Oops: do I need to flush these transplants right away?

aeroretzev

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Note to self: Don't feed when you're in a rush.

I added nutes too soon... I picked up Advanced Nutrients GMB today, and added to the soil at half strength to some newly transplanted clones. The label says start at week one of vegetative growth, but when I did further reading (after already adding it) their feeding chart says not to feed until 3-4 sets of leaves. Although the clones are healthy and well rooted I don't even have a complete new set.

Do I need to flush (which I really don't want to do to a new transplant if I can avoid it)? Can I just watch for signs of nutrient burning and see how it goes? I don't have enough experience if I just did something potentially catastrophic.
 

purklize

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Do you know what the PPM of the nute solution was?

I run DWC hydroponics, and I take clones and chuck them straight into something that's 500ppm and they grow explosively.
 

aeroretzev

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I went ahead and flushed both, kind of panicky. I hate myself right now... I must have checked those clones for roots 20 times a day and I was so pumped when it was time to transplant. It wouldn't be as big of a deal but I wasn't able to order seeds so this is all the genetics I have. I put my plant into flower 5 days ago, but I took two more cuttings just now to be safe - even if they take a long time to root it's worth saving since I don't know when I will get seeds again.

In hindsight, I wish I had left one alone. I've never flushed a transplant so I don't know what's riskier, the flood or the burn... that way I would have seen the results of both.

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I don't pay attention to PPMs for soil, only know that it was 1/2 strength in distilled water.


Has anyone ever had to flush a transplant because of a day-of-transplant error and knows what to expect?

This is about 2 hours after flush - plant in the front looks good, in back is droopy, but I hear thats to be expected.

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purklize

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It'll be fine, don't worry about it. It need feeding earlier now if you flushed all the nutes out of the soil, including the ones that were already there.
 
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