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Hi Cquevara89... our weed has amazing abilities to repair itself if given a chance. Use wire, duct tape, string... whatever it takes to prop that damaged piece back into place, and let the plant try to do its magic. Oftentimes the plant will repair a break stronger than it was originally. Regarding the feeding, I strongly recommend going by the FF feeding schedule, especially since you are ni their soil. Not 1/4 or 1/2 strength... do what the feeding chart tells you to do per the week you are in. Also don't forget the 3x the container size flushes when it calls for them. Don't go into flower until the damage has resolved itself and the branch is shown to be viable or dead.

It looks like it seems to be coming back together. Also forgot to mention I’m in veg but it’s like flowering on its own. There is a bunch of little pistils coming out. Have it on 24/0. What is the 3x container flush? Please explain? I have it a 5 gallon. Would like to send you pictures. Currently trying to figure out how to add the picture on here so I can show you and you can better advise me on as much possible. Thank you so much for the quick reply and for being so helpful.

You can not send pictures on profile posts without them being in your gallery... the best way to allow us to follow along on your grow, with pictures, is to start a grow journal.

Just a few pistils does not mean she is flowering... she is only letting you know she is female. Flowering is when the pistils come out of the growth tips instead of new green growth, and that won't happen until 7-10 days after you flip to 12/12 lighting. A 3x flush is moving 15 gal of water through a 5 gal container of soil. This "flushes" the built up salts and unused nutes out of the soil so that the roots can have full uptake. It is very helpful to do this at least several times during the grow, like at the end of veg, week 4-5 of bloom and again at week 6-7. Good luck, and tag me when you get a grow journal going and I will be happy to look in.

I might need a little more information please. I flushed with 5 gallons straight in one feed, 15 gallons seemed like a whole lot after doing just 5 gallons straight in but my soil is still wet and these bugs came out that look like ants with lots of legs. They seem to be going away as my soil is drying a tiny bit but they’re still there. I have been spreading the soil around and digging deep to make it dry but it’s taking long. Do you think I should wait before going into flowering until it drys and those bugs go away? Or what do you recommend at this point?

I wasn’t sure if you meant 15 gallons straight or just keep flushing as go every few days and throw 15 gallons so I just threw 5 straight gallons and 2 days later or a day after o started seeing the bugs on the soil and around the main root of my plant

Hi again! Yes, 15 gallons of water is a lot, but to clean the soil properly, it is necessary. The soil at the end of the process will not be any wetter than it was when you gave it 5 gallons because the soil can only hold a set amount of water... it will simply be cleaner. I am concerned about the bugs. I don't think they are going to go away just by drying out the soil... you are going to need to kill them. Research this out, figure out what sort of root eating critters they are, and nuke them good. I would definitely wait to go into bloom until you have these problems fixed.

Okay. Do you recommend me to flush again? If so, how much? And should I use Monterey gardens Spinosad? What should I do?

on your next watering day, flush properly. Clean all the salts and whatever those bugs might be after out of that soil. With the last gallon of water, definitely add Spinosad to kill those bugs that are still hiding. Be ready to feed properly on the watering after that.

Okay so finish the flushing? How much do I flush with on my next watering?

how much do you think actually ran off on your 5 gallon watering? Subtract that from the 15 gallons and finish the job the right way.

I think a good 2 to 3 gallons drained off.

alright.... 12 to go!

Alright so I finished the 12 flush, however I never ended up using the Spinosad. Little bugs were still crawling in my soil, was not able to identify exactly what they are. I did buy neem oil ready to use spray and it hasn’t worked so I water again with 1 quart of water and 1/2 tsp Palmolive original and 1/4 tspn of cooking oil. Not sure if it’ll work but I sprinkled a little azomite after watering, very little. What do you recommend at this point? I don’t think I bought the right neem oil.

can you get mosquito dunk pellets? dissolve them in water and use that on your containers... those bugs have to be brought under control.

Okay, I’m going to look for some mosquito dunk pellets. How many pellets should I dissolve in a quart? Those bugs only came and come out after that flush, after using a lot of water.

1/4 pellet should be plenty

How often should I water it with this before adding new nutes?

i would add it every time until the bugs are gone.

Okay, thank you so much for all your help. You have been so helpful from day one. I have just posted a picture of what the bugs in my soil look like, do you think you could identify it and tell me what they are. Please take a look at my media.

looks like little larvae, which will be eating away at your roots. They are likely producing some adult bugs up on top, either flying bugs or crawling ones. Do you have a lot of gnats or fungus flies around the area? Look around. The key to this is breaking this life cycle at some point, either in the ground or where they are feeding, breeding and laying eggs. Going after the larvae is one way to do this... you can also try yellow sticky cards up top if you are seeing flyers, and you can apply a layer of pine bark mulch on the surface to keep them from laying eggs in the soil. Another trick is to use diatomaceous earth to cut up the little beasties as they hit the soil. It isnt always so important to identify exactly which critter you are dealing with, you can win just by understanding that you have various means to break the common life cycles they all share.