jstone1633
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Im heading into week 8 on a 10 week strain and pretty much everything just went yellow. Is there anything I could hit them with that would do any good?
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Kinda late in the game but I would maybe top dress some earth worm castings if you're worried about it. I'm not sure that I would mess around with any specific N sources at this stage though.
You're plant may just be finishing early. Breeders recommendations are just that, recommendations. How do the pistils and trichomes look? Is this plant new to you?Im heading into week 8 on a 10 week strain and pretty much everything just went yellow. Is there anything I could hit them with that would do any good?
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You're plant may just be finishing early. Breeders recommendations are just that, recommendations. How do the pistils and trichomes look? Is this plant new to you?
Interesting. Do you use a "water only" soil, or do you use bottled organics? What is different about what you've done this grow compared to your last few?Ive grown it a few times. A clone of a clone of a clone. 10 weeks for sure
Interesting. Do you use a "water only" soil, or do you use bottled organics? What is different about what you've done this grow compared to your last few?
I think Ali's on to something. Especially when using a mostly soil-less mix. Overall, you have very little humic material in your mix. Humic material is the main thing that regulates wide pH fluctuations. And you've been giving it heavy (?) doses of "organic" bottled nutes? I'm not going to be able to help diagnose or fix this problem. I grow in my own hand crafted soils. I have no experience with soil-less/bottled nute grows. Good luck. Hope you get it figured out.What is the pH of your soil? You could be in a lockout situation......it happens in organics as well.
I dont agree with PH-ing organic nutes but they are in a bottle, and your talking 3x normal amounts, the more bottled shit you use the lower its gonna push the PH so maybe you're on to something... Bottled organic products have to have the PH forced way low, 3's or 4's or whatever or else the bottles will explode on the shelves due to the microbial activity thats in them... Check out blue planted nutrients I believe the name is, I've read quite a few posts by the owner... They offer chem and organic bottled products... I however suggest getting your "just add water" grow on though... The best buds I've grown were just add water type growing... Much easier in general and much easier to see whats going on... No PH issues, no over feeding... Just add water... as easy as it gets... Throw a tea and/or a sweetener in here and there to keep the soil and plants happy...
Myself personally, I dont necessarily give my plants a grow nute at weeks 4/5 but I wouldnt even think about feeding them a bloom nute until weeks 3-4, even longer for a 10 week strain, I mainly go for the 8-9 weeker strains and havent done to many that were more than 9 weeks as of yet, in the future I will but for now I'm happy with the hybrids I'm running..
The first 2 weeks I would give grow nutes only, then for the following 2 weeks (3 and 4) I'd go from a 75/25 to 50/50 to a 25/75 (grow/bloom) until I got to a 100% bloom nutes. Everyone that uses a bottled product fails to realize that marijuana plants arent necessarily "blooming" to the point of requiring bloom enhancers and a full on bloom nute until week 4 and beyond for longer flowering strains...
Week 1 of 12/12 100% grow nutes
week 2 - 100% grow nutes - at a higher dose possibly depending on how they looked...
week 3 - 75/25, possibly 50/50 depending on how green they are... (grow/bloom, no bloom boosters) If they are dark dark green, you should go with 50/50 from here
week 4 - 50/50 (grow/bloom) depending on flower development I may consider a 1/2 dose of bloom booster...
week 5 - more than likely I'd just switch it up to 100% bloom and start with full doses of bloom enhancers or boosters.. you should really be cutting the N by now... But you can loose out a lot if you just cut the N completely before week 4...
week 6... I feed until the end of week 6, beginning to middle of 7 if they look like they're fading a little to early...
week 7 and beyond water only... reverse osmosis if its available...
Weeks 3, 4, and 5, you should assesing how much more N they need and/or if they need more or not, if they are dark dark green by weeks 3 and 4, you may wanna switch up to the bloom nute, this is where you/us playing god is important by reading the plant... Before flipping your plant, you want it to be 100% healthy, no crunchies on the leaves and as dark green as you can possibly get them (this means they are well stocked up on N) without burning them... Once you trigger flowering by going to 12/12 they are going to use up anything and everything they can, no other point in a plants life cycle will they be using as much nutrients... basically from flip until weeks 3-4-5 (again, on 8-9 week strains I'm stating this, but the halfway point of flowering cycle is where you should be transitioned to 100% bloom and heavy on the boosters or whatever you are using), right as the stretch ends is where you should be lowering the N and bringing up the P and K...
As I said, I'm basing my statements on a 8-9 week flowering strains... I grow organically so I dont have to adjust PH or worry about TDS and all that anymore.. I had enough of all that bullshit..
I think Ali's on to something. Especially when using a mostly soil-less mix. Overall, you have very little humic material in your mix. Humic material is the main thing that regulates wide pH fluctuations. And you've been giving it heavy (?) doses of "organic" bottled nutes? I'm not going to be able to help diagnose or fix this problem. I grow in my own hand crafted soils. I have no experience with soil-less/bottled nute grows. Good luck. Hope you get it figured out.