i've looked everywhere and i can't make a decision
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UNICRONLIVES
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give us the RUN DOWN..kinda soil..kinda nutes..nute strength...spider mites would be fairly easy to notice..do you see any bugs in the room/tent...
UNICRONLIVES
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are you letting the tap water sit for a good few hours to get the chlorine to evaporate?!...i dont think it is a def..of cal or mag imo.... is there a possibility you nute burned..?!! I have seen the FF be a bit strong on certain strains...did you water down the soil before hand?!
vostok
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Everything matters you have standard to advanced nute burn, as in theres so much food clogging the roots that they can't get the food(nute def) they need, start by giving your babes a good drenching to my blog: on the art of the flush, next cut back your nutes by 1/3rd for 2 weeks, or until you see a noticeable difference, flush every time every one month to avoid these toasty moments, good to see you have ample perlite to dilute your FFOF and avoid root compaction, just not enough for your urea additives ...lol
to my blog: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/flush-baby-flush.27513/
ps a weakend plant will attract all types of predators ..stay sharp
bigbuddin84
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FFOF is strong. I dont even buy their veg formula. The nutes in bag last until flower for me, but I use a short veg cycle. I almost always experience a slight burn, without adding nutes. But its a good stable soil, so I like it and use it.
dy0nz
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is flushing bad??
UNICRONLIVES
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NO..flushing is not bad... Im not sure why Dr. would wait till shtf..maybe he can enlighten you to as why he waits
Dr.Pecker
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I have seen thread after thread after thread about flushing do I or dont I? pages and pages of people arguing about it. All I give my plants is water a little sugar and some guano worm casting teas. I don't even ph adjust anymore my tap is something like 8.3 but my soil is home made prebuffered so the ph changes in the soil. All i do is water most of the time so I don't have anything to flush out!In organics your not feeding the plant your feeding the soil microlife. Chems are different if your using fertilizer salt or synthetics(beastie blooms miracle grow jacks classic just for example) you might want do flush at the end.
I will rule out a k issue because you using grow big not bloom nutrients. i would always rule out other things before I flush. Try 6.3 ph. and get some calmag. i had to use calmag with fox farm because their stuff didnt have any in it.Add the growbig and calmag to the water mix it up then ph adjust your solution. You need a tds meter if your going be flushing so you can check the ppms of the run off water. If your ppms are high in the runoff water then you have a lock out issue because that fertilizer isn't getting used up by the plants its just accumulating in the soil.Then and only then do you need to flush. well balanced soil with a balanced fertilizer never needs to be flushed imo
UNICRONLIVES
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bingo!!..Ive never had to use cal/mag and i grow in coco coir. I have seen time and time again from people using FF that get what you have and it turns out to be nute burn because once you start watering that soil it starts to release those nutes and when you start adding nutes you end up burning them...and if you ever worried about nute "lockout" just sprinkle epsom salt around the base and figer fuck it into the soil alil and water.just my 2 cents
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greenlikemoney
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No nutes with FFOF for at least 4 weeks and ONLY then start a 1/4-1/3 dose of their nutes. FFOF is historically HOT and nuting your plants before one month has passed will almost always burn your shit ( especially if you are using straight FFOF ). If you like nuting early you are much better off with Happy Frog. Just my opinion.
Dr.Pecker
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Thats just the way I handle it. checking the ppms will tell you if you need to flush or not. Lets say you run ten gallons of water through your plant. What do you think will happen to all the lime and soil buffer? Will it stay in the soil or get washed out?
