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Chronic_Chronicles
Chronic_Chroniclesstarted grow question 3 years ago
Does anyone have advice on determining if you are watering too much or too little??? My plants arent growing too fast and the leaves never look fully awake. Thanks in advance!
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SymphonicBudz
SymphonicBudzanswered grow question 3 years ago
I'm seeing three possibilities and I think they're all mildly going on at once, slightly over watered, too warm/much light, and possibly too much cal. It doesn't look like a loss however. The way the leaves are curling make me think you might have an excess of calcium. I'd pull the cal-mag out for a feeding or two, there should be plenty of calcium and magnesium in your soil for the roots to grab no reason to force it. I've always used Cal-Mag as a backup if the leaves weren't pulling enough N from the soil as opposed to a regular feed, maybe 3 doses in veg and never in flower. Just food for thought. I've got some girls that I'm running for the second time, they are about to enter Week4 since leaving the cloning chamber. They're barely drinking, it's just their strain. I know from their older aunts that I'll see roots coming out of my cloth pots in Week 5-6 out of the chamber and at that point they'll be drinking at least a quart every other day. If you're in doubt I like to water my plants to where the soil feels like it's got the same moisture as if it were still in the bag, slightly moist but not wet. The next day it'll be edging towards dry the first 1" down in the soil. That's when I water. If it's still wet on day 3, I pull back the amount of water they get. My last feeding was 16oz per plant, that was three days ago, they'll be thirsty in the morning; and I'll be pulling my solution back go 8oz so they want water sooner and don't go for 4 days again. Maybe also pull the light back a bit, 300w at 9" is a lot of light for such young fragile cuttings. By the Vivosun 300 chart at 9" you're getting around 1500ppfd at your tops, ideally you want between 300-500 ppfd in early veg which for your light is 24". At the end of week 3, I've got my 135w HLG B-spec at almost 17" and even then I'm running it about 40% power so it's turned down to get a ppfd reading of about 500-600, which honestly is still a bit hot but I'm pushing hard for nodal development. You don't want 1500 ppfd on your plants until they're in flower and every aspect is dialed in probably including CO2. Most charts say 800-1000ppfd for flower without Co2. Look into Korona cell phone App. The different modules are like $10 and you can get a "rough" reading from your light with it. It's what I use until I can find the scratch for a $500 ppfd meter. Maybe for the next few waterings give it a plain water pH to 6 - 6.3; not a soak just a gentle watering a few inches out from the main stem, let your roots find the water don't saturate them and keep them in one place, they like to hunt for water. Most soils out there have enough nutrients in them to get a strong clone to at least Week 2 if not 3. In a 5gal. Your roots haven't even found the end of their Universe yet. Random and won't have anything to do with their health at this stage but I like to plant my clones right up to the bottom of their first node, the stem will grow roots out above it's initial root-ball. My current mature flowers have roots webbing the top of the soil and dangling out the bottom of the fabric pots. Each time they were transplanted I basically buried the main stem as deep as I could without covering leaves in soil. Best of luck and don't worry, they don't look too bad. Maybe a bit too loved, but we all start out with too much love for them. Less is more most of the time with these girls.
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MrGreenMan
MrGreenMananswered grow question 3 years ago
You need to do some research into the appropriate distance for LED lights. You should have a 300W light at least 24 inches away at this stage but chances are your light needs closer to 30 inches distance for vegetative growth
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sacredgeometry
sacredgeometryanswered grow question 3 years ago
This is something just about every new grower has to overcome. Like Ace said, the plants like a balance between wet and dry cycles. I recommend you water with reverse osmosis water PHd between 6.5 and 6.8. You want to water until you see water dripping out of the bottom of the pot. Lift the pot with both hands and take a mental note on how heavy it is. Wait 2 to 3 days without watering and lift the pot again. It should be significantly lighter. Also stick your finger in the soil. If you feel that it's damp wait until it's dry to water again. Watering until there is run off is important because It also removes harmful salt build up at the same time allows dissolved oxygen to reach the lower root mass.
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Ace0411
Ace0411answered grow question 3 years ago
Hey! Yep, there's a simple trick, you can just stick your finger half an inch in the soil and feel if its moist or dry, in which case watering is needed. The plant in the picture seems a little overwatered, which gives that look to the leaves. Btw a good rule of thumb is giving enough water to wet all the soil for good and then waiting every 3 days more or less, the soil should be dry when you'll water it again. Cannabis loves a good cycle of wet and dry way better than a constantly wet soil.
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Fusion
Fusionanswered grow question 3 years ago
You only have one entry in diary so bit difficult to tell what the problem is.. Looks like nitrogen deff. Was there roots when you received these clones?.. First id pull back on the watering. 1/2 cup or so daily and just water the Rockwool, try adding bit of calcium supplement.
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Advice please :)This is 24 hours later. Should I just give some calmag now even tho the soil is still damp?
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