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MadMike
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Let's see those flowers!
Nothing to write home about after just one week of flowering. Here's an OG in a GeoPot.
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Let's see those flowers!
Hey Mike - Plants look big and healthy. I'm an outdoor grower as well. I have a Kalshnikova in the ground now that has always lacked that deep green color normally expected. No fear though - It's over 8' tall and beginning to flower nicely.
Are you checking pH? Might need a bit of adjustment there.
My suggestion is to not be too concerned with every bad leaf and blemish that comes along. Feed the soil what it needs. Your dried chicken manure is a great start. Just make sure its good and composted before adding it.
Fox Farm is good stuff. Your girls are ready for full strength. Maybe add a teaspoon of Epsom Salt, Lime and a couple ounces of Molasses all mixed in with a gallon or two of water. It certainly isn't going to hurt and will probably help.
I know deer can be a pest. I have 6' solid and 7.5' wire fence around my entire garden. Every night they walk back and forth trying to get in.
Best of luck with the grow. I'll be following along.
JASPL
Are you checking pH? Might need a bit of adjustment there.
I would have to agree with JASPL. Feed them full strength. They are big girls with big appetites! PH is perfect! Mix 1 teaspoon of molasses in your soil feed water. The sugars feed the good microbes in the ground, making your soil that much happier.
I thought about one more thing while I was out tending my garden this morning. Those girls of yours are a bit big for foliar feeding. In my experience, foliar feeding is for seedlings that have nice, new, tender leaves with less than fully developed root systems. Those big girls of yours need to be fed via their roots. Take good care of your soil with good humus-building (compost, castings, etc) along with N-P-K supplement and you will end up with happy plants.
JASPL
Alright. No comments on Iron-Tone. I understand. Everyone's busy this time of year and so am I. I decided after talking to a local guy here about my situation, that I'd get some Fox Farms Tiger Bloom. Next feeding I will scratch in a quarter cup of Bat guano for each biggie, water with some Tiger Bloom, and give it a week or two to see results.
I agree with Lee on the Iron-Tone. What's the likelihood of iron deficiency vs simple underfeeding?
See the section of this post that discusses iron deficiency and see if any of the usual causes apply to you.
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I think you are on the right path with the bat guano.
JASPL
Its tough to pinpoint some problems, but if they weren't flowering yet, then it looked like a nitrogen def. , but I would rather go with TigerBloom than the specialzed Iron-Chlorosis product.
IF it hasn't started flowering then load that bitch up with some 24-16-18 !