Recalculating Nutrients

Mr. Jixxo

Mr. Jixxo

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Ok. So I've noticed some of my plants showing signs of being over fed with nutrients. Unfortunately I have to wait a couple days for my soil to dry out before I can flush them, but in the meantime I have a couple questions.

I'm currently in my 4th week of veg and am using bio bizz grow and bio bizz heaven along with rhizotonic. I'm in a place that uses the metric system so all my numbers will be in that. I'm using a neutral organic soil(bio bizz light mix) in 11liter pots, and have been using 1mL Rhizo per Liter water, 1.25mL Heaven per Liter, and 1.5mL Grow per Liter. For those who don't know, 1 gallon is just over 3.8 Liters. I ph my water, and only water as is needed, but I was feeding every watering, which was obviously too much so after my flush I'll probaly feed every other watering.

So my questions are:

1) After flushing how do I determine which of my nutrients is the culprit? Or, was I just feeding too much in general and instead of changing ratios I should just feed less? (I haven't had any other problems and everything is growing well and looking healthy. Just a few plants have burnt leaf tips. I have just switched nutrients and am still trying to figure out my ratios, but I am using only 1/2 or less of recommended dosage)
2) Do I need to use a 3-1 water-soil ratio for flushing or can I use less, wait for my soil to dry out, and then do another "small" flush? I ask because I don't have a container, or the space for a container that will hold enough water to do a 3-1 flush in 1 go because my water is very hard and must be ph'd before use, and I'm trying to avoid a long, grueling flushing process. If I must, I must, but any advice would be helpful.

Thanks in advance
 
joefo53

joefo53

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Flush now don't wait till it dries up it will just suck up more nutes and prolly kill them... Flush at least 2-1 with tap water then 1-1 with ph'd water... As for feeding nutes at 4 weeks I use full strength every other watering.. I use DNF so for me it's 5ml of a&b per liter... And mine love it that way!! I wouldn't add any more bites for about 2 waterings.. About a week!! Good lick hope this helps ya out
 
Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest

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Never flush twice in a row. Flushing once is hard enough on the plant. When using it to wash away too much fertilizer, you don't need to completely flush the soil like you would for end-of-flowering flushing to be effective. Any runoff after the soil is saturated should be flushing the soil.

That said, it sounds like flushing is inconvenient for you and your plants will be fine if you choose to just water normally.
 
Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest

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Yes, you should wait until the soil is pretty dry before flushing because you are going to be overwatering the soil. You then should wait extra time before watering again for the same reason. In either case, there's no need to wait until it's bone dry all the way to the bottom, just a little longer than normal.
 
Mr. Jixxo

Mr. Jixxo

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So I ended up flushing last night, and everything seems to be good this morning. Going to let them dry out now and see how they do. Probably stick to just water for this last week of veg as I was planning to flip them next week and had planned on flushing then.

No pix of the nute burn, but here's a few shots to give you a better look.
 
*BUDS

*BUDS

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Mr. Jixxo said:
Ok. So I've noticed some of my plants showing signs of being over fed with nutrients. Unfortunately I have to wait a couple days for my soil to dry out before I can flush them, but in the meantime I have a couple questions.

I'm currently in my 4th week of veg and am using bio bizz grow and bio bizz heaven along with rhizotonic. I'm in a place that uses the metric system so all my numbers will be in that. I'm using a neutral organic soil(bio bizz light mix) in 11liter pots, and have been using 1mL Rhizo per Liter water, 1.25mL Heaven per Liter, and 1.5mL Grow per Liter. For those who don't know, 1 gallon is just over 3.8 Liters. I ph my water, and only water as is needed, but I was feeding every watering, which was obviously too much so after my flush I'll probaly feed every other watering.

So my questions are:

1) After flushing how do I determine which of my nutrients is the culprit? Or, was I just feeding too much in general and instead of changing ratios I should just feed less? (I haven't had any other problems and everything is growing well and looking healthy. Just a few plants have burnt leaf tips. I have just switched nutrients and am still trying to figure out my ratios, but I am using only 1/2 or less of recommended dosage)
2) Do I need to use a 3-1 water-soil ratio for flushing or can I use less, wait for my soil to dry out, and then do another "small" flush? I ask because I don't have a container, or the space for a container that will hold enough water to do a 3-1 flush in 1 go because my water is very hard and must be ph'd before use, and I'm trying to avoid a long, grueling flushing process. If I must, I must, but any advice would be helpful.

Thanks in advance
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i cant see any evidence of over feeding. they look like they're developing nute def because your ph is too high.bring it down to 6 and should fix prob. they look better today due to the flushing, but ph will creep up if you dont address this prob.
 
Mr. Jixxo

Mr. Jixxo

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*BUDS said:
i cant see any evidence of over feeding. they look like they're developing nute def because your ph is too high.bring it down to 6 and should fix prob. they look better today due to the flushing, but ph will creep up if you dont address this prob.
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I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes. Thx
 
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