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Banana_Chief
Banana_Chiefstarted grow question 2 years ago
Growing fastbuds Gelato, was wondering when i should start using cal mag? I'm using coast of Maine growers mix for soil and on day 23. Haven't added any nutes or cal mag as she has been eating from what's in the soil. Using fox farm nutes when I do start! Thanks in advance!
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Normally, your soil and your nutes should provide the calcium the plant needs... the only time you would need to add calmag is if you start to see a calcium deficiency (small yellow/brown spots) which is NOT caused by either a nitrogen toxicity or a pH level that's not good (pH should be between 6.0 and 6.5 in soil). If a deficiency is caused by either of those two conditions, you can throw an entire bottle of calmag at the plant and it won't be able to get at it. Having calmag on hand is always a good thing but avoiding a calcium deficiency in the first place is best. So keep your pH in that range and, when you start the nutes, go really slowly. I've used FF in the past and have always had trouble with their Grow Big - always end up with a nitrogen toxicity... so start that particular nute out at 1/4 strength... and, given that you're probably not going to be starting nutes until next week (?), I would keep Grow Big at 1/4 strength for the entire grow. If, as I suspect, you're going to intro nutes next week, you can also add about 1/2 strength Big Bloom as she should be entering pre-flower by that time and it's a good idea to get her ready for flower - besides, it doesn't hurt anything. But save the Calmag in case you need it... Good luck!
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ChitownCannaChica
ChitownCannaChicaanswered grow question 2 years ago
That’s a pretty hot soil—- I use it myself! I would maybe do like 1ml of cal mag in the water. I never use veg nutes on autos—- just flower. Week 4 should still be just water with that nutrient rich soil and auto flowers. Good luck ✌️💚🌿💨
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ernest_twwg
ernest_twwganswered grow question 2 years ago
I wouldn't give it calmag unless it needs it, to be honest. Too much calcium can cause the plant to get locked out of other nutrients, which means it can't uptake them and use those nutrients like it needs to. Here's a link to deficiencies and toxicities, as well as how the plant shows them in it's leaves: https://dutch-passion.com/en/blog/a-visual-guide-to-cannabis-deficiencies-n987 If you're new here, please select the answer that helped you out the most by clicking on the "answer" button underneath what the person said. If you have any questions, feel free to message me on here. You can pull up your messages tab by clicking on the little airplane in a bubble. It's located on the bottom-right of your screen. I hope this helps!
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