By 5gal you mean pail right? Which means you only have about 4gal of nute sol'n when it's topped up. If that's right you are going to have to stay on top of making sure the level never drops more than a few inches before adding more water. After the stretch feeding slows way down but water demands remain constant depending on RH which should be lower while flowering and getting lower as the buds get fatter. Cooler temps on the way and here that means the RH outdoors will be down to 20% or lower all winter. Living in a place like Vancouver, BC the RH is high all winter as it rarely freezes there but is damp and cloudy a lot of the time with lots of rain.
If I were you I'd be running lower ppms now that stretch is done. The plant isn't eating as much but still taking the same amount of water every day and will get all the nutes it needs. By week 6 of an 8 week flower I like to be at 500 or lower. Even 300 is lots along with whatever bud booster is in there. Hopefully lower fans are beginning to yellow to indicate that the plant is drawing on it's own resources to finish up and there won't be a lot of excess nutes left over in the buds. If you plan to chop the whole plant at once then straight water for a few days to a week before chopping is a good flush. I tend to just take the biggest colas and let the lower ones ripen and swell for a week or more before taking them then maybe a few days longer for the last of them but not much more yield is realized at the last. For that I will leave 200ppm in there with some OverDrive as the buds need something to eat tho I may not do that this time and run just water after taking the big colas. I'm going to want the space PDQ when these ones are done.
Looks like I didn't need to flush. Checked the soil and found a fungus gnat larva and have taken steps to get rid of them. Hopefully the plants will get better soon.
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Thanks as always for the feedback OMU. I started lowering my Connie dose last week. Wks1&2 She was fed 15ml/gal, wk3 12.5ml/gal, today started week 4 and She is now @ 10ml/gal (~500PPM). Everything else has stayed the same.
There were some major changes to my routine.
1. Allowed tap water to bubble for 24 hours.
2. Added silicate (rhino skin) first and let it bubble for a cpl hours.
3. Gave my new feed time for the pH to stabilize, bubble and mix thoroughly
I know this is 101 level basic stuff. In the past I would pour from tap and directly add nutes, no specific order other than A then B and the rest, lower h2o temp and BAM dump it in. DONE. This line of nutrients seems pretty dummy proof. I have not HAD to use pH or PPM meters, the only times I have were out of pure curiosity. I have been around or helped out in other hydro grows where PPMs and pH were a constant issue.
If this grow fails to provide a bunch of HQ medicine it's all on me. My environment is dialed in. Lots of light, proper temps for air and res, good air circulation, perfect RH, AN nutrients, the only unpredictable variables are the
unfamiliar genetics and
my dumb ass. My dumb ass is waking up. I can see the finish line. All of the small details matter at this point.
I would love to add a drip feed this week. I have a waterfarm kit that I purchased at the start not realizing it wouldn't work with my 6in basket. Thanks grow store grow guru, set me up real good. I've just been staring at the damn thing and now I am determined to modify it.
I will be running overdrive. Do you only use it for the last 2 weeks of bloom or do you have an alternate feeding sched? I will be using flawless finish for flush.
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