First grow fem ww

Work with controlling temps, and yeah, they were probably correct.

Your plants are doing very well generally. Try and accept it.

Has the crucified one recovered?

Try some annointed oils with kelp meal top dressing as soon as she looks better.

Careful messing with lighting too much, you can end up causing hormonal changes you won’t really like. Work back toward what you had prior to this and introduce cooler air from outside if needed (if possible).

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What is this?

Yeah the temps dropped back down 30 degrees today. Just didn’t know if they needed food while in flower Not sure the complete soil is enough. I did top it off like told last week.

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Little joke about the crucified one, that’s all.

This is one of the essential LITFA ingredients, :laughing:

99%

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:+1: I am ready for a little joke.

I just had to get my head off serious to get it.

:heart_eyes: all you guys.

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These have a way to go, and feeding should be tailored to the flowering cycle.

Continue light kelp and compost top dresses to maintain root health as needed. Food should be heavier on the Phosphorous & Potassium and lighter on the Nitrogen, and generally as much as they can take. A constant supply of organic foods, in low quantities (well diluted), usually treats them fine.

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What nutes are you using? I used to like Oldtimer Bloom for organic grows but they changed the formula a bit, still good if you add in some cal-mag. These days i’m using Floranova Bloom, it’s a mix of mineral and organic nutrients, seems to do a good job. I find 1ml per litre gives an EC of around 1 with my tap water. I’ll need to take some up to date pics cos things have moved on since these were taken.

I was just using a “complete” soil. @99PerCent helped me with a tea from all the stuff I had to “make” soil my self, but am using what I had first. I also Have a store bought tea. I just was afraid of overwatering and burning so made the #2 noob mistake of under watering.

We are having drastic weather changes here. They have swung as much as 40-50 degrees in 48 hours for the last month.

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Cant change the weather but we can take measures, insulation, heaters, dehumidifiers, controlled extraction, aircon etc etc.

A fully organic grow is a lovely thing when done well. You need big pots to make sure the girls don’t run low on nutes and the tea’s should top things up. Looking forward to seeing your grow progress, good luck.

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Looking better;



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Yup they bounce back quick from under watering and no harm done unlike over watering. Just as well it grows like a weed, it’s needs are few (except light) and it’s more often killed by kindness. A

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6 weeks into flip. The limp leaves have gotten dry and brittle. I have trimmed the ones that are ~70% damaged or more. I have drench each time they got water. One plant is taking less water. The light is way up and not hot at plant level. Seems to be lighting the whole area. They look so sad but no amber that I can see yet. I gave them the tomato fertilizer and worm castings mixed into the top layer of soil before watering. I may get 1 plant worth buds from the four if we make it.

Can I see some pics please?

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They are sleeping so will get some in am.

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These will be good.

Don’t be discouraged or so hard on yourself.

In a short time you will be enjoying some fresh organic herbs.

As we fix up the soil recipe, your plants will take charge of the grow space.

Enjoy!

99

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I’ve seen plants struggle like that for ages cos of ph lockout only to recover and go on flowering for weeks past their supposed finish date and produce reasonably well in the end.

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I do have to keep a close eye on PH as mine is 7-8. But have been getting RO from the store and using lemon juice to get to 5-6 and a ~6.5 run off.

Yeh that’s a bit high but your runoff sounds ok now eh. Lot’s of folks advise not to adjust your waters ph in an organic grow but if it’s out and stays out it’s too late to mix in some lime. The problem with RO is you usually end up having to add calmag and then it’s not truly organic. And round we go again :grinning:

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TY, I am not “true” organic" but farm as natural as I can. I use ag lime and chicken poop on the fields. I used goat poop, straw and hay when I used to garden in clay. I accidently found out running water thru our pine needles in the pool kept the ph lower and such.

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My pH is 8+ and the water is very hard. I go through a sediment filter, pre carbon filter, RO membrane, and post carbon filter. I don’t need CalMag but I have a LOT of calcium sources in my soil: shrimp meal (calcium and chiten), oyster shell flour (calcium carbonate), and gypsum (calcium and sulfer). The way I look at it, rain water is distilled water.

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