This plant has been the more robust of the 5, nothing seemed to phase it, it was the first to be LST tied but now it is showing some eagle claws, side growth is the best of the 5 plants.
Side growth of plant 1.
Plant 2 smaller than plant 1 but seems happy, all plants are showing very slow growth.
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This plant has been the more robust of the 5, nothing seemed to phase it, it was the first to be LST tied but now it is showing some eagle claws, side growth is the best of the 5 plants.
Side growth of plant 1.
Plant 2 smaller than plant 1 but seems happy, all plants are showing very slow growth.
This week growth seems to have stalled and there are signs of either nute burn or overwatering. The coco does not dry quickly, it is still very wet after 3 days so I've been doing small feedings but the eagle claw is still in the new growth which is very slow. I am going to not water until the top of the coco is completely dry which will be 5-7 days but am worried about starving them for nutes. Everything I read said it is almost impossible to overwater in coco but it doesn't seem to be the case. Plants are in 12 litre fabric pots so drainage isn't an issue. Side branching is happening but very slowly, not sure if upward growth stalls when side branching appears but am guessing it shouldn't. Week 5 will determine whether this grow will go well or if it is a bust I suspect. I am certain this has nothing to do with genetics but everything to do with my inexperience. Room temperature is under control and steady at 75, Humidity is where it should be but the coco isn't drying out very quickly. I added some powdered egg shells sprinkling it on the top of the coco lightly and watered it in with half a teaspoon of Epsom salts because I keep reading that coco should be charged with calcium and magnesium prior to use and I didn't know that. Perhaps that is why all plants have shown slow growth. Am now running a 600w LED as well as the CFL's all lights are far enough away not to burn. Apart from ceasing to water for up to a week and keeping the nute strength way below the canna feeding schedule I don't know what else I can do. The environment temp humidity is ok so all I can do is to stop feeding, dry out the coco and see if that makes a difference. They can't be far away from flowering now, they say growth will double or triple during that time so I hope these problems are resolved before flowering starts.
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Thanks for your input. Yes 3-4 seems about right at the moment, now they are a bit larger they seem to be drinking a bit more so have started doing a water 3 times a week, I gave them a major flush just after they started flowering to get rid of any salts build up and now do a 1.5 litre feed twice til there is just a little run off and once a week a 3 litre feed with loads of run off. I figure the major flush should take care of any salt build up for a month or so. The major flush is 24 litres of plain water ph'd to 6.1 and to finish the flush 3 litres of nuted water. With all the additives I've had to drop the Canna A & B back to 3.5ml per 3 litres otherwise there is nut burn on the tips and some leaf curling. At the lower level of A&B plus the additives shown above those symptoms don't happen. The A&B level is way below what Canna recommends for light feeding and I haven't been able to find any information or a good feeding chart for hand watering in coco. I have found a lot of people who are complaining that the Canna feeding charts are too hot which is exactly what I have found. If anyone knows of a good feeding schedule chart for hand watering in coco I would appreciate you sharing that info. It does seem however that this can vary from strain to strain, it is the LSD-25 that is showing the nut burn and leaf curf....nothing seems to phase the Crystal Meth I am growing alongside the LSD-25! All plants are in flower now but bud growth is still slow!
@420Growerboi, Things seem to be ok now and my plants are beginning to flower so now I am feeding every water, once a week I feed with more water so there is a good flush but with nutrients. Feeding 3 times a week now.
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seems that you did something wrong tbh.
Red stems are always a sign for a P-deficiency. I don't think that you ferted not enough. The tips of the leafs are burned which means that you ferted too much. Maybe some nutes were blocked because of an overfeeding from other nutes... That's what I would say.
Stay green. 😊
Just as I said on your other diary the nutrient regiment you are using is paying off nicely. This girl looks like she's ready to shoot out some fat flowering nodes to make some big buds. You've done amazing work growing this girl and I'm excited to see how she finishes up flowering. Cheers.
@DabCrab, I hope you're right, not having done auto's before and being over 30 years since I grew I just don't know what to expect. It all seems to be happening very slowly and well behind what I see in other peoples grows of the same strain. Battling high daytime temps as well. Got a good portable air con but summer is setting in and it's getting harder to keep the temps down in the room. Much hotter days are on the way soon. I tried to up the nutrients by half a ml but saw slight tip burn immediately, growth slowed again and slight clawing, so have decided less is more and will be dropping the main nutrients back to 4ml A&B as of next feed, will keep other additives where they are.
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, Yes I figured it was that or over watering. I bumped up the nutes by 1ml. I've been feeding 4ml of A and B Canna when the schedule says 6.8ml, they are happy at 4ml but I figured as the plant gets bigger it should handle more so I bumped up by 1ml to 5ml and that happened. Have watered again with ph'd water and a small amount of Epsom Salts. Also sprinkled a small amount of powdered egg shells for calcium on to of the medium and watered it all in.