I personally advocate against anything they write on the bottles. Every environment is different and would teach people to read there plants, not the bottles.
My second at-bat.
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I agree, most ec meters are default to 500 scale ppm. It's hard to explain to noobs EC so I just stuck with ppm so they can understand
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
True and if the industry would pick one of the scales and stick with it, there wouldn't be an issue.
The problem is that some use EC x 500 and others use EC x 700, as described above. Worse, no one clearly spells out which scale they use.
I have a serious problem with the water bottled nutrient industry because I've the mind fuck games they play, especially on inexperienced growers. Confusing nutrient strength is just one more of their scams IMHO and that's why I ask people to use EC when I'm discussing nutrients with them as it eliminates this confusion.
ttystikk
Nerd Gone Vertical
For SURE.
I frequently hear people say - well, type - that you should “listen to your plants,” and I’m sure that’s true. But the reason you speak plant is because you’ve had the luxury of seeing hundreds of plants with hundreds of ailments, as well as positive results.
When you say some shit like that to a noob, you may as well be speaking Swahili.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m grateful for any advice, regardless of the language.
I’d like to know a couple specific things right now.
1. What the blank should I do right now?
2. Should I be adding some nutrients to the water that I’m spraying on the clones?
When you say some shit like that to a noob, you may as well be speaking Swahili.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m grateful for any advice, regardless of the language.
I’d like to know a couple specific things right now.
1. What the blank should I do right now?
2. Should I be adding some nutrients to the water that I’m spraying on the clones?
What do y’all think about these plants? Some noob subjected to nutrient toxicity, but they refused to die. The two surrounded day the blue line-like object are GG4. The orange gizmo separates the Blue Dream (left) from the MK Ultra, all from ILGM. I’m thinking of flipping them to flower tomorrow. The front 3 plants I’ve been spraying colloidal silver on two branches each since yesterday.
The GG4 looked a little droopy. I fed them yesterday and they look better today.
The GG4 looked a little droopy. I fed them yesterday and they look better today.
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Wasn't always like this, I started off in a shithole and worked my way up. Plants will tell u what's up. They are super easy to read. One thing I learned you can't keep giving them the same shit expecting different results. If one thing ain't working change it.
I personally never cared for coco cause it was plagued with the same pathogens as every other hydro setup. I personally preferred flood n drain. Stupid easy to setup and manage and the growth was a little faster.
When I did grow in coco you cannot treat it like soil. You can't let it dry out. You have to feed every water otherwise you just leach out everything on the next water.
If I was you I would go with soil next time and work your way up to artificial mediums.
oldsilvertip
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i've been that way since the first time i used the edge of a pine thicket .
They look way underfed , notice the small growth leaves on the tops and yellowing.
Instead of feeding large and than watering I would give them a lower dose of nutes every watering. Plants that size under good lights I would give them 800 ppm 500 scale every time you water. Coco is hard to overwater if it's good stuff. Use a shower head and a sump pump to oxygenate the water as it's going in. Lift the pots after 24 hours and compare the weight to fully watered and drying out. When they start to lighten up give them another 800 and watch for new growth. If it looks greener your on the right track. If plants perk up and start to green up than stay with it.
LolGirls are looking great badddoin.
Not sure if you have a meow meow or not but if you do I would probably think about shoring up the seedling tray a bit and hopefully that well prevent you and him from having words sometime in the near future.
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Here’s some fun stuff I just found to read since were using the same medium
www.cocoforcannabis.com
Cannabis Grow Guide - Coco For Cannabis - Science and Practice
Cannabis grow guide: articles, tutorials, DIY projects & more! Dedicated to the science and practice of growing cannabis in coco perlite and other media.
www.cocoforcannabis.com
What a great source. I read one article about frequent fertigation. Very informative. Thanks.Here’s some fun stuff I just found to read since were using the same medium
Cannabis Grow Guide - Coco For Cannabis - Science and Practice
Cannabis grow guide: articles, tutorials, DIY projects & more! Dedicated to the science and practice of growing cannabis in coco perlite and other media.
Week 4 update:
The girls are doing much better. I’ve removed most evidence of past atrocities, bought them a new house, and a new light, and a new fan, and a new filter, and then cut their fucking heads off.
Been feeding them nutes at .9 EC till runoff daily, and removing the runoff immediately, thanks to an article I read that @GreenGrower recommended. I had been just letting them sit in it.
Here’s what’s left of those 6 clones.
Most of them ended up like this.
4 of them together in a mass suicide.
A hat tip to @Zaphod420 for recommending the Maxsisun MF2000 about a month ago for a different application. Looks like it’ll make a nice little veg tent light.
The girls are doing much better. I’ve removed most evidence of past atrocities, bought them a new house, and a new light, and a new fan, and a new filter, and then cut their fucking heads off.
Been feeding them nutes at .9 EC till runoff daily, and removing the runoff immediately, thanks to an article I read that @GreenGrower recommended. I had been just letting them sit in it.
Here’s what’s left of those 6 clones.
Most of them ended up like this.
4 of them together in a mass suicide.
A hat tip to @Zaphod420 for recommending the Maxsisun MF2000 about a month ago for a different application. Looks like it’ll make a nice little veg tent light.
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Be sure to watch out with Hermie's from that mk-ultra from ilgm just seen a grow where someone had it happen to them. Honestly I wouldn't trust anything that comes from ilgm but that's just me.
