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DWC - Switch to bloom nutes?

Tobecobe
Tobecobestarted grow question 2 years ago
Seeing a lot of contradictory info online as always regarding when switch to bloom / transition nutes. I've just done a res change and am unsure if I should just go ahead with a transition dose at this stage, or full bloom.
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Oozle
Oozleanswered grow question 2 years ago
I like to go full bloom a couple days after the 12/12 switch, but with an auto, when you start to see bud sites start. Ask what are you adding/changing when you switch to bloom? More P and K and a touch less N. The plants start to need more P at around week 2 of flower until 5-6. Then they switch to a more K based feed. The plants still need a good amount of nitrogen and calcium (especially early flower). Your plant looks like it might have a slight P issue, some red stems and the lowers are a little blue/greyish. Hard to tell with the lighting. Not bad at all though. I wouldn't stress about it and make the change when you do your next res change or on your top offs, use your flower feed schedule. My only other suggestion would be to do a little defoliation in the middle and the lowers to help air flow and increase top bud site production. Good luck!
GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
If you don't switch from the grow nutes to the bloom nutes when they go into flower, you run the risk of putting too much nitrogen into the soil and causing a lockout of calcium... Plants in the flower stage don't need as much nitrogen as they do when they're vegging and so don't use a lot thereby leaving a lot of it in the soil which then causes the lockout... So, switch to the bloom nutes now! In general, I start cutting back on my grow nutes when they enter pre-flower and add the bloom nutes at that time... then the week after, when they're in flower, they're on the bloom nutes, period! Your grow looks lovely! Good luck the rest of the way!
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Anonymous_2022
Anonymous_2022answered grow question 2 years ago
Hi there Personally last week of Veg I give half dose of veg feed .. and first week of flower i give half dose of flower feed ..then full feed after that, That way there slowly weaned off and weaned back onto the new feed Best of luck 🌱
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hi there I'm in agreement with the previous 2 answers. You have ran long enough on the veg ratio of nutes and now is the time to flip to the bloom ratio. Some people switch over sooner but your pretty much spot on for the timing. Good luck with the flower period.
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ernest_twwg
ernest_twwganswered grow question 2 years ago
I'd switch over to flower nutes, personally. It has started working on it's buds long enough to start giving it more P and K. Good luck on wrapping up your grow!
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