Thanks. This is my first grow and I'm trying to optimize things. Appreciate your input
Thanks. Appreciate it. It's a bit late. Worse comes to worse. I could veg stuff in another room for a little bit. Hopefully I will not have a mutiny in the house
Thanks. I was away a full 7 days last week and left them alone with water bags to feed them and I noticed a few got slightly burnt from the lights but not bad. I was happy that it all worked out
Thanks. I used some old soil from my girlfriend's prior potted flowers. I added perlite and nature's living soil. This may be the reason I am doing okay cuz it is also a natural soil along with the nutrients. I keep the PPFD of the top colas at 1000 but the rest of the plant probably gets 8-900. I use mostly well water which has a PPM of about 130. It has a high pH of about 8.3 IPH down with phospheric acid . I also supplement with wood ash dissolved somewhat in water and pH that as well. I have added CalMag a few times about 2 ml per gallon. I definitely may have slight nutrient deficiencies but bottom leaves are pretty green. Maybe it's some immobile nutrients showing up in top leaves but it doesn't seem too bad. I also have some pretty frosty buds. I will post a picture from a microscope I purchased on Amazon for about 30 bucks that connects to my phone. I took these pictures about 3 days ago.
Many of the initial feeds got well water before I learned about pHing so it was getting PH of about 8.3 for most of veg and probably early flower. Now I try to have a pH of around 6.4 -6.8 not too exact.
The other interesting thing is the plants with the light green leaves actually got more nutrients than the plants with the dark green leaves. When I was away last week for the full week I had 3 water bags set up one of which had nutrients in it and the nutrient bag was almost full when I came home on the plant with the darker green leaves. The other plants got all the nutrients over the week. Each bag was 3 and 1/2 l. I estimate the plants got about 6 to 7 liters overall each for the 7 days. I was away last week. But the dark green plant got almost no nutrients.
Thanks. I used some old soil from my girlfriend's prior potted flowers. I added perlite and nature's living soil. This may be the reason I am doing okay cuz it is also a natural soil along with the nutrients. I keep the PPFD of the top colas at 1000 but the rest of the plant probably gets 8-900. I use mostly well water which has a PPM of about 130. It has a high pH of about 8.3 IPH down with phospheric acid . I also supplement with wood ash dissolved somewhat in water and pH that as well. I have added CalMag a few times about 2 ml per gallon. I definitely may have slight nutrient deficiencies but bottom leaves are pretty green. Maybe it's some immobile nutrients showing up in top leaves but it doesn't seem too bad. I also have some pretty frosty buds. I will post a picture from a microscope I purchased on Amazon for about 30 bucks that connects to my phone. I took these pictures about 3 days ago.
I have never flushed. I add one teaspoon of grow, big, one teaspoon of tiger bloom and one and a half teaspoons of big bloom to a gallon of water. Sometimes a half a teaspoon of Epsom salt and sometimes 2 ml of cal mag. I have added Epsom salt maybe three times and Cal mag may be three times
It is important to know if you are adjusting the pH immediately before pouring it on the soil, with everything mixed in. This pH should be 6.3, every time.
This is awesome, thanks for the detailed response. I was using the same soil feeding schedule you posted and if you half everything I was doing one and a half teaspoons of big bloom, one teaspoon of grow big and one teaspoon of tiger bloom. I Don't have any of the other Fox farm trio additives and I thought with half dose maybe I wouldn't have to flush but I might be wrongIt is important to know if you are adjusting the pH immediately before pouring it on the soil, with everything mixed in. This pH should be 6.3, every time.
So the difference between the plants is probably your fault, with some getting feed and some not... and things get curiouser with the results of that experiment.
FF is a scientifically designed system that works very well when you follow their extensive instructions. The scientists that designed the feeding chart know that our plant needs different nutrients at different stages of its growth. To this end, the dosage and mix of the trio changes from week to week. This isn't optional with this grow system. For all the things to work well together, you really have to follow the program. I strongly recommend downloading the soil feeding chart and then following it religiously from now on. You are going to find that you are not only giving the wrong combination of these nutes right now, but you are not giving enough. The dosages suggested on the bottles are not for precise indoor work, they are what you go by in an outside garden.
Your biggest problem though is most likely because of a buildup of salt in your soil, and this is blocking some of the nutrients. As FF breaks down, it releases a lot of salt into the soil, and this needs to be flushed out. If you don't flush, you are going to start having some big problems toward the end of the grow. 3x the container size in one watering session is how to do it. Reset the soil and then it will work well for you again.
This also brings to mind another item on the feeding chart. They suggest that you feed your plants up to two times a week. In soil, the common and preferred way of doing this is by following a feed/water/feed/water schedule, providing plain pH adjusted (6.3) water inbetween each feeding. This does several beneficial things, but by feeding every other time you can keep the soil a lot more clean. By following the suggested dosages in the feeding chart, half of the feed that you give is temporarily stored in the soil, so that it can be used on the water only pass. Soil is a great growing system, but you have to use the tool correctly to get maximum benefit.
Here is the feeding chart:
I do pH it after I add everything but usually don't get it quite to 6.3. I also noticed my soil is a bit alkaline slightly over seven. I have a cheap pH gauge so can't give an exact number. I did not do a soil slurry test. I figured I would ride this one out and my next batch. I will try to optimize things moreIt is important to know if you are adjusting the pH immediately before pouring it on the soil, with everything mixed in. This pH should be 6.3, every time.
So the difference between the plants is probably your fault, with some getting feed and some not... and things get curiouser with the results of that experiment.
FF is a scientifically designed system that works very well when you follow their extensive instructions. The scientists that designed the feeding chart know that our plant needs different nutrients at different stages of its growth. To this end, the dosage and mix of the trio changes from week to week. This isn't optional with this grow system. For all the things to work well together, you really have to follow the program. I strongly recommend downloading the soil feeding chart and then following it religiously from now on. You are going to find that you are not only giving the wrong combination of these nutes right now, but you are not giving enough. The dosages suggested on the bottles are not for precise indoor work, they are what you go by in an outside garden.
Your biggest problem though is most likely because of a buildup of salt in your soil, and this is blocking some of the nutrients. As FF breaks down, it releases a lot of salt into the soil, and this needs to be flushed out. If you don't flush, you are going to start having some big problems toward the end of the grow. 3x the container size in one watering session is how to do it. Reset the soil and then it will work well for you again.
This also brings to mind another item on the feeding chart. They suggest that you feed your plants up to two times a week. In soil, the common and preferred way of doing this is by following a feed/water/feed/water schedule, providing plain pH adjusted (6.3) water inbetween each feeding. This does several beneficial things, but by feeding every other time you can keep the soil a lot more clean. By following the suggested dosages in the feeding chart, half of the feed that you give is temporarily stored in the soil, so that it can be used on the water only pass. Soil is a great growing system, but you have to use the tool correctly to get maximum benefit.
Here is the feeding chart:
I was doing the water every day or every other day and usually a feed on the third day so it definitely was getting less nutrients than recommended but I am not using coco.. I am using a living soil so I believe it's getting nutrients from the soil as well. I was going by this charge just half nutrients as recommended by some on podcasts I listen to, like grow bud yourself or Mr. Grow itIt is important to know if you are adjusting the pH immediately before pouring it on the soil, with everything mixed in. This pH should be 6.3, every time.
So the difference between the plants is probably your fault, with some getting feed and some not... and things get curiouser with the results of that experiment.
FF is a scientifically designed system that works very well when you follow their extensive instructions. The scientists that designed the feeding chart know that our plant needs different nutrients at different stages of its growth. To this end, the dosage and mix of the trio changes from week to week. This isn't optional with this grow system. For all the things to work well together, you really have to follow the program. I strongly recommend downloading the soil feeding chart and then following it religiously from now on. You are going to find that you are not only giving the wrong combination of these nutes right now, but you are not giving enough. The dosages suggested on the bottles are not for precise indoor work, they are what you go by in an outside garden.
Your biggest problem though is most likely because of a buildup of salt in your soil, and this is blocking some of the nutrients. As FF breaks down, it releases a lot of salt into the soil, and this needs to be flushed out. If you don't flush, you are going to start having some big problems toward the end of the grow. 3x the container size in one watering session is how to do it. Reset the soil and then it will work well for you again.
This also brings to mind another item on the feeding chart. They suggest that you feed your plants up to two times a week. In soil, the common and preferred way of doing this is by following a feed/water/feed/water schedule, providing plain pH adjusted (6.3) water inbetween each feeding. This does several beneficial things, but by feeding every other time you can keep the soil a lot more clean. By following the suggested dosages in the feeding chart, half of the feed that you give is temporarily stored in the soil, so that it can be used on the water only pass. Soil is a great growing system, but you have to use the tool correctly to get maximum benefit.
Here is the feeding chart:
Exactly where you need to be. Enjoy your journey! By the way, welcome to the forum! Consider starting a grow journal so I can follow along.
