good with the recovery!
CannaLady, Soil, Chocolope, GSC, NL, NLxBB, 2021
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CannaLady
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My misc1 plant is progressing slowly after repot ~2 weeks ago. I'm putting her outside in the sun about 3 1/2 hours a day in the morning before temps start to climb above 80 (today's high will be 79). She's 1.7 ft tall and since I seeded her in late March, I'm guessing she's slow and perhaps I shouldn't expect much of a yield. This is my first autoflower plant to preflower so I'll get what I get. Yesterday I gave her 1/4 strength Grow Big and 1/2 strength Big Bloom. Tiger Blooms came in the mail and tomorrow she'll get watered again (only 3 gallon pot) and not sure if I should add Tiger to the water so soon.
Plants won't ever live up to their genetic potential under the low lighting you have there. That light is for seedlings and cloning rather than growing flowering plants, so that's where you can make changes with your next grow.
It's also how the plant managed to live on so little nutrients. Outside or under real grow lighting you would have had to be feeding it 100% of the Fox Farms schedule by now rather than small percentages.
Once you move it outside I would ramp up the Tiger Bloom and the Big Bloom over the following 3 waterings, but don't flood the plant to get the new nutes into the soil. Start with the next regular watering.
It's also how the plant managed to live on so little nutrients. Outside or under real grow lighting you would have had to be feeding it 100% of the Fox Farms schedule by now rather than small percentages.
Once you move it outside I would ramp up the Tiger Bloom and the Big Bloom over the following 3 waterings, but don't flood the plant to get the new nutes into the soil. Start with the next regular watering.
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CannaLady
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Ty. Definitely a lot of take aways. I've had her outside at least 3 hours for the last week but not enough to make a big diff. I'll adjust the feeding.
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CannaLady
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While my autos are doing whatever they'll do, I started focusing on my feminized chocolopes. Topped one and began LST on the other 2.
Topped choc 1
Topped choc 1
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- #86
CannaLady
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The other 2 chocs I began LST. They'll need to repotted in a week in 5 gallon buckets so hopefully keep them in the pot instead of hanging over it. Should I have just topped it instead?
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CannaLady
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My northern lights auto got really far behind and I'm blaming repotting on that one.
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CannaLady
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My auto GSC filled out a bit after I tied lower branches down and now is in preflower. I tied to a few more branches down to open it up.
I don't think think you'll gain anything by opening up the GSCa since it's pretty open already, but the LST on the Chocolopes will help once they get enough light to thrive.
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CannaLady
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Need help. Can anyone tell me what these spots are? I've got them on a few plants. They look almost pink dots. Thank you!!
Either bug bites or the start of a calcium deficiency. Flip the leaf over and take a look with a magnifying glass or loupe for pests.
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CannaLady
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Thank you!.
Checked several leaves and no bugs. Yesterday's watering was plain water, but topped them off with more potting mix to give them some micronutrients. And I'll be feeding them again on Wednesday. I don't have a calcium supplement, but can order some. For my tomatoes I keep a small container of finely ground egg shells - do you think it would help?
Not for a few months! I would start feeding them with at least half strength FF nutes every other watering, moving up to full strength by the time they go outside. All the micronutes you need are in the FF.
For cal-mag, you can try Botanicare Cal-mag+. That's what I used when I was on the FF Trio.
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CannaLady
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Yeah, it's a time release that's not going to help fast enough.
I did give them half strength in last feed on Sunday, but will see about cal-mag.
Just order cal-mag+ and it will arrive on Thursday. I'll plan to feed on Thursday and include it if you don't see a problem with that.
I did give them half strength in last feed on Sunday, but will see about cal-mag.
Just order cal-mag+ and it will arrive on Thursday. I'll plan to feed on Thursday and include it if you don't see a problem with that.
Egg shells take months to break down in soil under the best of circumstances. They're best used outside when building a planting bed for the future.
If you want a cal-mag that has no nitrogen, TPS makes one that's 0-0-0.
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CannaLady
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I like that idea better. I'll cancel and reorder. ty!
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CannaLady
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Fed them today with FF 1/2 strength and first cal-mag supplement. I'm still having some pretty wacky weather here. Raining and 70s one day and 90 and sunny the next. I'm putting my plants out as often as possible, because I'm running out of light. My mature GSC won't fit under the light, so I'm rotating it every few hours. They def need direct sun light. So, my question is... after they're hardened off, it's okay for them to be exposed to rain, even when budding? I'm a bit nervous about exposing them to sudden weather changes when they've been cooped up.
Once they're hardened off the rain is fine (other than it washing out the nutes). If you live in a humid climate when it's not raining, the rain + high RH can result in bud rot.
If you can bring them in when it's raining, that's the safer bet.
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CannaLady
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Ty. When this grow is over I'm getting a tent.
