Done another feed this week, upped the nitrogen heavy nutes, seemed to have responded well to them.
Think I'm getting a cal/mag deficiency on some of my ladies, slight rust spots appearing on some of the leaves, so will start dosing cal/mag as soon as it arrives.
Attempted some very light lst, to try get the other colas moving.. fabric pots are great for aeration, but shite for ziptying off of! Will do abit more in the next day or so as the main colas are back upright again.
Have been slowly lifting my lights, trying to get a gentle stretch out of my ladies, some of them are just growing wide rather than up. You think I should keep lifting until they start moving vertically?
Planning to switch to bloom at the end of the month, that's 7/8 weeks vegging, so I'm hoping that's long enough to get a decent yield.
My two cash crop autos are growing, albeit very slowly, thought they would of exploded by now, as far as research suggests, cash crop are generally quite a lanky plant, but again, you can see in the pics they're 10-15cm tall, look healthy enough, just very little growth.
Anyway, that's another week added!
Happy growing kids!
I see you grow in soil with BioBizz, so you don't have to do run off every time to avoid salt buildup. I usually water a bit lighter in the beginning, at that size I would probably give a liter every 2-3 days (when top 5cm of soil is dry). Once they're larger/ in flower, I simply water to slight run off, so usually around 10% of soil volume - for example for 15L pot 1,5L. I also grow in soil with BioBizz so you can have a look at some of my diaries for more precise reference, some have dates/amounts in the weekly notes.
Defoliating plants? When do you guys generally start stripping back leaves? And are they worth keeping at vegging stage? Just for context, very light LST, so no lollipoping etc.
Cheers
I usually do it twice during a grow. Once just before flipping the plants, this is mostly to improve airflow in my tent because I trim lower branches as well. I then do a second round about 3 weeks into flowering, this time to ensure the growing tips where the heads are forming are exposed to light.
As for your question, its stressful for the plants, so you should only do it when there is a reason for it, the only benefit to doing in the veg stage is to improve the airflow.
Just do your best to have fun ! That's all that matters , because you got off to a great start you should do just fine !!
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@Mswebber, hey I'm always around if you need some extra info !!!
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Feel free to dm me if you get stuck in any stage !
You are doing great , you will realize later on that your "noob" stage was alot of fun ☺️
What I know about defoliating
1) not every plant needs it
2) not every plant LIKES it lol
Also on a more educated side , it takes a plant about 3 weeks in flower to actually switch to flower mode , so around 21-28 days of flower is the second defoli. What your trying to do is expose bud sites , there is also a hormone called auxins , when you defoli your increasing thah aswell.
Here was my go to site when I started . https://www.growweedeasy.com/defoliation
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