Daily or bi-daily feeding? Or??? Ive heard good things about the flora series. I was recently let down with Advanced Nutrients. I purchased my usual Ancient Earth and it was extremely watered down. It could have been an anomaly but I switched to Humbolts
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Doug Dawson
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I feed her once a day, she is in Coco/Perlite at about 70/30% mix. It's been fed the General Hydro flora series with Calmag/Armor Si. Cut back on this one to 1/3 strength as I found 1/2 strength gave me some tip burn. Might switch her to twice a day as she has been getting more thirsty. She is in a 5 gallon fabric pot.
cowboylogic
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I would take a close look at the bottoms of the leaves. Looks like physical insect damage.
I use Jacks Hydroponic 3,2,1 mix with a hodgepodge of different supplements. Ive had really good luck so far. Its pretty hot fertilizer. 5-12-26 and the calcium part is 15-0-0. I use 1 tsp every 7-10 days. if its really dry i cut it 75% and use it every other day. I throw in some Humic acid from Humboldt, root Excelurator from house and garden, and Humboldt golden tree.
OldMedUser
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Doug Dawson
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Thanks. It is pretty big, that a 5X5X7 tent it is filling. It was supposed to be an Early Miss Auto but did not start to flower. After 11 weeks in veg I gave up and flipped to 12/12 light schedule and she started to flower. I am hoping in the end she will produce well and make this issue work to my benefit. Time will tell.That's a lot of plant for just one! Looks great!
Can I ask a quick question? Ive been growing since 1986. But recently moved indoors. plant care i got, but need to know something. im trying out lights and bought 3. 2 are 1.5 x 1.5 flowering coverage and the other is 3 x 3. I was thinking 4 plants is perfect. no sog, just tie down lst and probably some leaf tucking. 4 plants right?
BegginerGrower
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bloody hell they look mint! Do you use 1/3 strength all the way through?
Doug Dawson
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What size space are you growing in? One thing is not all led's are created equal. It depends on their voltage draw, quality of the led's etc. For 4 plants, which is our legal limit here in Canada, I ended up going with a Vivosun 1000 watt MH/HPS light system. It has settings for 600/750/1000 and 1100 on the ballast. It has an enclosed hood so I can pump my filter vent hose through it to keep temps down. While I like the idea of led's I found to get coverage with good tested led's would be cost prohibitive to me.
BegginerGrower
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also if I give them 1/3 strength nutes does that mean the EC has to be a 1/3 of what's stated on the bottle too?
Doug Dawson
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Yes, I did my last grow with 1/2 strength and found some tip burn that I am not experiencing now that I am using 1/3. Seems to work well, at least in my setup.
Doug Dawson
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Yes. I check the runnoff as I am in coco and make sure my PPM/EC coming out is close to what is being put in, it will be slightly higher but close. Tis is using high frequency fertigation. Here is a good article on checking runoff, it makes an interesting read. https://www.cocoforcannabis.com/managerunoffec/
BegginerGrower
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I've just had another look
Sound no probs,cheers for the info, i'l give them 1/3 strength from tomorrow then!these autos are 27 days old,I know there's loads of factors involved..but do they seem on the smaller side to you?
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Doug Dawson
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They look fine to me. Lots of green and growth. Some strains start slow and than explode with growth. I would also float your PH up and down a bit. This chart shows which PH levels are best for which nutes and going up and down a few points helps with uptake. What size are those pots?
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BegginerGrower
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Yeah that's what I've been doing mate I always get the pH between 5.8-6.2 but I change it every other day,good glad to hear it lol think it's cause it's my first auto grow so not sure what to expect..
BegginerGrower
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They're in 10 litre pots by the way