilled or RO water , unicorn pee or MAGA tears.
When I used it , straight municipal tap water was fine. I have 7.8 PH and 288 ppm city water ( hard ass water ) now it’s creeping higher but all I do is “ range “ it closer to plant ph / medium ( 6.5 - 6.8 ) to allow mediums buffering to last longer. Most municipal water sources have adequate Calcium and Magnesium So extra bottles may not be need there either.

Plus , OF is so nute dense you can aerate a cheesecloth bag of the soil to make a soil drench tea.
This helps over the weeks as main medium begins to exhaust.

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Michi Sama said:

Currently cannot afford a Blue Labs pen, been wanting one of those for the longest but have settled for using the regular PH pen and a PH testing kit with the solution. For now atleast.

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Budzbuddha said:

Pics ( let’s start here first )


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Jjgrow420 said:

It goes on sale on Amazon look for the growers kit. Comes with TDs and ph meters for like 180 bucks. On sale

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Michi Sama said:

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Michi Sama said:

If I can cop, i will cop for sure. Just doing the most with what I have, til then, just barely getting by.

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Jjgrow420 said:

K so I'll tell you what I would do if I were you. I'm not telling you what to do that's your own journey to travel.
I'd throw out that fox farms 1st. Or use it on my flowers in the planter box
I'd get some promix hp or sunshine mix #4
I'd buy a reliable meter like bluelab or Hanna
I'd buy maxibloom, silica armoursi, and ph down.
I'd learn about the 'lucas formula' and ec levels for size/stage of plants.
And I'd feed no more than 1.4 ec at anytime during the grow.
If you do this, you will harvest weed.
Then once you've got a grip on wtf you're doing you can try some other shit if ya like.
Hope this helps you get some smoke.

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Budzbuddha said:

There’s a few things I see …..

First … drop that distilled bullshit , ph down some regular ol tap water for use. Nothing fancy for PH down ( citric acid or GH PH Down )

Top dress those container with some extra OF ( scoops ) and water in at 6.7 ph ( meter ).

Plants that are blooming need more Potassium ( yellow margins on leaf / necrotic tips ) , it is also light on nitrogen.
The Top dressing will help but affected will not change back to normal you are simply trying to stop progression.

No silica or other additives at this point.

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Jjgrow420 said:

I hear ya. Been there. I'd rather you spend a hefty amount of money on something that works rather than a bunch of half assed stuff that hasn't gotten you what you're looking for.
You know what I mean? Like instead of buying all that FF shit you could have got a good pen combo and some reg 3 part and been in a much better spot right now. Sometimes 'saving' money costs you more money in the long run. Know what I mean.

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Jjgrow420 said:

K so I'll tell you what I would do if I were you. I'm not telling you what to do that's your own journey to travel.
I'd throw out that fox farms 1st. Or use it on my flowers in the planter box
I'd get some promix hp or sunshine mix #4
I'd buy a reliable meter like bluelab or Hanna
I'd buy maxibloom, silica armoursi, and ph down.
I'd learn about the 'lucas formula' and ec levels for size/stage of plants.
And I'd feed no more than 1.4 ec at anytime during the grow.
If you do this, you will harvest weed.
Then once you've got a grip on wtf you're doing you can try some other shit if ya like.
Hope this helps you get some smoke.

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Jjgrow420 said:

Ya like whatever works idc. I just say maxibloom cause it's what I use and I like it so that's my goto recommendation.
Maxi, mcrop, jacks, whatever
gh 3part flora, just nothing with an alien on it or Tony the Tiger, some bamboo guy, chimpanzees, rhinos tomatoes driving fast cars etc etc

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Budzbuddha said:

There’s a few things I see …..

First … drop that distilled bullshit , ph down some regular ol tap water for use. Nothing fancy for PH down ( citric acid or GH PH Down )

Top dress those container with some extra OF ( scoops ) and water in at 6.7 ph ( meter ).

Plants that are blooming need more Potassium ( yellow margins on leaf / necrotic tips ) , it is also light on nitrogen.
The Top dressing will help but affected will not change back to normal you are simply trying to stop progression.

No silica or other additives at this point.

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Budzbuddha said:

Look Literally got this at door between posts …. I ordered a “ backup pen “ PH 80 to my main pen ( PH200 ) .

PH80 is $30.
PH 200 cost me $60 ( 6 months ago ) on left

Even the calibration solution came thru usps that was like $ 12 bucks.

Get yourself the tools you need.

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Michi Sama said:

I'll throw on some soil on her tonight and watch them tomorrow. She feeds every day and a half at this point.

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Budzbuddha said:

There is no need to feed “ everyday and half “ with OF.
Doing that will overfeed and still cause problems …. Its not a cat , let the medium breakdown for good uptake.

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Michi Sama said:

I just give her plain water though? So ease up on that?

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