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I chose a very small potting tray for seedling (see diary)in order to master watering from beginning to large pot and want to know when it would need to be transplanted? I’m thinking I want to see roots from the bottom drainage but don’t want it to become root bound.
Give it 2 more sets of leaf growth. Then there should be enough roots to hold the soil enough for transplant without the root ball crumbling apart in your hands. And when you do, don't plant in a clear container. Roots don't want light, at all.
I would transfer now as, Organoman says. You could wait for the 3-fingered leaves to develop and then transfer, but you should definitely transfer before the set of 5-fingered leaves fully develop.
If the soil will hold when upside down on your palm of hand (ie dry) you can safely move at any time, I'd do sooner rather than later, especially with such small starting point + 🌱 already established
My first photo period has already outgrown my auto when it was at 2 weeks. Sour diesel seems to love the nutes but I’m going slow. Will add it some cal-mag at small amounts next feeding too. Once its fan leaves touch the rim of the pot, I’ll start LST. Any comments or suggestions?
4 weeks old. Lots of lst going down. Looking very healthy and growing fast. It is way taller than 7 inches but I’ve effectively shrunk it by snaking it to the rim of the pot. Yay! Happy growing people!
Much love
Hey guys, my photo sour d has some earlier growth showing some yellowing in the center of a few leaves. I fed this plant a foliar spray of cal mag plus way back in the 2nd or 3rd week and it got burned on the leaves but does this look more like a deficiency?
Slight nutrient burn on the tips, otherwise it looks fine. Yellowing is caused by lack of Nitrogen. It is an easy fix and can be fixed in one feeding. The brown spots could be very early signs of Manganese, however if it isn't fixed by your cal-mag then flush and re water with 6-6.2 ph water. All things considered, the plant still looks good.
Low stress training this plant has been a real joy. Making daily changes and watching the plant adjust is really fun and relaxing. It’s been very enjoyable. I see the love for the art.
I’m going to start cal mag plus starting next feed. It is currently 8 inches tall due to lst but looking really healthy.
I’m going to run 18/6 for three more weeks and then flip to 12/12.
Really excited to see this sour diesel plant explode in growth in the coming weeks. At first each limb was on its own level but between 90 degree benders and some gardening wire… we are looking just like intended. So much fun :)
I have been adding calmag plus sporadically but it seems to have met all the nutritional needs at that rate.
Having a lot of fun!
I trim my big fan leafs if they are covering up to much of the plant. At week 9 you defiantly can defoliate your extra leafs.
I Lollipop right before I start flower. I remove anything under my canopy that will not get adequate light to produce. This will enable the plant to focus its energy on the bud sites that matter. Don’t worry, sometimes it may look like you took a ton off but I promise that it will be ok.
My feeding chart for photoperiods by advanced nutrients and it says to use 4ml /l of the micro grow bloom throughout flower. Obviously, If I see nute deficiences I will increase nutes but it seems odd to me to keep it at 4. I feel I will have to increase but asking just in case.
They spent millions on R&D..........they would not recommend something that is going to disappoint its' customers.
They have their guidelines for a reason.
Remember............
it is very easy to fix a slightly underfed plant, but very, very hard to rescue a burned and damaged over fed plant!
Accidentally decapitated a future cola :( oh well. I am at the point where I’m anticipating the stretch and hoping all of these branches grow together instead of each doing its own thing.
The canopy WAS flat but hey it’s growing how it wants. If it didn’t have such tight internodes I would use 90 def plant benders but it’s sure to cause damage. I may see about more LST but by tying down some limbs the shape will suffer and I’m really digging it.
There’s 9 main growth sites (future colas) that were once level and growing the same. They are no longer and I think I’ll let them go. My question: a few inches of difference between colas height isn’t a big deal right? I mean as long as it’s in a 12-18 away from light?
Okay. So, you're in pre flower stage. So max ppfd isn't needed.
Nor should u lower your light that close as its still a growth stage.
Once pre flower is over you can then even out ur canopy by HST'in / supercropping.
Also, to slow nodes that are growing more than others.
Take a few of their bigge fan leafs off. This will slow tat nodes growth. (But becareful as ur in a stage where any major Defoliations shouldn't be done) but 2 sets of fan leafs off nodes won't cause too much stress it'll slow that nodes upward growth.
Really its not a major thing to worry about.
DLI, good feeds methods, air flow, temp and no light stress. These things will suit u more in getting a successful grow. After pre flower that's when light intensity comes much more into play.
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What is this deficiency please:
It’s only on some leaves, I went ahead and gave mag cal plus to them tonight just in case. Otherwise there is slight bite burn to the tips of most leaves :/
Magnesium.
Symptoms show in the leaves 2-3 weeks after the problem starts in the root zone.
Remedy will take 2-3 weeks to show in the leaves once cal/mag is increased.
Cal/mag weekly is probably where you are at.
What happens when nute issues start affecting big fan leaves providing energy to the main colas? Please see the 90 def plant bender on the leaf I’m referring to, it is slowly dying and it’s inevitable that I’ll have to clean up these branches. Am I in for a rough time?
Spoke to advanced nutrients customer support grow experts and they said my feeding is spot on for THEIR line but I was watering incorrectly and stopped watering to run off like a noob. So we are back to 10-20% runoff and the leaf issues seem to be stopping. Fingers crossed!
Weeks 6-8 of flowering is when buds start fattening up correct? That’s why I’m using overdrive this last two weeks of nutrients and then doing a 2 week flush where buds will mature more? I plan to check trichomes week 8 at the end.
Week 6-8 is a good "average" but it will still be largely based off strain and conditions. Overdrive is a finishing product that's intended to increase your terps/essential oils, Advanced Nutrients bulking enhancer is a product called "Big Bud". I've never used Advanced Nutrients so I can't say how effective it is. I do use a similar product from General Hydroponics called KoolBloom and I like the results. Two weeks is a bit much for your flush in my opinion. I do 1 week in soil, 4 days in coco or 24 hours in hydro. You don't wanna start it too early or you could miss out on some bulking.
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