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Oh yeh im definitely joining this discussion as i also grow in coco, i have about 12 plants under each 1700e led gavita light. If i had to guess my weak point in growing it would be watering as i am fairly new to this business. I grow in 3 gal fabric pots. I do let them dry to some degree in flower however i also dont water too much during late flower 1-2 weeks before harvest and this is because they drink more slowly during that time so i would love to know if i should just keep them drenched or not. I dont check the moisture tbh but i do keep attention on humidity and temperature.
The thing is i go by ppm and yes once or twice a week ill measure it.has anyone actually tried the feeding chart the new one by flora?Do you keep tabs on runoff EC?
Dunno, I'm using jacks 3-2-1 at the moment. Normally for me it's not a problem keeping the ppms in check. I'ts just that in the past I'm using WAY more water than I needed because my timers only did one min increments no less. I just ordered a few of the nearpow (I think they called) timers which you can dial in to watering by the second. So now I can give approximately 125 ml per 1 gal pot and make sure I'm getting enough but not too much run off. This will b a huge improvement for me personally. Far as nutes in my experience one is generally as good as another as long as the essentials are present. Last run I used flora duo and had spectacular results. Where I work occasionally they r running the new flora series schedules. From what I've learned from this forum it's a wonder they ever had a different schedule. The early ones I think we're more or less geared with marketing product in mind as far as what one would think would logically make sense. Pushing the bloom boosters, cutting the veg juice almost out of the flowering schedule. The new schedule I absolutely wouldn't hesitate to switch to running that instead of the previous. Sry if I'm rambling bro I really am lol!!The thing is i go by ppm and yes once or twice a week ill measure it.has anyone actually tried the feeding chart the new one by flora?
Hand watering I coco definitely takes dedication! An automatic watering set up can be pretty simple to do even on a small scale. Doesn't hafta break the bank either.Nono I actually am tempted to try it in a few months im going to be taking a break after this batch. But i hand water so i wanna be precise i think the amount of watering is my weak link
I can't wait to read this closer when my wife's not yelling at me to hurry up! This is what I been looking for ty!!Sorry for the late response, I'll shed a bit of light onto the target ranges for water content depending on the phase of flower.
If you want clarification on any of these just let me know. I won't go into EC readings because you're not measuring pore water EC, which is what I use to steer our crops. I would hate for you to scorch your plants trying to get your bulk media EC up to 8! I'll leave environmental cues out of this as well, just know your VPD needs to stay between .8 and 1.4, do not let it go below .4 at night as that is dew point and you'll be at risk for mold.
In early flower, first week or so you want to keep your wc high, peak saturation around 65% not allowing your substrate to dry back below 45%, but ideally keep that water content around 55-60% all day by irrigating frequent, but small shots. This is to help ease your plants into flower gently.
during your stretch, or "phase 2" of bloom we go generative. You want to create a water scarcity stress response in your plants to force them to focus on generative growth (flowers) as early as possible. This is done by hitting your peak saturation of 55-65% early in the day, around 2 hours after lights on, then giving them a 22-23 hour dry-back before your next irrigation and bump up your EC a bit to increase osmotic pressure and really stress those girls out. This will mitigate stretch, increase bud sites and like I said earlier, your flowers will set earlier, allowing more time for the next phase, which is our bulking phase.
During this phase, which starts the day your plants are done stretching, is where we remove all stressors from the crop and allow them to focus all of their resources on those flowers we just set in. This is done by reverting your irrigation strategy back to phase one. We'll lower our EC and irrigate frequently to hit peak saturation about 3 hours after lights on and maintain that throughout the day.
Phase four is your flush. Flush however you normally do but don't ever flush with straight R.O water, always use a low EC of cal-mag and cut your nitrates in half or more.
If you nail phase 2 and phase 3 you're going to see big boy yields like you've never seen before!
Assuming you have the right genetics, which is a whole different conversation.
Hope that helps!
If you care to peep the insta for the grow I manage to see I'm not full of it, it's here: redbarn_gardens
Well what system would you recommend
Actually probably talk about this In the general indoor growing section. Maybe betterWell what system would you recommend
I wondered the same thing when I was growing in sunshine #4 advanced. Last grow in coco was my first and i did not decrease frequency toward the last two weeks I just let them ride and it was a great crop. However I agree they drink less. Maybe someone w more knowledge will chimed in on this. I know just enough to get me into troubleOh yeh im definitely joining this discussion as i also grow in coco, i have about 12 plants under each 1700e led gavita light. If i had to guess my weak point in growing it would be watering as i am fairly new to this business. I grow in 3 gal fabric pots. I do let them dry to some degree in flower however i also dont water too much during late flower 1-2 weeks before harvest and this is because they drink more slowly during that time so i would love to know if i should just keep them drenched or not. I dont check the moisture tbh but i do keep attention on humidity and temperature.
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