HGO, been following your thread for a while. Love it. Suprised your still at it. Over 500 posts. Wow!
I got me a problem (got many but one in particular) just cant get the girls to finish. Didnt used to be a problem in earlier grows. The ladies always gave brilliant displays of yellow when they were done and ready for me to harvest. But now they are staying green way past the estimated end dates and dont die.
I use Canna nutes and feed by their schedule. I water once a day (though I tried to start 3x a day recently and immediately 3 plants came up with burnt tips so Im confused and gun-shy) and had been feeding them every time. I usually live in a Sea of Green but its gotten out of hand. It has been suggested that I lower my Nitrogen and with Canna that means A (4-0-1 - not particularly onerous). I had a bad dose of Nitrogen toxicity in my last grow. Not sure what to do. I have switched from changing colors of leaves to more extensive trichome examination. But they just dont want to die.
Any ideas?
HGO, been following your thread for a while. Love it. Suprised your still at it. Over 500 posts. Wow!
I got me a problem (got many but one in particular) just cant get the girls to finish. Didnt used to be a problem in earlier grows. The ladies always gave brilliant displays of yellow when they were done and ready for me to harvest. But now they are staying green way past the estimated end dates and dont die.
I use Canna nutes and feed by their schedule. I water once a day (though I tried to start 3x a day recently and immediately 3 plants came up with burnt tips so Im confused and gun-shy) and had been feeding them every time. I usually live in a Sea of Green but its gotten out of hand. It has been suggested that I lower my Nitrogen and with Canna that means A (4-0-1 - not particularly onerous). I had a bad dose of Nitrogen toxicity in my last grow. Not sure what to do. I have switched from changing colors of leaves to more extensive trichome examination. But they just dont want to die.
Any ideas?
Hello, I've just started my first grow in coco according to HGO tutorial.
I've started from seed in 2 gallon smart pot.
I have 2,5 gallon water reservoir for feeding with drip system, but I am fighting with ph fluctuations.
Currently I am using RO water + canna mono Calcium and Magnesium + Hesi root complex,
After adjusting my PH to 5.8 wit PH Down it stays stable for an hour, but after 24 hours it goes up to 7.0.
What can I do to keep it stable?
Thanks in advance.
hey buddy thanks for posting.
I'm not trying to be snooty but i think its worth mentioning that the tutorial clearly outlines the need for and the instructions for why you go up in pot size sloooowly. i personally start seeds in cells the size of your finger and move to the 50 cell then the 4 inch then the 1 gal then the 2 gal after they are over a foot and a half and totally white in the 1 gal. you would be doing that plant a great service to pluck it out and put it in something no bigger than a pill bottle til it fills the roots. 2 gallons is way too big for a seedling and you won't get the results coco can provide with it in too big a pot. it'll be over a month before its ready for that pot size. stick with it coco rocks. just don't put them in too big a container until they are big aggressive growing plants. just gently scoop it with a spoon and try not to break the root too much but don't freak if you do it'll be allright. the grow roots like lizard tails.
Hey, Silviomanuel. Thanks for checking out the thread, I'm glad you're enjoying it. Str8edge is bang on the money with his post. Always start in smaller pots and work your way up. I start out in 2Ltr pots, then move to 3.5Ltr. If I'm growing SOG with 25 plants per light I stay with the 3.5Ltrs but if I'm running as low as 6 plants per lamp I transplant again to 6.5Ltr pots. I also don't add the hydroton until the last transplant. I'm not sure why your PH is jumping up so dramatically, are you recirculating or DTW? Is your EC staying the same? Which base nutrients are you using?
Peace,
HGO
IMO it's the Hesi root complex, I used to use hesi for organic soil. Are their coco range organic as well by any chance? I use canna mono Mg, and Ca often and it never does much to my rez but then again I'm only putting in 0.05-0.1EC. How much are you using? How big are your plants? Why aren't you using a base?
Peace,
HGO
i don't know any thing about that nutrient line but what ever you would add to a vegging plant be it base and cal/nit product plus anything else you like to a seedling. heres the trick. adjust the strength to a very low level. so same as veg but weaker. if the nutrient line is like most its going to be about 2x too strong on the recommended dosage. the proper dose for coco dtw multifeed is still even still about 50% or more too strong for a seedling. so mix up full strength and dilute by 150%-200% to start off. if this starts to yellow the plant decrease the dilution by a third. and follow this pattern till you don't see deficiency colors and you don't see burning or that horrible super dark green toxicity shiny forest green look. if you do see signs of overfeeding, don't flush water, simply lower dilution a little and flush and continue as before. no wild swings in reaction to mild issues. don't rev up the juice too fast when you see yellowing and don't flush with plain water if you see a bit of burn or over nitro look. light gentle corrections. if you adjust strength the effect is immediate in hydro you don't need to flush the shit out of them just lower strength and the plant will be at the right strength effective immediately.They are saying it's organic , My plant just sprouted so I am afraid to add any food to the solution, only RO water, canna Ca Mg 100ppm for both, root complex and supervit. should I start to add the base, or it's better to wait until second set of leaves?
Thanks.
Dan's hit the nail in the head with that one, canna nutes are pretty strong. Never feed by their schedule. All plants are different, just keep your eye on them and feed accordingly. Have you got an EC/PH meter? If you don't then get one asap so you'll know exactly what you're feeding your girls.
On the flush, how do you do it? I personally mix up some cal/mag at 0.4EC and flush the plants until I'm seeing 0.4EC come out of the waste then I feed them plain water until harvest. I also use a flushing agent to help the process.
G'luck,
HGO
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