TheCoastMan
Active Member
Don't over-love your ladies. It's very rare to have problems with sulfur if you are already using nitrogen in your nutes since there is an abundance of it in nitrogen. If you have a sulfur deficiency then you should see yellowing of young leaves and as the deficiency gets worse leaf stems and petioles turn purple. I would use straight water for at least the next 2 waterings, maybe 3 depending on the results, and you should see steady improvement. Careful not to over water.
I am also in the 5th week of flowering and I use the Foxfarm nute schedule at http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/soilfeed.pdf. My ladies are in 5 gal pots and I use the nutes once a week, not every other day like that schedule says. These nutrients along with Ocean Forest soil have worked flawlessly for me. Molasses is the only thing I ever add to the mix.
Starting this week my schedule will go like this:
Sunday - Week 9 Foxfarm nutes, 1/2 strength for Bluberries and full strength for White Widows, 2 days after that 1/3 gal of just water for both strains, 2 days from there a little over 1/3 gal straight water for each plant with 1/3 tablespoon of molasses for each (that works out to the rate of 1 tablespoon molasses per gallon).
Three days later I will repeat the entire process again with the Week 7 Foxfarm schedule. I may have to adjust watering as the ladies get thirstier with time, but I have done it this way for a while with perfect results every time out and the only adjustment I have ever had to make is for nute sensitivity in plants like the Blueberries. As a matter of fact, Foxfarm Ocean Forest is too hot for this strain of Joey Weed F1 Blueberries so before I transplant them I have to flush the soil thoroughly 3 or 4 times. I then don't add any nutes through the first 4 weeks of vegging. The Blueberry also drinks a little less than the White Widows so I will sometimes water a little less. I use the pick up the pot method, but I also have a moisture gauge since I like to see how damp the dirt is at the bottom of my pots.
As far as the molasses is concerned, I will only run that in the mix for two to three weeks. That seems to be perfect for boosting the buds without gunking up my soil. Obviously, I want a clean water only schedule for the last 10 days before harvest.
Hope this helps!
