The Chronicles of Lola Grows Garden

min0r

min0r

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Lola Grows said:
Ok. The extra water won’t cause dropping?
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as long as you let your pot completely dry out to where the leaves on your plants are drooping because of it, if you don't know the difference between underwater vs over water drooping, i will show you.
once you let your pot completely dry out, drench it. your plants will droop for the first 4 hours or so, after that they will start praying and you'll see how much they love it, as long as you do it correctly and let your pot fully dry out.
if you continue this pattern your plants will get so used to it, and they won't droop when you do it.
for my gallon containers i used half a gallon of water. if you're in a 3 gallon container i'd use 1.5 gals of water, 5 gal container 2-3 gallons of water.
if you're gonna do this, please be sure that you have good amount of perlite in your container, if they can't dry out they won't like it that much.
my theory on why this water method works so well is because of this.
your vegatitive/flowering growth, they will always be trying reaching for light, because it's what they thrive off of.
now, what do roots thrive off of? water & darkness, so they should want to reach the opposite way of the vegatative/flowering growth.
by watering your pots like this, your roots will try to reach for the water, as the pots dry, theoretically.
 
Lola Grows

Lola Grows

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min0r said:
as long as you let your pot completely dry out to where the leaves on your plants are drooping because of it, if you don't know the difference between underwater vs over water drooping, i will show you.
once you let your pot completely dry out, drench it. your plants will droop for the first 4 hours or so, after that they will start praying and you'll see how much they love it, as long as you do it correctly and let your pot fully dry out.
if you continue this pattern your plants will get so used to it, and they won't droop when you do it.
for my gallon containers i used half a gallon of water. if you're in a 3 gallon container i'd use 1.5 gals of water, 5 gal container 2-3 gallons of water.
if you're gonna do this, please be sure that you have good amount of perlite in your container, if they can't dry out they won't like it that much.
my theory on why this water method works so well is because of this.
your vegatitive/flowering growth, they will always be trying reaching for light, because it's what they thrive off of.
now, what do roots thrive off of? water & darkness, so they should want to reach the opposite way of the vegatative/flowering growth.
by watering your pots like this, your roots will try to reach for the water, as the pots dry, theoretically.
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Since it’s only one fan leaf on two different plants would that be necessary? Or would the regular watering that I do every other day eventually get them back to a decent appearance? I’m cutting back to half the nutrients and they won’t eat again until next week. I wasn’t sure what happened because it’s only showing in two places , I messed the PH up last week & fed full strength this one. Can’t really pinpoint where I made the mistake that caused the claw, I figured it was the feeding.
 
min0r

min0r

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Lola Grows said:
Since it’s only one fan leaf on two different plants would that be necessary? Or would the regular watering that I do every other day eventually get them back to a decent appearance? I’m cutting back to half the nutrients and they won’t eat again until next week. I wasn’t sure what happened because it’s only showing in two places , I messed the PH up last week & fed full strength this one. Can’t really pinpoint where I made the mistake that caused the claw, I figured it was the feeding.
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likely the feeding. it isn't necessarry, but it sure as hell will make things move faster, i believe atleast.
assuming you're in soil; next time use gypsum. won't have to worry about ph. i have a whole thread on it.
just remember when you're trying to fix problems, one solution at a time so that you can see what worked; i'm sure you know this already though.
 
Lola Grows

Lola Grows

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min0r said:
likely the feeding. it isn't necessarry, but it sure as hell will make things move faster, i believe atleast.
assuming you're in soil; next time use gypsum. won't have to worry about ph. i have a whole thread on it.
just remember when you're trying to fix problems, one solution at a time so that you can see what worked; i'm sure you know this already though.
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I’ll check out your thread, avoid the nutrients and try and flush out the N. I probably haven’t seen the extent of damage done from over feeding / messing up ph. Thank you for your help it’s very much appreciated.
 
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Day 19
Still seeing growth despite over feeding them by giving full instead of half strength.

Decided to do regular watering for the next 10 days ( I’ll water 4/5 times) see how they react beforehand attempting to feed at half strength.

The claw is still only on those 2 plants but it got the other fan leaf on the opposite side of each one. Moving along and definitely being more careful with the nutrients.
 
Cali Cajun

Cali Cajun

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Lola Grows said:
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Day 18
Tall plant in the back has slight claw on one fan leaf so does the plant to the right of it , not sure if it was the feed or the Ph issued I encountered. I doubt that one fan leaf will ever fully recover.... next time I’ll follow my first mind, less is more. 1/2 from here on out.
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Looking awesome Lola! I go away for a couple of weeks and your tent turns into a tropical forrest!!
 
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Or_Gro said:
Maybe i just like the different ones a little better, but the pistil balls on the tall one really stick out, or are a little more advanced than others:

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I was taking pics to see the difference before the lights went out this morning, taken around 4:30
Top ( other Purple Drank Breath)
Bottom ( Apple Chem)

The Apple Chem stands out to me as well. The hairs are starting to fill in fast on all of them, soon they should fill in and show some structure.

When I get home later I’ll post my regular daily pics .
 
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Or_Gro

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Lola Grows said:
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I was taking pics to see the difference before the lights went out this morning, taken around 4:30
Top ( other Purple Drank Breath)
Bottom ( Apple Chem)

The Apple Chem stands out to me as well. The hairs are starting to fill in fast on all of them, soon they should fill in and show some structure.

When I get home later I’ll post my regular daily pics .
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In about 2-3 weeks your tent is going to be one of the prettiest places around. Not that it isn’t pretty now, but all the bright white pistil covered tips will take it to a whole new level.
 
Lola Grows

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Or_Gro said:
In about 2-3 weeks your tent is going to be one of the prettiest places around. Not that it isn’t pretty now, but all the bright white pistil covered tips will take it to a whole new level.
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Thanks you kindly Sir, I’m kind of bummed about over feeding and those “ unattractive clawing leaves “ all I can do is take my lumps and move on. I’m excited and nervous because this is the most plants I’ve attempted to take on,

I can’t wait for that part, I’m waiting to post my girls in the Quantum Grow Thread, once they start showing off lol.
 
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