Stopped Flowering

[tronN00dles]

And as for it appearing that one stopped flowering, again, could just be different phenotypes and/or different reactions to stress. It's difficult to get multiple plants to finish precisely at the same time. I pretty much always end up with one being a little more ripe than the other. Just the way it goes. I'm confident that in a week or two, the difference in flowering growth between the plants won't look as dramatic as it may at the moment.

I will say this... the more you "fuck" with the one that's behind, the harder time it will have catching up. Best to just carry on feeding watering/feeding balanced nutes at the correct ppm/pH.

Cheers

 

[Kilbarrog]

Those plants look too good to be flushing or dumping. Steady for the course pal, you're doing a good job. What do you mean the plant has stopped growing? Again, the pics all look fine. Veg growth is stopping and buds will start bulking up over the next few weeks.

Play around with the feed-water vs. feed-water-water vs. feed-feed-water, etc. Every grow has different phenos and environments so there is no one-stop solution. The best you can do is experiment and learn. Whatever you're doing appears to be working so don't sweat it.

The main thing with liquid nutrients is to keep your N-P-K-Ca-Mg ratios "balanced", i.e., pick a feedchart and stick to the ratios and just play around with the concentration/dilution. Autos like ppm's around 500-650ppm, so if a feedchart at full strength is 1200ppm, aim for 50% concentration and go from there.

I really appreciate your help. I know they look really good, but the buds have barely grown since I gave them both a dose of calmag last Tuesday. From researching I know high Nitrogen can slow flowering & they've gotten a lot of it in their last two feeds. I was thinking of washing some of it out.
So can I ask one last question. If I reduce the Micro Grow & Bloom to half strength for the rest of the grow, should I also cut the Big Bud, Nirvana, Carboload & B-52 to half as well? Or can I still feed the full 2ml a liter dosage as it has little or no Nitrogen in it?
Again, Thanks!

 

[tronN00dles]

IMO, it's safest to scale everything together. Some of those extras may impact N-P-K-Ca-Mg-S, so if you scale some and not others, you run the risk of throwing your ratios out of balance which can run the risk of lockouts. Trust the ratios established by your nutrient manufacturer. It's not just if one contains nitrogen or not, it's everything else working in tandem. Having said that, some of those nutrients may have little effect on ppm, in which case, they're probably alright to use at full strength -- but if in doubt, treat them all the same and scale equally.

If you're going to stick with liquid nutes, I'd highly recommend getting a TDS/ppm/EC pen. That's the only way to verify whether or not nutes are mixed at the appropriate strengths. I would argue it's just as important a metric as pH.

 

[tronN00dles]

Also, are you tracking any environment variables? i.e., temp and RH?

 

[Kilbarrog]

Also, are you tracking any environment variables? i.e., temp and RH?

Yeah, humidity is high here now as winter is starting & it's really damp. So I have a dehumidifier in the tent that I run mostly during lights out & because it's still unusually warm for September, I cant leave it running all the time in the tent with lights on. But I have it set for 50% rh, temp is about 25 degrees.
I've a day by day diary that I'm keeping track of their feeding schedule.