Armyofsprout
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Transplanted into fresh FFOF from a 3 gal to a 7 gal 3 weeks into flower. Just got burned tips. Can't tell if it's burning or not. I don't do nutes I just do water only.
What do we have here?
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Armyofsprout
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Roots were out of space and also soil was drying too quickly
Jypsy Dog
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Hope it don't Herm....
Kushash
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I can't think of anything to do except continue on and try to water near the trunk when you water and water slowly.
The reason being is that it is never good to transplant in flower. The roots stop spreading out in flower.
What will happen now is if the 3 gallons you transplanted is heavily rooted, especially if root bound, and is surrounded by fresh soil, the water may go around the root ball in an umbrella effect.
Armyofsprout
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Got it. It's only one doing that. The rest look good. I'll stay positive.
Armyofsprout
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Getting worse but trying to problem solve. I haven't done anything yet because I'm unsure what to do
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Armyofsprout
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It does looks like potassium issue
70's natureboy
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Check your run off PH ASAP. I just tried an Ocean Forest grow and watered with high PH tap water. Everybody says OF doesn't need nutes so I didn't give them any and watched them look sickly for a while. Checked PH and it was way low. Some people say OF needs lime. I thought it was complete. It does need lime, a healthy dose apparently. My OF experiment is going in the trash. MY DWC plants are embarrassing my OF plants very badly.
Armyofsprout
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My tap water isn't high ph I let it sit out for two days first and then it settles down to about 7.0ph.
Unfortunately one of the plants did hermie. Not the one that's got potassium issues tho.
Unfortunately one of the plants did hermie. Not the one that's got potassium issues tho.
3rd Monkey
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At this phase, the plant wants more K than N. Too much N will interfere with K uptake.
Armyofsprout
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I haven't been using nutes and I don't wanna introduce non organic K. So I don't know what to do
3rd Monkey
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You transplanted into fresh FF, which is heavy N... Not much you can do. It'll be fine to get to harvest. It'll look like a rough finish, but the buds will be ok.
Depending on how fast they dry out, you can push for more runoff to try and leach out some of that N. Unfortunately, that will drag plenty of other nutes out with it, so you would have to bottle feed.
If it takes longer than 3 days for those pots to be bone dry, I wouldn't suggest leaching though.
Armyofsprout
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Yeah lesson learned. Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way. I tried researching and a lot said that it's OK to transplant in flower. But I guess I got my answer. I won't do that again. Hermie one plant and K issues with the other
3rd Monkey
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You can transplant in flower just fine. It's WHAT you transplanted into that got you into trouble in this case. They'll be alright and smoke just fine.
Armyofsprout
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Yeah I'm gonna switch from Fox farms to just cocoa and amendments after this
PadawanWarrior
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FFOF is hot. Just keep giving them plain water and they should be fine. My plants got a little burnt when I first put them in fresh FFOF. I've made my FFOF into a no-till living soil though now. They look great though even with a little burn. Nice job.
3rd Monkey
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Ever used coco?
3rd Monkey
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I don't even consider their OF as a soil. It's more of a hot compost, whereas their HF is more soil-like.