deficiency in autoflower

[Mañ'O'Green]

So bottom feeding supplemented with weekly top feeding, which presumably dissolves the salt line. But when/how are the salts gotten rid of? Should this top fertigating be a good drain-to-waste or even a good flushing?

At the risk of being redundant, yes get rid of the runoff from top feeding. Without expensive lab equipment there is no way to know what is in that runoff.

 

[bamdamhigh]

I think my main problem was ph fluctuations due to very hard source of tap water(400ppm) reacting with my nutes, it used to spike to 7.5-8 after a day or two.
Here are my plants currently looking happy with full dosage of nutrients and resevoir ph is around 6.5 after 4 days now, it started with 5.7 when nutrients got mixed.
I can’t complain about results of destilled water. Next grow cycle i will get myself RO Filter to cut the effort.

 

[KingRatt]

I think my main problem was ph fluctuations due to very hard source of tap water(400ppm) reacting with my nutes, it used to spike to 7.5-8 after a day or two.
Here are my plants currently looking happy with full dosage of nutrients and resevoir ph is around 6.5 after 4 days now, it started with 5.7 when nutrients got mixed.
I can’t complain about results of destilled water. Next grow cycle i will get my RO Filter to cut the effort.

Looking good friend! Keep that ph within its limits and you will be stoked! Glad you got your water issue figured out! That can really be a headache! Good luck

 

[bamdamhigh]

Hi guys,

How far do you think these autoflowers from finishing? Just from the looks of them
They’re at 10 weeks now from sprourting.

 

[KingRatt]

Hi guys,

How far do you think these autoflowers from finishing? Just from the looks of them
They’re at 10 weeks now from sprourting.

Probas week or two . Do you have a scope or loupe to check if the trichomes are cloudy/ripe?

 

[bamdamhigh]

Probas week or two . Do you have a scope or loupe to check if the trichomes are cloudy/ripe?

@KingRatt No, unfortunately, I don't have a loupe
Also, do you think I can harvest the three of them all together?
I feel the hand-fed and the bright plant at the back
are a bit behind the purple one.

 

[KingRatt]

How are they now!? Without a scope i would wait until the large fan leaves all but die off and senescence has occurred. Also when it stops feeding as heavily!

 

[KingRatt]

Im curious , what strains are those?

 

[bamdamhigh]

Here are theyyAll the strains are autoflowers from fastbuds

The two big ones are banana purple punch and strawberry banana

Third one in the fabric pot is a random seed from mixpack

 

[KingRatt]

Those purples and maybe the strawberry banana look pretty damn ripe! The purps looks like it might be starting to foxtail, which means its probs ripe . Without a scope and not being able to feel and smell the plants i cant say definitively but they look pretty good to me! At least the purps! Have you notice the bracts swell up yet? Its usually a sign of ripening. How much are they drinking a day? Do you have macro on your phone camera where you can zoom in as close as possible and then zoom in to the picture? Its what i did before i had a scope