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CannaReview
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If a little Calcium Nitrate and Epsom alts can fuck with the ph of PH perfect, something is wrong there. How big are your pots. 1-2 gal pots should be dry by the the second day after you water 3-5 gal pots should be about 3 and 7 gal pots about 4 days or less. If its not you're either over watering or you media is holding the water.
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CalyxCrusher
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5-7 is fine depending on the size of the plant and pot and how aerated your media is. Salt build up shouldnt be an issue so long as your arent feeding them nutes every watering. Ive used CalMag with AN 3 part and had no issues. If youre using coco, the Sensi coco line from AN has CalMag added to it since plants in coco seem to need it more. Otherwise you can totally use CalMag.
johny sunset
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I'm using 7 gal smart pots. I think my soil (pro mix) is holding on to the water. My temps never go above 80 and the humidity usually Around 40-55%. I even have a fan blowing directly on the pots as well as two above on the canopy. I built a table so all the run off flows away from the pots and into a container.
I never water until the pots feel light enough ( lift test ) I some times even use a moisture gague. When I water I do it till I get some run off then stop. Fir the 7 gallon pots that's about 10 -11 litres.
Even my new seedlings about 5 weeks in veg. There in 1 gallons(black plastic ) till I can sex them and there taking about 4-5 days before they need water. I've been hitting them with a cal mag spray a few times a week about an hour b4 lights on and they haven shown any calmag issues yet.
johny sunset
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Moving forward I'm gonna try adding an extra 25% pirlite to my soil and see how that goes. I initially stated feeding every other water but sense it was taking so long for the pots to dry out the plants would look like they where starving by time the next feed came around. So I used the AN rep advice and just tried to make sure I had some good run off. Ideally I would like to go back to feeding every other water...,wich I'm doing with my next round....in the pic left Cindy 99x sweet skunk. Middle is kush Barry and left northern lights from peekseeds bc.
Pic is from about 10 days ago
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johny sunset
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Dumb question but do you need to worry about your water ph using those products. One of the biggest reasons I'm looking into living soil is so to avoid all the ph testing and what not.I use 2ml per litre of AN sensi calmag, 2ml per litre of iguana juice bloom and 2ml per litre of AN Mother Earth organic tea plants seem to love it and it's all certified organicwith ro water
GrowRock
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As long as you use ro water and the above formula I haven't had issues with ph
johny sunset
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Good to know.
pots are way to big for your plants at their size...Moving forward I'm gonna try adding an extra 25% pirlite to my soil and see how that goes. I initially stated feeding every other water but sense it was taking so long for the pots to dry out the plants would look like they where starving by time the next feed came around. So I used the AN rep advice and just tried to make sure I had some good run off. Ideally I would like to go back to feeding every other water...,wich I'm doing with my next round....in the pic left Cindy 99x sweet skunk. Middle is kush Barry and left northern lights from peekseeds bc.
Pic is from about 10 days ago
over watering and the issue you have are simple to see.
johny sunset
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So those one gallon pots are two big for plants that are going on 5 weeks old ? Should I be using half gallon ? At how many weeks would you recommend moving to 1 gallon?
johny sunset
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They where in a dixie cup first until they got fairly root bound then moved to the one gallon....my understanding is that when you traspant into a larger pot you should only water as far out as the plant leafs stretch over the pot....cause that's as far as the roots go in the soil....so moving forward I should be potting up one gallon size at a time? 1-2 then 2-3 and so on?
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johny sunset
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Thanks fer the tips.a Dixie cup to one gallon is a huge jump and over watering can happen in soil!
the roots should look like this in each pot before potting up....
Is that a pic from your garden ? Love to see what you got going on in the flower room
lol ..for the first time in many years, Im not lying when I say......not at the moment.Thanks fer the tips.
Is that a pic from your garden ? Love to see what you got going on in the flower room
But that's all gonna change back to, better days ahead.
Payin for it after years of not, is a killer
..... hope no one has to deal or pay the ask for their meds if they need it !! There are options if you use your head. An outdoor crop can do you for a year unless it gets robbed..(sorry Dan) the worst type there be!Lots of good seeds now a day that actually Finnish in Canada...Not Autos or in a green house......Reg strains outside.!
If yer not smokin them green leaves and using the meds only.
.you would be surprised what comes off a good outdoor crop!
Theres not much to show with my grows.. I learn like everyone else and theres always new tricks to try now and then depending on how you are growing..
simple is always better though....
Its always been fun!!!
ps...some people have green thumbs and others have to work at it....
I dont have green thumbs
SneakyBob
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glad to see im not the only one going this route like brewery said look into the no till threads on IC and GC clack is a wizard and your pot size seems fine for super soil/no till IMO. i'm going to go from cups to 10 gallon fabric pots most likely. Just waiting on HC to stop fucking around and finish my paper work. Got my soil mixed up and in their pots with a cover crop sprouting and added worms in each pot getting things ready. have only used EM1 so far but i will be making my own LABS(lactic acid bacteria serum) and collecting some IMO (indigenous micro organisms) as far as inoculants go(korean natural farming). A good portion of my mix is pre made based on clacks mix cut with 1/3 base mix of compost/rice hulls/ peat moss.
HerbalRelief
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Have you tried White widow with this configuration? I use 1ml/L of calimagic by GH per the directions but maybe I need to double it.I use 2ml per litre of AN sensi calmag, 2ml per litre of iguana juice bloom and 2ml per litre of AN Mother Earth organic tea plants seem to love it and it's all certified organic
johny sunset
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Ya, I thought of myself as having green thumb .I remember when I first started growing outdoor when I was around 18ish every year got better and better...really got my system down. But then didn't grow for about 15 years up until now. I figured my green thumb would carry over to my indoor garden. Well not really haha. I've had a lot of issues to say the least. I figur I was lucky to have my past experience to help me even harvest anything half ass decent. and thank god for the internet. I've be doing so much reading on growing over the last 18 months. But I'm so interested in learning more. It's truly an amazing experience to grow your own medicine...hope you get back to it soonlol ..for the first time in many years, Im not lying when I say......not at the moment.
But that's all gonna change back to, better days ahead.
Payin for it after years of not, is a killer
Lots of good seeds now a day that actually Finnish in Canada...Not Autos or in a green house......Reg strains outside.!
If yer not smokin them green leaves and using the meds only.
.you would be surprised what comes off a good outdoor crop!
Theres not much to show with my grows.. I learn like everyone else and theres always new tricks to try now and then depending on how you are growing..
simple is always better though....
Its always been fun!!!
ps...some people have green thumbs and others have to work at it....
I dont have green thumbs
you really really do have to fuck up a plant,,,, .............to not see it finishYa, I thought of myself as having green thumb .I remember when I first started growing outdoor when I was around 18ish every year got better and better...really got my system down. But then didn't grow for about 15 years up until now. I figured my green thumb would carry over to my indoor garden. Well not really haha. I've had a lot of issues to say the least. I figur I was lucky to have my past experience to help me even harvest anything half ass decent. and thank god for the internet. I've be doing so much reading on growing over the last 18 months. But I'm so interested in learning more. It's truly an amazing experience to grow your own medicine...hope you get back to it soon
They are weeds after all .