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magmax
magmaxstarted grow question 5 years ago
Plants are in the 4th week since they showed the first pistils. I gaved them pH'ed water to 7.0 and EC 0.2, and the water that camed out from the pots was: WBI: ph 6.3 - EC 2.1/ WBII ph 6.8 - EC 1.2/ BubbleGum: pH 6.9 - EC 0.8 Should i give them more o less nutrients? Only PK? N?
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Week 8
Buds. Not fattening
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Philindicus
Philindicusanswered grow question 5 years ago
Your two tallest plants look great try to turn them so the main colas are more toward the back corners of your tent tie them out of the way if you need to. Then allow the lower growth so it is under the areas with the highest intensity lighting. or move the lights slightly off center. You can also try to tuck or tie back some of the larger fan leaves to allow more light to the bud sites. Another technique is to remove the fan leaves from the lower 1/3 of the plant along with any tiny bud sites this will force the upper bud sites to get more nutrients needed to grow larger and denser. As for your runoff ph try to keep the ph between 5.8 and 6.5 for best nutrient absorption. My personal opinion is auto flower e.c. for week 8 should be in the 1.7 e.c range with your runoff after feeding. 2.1 e.c. run off is kind of pushing it so I would use plain water until it drops to the e.c. to a point when you can feed her again. Just keep an eye out for yellow or brown tips on the leaves a sign of nutrient burn. One plant may be able to handle more than others. Your bubble gum plant is feeding heavy she wants more nutrients give her a couple of feedings in a row to get the runoff e.c. higher then switch back to a feed then water routine. You also need to make sure your not over watering them. Especially your auto white berry II . Lift the pots to feel the weight difference between waterings you should be using a strict wet then dry watering cycle. In other words let them dry out a bit more than usual between waterings. You have small plants in big pots the upper part is probably drying faster and the lower part may be too wet. As far as nutrients go they can be very opinionated for bloom low nitrogen-med/high phosphorus-high potassium 4-8-8 or 4-8-12 would work well. Buds will pack on the most weigh during the last few weeks of bloom you have plenty of time. It's also a good idea to add a good calcium/magnesium product because buds use a lot of it while growing just watch out sometimes it has additional nitrogen to don't forget to account for that. A good natural source of cal/mag is unsulphured organic black strap molasses from a health food store it has some other goodies that your plants should love. Start with 1 teaspoon molasses per gallon water once per week then increase to one tablespoon per gallon over a couple of weeks. Check the ph and adjust as needed it tend to run on the acidic side. I hope this helps you out I will follow along.👍
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Majormolasses
Majormolassesanswered grow question 5 years ago
Just make sure your not going straight feedings always just do water and calmg
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 5 years ago
You are in soil so don't worry about the water runoff ! It is not a coco grow so the only thing you can get by checking the runoff values will be a head each. As I said you are in soil so a ph of 7 is not a good PH , the aweet spot in hydro/coco is 6.8 but in soil it's around 6.5 even I'd you can go from 6 to 7 without any issues but you have to know that some nutrients are better available when you have a certain PH ( example : 6ph will get you a nice Nitrogen absorption and 7ph will help with the PK ). In soil you need to feed every 2 watering and that's it ... no runoff EC check as the only EC that is giving you the good info is the input EC , not the output.
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GeOMaTTiC
GeOMaTTiCanswered grow question 5 years ago
While everything is looking fine right now, to me its seems like you still have a while to go before harvest. The buds will continue to fatten up as it continues to mature, do not worry. Your runoff numbers are nothing to worry about, as you are growing in soil, but having them at or below a ph of 6.5 is best. I would be more concerned of the TDS as opposed to the EC.
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MarcXL
MarcXLanswered grow question 5 years ago
Ph 6.3 and EC 2.1 is okay, I would give the other 2 girls some more nutrition and lower the pH to 6.0 to 6.5 for better absorbtion of nutes. Raise your EC to at least 1.8.
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