Hi Lst...
I'm in a new room and I did like you...started plants before room was ready. It sure forced me into action.
I was going to comment on your dosage for solo cup plants...but you already found out that that was too much.
My other comment is that you need to let them dry. I have plants in solo cups right now. The drying process really forces the roots to follow the water. So if you want good root development...that's how you do it. Even after transplant...and then once you have good roots in your 3 gal pots....then go to town feeding daily or even multiple times daily Or that's what my research tells me.
And the second picture down. The top view of that little one. It has early Mg deficiency so I think your reduction of calmag was a mistake.
Sorry to sound critical but those issues needed comment.
Looking forward to your grow.
JD
I appreciate the comment.
Let me clarify a few things.
The yellowing seen was how I got the clones. The clones were in poor condition when I got them unfortunately. After I got them every new leaf has been vibrant and velvety. I provided feedback to the original caregiver of these clones letting them l ow the poor quality.
For two weeks I have been giving 7ml of each of the GH flora series along with 3ml per gallon of Cali magic. The plants are definitely not deficient anymore haha.
I find that in coco/perlite people are too cautious with new plants and because of that don’t see the true potential. When I used to sprout seeds in coco I would charge the coco with a full dose of nutes before planting the seed once a initial root was seen in paper towel method. I find with proper conditions the plants truly crave the nutrients.
With clones I’ll typically give a half dose of nutes for the first watering or two and then once I see even a single root emerge out the bottom of the solo cup I go full blast or even more on them. I’ll check the roots once a week by just popping them out of the cup. Once circling happens, time to transplant.
I’ll take a picture of the roots when I get home to show you but with coco/perlite it is almost a hydroponic setting. The roots have enough air so really you could not water too much most of the time.
My thing this time around was to push the plants as hard as I could to see what their potential could be. I bet if I incorporated co2 right now these plants would love this dose of nutes and 24 hour lights.
It isn’t necessary to ever let plants “dry” unless the medium requires. Always remember that there is no such thing as “overwatering”. Really what you are doing is under oxygenating.
Thanks for the comment!
I’ll take more pictures later.
