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My First Journal, Kanno 26: I Will Grow 6 Critical Plants From Royal Queen Seeds
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Hi fellow growers, so yesterday I gave the girls growth dressing + calmag photo is in front of the dressing
The only thing that bothers me a little is that I have a little stain on one plant, but in my opinion I poured a little watering them on them and a few leaves twist a little. What do you think, what can it be different, I can't think of anything else . and today the girls look good here are photos from today
The only thing that bothers me a little is that I have a little stain on one plant, but in my opinion I poured a little watering them on them and a few leaves twist a little. What do you think, what can it be different, I can't think of anything else .
and today the girls look good here are photos from today
Big difference from a week ago! The color looks good and new growth is coming in good so I'd say they're getting their needs met well. I'm thinking that the lower leaf damage is from the off start they had. Not sure if the curling is anything. Doesn't look like too much N so maybe nothing or a little wet?Hi fellow growers, so yesterday I gave the girls growth dressing + calmag photo is in front of the dressing
The only thing that bothers me a little is that I have a little stain on one plant, but in my opinion I poured a little watering them on them and a few leaves twist a little. What do you think, what can it be different, I can't think of anything else .
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I don't like the puffy downturned leaves... it sure looks like watering too often to me.
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Hi @Emilya, @StoneOtter, I always leave them completely dry and then water them or I should leave them dry for two days and otherwise the lower ones have it from the beginning it's true that the lower ones will go away so I'll see them but maybe I'll let them dry longer what do you think about that
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If you are doing this correctly, at first it will take your plants 7-10 days to be able to drain the water out of a container. Then, as the roots get stronger, this time between waterings begins to decrease, and you will see the plants go 5 days, then 3 and finally the plant's roots will be so strong that it will be able to drain the container in 24-36 hours. When you find yourself needing to water that often, it is time to transplant.
You are not doing this. You are watering by the calendar. Your time between waterings does not vary because you have not established a proper wet/dry cycle. Let the plant decide when it is time to water, not you and certainly not the calendar.
Get a postal scale and weigh a similar container of dry soil. Now weigh your plants. You want to get to at least down to +20% of the weight of the dry soil before watering. Make your plants work for a living and have to develop new roots to survive. If you keep watering every 2 or 3 days your plants will get lazy and will not develop a rootball in that container and you will likely end up with small unhealthy plants.
You are not doing this. You are watering by the calendar. Your time between waterings does not vary because you have not established a proper wet/dry cycle. Let the plant decide when it is time to water, not you and certainly not the calendar.
Get a postal scale and weigh a similar container of dry soil. Now weigh your plants. You want to get to at least down to +20% of the weight of the dry soil before watering. Make your plants work for a living and have to develop new roots to survive. If you keep watering every 2 or 3 days your plants will get lazy and will not develop a rootball in that container and you will likely end up with small unhealthy plants.
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How much water does soil hold?
I got curious last night as I watered my babies in their solo/beer cups, and after slowly watering to the point of run off, I weighed my cup. I was shocked to learn that the previous light as a feather cup now weighed almost a pound, or 418 grams to be exact. I was shocked, so I decided to...
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Thank you @Emilya, I'll take the weight and take care of it, so now I'll wait for the leaves to show me to the roots?
Emilya Green
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I am not sure what you are asking here... could you please rephrase this in some way?
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I meant when the plant itself shows me it has watering time? I'm sorry to use the translator.
Emilya Green
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yes, exactly.
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Ok, thanks @Emilya
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Hi @Kanno26, sorry I missed a few things, been in trim jail. I'm caught up and could have attached this to the end post, (plants look great btw, and it looks like a totally benign nute splash to me, I wouldn't worry about it, imho), but you had a question in here I can confuse you with, you I put the response here. Lol.So I pulled it to 75% power.
How long should you keep it in veg? Here's some possible and totally legit answers:
- as long as you want - check out @InTheShed's Candida in his perpetual journal, you'll understand what I mean, lol - in your case you're going to flower them out, not make huge mother plants, right? So it's a great question and I hope you get a ton of responses to it.
- at least 60 days - many folks believe that this is the minimum for a plant to be "ready for flower" - I am one of them
- until the plant is "veg mature" and telling you it's ready to flower now, regardless of days into veg - I don't necessarily have this skill yet, it's a judgement call based on experience, but you could ask some of the more experienced growers about this and I'd bet you'll get some interesting answers...
- until it's trained the way you want it, including an established canopy if that's what you're going for
- until it's half filling the totality of your vertical available space, perhaps a bit less, to make sure it has the appropriate room to stretch
If you're really unsure and can't decide, the space concept is likely the safest way to know. Underestimating the stretch and/or not leaving enough vertical space for the plant to double in size (often more) has caused more growers than just me many a headache.
So there's a few potential answers, and there are many others. Lol.
I agree with a little wet. Looks like a too much water response, nothing more to me too.
But this is a coco grow, no? I thought with coco you were supposed to never let them dry out.
@Jon ?
Another answer is at the very least until it is mature enough, denoted by alternating nodes. Your plants still have opposite branches at the same height at each node.
Once you get to alternating nodes, each single node offset a bit higher than its twin, then you can start thinking about flower.
After it is mature (alternating nodes), one thought is to flip to flower once the plants get to half the height of your grow space ceiling minus lights minus some space between the lights and top of the plants after stretch. They will often double (or more) in height during the stretch and you want to make sure you won't run out of upside room.
Well Bill is the expert, and he said not to ever let them dry out. But I did anyway. Coco or not I know at some point the roots need clean air and need dry. So occasionally I blew them off watering for a day. But with coco that's about all you can get away with I think. I thought more in terms of keeping the medium moist, not necessarily wet all the time.
Emilya Green
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I am totally confused now... I thought this was a soil grow... its coco?