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Grow Express24

Grow Express24

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Its just plain soil in buckets they will be fine for a couple of days till I put perlite in the soil. They have drainage and they are holes in the soil to get air to the roots
 
Grampa

Grampa

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Grow Express24 said:
Its just plain soil in buckets they will be fine for a couple of days till I put perlite in the soil. They have drainage and they are holes in the soil to get air to the roots
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normal soil compacts without perlite and prevents root growth which stunts the plant's growth. Add about 40% perlite to your soil and it will speed drainage, let air to your roots and make the soil easier fo rthe roots to grow through.
 
Grampa

Grampa

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sounds good :) and best of like to you!

as for the 10- 0- 0 fertilizer you can get it quite a few places on the net. but have you thought about 30- 10- 10? Your plants will want more than just N. Also, when i had nothing else to worth with i used bloom nutrients 2- 6- 4)throughout an entire grow for great results. Just be careful not to use nutes if your soil has premixed nutrients.
 
Grow Express24

Grow Express24

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It doesn't that's why I bought it so I could add the nutes without worry all I would have to do was add the perlite. I have bloom nutes 2-8-4 that I'm going to be using throught the grow process and I never thought of 30-10-10 what's the benefit of it???
 
Grow Express24

Grow Express24

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All the plants that were in LST have started to grow towards the light I'm excited it's working for me on my first try!!!!
 
lilrich11

lilrich11

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they still look really young to start nutes. imo
I think there should be a good couple nodes coming off you girl before you decide to bend her over.
 
Grow Express24

Grow Express24

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I was skeptical too cause I also thought it might be too early but it seemed to work out ok they are all growing the way they are suppose to so Im not going to stress over it I dont need that many plants anyway lol. The only one that isn't in LST is the Jack because it's extremely early
 
dabumps

dabumps

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Hey man. They are lookin good. I'm not 100% certain but I've never seen anyone lst that early and I think it's because they haven't established a real strong root system or even a main stem to "keep it in the soil". I would honestly undo the lst until they get longer. I think this early you just promote excessive stretching. The idea behind lat is that you bend a plant over lowering its top below some of the stems on your plant. Tricking the plant into transferring its energy into the more vertical stems hypothetically giving an even size of buds all over the plant. Doing it now doesn't give it anywhere to put the redirected energy. I would undo it man and wait till you have 5 sets of leaves on there and of you have room in your pot after about 3 nodes cover some of the stem with soil. It also will sprout some roots. Then you have a throng base for bending the top over when you have 5 nodes. Not trying to be a jerk just wanted to give you the science behind the lag. I'm subbed bybu the way. They look healthy though man!
 
Grampa

Grampa

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dabumps said:
Hey man. They are lookin good. I'm not 100% certain but I've never seen anyone lst that early and I think it's because they haven't established a real strong root system or even a main stem to "keep it in the soil". I would honestly undo the lst until they get longer. I think this early you just promote excessive stretching. The idea behind lat is that you bend a plant over lowering its top below some of the stems on your plant. Tricking the plant into transferring its energy into the more vertical stems hypothetically giving an even size of buds all over the plant. Doing it now doesn't give it anywhere to put the redirected energy. I would undo it man and wait till you have 5 sets of leaves on there and of you have room in your pot after about 3 nodes cover some of the stem with soil. It also will sprout some roots. Then you have a throng base for bending the top over when you have 5 nodes. Not trying to be a jerk just wanted to give you the science behind the lag. I'm subbed bybu the way. They look healthy though man!
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Dabumps is right on with this. wait until they are a little taller/stronger or you run the risk of breaking or stressing their delicate roots. Your plants look fine just dont get ahead of yourself and take your time.

Be kind.
 
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