New Grower Mephisto Strawberry Nuggets, 4 Assed Monkey & Fantasmo Express x Sour Stomper

[davisgirl]

When mine were just babies I used to be frustrated thinking they were growing too slowly too. Then I would look at pictures of them at different ages and feel a lot better. Sometimes when it happens right before your eyes it’s hard to appreciate how much they’ve really grown. Looking forward to a picture update.

 

[Vapo]

dude this is just my opinion.....but I would flush with ph6 calmag and A+B lowest dose water......there is alot in there that will flush out, you will be replacing with just water dude.....this is just my opinion tho...i could be wrong:smiley1:hope this helps rather than hinders :smiley1:

 

[Vapo]

also dude.....how do you gauge when you feed your plants?:smiley1:

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

dude this is just my opinion.....but I would flush with ph6 calmag and A+B lowest dose water......there is alot in there that will flush out, you will be replacing with just water dude.....this is just my opinion tho...i could be wrong:smiley1:hope this helps rather than hinders :smiley1:

Flushing can cause as much damage as it can fix. It is generally a last ditch effort to solve a salt build up or PH problem because you were not watering to 20% run-off with proper PH to begin with. The problem is you will flush out many of the microbes that make nutrients available to the plant. If a flush is truly needed then make sure to have some Mykos or other microbial inoculate to repopulate the microbes.

 

[Vapo]

Flushing can cause as much damage as it can fix. It is generally a last ditch effort to solve a salt build up or PH problem because you were not watering to 20% run-off with proper PH to begin with. The problem is you will flush out many of the microbes that make nutrients available to the plant. If a flush is truly needed then make sure to have some Mykos or other microbial inoculate to repopulate the microbes.

so was what I said right or not dude?:smiley1:

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

so was what I said right or not dude?:smiley1:

Don't know as I have not seen the plant. Diagnostic tools are key when there is a problem. An Accurate 8 soil probe to test the PH in the root zone where it counts and pictures taken in 5000K white light. then I can recommend a next step.

 

[Vapo]

Don't know as I have not seen the plant. Diagnostic tools are key when there is a problem. An Accurate 8 soil probe to test the PH in the root zone where it counts and pictures taken in 5000K white light. then I can recommend a next step.

to be honest dude I don't think he needs to flush......he just has a bit of clawing which I think is over watering possibly....I just didn't want him to leave the coco empty:smiley1:.....asking how often and how he knows when to feed was my next question dude:smiley1:

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

to be honest dude I don't think he needs to flush......he just has a bit of clawing which I think is over watering possibly....I just didn't want him to leave the coco empty:smiley1:.....asking how often and how he knows when to feed was my next question dude:smiley1:

@Vapo69 FYI being called "dude" is not complimentary in California.

This thread is most helpful to learn about identifying cannabis problems:

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...panded-to-include-other-issues-as-well.43164/

Give it a good read and refer back to it often I do.

 

[NiceOption]

I wrote that in a hurry, so sorry @Vapo69 @Mañ'O'Green that's my fault for not clarifying what I meant by "plain water". I just meant without the nutes. The water was PHd, with Cal-Mag and Great White. I admit that this is clearly not plain water and that could obviously cause confusion for others. When growing in coco, that still feels like "plain water"!

I feed/water when they feel like they need it basically. Generally every morning before heading off to work but there are some days they need to be left a little longer. I judge that by the weight of the pots and whether they feel damp or not. They're never left to go completely dry though really. The coco/perlite mix provides a lot of drainage and I'd be surprised if I was overwatering them, it would be the first time I'd done that but these plants are smaller than I'm accustomed to so who knows, it's entirely possible.

I'll upload some pics when I can. Still no sign of the 5000k I ordered though.

I don't have a PH probe and I'd love to get one but with various other expenses this month and Christmas around the corner, I can't see myself making many additions during this grow. I'm debating packing it all up after these have done their thing and waiting until I can afford some cobs before starting any more plants. The cost of running the HPS is eye-watering and unless I'm pulling fairly big yields, which I'm not expecting from these plants, I'm not sure it's worth it

Thanks for recommending that guide @Mañ'O'Green very useful.

 

[Medimadness]

I wrote that in a hurry, so sorry @Vapo69 @Mañ'O'Green that's my fault for not clarifying what I meant by "plain water". I just meant without the nutes. The water was PHd, with Cal-Mag and Great White. I admit that this is clearly not plain water and that could obviously cause confusion for others. When growing in coco, that still feels like "plain water"!

I feed/water when they feel like they need it basically. Generally every morning before heading off to work but there are some days they need to be left a little longer. I judge that by the weight of the pots and whether they feel damp or not. They're never left to go completely dry though really. The coco/perlite mix provides a lot of drainage and I'd be surprised if I was overwatering them, it would be the first time I'd done that but these plants are smaller than I'm accustomed to so who knows, it's entirely possible.

I'll upload some pics when I can. Still no sign of the 5000k I ordered though.

I don't have a PH probe and I'd love to get one but with various other expenses this month and Christmas around the corner, I can't see myself making many additions during this grow. I'm debating packing it all up after these have done their thing and waiting until I can afford some cobs before starting any more plants. The cost of running the HPS is eye-watering and unless I'm pulling fairly big yields, which I'm not expecting from these plants, I'm not sure it's worth it

Thanks for recommending that guide @Mañ'O'Green very useful.

Granted we' re growing in different mediums, I realised all of my issues besides a tiny bit of tip burn was pH related so you may want to look into that. Like you Im a careful waterer only as they need so it may be the issue with just generally unhappy plants that can't be pinned down.
Everything is now tested in a probe that I calibrate as often as possible and adjust everything I give to my plants (organically) according to the soil pH values laid out for photos translated to an auto cycle in soil. Dinafems site has some great info for pH in soil, soilless and hydro you could check out to clue in, its pretty well explained in layman's there.

I was wondering how it's possible for a plant to be showing signs of macronutrient deficiency and also nutrient toxicity and pH was the answer. Plants also grow slower when things aren't ideal with pH, and without the natural buffer your plants will also feel it more and quicker.
I'm lucky in soil it took many many feeds and alkali waters to alter pH out of reasonably limits and readjustment was as simple as distilled water feed and 6.2-6.8 feed after that.

Just some food for thought, might be a good idea to invest in a pH/ pen testing kit (it's much cheaper if it might take a little longer to prep your feed. Might be a temp option for you) when you can. Will at least take a little human error out of the equation, water varies so much even after standing for 5 hours that its pretty much impossible to pH without some kind of reliable method.

Just some food for thought

Hope everything picks up for you!