This is a 4 week clone...Last week was its first feeding on Tuesday i gave it half the dosage of GH trio some cal mag and silica along with some rapid start. The next feeding i gave it some regular water and after that i gave it some compost tea.. Today i gave another half dosage of the same initial feeding i started it with its on a 18 to 6 light schedule...Why are my leaf's dropped?
What problem is this?
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CaliRootz88
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Are they droopy all day? You may be over watering. Let her get a goooood dry back. And then water. Are you PH checking your waterings?
I gave it compost tea on sunday and then checked the soil the next day and it felt dry. I let it continue to fully get dry so they would be hungry and then today i fed it and PHd the nutrients to 6.4
CaliRootz88
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Do you give her plain waterings as well or are you adding stuff every time?
I gave her a plain watering before giving it compost tea on sunday as a way of flushing so i wont get salt build up
Hiphophippo
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Looks over watered I’d let it dry out some and wait for them to perk up also if your not using silica with every watering it’s pointless
I actually let the soil dry up and watered when i felt it light....i gave it regular water today with every nutrient feeding i give it i always add some silica to it. I feed nutrients then water and every other week i do compost tea to keep my soil alive and active
Hiphophippo
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I’m just saying even your plain waterings you should add the silica as it’s not food but a protective additive for the roots and not using it in every watering even the plain ones makes it ineffective. They look like they need up potted I bet it’s root stress from being in to small a pot. I would transplant. They look a little nitrogen hungry too but might just be from needing transplanted I would start there
It hasnt been a month since i transplanted but then again in the veg stage they do take off fast. Should i just moved them up to a 5 gal pot and give them a full dosage of nutrients?
ProPheT 216
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I can see your pots are dry. Do you water and get run off? Very important question
Ill water till i get some run off probably not as much as i should to get a read on the ph level....i did so today and the ph was 7.1...this was 5 min ago
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ProPheT 216
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You need to learn the basics fast of how to grow in the medium you chose. Every thing your plant dosent eat bonds together every feed and makes a bigger more complex chain (salts basicly) that the plant can no longer uptake, furthermore it's sits in the way available nitrients. On top of that it destroys soil ph.
ProPheT 216
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You said your run off is above 7? I would water in a ¾ strength feed at like .3 lower ph than your actually shooting for. Let plenty go thru, then let it settle and water a little again and check your run off. Repeat if necessary
ProPheT 216
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Calcium works wonders in your situation as well but that's getting advanced
Ive grown before but i started from seeds. This is my first time growing with a clone and not being able to start from scratch and be able to know the timing on everything. I will definitely do the feeding part to lower my ph and get the run off where i want it so i dont get too much salt stuck therefore stopping the plant from in taking the neccessary nutrients
ProPheT 216
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I'd be doing that now, not later... Your plant isn't getting N because ph is to high
I gave it a water feed today just plain water. Should i wait and do it tomorrow..that way i wont overwater
Dank Bongula
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How often is that pot drying out and what temps is it at?? Those damn plastic pots always stayed wet too damn long for my liking. What silica are you using? Waste in soil....
ProPheT 216
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Your not gonna over water if you don't leave your run off dish full of water and the pot can drain well. Your plant is starving why wait? Plus your soil needs to get its ph back into range