Plants in final stage of flowering suddenly not drinking as much feed.

[Kushnyvegan]

I’m in week six of flowering my plants. Phantom og (BF) Cookies Kush (BF) Blue Gelato 41 (BF) and two days ago when I was about to give them there usual feed which I have been doing religiously every 24 hours I noticed the soil was damper than usual and didnt look like they needed it. I gave them a few more hours, six to be exact and reluctantly fed a quite damp soil. Today it seems the same way and I’m starting to worry I’ve got root problems and need to make adjustments quick as my plants are nearing completion.

Im using coco natural soil. And currently using coco a&b, AN B52 and Overdrive. I was just phasing the nutrients out in preparation for flushing and cropping when I come across the problem. Photos can be provided and ANY help or advice would be great! This website been a great help throughout so I’m hoping now I’m in need you’ll all come to my rescue!
Kind regards Brett

 

[LittleDabbie]

I dunno shit bout no coco, But welcome to the farmaly @Aqua Man Might I think hes a coco guy?

 

[Kushnyvegan]

I dunno shit bout no coco, But welcome to the farmaly @Aqua Man Might I think hes a coco guy?

Thanks bro. Glad to be hear

 

[Kushnyvegan]

Kinda hybrid I would say more of a very well drained soil. Hard to over water but not like coco where it's almost impossible. Still needs a good wet dry cycle IMO

So what your saying is I should just relax on the fact it’s not drinking as much and just feed if and when?

 

[Aqua Man]

Oh shit I mixed the threads up removing

I’m in week six of flowering my plants. Phantom og (BF) Cookies Kush (BF) Blue Gelato 41 (BF) and two days ago when I was about to give them there usual feed which I have been doing religiously every 24 hours I noticed the soil was damper than usual and didnt look like they needed it. I gave them a few more hours, six to be exact and reluctantly fed a quite damp soil. Today it seems the same way and I’m starting to worry I’ve got root problems and need to make adjustments quick as my plants are nearing completion.

Im using coco natural soil. And currently using coco a&b, AN B52 and Overdrive. I was just phasing the nutrients out in preparation for flushing and cropping when I come across the problem. Photos can be provided and ANY help or advice would be great! This website been a great help throughout so I’m hoping now I’m in need you’ll all come to my rescue!
Kind regards Brett

Can you link the coco. I can't find it. I'm wondering if it's a soil mix or coco that's going to matter here.

First what was the ph and ppm of the runoff and pics pls.

 

[Aqua Man]

So what your saying is I should just relax on the fact it’s not drinking as much and just feed if and when?

No i was referring to a different post. Where the OP had 40%soil 20% coco and 20%perlite. I deleted that post because it was not meant for this thread sorry. Please see my new post

 

[Kushnyvegan]

My ph throughout has been 6.10 I haven’t been checking my run off. This is my first time growing

 

[Aqua Man]

Ok looks like pure coco.

How often have you been watering?

Pot size?

How much are you feeding ppm wise?

How much of each are you adding to your nutrient solution?

What is the source water?

Pretty sure they are headed to lockout due to a nutrient buildup. Highly saline environments will stop a plant from being able to adequately take up water.

We will need to test runoff but hold off on that a sec till we get some info

 

[Kushnyvegan]

15l pots.

Every 24hrs up until yesterday.

I wouldn’t know the ppm feeding mate sorry. (All learning)

Im making 10l feeds and I’ve been phasing the amount of nutrients I’ve been giving as the weeks when by. Theyre currently getting 35ml of coco a&b per 10l.
And 17ml of the B52 and 17ml of overdrive per 10l.

Its tap water but I live in the countryside so I think it comes direct from a spring.
As you can see the plants are having some bad effects and I’m heartbroken as it’s been a dream run up until now haha

 

[Aqua Man]

15l pots.

Every 24hrs up until yesterday.

I wouldn’t know the ppm feeding mate sorry. (All learning)

Im making 10l feeds and I’ve been phasing the amount of nutrients I’ve been giving as the weeks when by. Theyre currently getting 35ml of coco a&b per 10l.
And 17ml of the B52 and 17ml of overdrive per 10l.

Its tap water but I live in the countryside so I think it comes direct from a spring.
As you can see the plants are having some bad effects and I’m heartbroken as it’s been a dream run up until now haha

Yeah they are over fed. At this point I have to look up the doses on those nutrients. Can you take just a bit of water and pour it in a pot to get enough runoff to measure ph I'm thinking it's either gonna be high from your water source or low from the nutrient build up... Coco should never dry and stay more than 90% saturated at all times. If it's allowed to dry the nutrients concentrate in the coco and burn the root from ph and the salinity goes way up making it hard for them to uptake water. It's basically a stress response to say I can't drink that shit.

A shot in the dark says it gonna be low like prob low 5's maybe worse

 

[Aqua Man]

This is typical in coco late flower when they are underwatered. Everything looks great and ppl say I only water once a day and then all of a sudden it doesn't and they think something has happened... but it's because they didn't water often enough.

 

[Kushnyvegan]

okay so let’s say that is the problem? Where would I start in rectifying my fuc* up? I’m gonna get you a run off reading now but I’m pretty sure after reading your analysis thats the issue I have. Thanks mate

 

[Aqua Man]

35 ml of each a and b per 10l?

 

[Kushnyvegan]

35 ml of each a and b per 10l?

Yes mate. Recommended dosage is 40ml per 10l

 

[Aqua Man]

You need to flush the crap out of them. Water only 30litres per pot. Then mix 10ml of a and 10 ml of b per 10litres and pour 10l per post. After this you feed 3 times a day at 15ml of each per 10L. Measure runoff ph. And you really need to get a ppm meter. Leave the other additives out for now.

The plants will get worse and the damaged leaves will die. Give it 3-4 days to start seeing any signs of recovery.

 

[Aqua Man]

Yes mate. Recommended dosage is 40ml per 10l

Nope recommend is at this stage 35ml each for 5 gallons. Pretty much 20litrs

I'm going by other growers not the manufacturer recommended because they are always waaaaay off

 

[Kushnyvegan]

UPDATE.

Its 2am here in the uk and I’ve spent the last two hour flushing my girls with 40l+ of water, followed by a flushing of 30l of feed if you will. 10ml of coco a&b per 10l. The ph on all my run offs was between 6.45 - 6.65 once I’d finished flushing. And I’ve set them back in the tent for the night, in the morning I have some feed made up that I’ll feed them before work. I’m gonna sleep well knowing I’ve done all I can to help them. Thanks bro for all the help, I’ll be sure to keep you updated in the next few days.
Kind regards Brett

 

[Kushnyvegan]

Nope recommend is at this stage 35ml each for 5 gallons. Pretty much 20litrs

I'm going by other growers not the manufacturer recommended because they are always waaaaay off

Legend aqua man

 

[Aqua Man]

Legend aqua man

Next feed PH to 6.0 if ya can. I feel ya bro....lotsa work you just pulled

 

[Kushnyvegan]

Next feed PH to 6.0 if ya can. I feel ya bro....lotsa work you just pulled

Sleep like a baby! And yeah I’ll be sure to do that, thanks again