Is it too early to add nutrients to these girls?

personalresearch · Jun 12, 2012

Some are doing just fine and others have some signs of deficiency. Yellow spots, wilting leaves. Any advice or suggestions? I'd like to get some nutrients, but I'd like ot make sure they are at a proper age and not too young.

(Blurry pictures below are from my pos phone , but I tried to point out the problem plants.)

Lights: 3x60 watt efficiency bulbs
Water: spring water (which I'm not sure if THAT is the best idea)
Medium: Miracle Gro Coir - With Basic Nutrients. (N, P[SUB]2[/SUB]O[SUB]5[/SUB], K[SUB]2[/SUB]0)
Age: 2 weeks

Thanks!

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

I add nutes 3 days after germination at a concentration of 275 ppm.

b18chbr · Jun 12, 2012

And i would switch from spring water and get distilled water its pretty cheap

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

b18chbr said:
And i would switch from spring water and get distilled water its pretty cheap

Why do you prefer dist. water. Is price the only reason?

b18chbr · Jun 12, 2012

Because the ph in distilled water is an average of 6.0 to 6.5 . Not just the price, it also dosent have any additives. Im a noob still so correct me if im wrong..

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

b18chbr said:
Because the ph in distilled water is an average of 6.0 to 6.5 . Not just the price, it also dosent have any additives

What additives are in spring water?

personalresearch · Jun 12, 2012

bigv1976, any nutrient suggestions? I don't have a local grow hardware/superstore... just a small nursery business and home depot near by.

b18chbr, I can understand the distilled water preference, just because of the whole distilling process that takes away everythin.

Thanks again

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

personalresearch said:
I can understand the distilled water preference, makes sense because of the whole distilling process that takes away everything. Any nutrient suggestions? I don't have a local grow hardware/superstore... just a small nursery business and home depot near by.

Thanks again

If you say so. Distilling is just boiling and all it is removing are all the micro elements like copper boron and iron.

b18chbr · Jun 12, 2012

bigv1976 said:
What additives are in spring water?

Actually im not to sure whats in his spring water lol. I use distilled water and havent had any problems this far... like i said im still a noob so take what i say with a grain of salt..

b18chbr · Jun 12, 2012

bigv1976 said:
If you say so. Distilling is just boiling and all it is removing are all the micro elements like copper boron and iron.

So wouldnt distilled water be better because you have a clean slate to start off with if your adding nutes?

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

personalresearch said:
bigv1976, any nutrient suggestions? I don't have a local grow hardware/superstore... just a small nursery business and home depot near by.

b18chbr, I can understand the distilled water preference, just because of the whole distilling process that takes away everythin.

Thanks again

I would go with something like Neptunes Harvest or Jack's Classic. You should be able to find one or the other locally. If you cant anything will work as long as you keep an eye on your plants and dont over do it.

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

b18chbr said:
So wouldnt distilled water be better because you have a clean slate to start off with if your adding nutes?

Some would think so and thats fine. You cant go wrong with distilled water.

b18chbr · Jun 12, 2012

bigv1976 said:
If you say so. Distilling is just boiling and all it is removing are all the micro elements like copper boron and iron.

Distilled water is not just boiled water.. Distillation involves boiling the water and then condensing the steam into a clean container.

bigv1976 · Jun 12, 2012

b18chbr said:
Distilled water is not just boiled water.. Distillation involves boiling the water and then condensing the steam into a clean container.

Correct that is boiling water.

missnu · Jun 12, 2012

No need to use distilled water with soil plants..they are better off with safe drinking water from the tap, mineral, spring, bottled or drinking water...you don't want sterile water...you want live water with all the organisms and minerals it has, or has had added back...depending on the type of water...distilled and RO are good for hydro, but not so much for soil...soil is dirty...so sterile water is not all that great...anyway, They are too young for nutes...wait til you have 2 sets of serrated leaves...

bullwinkle60 · Jun 12, 2012

Two weeks is too young to be adding nutes. MG has timed release nutes in it already.

weedworlds · Jun 12, 2012

miracle grow might be your problem. i use normal tapwater with liquid oxygen, formulex which is a root stimulator and cocco a & b. then tst ph and us ph upper or down if nessicry

Le pic · Jun 12, 2012

What you need to do now, is transplant thoses babies in a bigger pot.

I always wait till third weeks for nute, exept for some fish emulsion, at 1/2

thedrunk · Jun 12, 2012

They look a little small for nutes just yet.

Water and seaweed IMHO (or what ever sea weed extract you use)

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