Progress report- i am a bit lost.... despite a lot of googling!

[gargyoyle]

Hi i would appreciate some guidance on how i am doing. Specifically, is the droopiness a concern, and should i move from veg to bloom nutes?And any other thoughts.

I am 31 days since eldest/26 days since second popped through the peat/coco mix in 12l fabric pots. 70x70x140 tent, HLG 150 diable led on almost full power (had a cfl till last week), Shogun terra grow every other day with a touch of calmag (been lightly working up to full strength), Ecothrive tea once a week and Bhudda Soalr Green Foliar weekly (stopping that now). They had a tough newbie life- underwatered, over RH'ed, ph'ing now at 6.5 but not first week. Sweet Seeds Jack 47 first ever grow. Rh around 50. Temp low 20's (cold snap here). Water each day with around 1.5 ltrs- nutes every other water. Lsted but gone a bit wild

I am finding it hard to work out if they are ok- they are slightly yellow which is i think due to swapping out the cfl for led and going too hard and low too quick. Now much higher (50cm). They are a bit droopy. And most importantly on the older, should i be on bloom nutes (which will be biobizz) and do you go straight in with those or lower veg gradually whilst introing bloom. I found a lot of advice for propogation, veg etc but a bit lost between now and harvest (fingers crossed) and i know i am flowering but there seems different advice on when to actually change nutes

thanks for any thoughts.

 

[gargyoyle]

Maybe i am underwatering too

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I think both are ok to go with bloom nutrients now. They look a bit hungry to me so maybe up the in balance nutrients by 10%.

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

 

[gargyoyle]

@Mañ'O'Green thank you so much. this is excellent advice and much appreciated. i think i am letting it get too dry between waterings. i will get some surficant and get it back on track. so much to learn

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

This may seem a bit expensive at first but you use the tiniest amount it will last years. It is hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from the air.) so it gets clumpy. I just run mine through the spice mill every 6 months or so and dry out the little silica pack in the oven and it is good for another 6 months.

 

[gargyoyle]

This may seem a bit expensive at first but you use the tiniest amount it will last years. It is hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from the air.) so it gets clumpy. I just run mine through the spice mill every 6 months or so and dry out the little silica pack in the oven and it is good for another 6 months.

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super i will see if i can get it this side of the pond. the wife's got a yucca plant but she might go ballistic if i try and use that!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

super i will see if i can get it this side of the pond. the wife's got a yucca plant but she might go ballistic if i try and use that!

Fresh yucca will definitely work I just have no idea of how much to use or how to prevent possible pathogens. I suppose just washing the yucca leaf before using would work.

PS No advise on the wife other than "Happy Wife Happy Life".

 

[gargyoyle]

Happy Wife Happy Life- yep and if i don't mess with her plants she won't mess with mine.... i'll get the powder...