Coast of maine Top dressing

FlowerPedals27

New Member
hey there, im a first time grower.

in a 7 gallon, i have to water to runoff every 18-24 hours and shes hydrophobic on top when i come back, very large plant for the pot ive been told. im using coast of maine soil and their buds and bloom Ammendment for top dressing. its week 3-4 of flower and ive already gave her over 5 cups of buds and bloom the past couple weeks when the feeding chart says only to give 1/4th a cup to 1/2 a cup when top dressing, when i was checking the runoff it was barely doing anything, near .8 ec for the past couple weeks and would jump up the days after i would ammend to 1.2 ec, then back down to the usual .8EC , i know it takes a while for the buds and bloom to break down and be available, how long are we talking though? and would you back off the ammendments, or keep feeding half a cup every 3 waterings. any experience or help is welcome, just thought of this, could it be me not keeping the top dress moist enough to be available.
 

bill.420

Active Member
hey there, im a first time grower.

in a 7 gallon, i have to water to runoff every 18-24 hours and shes hydrophobic on top when i come back, very large plant for the pot ive been told. im using coast of maine soil and their buds and bloom Ammendment for top dressing. its week 3-4 of flower and ive already gave her over 5 cups of buds and bloom the past couple weeks when the feeding chart says only to give 1/4th a cup to 1/2 a cup when top dressing, when i was checking the runoff it was barely doing anything, near .8 ec for the past couple weeks and would jump up the days after i would ammend to 1.2 ec, then back down to the usual .8EC , i know it takes a while for the buds and bloom to break down and be available, how long are we talking though? and would you back off the ammendments, or keep feeding half a cup every 3 waterings. any experience or help is welcome, just thought of this, could it be me not keeping the top dress moist enough to be available.
I would set up a drip emitter system to take care of the dry soil on top. Flush that container out thoroughly with a very weak nutrient solution, then replace it with half strength solution. This will flush out any toxins and get you back on track
 

FlowerPedals27

New Member
I would set up a drip emitter system to take care of the dry soil on top. Flush that container out thoroughly with a very weak nutrient solution, then replace it with half strength solution. This will flush out any toxins and get you back on track
Thank you bill, i just harvested her last week. I have learned quite a bit these past months to use on this next run, looking forward to it.
 
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