Unclebilly
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Hey guys so basically, I’m just ending my first week of flower.
everything has been going great so far I think.
I’m starting to grasp the concept after much research about the microbiology, nutrients breaking down and being available to the plant through the living soil etc...
I noticed over the past few days my new growth up top dropping and the rest of the plant looks good. I’ve only read that to be overwatering? Which I don’t think I’m doing...
Any advice on what that might be or how to rectify it would be greatly appreciated.
my other question is general... but how do I know when to add nutrients such as an organic dry amendment top Dressing or tea? I feel like I don’t want to wait for a deficiency to pop up before trying to guess at what’s wrong in the middle of flower. I also don’t want to be jamming a bunch of amendments to a soil that is already sufficient in such nutrients. I guess I am just inexperienced and not sure what to look for. Any tips would be great.
so far during this grow, every time I have seen a problem, I think I just outgrew the container. Once I transplant into a larger container, with More soil, they bounce back easily. I’m currently in 5gallon grow bags.
(also, don’t mind the plant in the middle, she’s a runt and I didn’t have the heart to cut her down)
soil recipe is below
my soil recipe is here:
1 part Canadian Peat moss
1 part organic compost
1 part perlite
Kelp meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil*
Neem meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil
Crab or Crustacean Meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil
Rock Dust, 2 cups per cubic foot of soil
Gypsum, 1 cup per cubic foot of soil
Oyster Shell flour, 1 cup per cubic foot of soil
A handful of worm castings
In the recipe above, when I mention the amendment amounts “per cubic foot of soil”, I mean the total combined volume including peat moss, compost, and aeration.
everything has been going great so far I think.
I’m starting to grasp the concept after much research about the microbiology, nutrients breaking down and being available to the plant through the living soil etc...
I noticed over the past few days my new growth up top dropping and the rest of the plant looks good. I’ve only read that to be overwatering? Which I don’t think I’m doing...
Any advice on what that might be or how to rectify it would be greatly appreciated.
my other question is general... but how do I know when to add nutrients such as an organic dry amendment top Dressing or tea? I feel like I don’t want to wait for a deficiency to pop up before trying to guess at what’s wrong in the middle of flower. I also don’t want to be jamming a bunch of amendments to a soil that is already sufficient in such nutrients. I guess I am just inexperienced and not sure what to look for. Any tips would be great.
so far during this grow, every time I have seen a problem, I think I just outgrew the container. Once I transplant into a larger container, with More soil, they bounce back easily. I’m currently in 5gallon grow bags.
(also, don’t mind the plant in the middle, she’s a runt and I didn’t have the heart to cut her down)
soil recipe is below
my soil recipe is here:
1 part Canadian Peat moss
1 part organic compost
1 part perlite
Kelp meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil*
Neem meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil
Crab or Crustacean Meal, ½ cup per cubic foot of soil
Rock Dust, 2 cups per cubic foot of soil
Gypsum, 1 cup per cubic foot of soil
Oyster Shell flour, 1 cup per cubic foot of soil
A handful of worm castings
In the recipe above, when I mention the amendment amounts “per cubic foot of soil”, I mean the total combined volume including peat moss, compost, and aeration.
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