Dark green leaves hard and crispy
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Budzbuddha
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Yeah ... nitrogen looks way too high.
Kassiopeija
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give less or only water (if in soil)
2feather18
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Okay cuz I didn't want to start flushing I can just give only water right I don't have to do the flush
Kassiopeija
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well, I have no clue how much fert you did pour in and how sharp your soil is ... if its organic flushing won't do much, at least, not for long... or how well airated your medium is (= how well your plants react to a boatload of water)... you could do a single flush and then just keep on watering... I personally, in organic soil, just feed RO water if plants are somewhat stunted from nute overload, then go from there to tapwater, then add stimulants to help leeching some of the ingredients out, and if it's warranted, pick up the nutes. maybe you can judge a bit better your situation than me.... but whatever you do, no fert for some time and if you fert, remember soil buffers so not all nutes are captured by the plants after the first watering
2feather18
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Thank you I'm going to hold off on the flushing and just feed him regular water right now they're not actually that's hard and crispy as they were last night and I'm using Foxfire Farm Trio soil is coast of Maine mixed with Happy Frog
xtsho
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If you follow the FF feeding chart in any decent soil you'll overfeed your plants because it has you feeding 2.0 EC on week 2 when you probably don't need anything until week 4 because even their soil will carry a plant that long. They're really doing a disservice to their customers by having them overfeed their plants. Then the chart has people flushing every 3 weeks using another one of their products.
2feather18
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actually I was reading directions on the bottle I had a feeling that I was over feeding them I don't know worst comes to worse I'll flush them but from here on now I'm just going do water this is my first grow and I'm doing pretty good according to some pros but I just don't want to mess this up trial and error experience makes it everything
xtsho
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Don't dump a bunch of water through them. Just start feeding them plain water.
2feather18
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Ok. Yeah I was just going to feed them regular 6.5 pH water
Bukvičák
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That chart is crazy.
2feather18
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Wow
2feather18
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I just follow the directions on the back of the bottle it says every other watering I'm probably going to do every other other watering
Bukvičák
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I think there is a huge influence of how long does it take to dry out and plant/pot size. When you need to water every other day than you can not go water feed water feed because you will end up with 3-4 times feed in two weeks and the chart says 2 times in two weeks. Chart is technically not so crazy but you need to have “eating” plants when you want to follow their schedule. And as xtsho said, when you have a big pot you likely do not need to feed them for a weeks. I always watch the runoffs EC to determine how much “food” is still there and when to add some.
2feather18
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How do I watch the runoff EC what does that mean
kmog33
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Check the ppm of the water that drains from your plants after you’ve fed them.
2feather18
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I don't have that PPM tester yet I have to get that
kmog33
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Then you can’t check runoff. And you don’t need a tds meter, they’re just very convenient sometimes.
2feather18
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I thought they were the same thing I was told to get a TDS meter with collaboration solution 1000ppm
