CandyColas
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Hi all. I'm so glad I found this forum and this thread. I just wish that I would have found it sooner. I posted this same comment in another thread. I just figured I'd get more exposure here. I hope that's okay. My apologies if not. Just let me know and I'll delete one of them.
Anyway, I started to notice that my leaves were starting to twist. I was getting some necrotic spots and leaves were starting to look like mutants . It looked like toxic salt buildup according to pictures I've seen online so I flushed and have will be watering every 2 days with runoff. I've also lowered my nutes to about 25% of the recommended and will build up from there. This was 2 days ago and they already look better.
Since I'm new to all this, I have no idea how large they are supposed to be at this point. I thought that coco growth is supposed to be fast and they have been growing pretty slow. I just read some threads about Granddaddy purp and now I believe it's because of the strain.
I have a few questions that hopefully you guys can help out with:
Cuttings. Picture taken 6/23 (my first attempt 100% rooted in 8 days!)
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Pregrowing for about a week in 3.5 inch pots to grow rootball. Picture taken 7/6
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Transplanted in 3 gallon pots. Pictures taken 7/7
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Looking better after flush. Picture taken 7/22
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Here is the difference the flush made:
1 day before flush (taken 7/18)
3 days after flush (7/22)
So how do they look to all you pros out there?
- I'm currently growing 12 granddaddy purples
- Vegging under a single 400W MH
- I'm using Canna Coco in 3 gallon pots
- Canna A + B
- Cannazym
- Rhizotonic
Anyway, I started to notice that my leaves were starting to twist. I was getting some necrotic spots and leaves were starting to look like mutants . It looked like toxic salt buildup according to pictures I've seen online so I flushed and have will be watering every 2 days with runoff. I've also lowered my nutes to about 25% of the recommended and will build up from there. This was 2 days ago and they already look better.
Since I'm new to all this, I have no idea how large they are supposed to be at this point. I thought that coco growth is supposed to be fast and they have been growing pretty slow. I just read some threads about Granddaddy purp and now I believe it's because of the strain.
I have a few questions that hopefully you guys can help out with:
- PH - When should I test the PH and what should it be at with Canna products? Hydro store guy says to test PH after I add nutrients but I keep reading posts about testing before you add nutes. Canna recommends between 5.2 and 6.2 PH. I've been using 5.8.
- How often should I water with 3 gallon pots? I was thinking about setting up a dripper system. What is the best type? 1 emitter, 2 or 3 emitters or soaker tubes?
- Do I really need to flush or is 20% runoff enough of a flush? Canna doesn't recommend flushing. By the way, I've read in this thread to test PH and EC of your runoff but Canna says that testing your runoff (if running to waste) will give you false information. Any thoughts on that?
- Granddaddy purp is an indica strain so I know that it's going to be short and bushy. When should I switch to flower? They are only about 6 inches tall right now but they are about 12 - 15 inches wide. They are not growing in height very fast but they are growing quickly in width.
Cuttings. Picture taken 6/23 (my first attempt 100% rooted in 8 days!)
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Pregrowing for about a week in 3.5 inch pots to grow rootball. Picture taken 7/6
View attachment 18428
Transplanted in 3 gallon pots. Pictures taken 7/7
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Looking better after flush. Picture taken 7/22
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Here is the difference the flush made:
1 day before flush (taken 7/18)
3 days after flush (7/22)
So how do they look to all you pros out there?