good info. quick question, when this happens what effect would it have on the ec. will ec go down or go up??? someone could get confused if ec. went up and ph went down and think they are over feeding...... plz help clarify
it would only get confusing if you dont know what you are doing, 1st and most important thing to understand is the growth phases autoflowers go through in dwc and soil but im just gonna use dwc as this is how i grow for the example
seedling stage - at this stage of growth its impossible to get a grip on what the plants want in terms of ec so its down to the grower to provide what they want
veg stage - this is where the plants concentrate on putting out lush green foilage and a healthy root system again its down to the grower to determine ec and look for signs of plant discomfort and overfeed in the physical apperance of their plants
sexing- pretty straight forward as this is where the show you if they are male of female
pre-flower stretch - after sex has been shown they then go onto making the transition from vegative growth to bloom phase towards the end of the pre-flower stretch is where you will get the ph drop as she is telling you im now ready to produce fruits, if you have been keeping your plants on veg feed for the pre-flower duration now is the time to switch to a bloom feed
bloom phase 1 - this is where she will start to form flowers and can take 2-3 weeks for this to happen towards the end of this period you will get a ph drop again telling you im ready to gain weight
bloom phase 2- in this phase of growth if you have read the signs you should now be giving her pk boosters to help her produce mass this period can last for 1-2 weeks depending how you wanna administer your pk boosters
bloom phase 3 - after you have finished with her weight gain stage its now time for her to mature and the harvest window opens where her trichs turn from milky to amber, through this period we start to lower their feed as its a sign to the plants to start to finish off as food is running short
flush/harvest - when the harvest window is open its up to the grower to flush the plants and cut them when the have the desired potency they want
that is just a brief description of the phases autos go through and over feeding is something that normally happens right after you have just fed them normaly 1 - 2 days after a res change this has nothing to do with them switching from 1 growth phase to the next, as a grower its your job to give the plants what they need at each stage of growth to maximize their development , after a fresh res change you can monitor the ec and ph and see what direction it goes if the ec drops its a sign they want more etc etc
but now i have given the guidlines above you should be able to get an understanding of what happens at the beggining and end of each of the plants cycles so it should make growing them easier in dwc
you will get different opinions for a lot of growers on how they grow their plants in dwc/hydro like when to administer pk booster but a cannabis plants growth cycle will never change and will always be the same, the difference between soil and hydro is that with hydro you can dial-in to every stage of the plants cycle and give them exactly what they need to get the best end results hence why people choose hydro over soil but at the same time a lot of people do find hydro hassle and love the ease of growing with soil
growing is just my hobby so i dont invest all my time and effort in to it as its just a bit of fun, im pretty sure if i was a full time grower my results could and would be a lot different
hope this helps
i hate sitting here for 30 minutes typing something out that i can explain in 5 minutes through proper speech and the page crashed twice while i was typing it lmfao
