MagicSeth
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On your leaves in the photo that asked what they were. I just sayin. My hard learned lesson is an ounce of prevention will get you 12 ounces and some change.
Koltivation
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Oh , yeah no they weren’t mites .
Koltivation
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My one plant is starting to grow pistils , isnt this suppose to only happen once you start flowering ?
Koltivation
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They are not auto flowers , and still get 18 hours of light .
MagicSeth
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Apologies for the mite remarks. I stand corrected . I am suffering from post mite stress syndrome . I will get therapy.
WattSaver
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Those are not pistils. They are just new leaves for the next nodes. It looks like your growth is slow. I saw your comments from a couple of weeks ago about spraying to water still. Have you drenched your pots to the point of run-off yet? You need the full drench with nutes to promote root growth. The plant on top will not out grow the roots below.
Koltivation
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Yes i have been watering alot more , 8 fl oz every morning for about a week and a half , should i increase watering ? And are u sure they are new leaves ? Where i topped the plant and new nodes should have grown , those little preflowers started growing .
WattSaver
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With soil at this phase of growing, watering small amounts every day only promotes root growth in the wet area. If you drench to runoff it will open up the whole pot to root growth. I drench to run off then it might be 4 or 5 days till you need to water again. And as the bucket dries the roots will follow and expand from the dry areas to the moist areas this will lead to faster growth above the surface.
Koltivation
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Ok thank you ! Im currently in 3 gallon pots watering 8 fl oz every morning , if i wanted to water every say 3-4 days how much water should i give each watering ?
WattSaver
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Water till you get some run off in your catch pans, this could be up to a gal or a little more. Then wait to water again until you can stick your finger into the soil 1/2 to 3/4" deep and feel no moisture at all. Then it's time to water again. There is a major weight difference between just watered and dry.
schwab0619
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More water, less often. Water until runoff occurs
Ina
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They look like pistils to me to?!:)
elcolombiano
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how old was the plant when it first started showing pistils? Did your seeds come in a ziplock marked with sharpie? just curious
Koltivation
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Updated pic of plants , seems as if the bottom right plant is an autoflower . The leaves on the top 2 plants that are a little yellow/brown was from an underwatering situation i experienced 2 or 3 weeks ago
Koltivation
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Probably 50-55 days since germination
schwab0619
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Stunted, but they'll show off soon.
Koltivation
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Probably due to me of lack of watering them , rookie mistake but all of you on this forum are helping me learn so much ! I appreciate it
Koltivation
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Watering schedule
Day 1 - feed
Day 2 - no feed/water
Day 3 - water
Day 4 no feed/water
Day 5 - feed
This is the routine im going to be following , 1 gallon of water each water or feed per plant . Any suggestions or recommendations are appreciated
Day 1 - feed
Day 2 - no feed/water
Day 3 - water
Day 4 no feed/water
Day 5 - feed
This is the routine im going to be following , 1 gallon of water each water or feed per plant . Any suggestions or recommendations are appreciated
crimsonecho
Self-Proclaimed Don Quixote
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All i’ll say is you don’t need a schedule to feed imho. In coco and all froms of hydro, scheduling may be important but soil will retain the nutrients. People change out reservoirs with still unused nutes in them. You flush coco or get a good runoff so most of the unused nutes will leach. Soil will hold these nutes. You can follow parameters like how green they are, how well they are blooming, does the stems show discoloration and so on. In a couple of grows with the same strains you will know what it wants? When it wants? How much it wants?
This is just my two cents by the way. I’m sure you can do well with feeding in every watering too. I did, when i got caught up in all that bottle hype. Not trying to say you will not get a yield boost but i’m just trying to say there is a balance between the yield gains and the money leaving your pocket.
One other aspect and the most important one, is that once the plant takes all those nutrients in, there is no way to flush it out. It will stay inside and you’ll need to wait for them to brakedown naturally to get a nice smoke (sometimes you will never get it). Since soil retains all these nutes its better to feed only when needed.
Also there is a problem associated with heavy metals. Especially phosphate seems to carry some heavy metals when not properly sourced. And these will stay in the soil and in the plant too. Cannabis is an hyperaccumulator (which means it can function without showing any symptomsof toxicity even when there are high concentrations of heavy metals in its tissues). So you’d never know without a lab test.
Not saying this is a very probable thing to happen as you’re using good nutrients and fresh clean peat that are probably tested for this shit but it is certainly something to think about and a reason to go only as high as needed.
Sorry, one thing led to another and i drifted off and starting to search for studies i read and stuff. It’s just how “i” work :D
All in all, you’re fine either way. That feeding schedule should be good imo if you want to stick with a schedule :) dosage is important too so don’t start with the full strength.
