Week 5 flower has begun. So the cheap ass chemical nutes (general hydroponics maxi series) are still pulling ahead. The Gaia plants refuse to dry out and are deficient. Guess we found out what the culprit was of last grow. Weird how Gaia powers through veg but once flower hits is just not working, plants stop drinking and eating and go deficient. Despite being transplanted into soil amended with bloom nutes a month before flower. Later being top dressed several times with flowering amendments and teas. I am sure its partly my fault, but something seems off with my flower nutes from Gaia. Think I will be dumping the remainder of the Gaia amendments into my veggie garden with some composted manure this year. 3rd grow with those nutrients and all 3 had major issues once flower started.
I bet you can guess which plants are running Gaia vs GH.. tempted to start pumping them all with Maxi bloom, but will not do it in the name of science.. well maybe one, hurts me to see the wasted space.
Update - 7 May 22:
My ph meter bit the dust. (I fucked it up forgetting it in solution overnight)
Had to feed today, made a guess based off previous feedings what to do. Hopefully it works out. Gonna record feeding data here to recreate Wednesday when new ph meter gets here.
2 gallons well water
1cc ph down
3 tsp maxi bloom
8 cc liquid kool bloom
1400ppm (2.8ec)
Update - 10 may 22:
I tried guys and gals, I really did, but I can not leave those plants to die off like the last crop, and waste that space, time, and electricity. I hit em with 1500ppm (3.0ec) nutrient solution, we will see if they recover or not.
Keeping mix data so I can check ph when meter arrives.
2 gallons of water(300ppm)
1 ml ph down
3 tsp maxi bloom (1200ppm)
8 ml liquid kool bloom (1400ppm)
6 ml magical (1500ppm) ( I know this should have been first additive, but didn't plan on adding it at all, then decided f-it, hit em with everything and lots of it.)
New pics uploaded to show why I couldn't just leave it alone. I think it is safe to say what caused the issues last grow. Experiment was a success and conclusion is:
A)I don't know how to use Gaia green amendments once flower hits (veg runs perfectly fine for months on end with 4-4-4, thats what I use for mother plants.)
B)I got a bad bag of Gaia Bloom amendments (possible but unlikely)
Or
C)All of the above
Either way, solution is run my cheap nutrients until I have selected the strains I want to mono run and after I have more grass than room I will try to run more experiments.
Your such a shitty grower nothing u posted is reliable. Please quit. IT’s people like you give breeders bad name, u do not know wt u doing. Your plants look like garbage and u should fill horrible about your garden. U should feel like hit gabage
@tew33zy,
You're right, I don't know why I even do this, I'm terrible at it, my yields are crap, my weed is garbage. I think I'm gonna just give away all my gear, you want it?