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Everything looks ok. Moving pots around to give them all equal light and air. Now using my extraction kit and my temperature in the tent is a steady 25c with lights on
Plants coming on strong. I've removed some leaves to enable more light ( as per what I've read )
As a completely new grower, I'm not sure what the best feeding methods are
Given I mix nutrients with water; how much do you give them compared to your pot I.e 3L = 300ml or 10%. I’ve also been informed you need to feed just water every 2 or 3 feeds. I want a steady schedule that can be tweaked accordingly
Hello StokieNick, water between 10 - 20% from the pot volume. In your case I would give 500 ml each time. Let the top inch of the soil dry out completely in between waterings to prevent overwatering.
I do prefer the water-feed-water-feed schedule where you just give water with the right pH in between feedings. This to prevent nutrient lockout and nutrient burning. Also water till 20% runoff occasionally for the same reason (once in the 2 weeks).
Enjoy your grow!
Hi. Is it worth putting my 5 in plastic pots into their fabric pots ?? After all the advice I’m going to try doing one day where I feed them, next day light watering, 3rd day, water to run off then start again. Strange because when I didn’t feed for 3 days, they came on better
At this age photos or autoflowers I like to keep the top of the soil moist and bottom feed. When most of their water comes from the bottom The Roots stretch towards the bottom looking for water so if you don't water for a couple days they're going to keep stretching down there looking for water and then when they get it there's a bit more root to take it up
Don't forget that Autos will not tolerate high EC feeds like photoperiod plants will. They can go into shock and enter flower earlier then expected. Less is more with them. up to 1/3 to 1/2 the strength.
I have used feed water feed before on peat medium grows, its not the same as coir but it is very close. it still worked out for me. When giving only water, water for what is needed, no runoff. Then get 20% runoff when they are getting their feed. Not everyone has the option to be wasting nutrients and I like to try and spread it out a bit. Ideally the best option is to feed always and get 10-20% runoff each time but its not always possible. when we say % on runoff its percentage of the pots volume. eg 1000ml pot [10% = 100ml] [20% = 200ml] and this is only if your feed is correct. Might require a bit more runoff to fix a overfeed.
Good Luck!
Well I’ve just found out that Auto’s only need 1/2 the food as a feminised; I knew it was a bad idea growing the free Auto but because it’ll be the 1st to finish, it’s the one I’ve become more interested in. I did “top” my feminised and they seem to be getting that ‘bonsai’ effect which is what I was told I was looking for. My 5 girls will be put into 16l fabric pots this week, should have done it straight after the 2 week seed part as it’s a bit of a handful on my own. Let’s hope now I’ve flushed my Auto it will hang on; I imagine I’m going to need at least 1.25l of food a day when they go to flower mode next week and given they are fabric and won’t have “run off” the feed chart says to feed water only every 3rd feeding day ??? This sounds a bit much…
The tips I’ve had so far have really helped, please ad anything to help me reach the finish line for the very first time
StokieNick
