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Still giving veg nutes until my other little baby can catch up.. just misting that one till tomorrow I give it week one of veg nutes.. the other two are on week 4 or 5.. I think I transplanted the other ones a little early into 10 gallon pots cuz they stay wet for a week with just a gallon of water lol.. these are literally the only plants I’ve ever grown in my life so any tips would be mucho apreciated.. at the end of week five I changed my sagging string trellis to a bungee chord one.. and I also had to put some bungees on the side cuz they keep getting sucked in by the fan lol one of these days I’m gonna get a tent with at least a little space.
Watered the little one for the first time with nutrients.. this is technically week 1 for that one, the only reason I planted it so late is cuz I want to see the difference in a 7 and 10 gallon pot. The other two are still a little wet on bottom so I’m gonna wait another day or two to give week 6 nutrients to them.. seems to be going okay so far but I got my fingers crossed.. ps end of the week now and I just started noticing the tips of my newest growths are turning yellow.. I took some pictures if anyone has any tips on what it is let me know. I did some research online and from what I could tell it sounded like an iron deficiency, I’ve been watering a gallon at a time and the bottoms have been staying a little too wet so I was gonna try half a gallon at a time moving forward.. wish I had noticed it before I water today tho lol
My top leaves on the bigger ones have started to turn a little yellow.. from what I can tell from my online research it looks like an iron deficiency but I don’t really know so any advice would be helpful.. I’ve been watering a gallon each and just waited till it dried out but it’s been taking a while so I think I’m gonna start doin 1/2 a gallon each moving forward.. also today I FIMed the little one and everything appears to be going good with it.
I like lots of perlite and vermiculite in my soil mix so it drains well, and I water SLOWLY until there is a lil run off. When using nutes I only water with half as much liquid and a few days up to a week later water it in with plain water. Generally in veg dont water em as often as they dont need it. If your not sure and the leaves are not drooping then leave it another day and watch the plants to see if you were right or not- if they are drooping the next day you were right and prob should have watered em, but if they still fine you were wrong and they did not need it. Generally if temps are good once a week give or take a day or two is how often I water in veg and a bit more often in flower.
you are in soil, so when top 1" is dry, irrigate. learning the weight at which this occurs is useful familiarity too. Can simply give a little gently lift to guage weight and decide. Weight works better due to differences in evaporation at surface.. e.g. if a fan is nearby that pot is going to dry out up top earlier but may reatain more weight underneath etc etc... So, learn the weight of a dry pot.
Runoff... you want enough to ensure you didn't leave a dry pocket of soil. If that becomes a pattern you can get odd concentrations on edges of that dry pocket if it continues to happen over time. some dry back occurs, and anyunused solute remains behind... some minimal water with more solutes comes in but does not fully saturate area, so you are adding more nutes to previous nutes -- potentially in a cycle that *can become a problem, but not always. This is what trips ppl up .. the "it worked last time" nonsense argument.
So, get some runoff, but doens't have to be extravagent like for soilless grows. Let that water runoff down drain or dump it outside etc... don't let the pot sit in its own piss and shit. The concentrations levels are not the same, it's another 'maybe' leads to a problem so don't do it.. .cause eventually it will even if not the first few times....
Pretty simple... learn weight of dry pot... irrigate with a little runoff to ensure total saturation ech time.
If they droop a lot, add more perlite or similar to next batch of soil. a 50-50 mix in soil is good ballpark to be in. (50% perlite or hydroton or vermiculite etc.. you got options)
Definetly a little worried about the height of the back two.. I might have to flower the front one a little early so that they don’t grow too tall for my tent. I thought FIMing multiple times would knock the height down a little more.. on the positive side tho I seem to have figured out a good watering schedule and a feel for when to water. Thx everyone for all the tips
Still have the yellow spots on the end of the leaves.. I think some of my soil down at the bottom may have clumped up a little bit but it’s not too bad so I think I’ll be okay
Still have the yellow spots on the end of the leaves.. I think some of my soil down at the bottom may have clumped up a little bit but it’s not too bad so I think I’ll be okay
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