Day 97

grassy007

grassy007

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I'm growing one autoflower Bubblegum Kush in a 2 gallon pot. It's week 2 of flowering. I must have over nuted on my last watering because all the leaves starting showing stress signs. The plant itself and the spears are still going strong. I only hope my cutting back on nutes and changing to feed-water-water-feed sees it thru.

This is what I learned: The smaller the soil pot you grow in, the more effect any minor changes in ph,nutes,etc will affect the plant. Therefore, I'm going with a 3 gallon pot next time for one autoflowering plant. If you grow in a smaller pot like I tried to do (2 gal), you had better make sure nothing goes wrong. Smaller pots = "everything had better be precisely measured." By week 6, the smaller planter ends up being nothing but roots (which is fine) but they are very sensitive to the slightest of changes (especially during flower stage). A bigger pot (3 gal) allows some lee-way for mistakes until you get to harvest. Lesson learned.
 
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ANC

ANC

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What medium are you using? Never use just neat water on coco. Always put a little something in there so it doesn't try to draw ions from the roots to balance amounts inside and out.
 
GimmieThe Loot

GimmieThe Loot

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grassy007 said:
I'm growing one autoflower Bubblegum Kush in a 2 gallon pot. It's week 2 of flowering. I must have over nuted on my last watering because all the leaves starting showing stress signs. The plant itself and the spears are still going strong. I only hope my cutting back on nutes and changing to feed-water-water-feed sees it thru.

This is what I learned: The smaller the soil pot you grow in, the more effect any minor changes in ph,nutes,etc will affect the plant. Therefore, I'm going with a 3 gallon pot next time for one autoflowering plant. If you grow in a smaller pot like I tried to do (2 gal), you had better make sure nothing goes wrong. Smaller pots = "everything had better be precisely measured." By week 6, the smaller planter ends up being nothing but roots (which is fine) but they are very sensitive to the slightest of changes (especially during flower stage). A bigger pot (3 gal) allows some lee-way for mistakes until you get to harvest. Lesson learned.
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That's interesting. I always buy big pots
 
GimmieThe Loot

GimmieThe Loot

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ANC said:
What medium are you using? Never use just neat water on coco. Always put a little something in there so it doesn't try to draw ions from the roots to balance amounts inside and out.
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What is neat water? And I'm using fix farms at the top and ocean forest at the bottom. And emeral harvest nutes
 
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