hazemaster
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Ive got this stuff thats 6-0-0. It says 1 tsp per gallon. DO you think every other watering i should use this? Also should the plants be water eveyday?
Should i use nutes every other watering?you should water when the plants start to dry out. start your nutes at half mix then build up.
Im going today to buy fox farm nutes. You think i should water with the nutes then hold off 2 days then use them again? I water my plants every day- althought not much water.You could but I would get a beter fert. and go every three. For the most part I water every 3-4 days and feed once a month give or take.
Its not much water- its 1 full cup per plant every morning...will that cause root rot?If you water every day you stand a chance of getting root rot. I can't tell you what to do. but if you feed then that often you will kill them. follow the directions
on what ever nutes you use.good luck.
I water them the time the lights turn on..then the next mornin i go to check soil and its extremely dry again. Every other day might helpIf the soil stays moist all the time yes. you should water well and wait for the soil to dry up some. why do you give them a cup a day? you might read up on watering mj plants. the roots like to get wet then dry out some before watering again. With hydro they get air all the time and that off sets the dry needed in soil.
Id say the pots are 3 and half gallons. i dont have acsess to a camera to post pictures. Im using coco dirt also.How big are your pots? pic's help allot.
Yah i think your right- ive got my whole wateering schedule screwed up.A cup a day in a 3 gal pot is only making the very top moist. You have to water them all the way thru. You want them roots to grow thru the entire pot.
Half a gallon every 3 days seems to be a lot of water althought it prolly makes since cuz the roots would be drying up by the 3 days. Also If i was to use nutrients that would mean id only be able to use them every 6 days because its suppose to have water in between nutes. Do you think it would hurt the plants to just not use plain water in between due to the fact it would be every 3 days?Those pots should be plenty big enough to water every 3 or 4 days. I use a pump up sprayer to water. this allows the soil to absorb the water and not just runout the bottom. I give each plant a spray "no standing water on the soil. After the top soil is moist I water each plant with more water. I was using about 1/2 gal of water in each plant. and water 3-4 days. stick your index finger in the soil to the second knuckle
when you feel "no" moisture its time to water again. You want the pots to have some run off. This helps stop any build ups in your soil. Anyway thats how I do it and I use a coco blend too. A couple of pic's of the last grow.
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thanks for the advice once again- althoguh fox farm schedule says to feed every other watteing- you think its over kill?In my thinking you want the plain water to help flush the nutes out of the soil so you keep everything level. And the soil will only hold so much water anything after that will run out the bottom. I think using nutes once a week is over kill. I would feed them every other week. when you get used to the nutes you'll be able to see when they need fed. I stoped using a schedule to feed. For the most part I was feeding about every three weeks