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cannamazing
cannamazingstarted grow question 5 years ago
HEY, 3 of my girls are not getting run off like they used to so i decided to up the feed from 2 litres to 3L and STILL NO RUN OFF!?none at all! what's up with that and what should i do.
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Techniques. Defoliation
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Stick
Stickanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi @cannamazing! The good news is that your plants have developed massive root systems and they drink a lot. The bad news is that if you don't have a good runoff once every 2-3 weeks, nutrients may acculumate in your medium and roots will suffer from lack of air, lack of water, lack of space and salts buildup. At this stage it's too late to try a transplantation on autos, the only thing you can do is to increase your amount of water, at least once or twice before late flowering stage. This will allow all the root mass to drink, old [veg] nutrients will be flushed for good. Give them 5~6L, look at the runoff, and see how plants react after a day or two. This is not advised during late flowering, because of the impact on relative humidity and the risk of mold. Also, may I ask where's your coco from? Which brand? Looking at week 1, your coco looks like re-used one, with old roots..? I'm using BioBizz CocoMix and it's really light/airy/thin particles of coco, yours look more compact. Hope this will help, keep us updated and happy growing! πŸ‘Š
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Experimentgreen
Experimentgreenanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hey there, i always noticed my flowering plants drank a lot more than my young plants. Your canopy is looking incredibly full so they may be doing some level of drinking through all the leaves too. I'd say do a nice defoliation of the canopy now you're in flowering mode and up the watering to either 2-3 gallons because of the 3 gallon pots. I saw you mentioned the dehumidifier this week...doing a good defoliation would also really help with that as well. Lots of leaves cause lots of transpiration and the humidity will stay relatively high. ✌️ happy growing
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motaman311
motaman311answered grow question 5 years ago
You were right on about your roots air pruning last week. πŸ‘Š Adding some more draining into your soil will help this issue. You could use perlite, clay pebbles,or even pieces of a broken clay pot to help with the drainage. I would be careful about over-watering at this stage too because you don't have proper drainage, you could start to develop root issues. Good luck and Happy growing! πŸ’ͺ
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LongJohn420
LongJohn420answered grow question 5 years ago
You are having such a big girls and pot size 11l am I right? So maybe it's o full of roots have filled them little holes in the bottom of that pot. I'd try to gently push couple more holes there but not worry too much. Next time put 5-10cm clay pebbles or something like that in the bottom of the pot so there is kinda secret dich there wich helps with good run-off and helps to aerate them roots also. Hope this helps and looking good btw!
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