Day 15 (11/11): swapped to an 18/6 light schedule last night. One plant is still much smaller than the other but it seems to be developing fine, so I'm not too worried yet. The stem on the smaller one isn't quite as thick either. That's the only thing that worries me.
Day 16 (11/12): starting to get some yellow in the veins of the leafs. I definitely will need to feed them at their next watering. I assume the slight yellowing means they are getting low on something.
Day 17 (11/13): new growth happening all the time but my plants are still really short. I'm not sure If that's normal or not. Developing fine just not very tall.
Day 18 (11/14): maybe thinking it might be time for a watering tonight or tomorrow. Had 7 days between my first feeding and 7 days between my second feeding. Probably only going to go 4 or 5 days this time. I will be adding a very light dose of nutrients. More on that later.
(11/14) 10:51pm. Just watered roughly half a gallon per 5 gallon pot. I also added in 1ml of calmag, 1 ml of gh micro flora series, 1ml of gh bloom flora series. This is less than 1/4 of a dose per nutrient, I started really light just to see how they react. More to come in the morning.
The past two times I've watered, it was about 7 days between each watering. This time I only waited 4 days. The pots were right around my 12lb mark that I decided was close to the dry weight of my soil in the pot. So I went for it. Let's see what they look like tomorrow. The bigger plant has some light areas so we will see if that corrects itself with the nutrients. The other one really looked fine its just small compared to the other one.
Day 19 (11/15) today the plants were sitting very nicely after their first feeding. Last night when I fed them, both plants started to droop pretty heavily, but that has subsided as of this morning. I'm not going to touch them with any more water or anything for a few days at least. If they seem to handle the nutrients well, I will slightly increase the dose next time. My plants are still only 3-4 inches tall. When are they gonna get taller?
6:15 pm. Just did some leaf tucking to get some light to the new growth. I haven't done any tie down lst. I think I'll wait till I'm in day 20 something for that. For now I'll just keep tucking leaves.
Day 20 (11/16): woke up today and everything looked good. Did some extra leaf tucking and rotated my plants 180°
Just lowered my lights to 20 inches from the top of the plant. Just lowered it down an inch to raise my ppfd a little.
What is the best way to water a pot of this size? It seemed like it nearly took the whole gallon before water started coming out the bottom. What amount of water will I be using in a week or two when I do my first initial watering?
You can use the finger test and actually pick the potter up to judge its weight. 1 gallon of water is 8 lbs. So you will notice a considerable difference between wet and dry substrate.
I dump 2 liters of water in a 3 gallon fabric pot and that seems to wet everything nicely. Plants are happy and in need of water every 3 days.
For 5 gallons, try 4 liters of water. If you want some runoff then maybe 5 or 6 liters. Depends on how you apply the water too. If you just douche it in fast you'll get some that leaks through the fabric and out the sides. Pour it in more slowly and it will penetrate the soil better and more evenly.
If you are growing Photo Periods i would not plant a germinated seed into a 5 gallon pot right off the bat. You'll likely over water it and kill it.
If it's auto's you intend on growing, you won't need a 5 gallon pot. 3 gallon is a much better size for auto's because they don't grow a huge root mass. Your roots will likely never touch the sides of your 5 gal pot or the bottom.
About to do my first water, 7 days in with seedlings. Using mother earth terracraft soil. 70% soil 30% perlite. How much should I water? Should I water till run off or much more lightly? Keeping temp and rh around 75. 5 gallon pots. Don't want to over do their first water.
I was recommended to use 500ml water in a ring around the plant, about the width of the leaves, until big enough to fully water the whole pot.. but I’m really just here to wish you good luck with your grow because I have overwatered and stunted every single plant ever started in a too big pot and I’m afraid of autos now
Hi bro, hope you enjoying your grow so far 😁1 week without water at all? I would recommend you to start with approx. 100-150ml around the seedlings and moist entire pot surface with bottle sprayer. Keep spraying the surface every couple of hours and keep watering every 2-3 days. Keep humidity above 70%. Hope this help.
Best of luck ✨🍀✨
Big pots for a small plant(I know....autos) will wick moisture away from your small root zone. Small frequent watering in a small ring around your plant is probably the best way to start. Increase as growth accelerates. Once your plant is big enough to truly be "feeding" is when you're gonna want to water until you get runoff.
Coming along nicely. The plants will tell you when they need water. Droopy leaves is sign of over watering and additionally under watering. As seedlings they need very little water and over watering can stunt their growth. Try and aim to water every two or three days depending on relative hungry, temperature etc. Pop me a message if you ever have any questions, I’ll be happy to assist. 🍀💚
Cheers, Golden 🌞
Nice they really perked up last few weeks that's good.sometimes some plants defo autos are fine with just water.im just useing plain water now on my fast buds.allbest Godbless✌️🏻
@Bigdaddyblue, well not feeding GH grow definitely seems to be working out for you! Everything seems super healthy ✌️🏽🌱Very interesting...
I'm growing hydroponics (coc/perlite only) so I'm using all the trio of course..
I'm not worrying about nitrogen toxicity as I'm giving low dosages, and keep my EC low (through the entire grow btw, I never go above 1.4-1.5)
And yes you're right about letting your soil get dry a bit, just make sure you doing some runnoff a bit to dismiss any salts build up ✌️🏽✌️🏽
@1_Plant_Wonder, I am using General Hydroponics micro and bloom and calimagic. I didnt use the grow because I heard about how easy it to get nitrogen toxicity. I've only fed twice, first feed was 1mL per gallon of each. 2nd feed was 2.5 mL per gallon of each. I assume I will be upping the bloom here soon and trying to use more of the traditional lucas method. Using mother earth terracraft soil, it seems to be great, not too hot.
@BudBoutique, thank you! Everything seems to be going fine. A little nervous about introducing nutrients here soon. Maybe another watering or two and it will probably be time. Any advice is welcome!
@Crashoverite, thanks! Also thanks for the comment on my grow question. I didnt feed them for a week because I pre watered my soil before planting them. I also kept misting the top soil everyday very lightly. I gave them their first water last night and weighed my pots so I know when they are dry again.
Good run for the the first time. I can see you learned alot from this grow. Yes in the start it can be tricky with the watering. But in general I would say, you watered to much in the start. Also for the next run. Look up VPD for different stages of the plant. And DLI is also a important thing to know, when you grow. The is recommendations for how much DLI a autoflowers should in the different weeks. Keep growing and learn. 🤛👏🤘
Beautiful harvest my friend! Nice chunky colas🤤 I absolutely Love this strain!!
Ps - noticed you rate this strain 1 star out of 10..
Is there a reason for that?
@1_Plant_Wonder, I didn't even see that until you mentioned it. I give it 8 out of 10. At this moment in time. I'm excited to see how they dry and smoke her in a couple weeks.
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