Overfeeding v. Underfeeding

Which is more detramental to the plant, overfeeding or underfeeding? I hear more about people overfeeding their plants and nute burn and such.....

I would like to see an answer on that.....................

I would have to say overfeeding is much worse. Our whole plan is to grow plants and mimic the natural growth cycle provided by nature as best as possible. In nature, plants are never fed, they simply soak up all the nutes in soil provided by nature. Plants in nature also never come in contact with nutrient burns. Dont be mistaken, feeding plants can be extremly benificial when done coorrectly but once burnt, it can take uo to wees to recover. As for underfeeding, some sure signs of that may be short underdeveloped limbs, discoloration and a all around "sick" look. Simple solution, give em a bit of food and you will see recovery in as little as 1 day. Overfeeding weeks to recover,,,underfeeding a few dyas to recover. I would always say underfeeding is better. A safe way to avoid both, when you feed be sure to use 1/2 or 2/3 of the doseage. NEVER use the recomended dilution until the plants have reached atleast 1 1/2-2 months old. and ait until about 2-3 weeks old before the 1st feeding. Most soil will have enought food to cover them fr the 1st 3 week period. After that 3 weeks period feed with every other watering or once a week. At the 1st sign of burn i would briefly flush the container to remove the excess nutes. Keep in mind the burns always start from the roots up. Once you notice burns, you should lay off feeding till those burns heal or show themselves as unhealable( if they show no sign of healing and onlg get worse, dry brittle or a orange/brown color) then trimming those limbs off would be the best option, hope that helps you get a better understanding----------------------------------------420

yea id have to agree with overfeeding, although, if you completely neglect them and dont feed them at all, they will eventually die so both will ultimately kill them, however if you were going to remedy one, giving it food at its first signs of deficiencies is much easier than clearing up toxicity

I would like to know why you are asking this question...

well i was curious as the whether over or under feeding is worse for the plant. I assumed that a deficiency could be fixed easier than a toxicty so i didn't feed my plants as much as i should have. I am 20 days from my first harvest and im just looking to improve upon the second batch

here are some pics from yesterday in case you all were wondering. My biggest obstacle was that i was afraid to overfeed them which resulted in them not being fed enough. Like i said, better luck next time.

were about the same stage in flowering, I'm about 20 something days away from my firt harvest and can't wait. How much you thinking your gonna yield there?

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I actually was wrong earlier....after consulting the calendar i have 28 days left. The went into flower on sept. 1 and im letting them go for 80 days. I dont really know, not alot....maybe an ounce if im lucky. and lets hope i am

i just think its much easier to give nutes to a plant that needs it in oppose to flushing the soil......just my 2 cents

i prefer give them all the nutes possible,..until they burn. Once the tips turn brown,stop. It will not kill the plant to let it get to this point,but at least you know they got all the nutes they could possibly use. Try to find that perfect soltution,..of giving as much as possible,without burning. At the end you will leach and or flush and rid of some chems,..but they are made to boost buds and plant size,..everyone is using some form of chem,...even MLB baseball players.

Good post man!
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