Hiphophippo
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This is what I use I add about one and half cups to twenty gallons two or three times through out the grow
Plant Problem 9 Weeks In
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ComfortCreator
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Ok got it. You topdressed with a big amount of fertilizer and did it just a few days ago. It will take a bit for it to break down and get taken up by the plant. Keep it watered properly and let it run for a while.
Pimpjuice9906
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Do you think I should do a dedicated nitrogen treatment in the interim?
Hiphophippo
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Not 9 weeks into flower it won’t uptake much nitrogen as it thinks it’s at the end of its life cycle.
Pimpjuice9906
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Just keep watering when it need it? Buds appear to be beefing up.
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ComfortCreator
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No I would water only and see how it goes day by day. You will see it change in 3 to 7 days.
When growing autos especially if you over N them they can go south real fast. Less is better with autos.
Hiphophippo
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Yeah I would just keep watering and your normal schedule as of now and the top dressing will slowly become more available over the next few days and weeks
ComfortCreator
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Patience helps a lot growing plants. They dont respond instantly and you have to give them 4 to 7 days to respond to most things.
Hiphophippo
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Organic growing is touchy you have to build your soil with time in mind and how certain things are going to be used up like nitrogen and other nutes through out the grow for instance I plan ahead with Top dressing knowing my plants in a few weeks will be wanting more potassium and phosphorus I’ll top dress a little In Advance so you don’t hit those deficiencies. You gotta think more about the soil than the plant it takes some time but when you get it it’s easy going
Pimpjuice9906
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They were doing incredible until I gave too much top dressing. Then my runoff ppm was high so I flushed like crazy. That's where I screwed up. Hopefully it gets better. I top dressed with a bloom at 3-9-4
Hiphophippo
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Sounds good your ppm for runoff was probly high because you had loose nutes floating around with your run off. let all the soil get nice and mixed up and settled before checking ppm and ppm in runoff in organic soil is an inaccurate measurement that’ll have you chasing imaginary problems. I run a cover crop pretty lightly as I’ve had issues with to much cover crop before but anyway it’ll show you signs of problems before your big plant does so you have time to adjust like a warning system for a storm a few days away
Pimpjuice9906
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Damn genius. Which cover crop are you running?
So I'll leave it alone for now and let the nutes I added 4 days ago work itself in. Prior to my error I had 1 calmag issue and that was it. Still smells like fire the minute I open the tent. Whenever I'm watering or cleaning up trash leaves, my gloves smell like fire for days, lol.
Hiphophippo
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I buy this stuff called canna grow on Amazon I’ll post a link it’ll also help with keeping water right for the big plant by utilizing the extra water in the soil
Pimpjuice9906
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Thank you on my way to see what they look like 8 hours later
Pimpjuice9906
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So I just got in. What was yellow appears to be drying up completely. Hopefully it won't spread. The 2 others seem to be doing better. I'll have to keep an eye on them.
FirstCavApache64
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Two issues really here, one don't worry about the run off in organics because the ppm numbers can get really high depending on what the plants need and how the roots are being fed by the micro organisms in the soil and two you should not be having that much run off in organics to begin with. Don't flush if your doing an organic grow unless you put a toxic amount of something into your soil due to some kind of stoner moment. Otherwise like others have said you need to plan a couple weeks ahead and think of what the plants are going to need then so the top dressing you are applying now will be available to them when they need it. It took me some time to get used to dry amendments and watering habits with organics but it's a great way to grow once you start to get the hang of it. It starts to pretty much be cruise control.
Pimpjuice9906
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I had it down. I was spoon feeding 3 teaspoons and things were going great. Then I accidentally added too much and was scared it would cause a toxicity so I super flushed. Then these problems started. I love the top dressing and added worm castings.
Hopefully she gets well soon. So close to finishing up mid week 9. I also upgraded from a 200w to a 480w mars fce4800. Better light spread. I can only run at a max of 75% due to heat. Want to keep my vpd inline.
Pimpjuice9906
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It looks to be improving. 2 plants seem to have turned the corner for the better. The older plant looks to have turned, I need to hold judgement for a couple of days
FirstCavApache64
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As you get later in flower worry more about keeping the humidity down under 50% and don't let your temps get too high. I really focus on VPD all the way up to about week 5 or 6 then I'm much more concerned about terpenes and not having problems with mold or bud rot if I'm running a strain that's prone to that. Having good airflow let's you carry more humidity but still I'll run my vpd numbers out the window if I have to to keep my temps under 82. I know some people grow a good bit warmer with LEDs but I just don't like going much higher than that in late flower with nice sticky buds.
Pimpjuice9906
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So one 1 I'm day 66 and 2 others I'm day 50. My temp is 78 to 80 and RH stays around 55.
They're drinking much more now. A couple of days ago when I watered they were extremely heavy. Today much less. I'll water Saturday morning.
Hopefully the Dr Earth Flower Girl feeding I did last week takes me to the end. I pray the buds fatten up even more. Ordering a microscope to check trichomes.