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Optimal Timing for Phosphorus Fertilizer in Short Autoflower Cycles?

Blubbiblubb
Blubbiblubbstarted grow question a month ago
I’m growing Apricot Autoflower by FastBuds and have a bio-phosphorus fertilizer meant for weeks 3–5 of flowering. Since the Apricot Autoflower has a shorter bloom phase, I’m unsure if I should use it earlier. Any advice on timing for phosphorus with shorter autoflower cycles? Ty
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question a month ago
I don't think PK boosters do much of anything. Just feed it well all the time and no need for em.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question a month ago
You should be providing critical levels of P around the roots at all times. Significant portion of P intake revolves around "active transport". The plant has some sort of feedback system and takes in P and K in no small part through active transport as opposed to relying on diffusion alone (mass flow). This means that the best way to provide P or K is to keep a healthy level present around the roots, not necessarily in proportion to how it will be used in the plant. This is why overdosing P mostly leads to a lot of it going down the drain unused, and if there's limited runoff, building up around roots and causing a problem locking other shit out. Despite the belief that p and k need to be amped up in some esoteric complicated way during flower has been difficult to prove with real research. there are happy zones of concentration youw ant to stick to. if you are not providing that then you want to give more, but if already providing that more will only cause problems. Fairly sure this is why so many plants in mid to late flower look like burnt up pieces of shit, lol, yet it is somehow never a suspect when blame is assessed and some think it's actually a positive somehow to decimate their canopy with damage. Nevermind the supreme importance of CO2 intake and light absorption, bwahaha.
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question a month ago
Sounds like they want you to use it right at the end of your flowering stretch.
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