Never checked run off i will next watering. Should I be adding veg notes or is the sheep manure enough?
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Hard to say, if pH is off, it doesn’t matter how much is in there, the plant won’t be able to use it.
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So when I water I want to check the ph of the water that comes out of the bottom of the pot into the catch pan?
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Check both in and out pH, yes.
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I usually put it in at 6.0 range so I’ll have to check run off. I will update when it’s ready for water.
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I watered all 4 plants. 2 liters each they were plenty wet and heavy but i had no run off.
After a feeding of flora grow and flora micro and some cal-mag things seem to be clearing up, i did some more LST and even tried super cropping on the uk cheese plant which is the one in the rear left, it’s all learning for me and if I’m going to learn I need to get out of my comfort zone and get some actual experience. From here on out I’m just going to continue with the LST. But each grow I’m thinking I will try something new until I find what works best for me.
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Thats exactly what I’m doing too. Trying a little of this and that to find my groove
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This feels like the best way to learn by trying new stuff
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Super cropping and LST is definitely my preference after trying everything else
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Plants are doing pretty good but I’ve got something going on with some of the leaves. I’ve been giving them light nutes every 2nd watering so I dunno if maybe it’s not enough. I am looking at a cannabis leaf chart I found online but I am not really sure, something I really need experience with is identifying these issues that is my weakness…
It almost looks like a phosphorus deficiency based from the chart I am looking at, they are in veg should they still be having a little dose of flowering nutes? Interested what everyone thinks based on these pics.
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So I’m thinking it has something to do with PH maybe? Honestly I am lost I set my PH before they’re watered so maybe something is going on in the soil, I’ve been reading and this is all Chinese to me, I’m tapped out and can’t invest anymore on equipment for a while I am super frustrated. I’ve watered till the pots are heavy and soaked through and get no run off to be able to test that…I think I’m gonna yank them outta the dirt and chalk it up a learning experience i want to see if it’s a root issue and go from there.
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I wouldnt do that. I knkw it is frustrating but don’t yank them just yet. To me it does look like calcium or phosphorus deficiency. I mean you’re going to do whatever you decide to do but this can be corrected. Doesn’t look like a ph issue to me tho but maybe I’m wrong. Are you in soil or coco?I mean bro at this stage of the plants life you could be feeding a bit heavier. No need for light nutes imo At this point. I only use light nutes early early on…i know im in dwc and you arent so it is a little different.
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It may not be light nutes basically mixing 5ml(1tsp) to 4 liters(1 gallon) of water than adjusting the PH seems light maybe not… That works out to 5ml of cal-mag and 5ml of GH flora grow and GH flora micro and i mix enough to give each plant 2 liters (1/2 gallon) each. I will LITFA for a few days and reassess I suppose. It just gets frustrating it seems everything i try to do always flies to shit and not only cannabis growing lol
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Well you know you just gotta get back up, put your head down and push on brother. If soil growing doesn’t agree with you you can always try something else in the future. I know you said you are tapped right now but down the road I would maybe consider dwc or coco. Dwc is a lot easier imo to maintain and diagnose issues and correct those issues. Because in soil I mean youre kind of stuck with the problem and have to flush it and then litfa waiting for stuff to show signs of correcting or worsening. With dwc the changes are instantaneous and you will see if your plant is taking to changes within a day. Just clip the dead stuff and keep going you know…dwc is simple as shit dude just lettin you know
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Pick yourself up, man up and be your best self. You’ll be alright Rob. Sorry I’m not a soil guy or I’d be able to help out more
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That may be a good option for the future, dwc is definitely now on my list for reading/researching. Thanks man
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I’ll be able to help all day long with dwc bro. My last grow was the first time I ever tried it and had a successful harvest. What climate do you live in? The biggest risk with dwc is root rot from the res bei g too hot but there are easy workarounds with it. Your plants grow faster in dwc too. I mean luckily you have everything you need except the actual dwc system. They have some for around $30-$35 a piece. They usually come with the bucket, net pot, air pump, clay pellets and air tubing. The thing ive noticed withbdwc systems is usually the air pump they come with arent usually all that great. I bought aftermarket pumps just to have more aeration. Hopefully these plants will get corrected
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I’ve been doing some research and I think I may give DWC a try, so from what I can tell I could use a tote and cut 4 holes for 4 mesh pots or i could do 4 separate buckets? Now can I use 1 air pump with a 1-4 adapter to aerate all 4 buckets? I’ve got a while yet before my 3rd grow so I can start picking up a few pieces here and there.
My plants seem like they may be improving, it’s possible they needed that feeding but I think I may still have some soil PH issues, pots are still feeling heavy so I’ll apply LITFA for a couple more days and reassess.
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Yeah i mean it is really up to you how you want to go about that. You could do a tote to hold a couple of plants or individual buckets. As far as the pump goes yes you can use one pump with an adapter that you will run lines to the totes or buckets. You just need to make sure you get a good size pump. I use buckets so ill use that as an example. One 4 inch disk airstone will work good for a 5 gallon bucket. 4 inch air stones need a minimum of 4 watts to run effectively. So if you have 4 buckets/4 airstones you will need atleast a 16watt pump but i would go higher than that. Most pumps that will have the adapters will be higher than that anyways. The thing you also have to consider is the heat that a lot of pumps produce and a lot of times send into the resivoir. Hot res equals bad news for roots but there are workarounds for that. Also @solowolf was telling me about some gear he can get like pumps that don’t produce the heat like your traditional pump. You’ll have to ask him about that because incant quite remember.
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