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budau

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CannaJames said:
So I'm trying to right this ship (by doing less). I corrected the ph by switching to tap water, gave it a good flush until run off was clear. Let them dry out then watered again yesterday. The leaf situation is just not getting better although growth has gotten somewhat better since oh correction. I pruned the dead leaves but every day there are more.

I'm not sure what is meant by PPM schedule. Do you mean nutes? Thanks
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Looks like signs of nutrient lockout and over-watering. You're overthinking it, which easy to do when you're new to this. I personally would ditch the distiller, just use tap water for now. Put the water in a res to let the chlorine evaporate overnight and use that to make up your nutrient mix. What are you using nutrient wise? Typically nutrients for soil don't need to be pH'd as you're not feeding the plant directly, you're feeding the bacteria. If you are adjusting the pH it needs to be in the 6.5-7 range for soil. When it comes to watering, seeing the size of those pots I probably wouldn't water them for at least a week! That or when they're light to pick up is a good guide to go by in my experience.

I would do a fresh nutrient mix using tap water that's been left over night. Get the nute mix at 6.5-7 pH range. Depending on what nutes you're using I would also check the EC (if you're using organic nutes skip this). Do a thorough flush through and do not touch them for at least 5-7 days. Those pots are absolutely massive, there should be no need to feed them again for a long time.
 
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CannaJames

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budau said:
Looks like signs of nutrient lockout and over-watering. You're overthinking it, which easy to do when you're new to this. I personally would ditch the distiller, just use tap water for now. Put the water in a res to let the chlorine evaporate overnight and use that to make up your nutrient mix. What are you using nutrient wise? Typically nutrients for soil don't need to be pH'd as you're not feeding the plant directly, you're feeding the bacteria. If you are adjusting the pH it needs to be in the 6.5-7 range for soil. When it comes to watering, seeing the size of those pots I probably wouldn't water them for at least a week! That or when they're light to pick up is a good guide to go by in my experience.

I would do a fresh nutrient mix using tap water that's been left over night. Get the nute mix at 6.5-7 pH range. Depending on what nutes you're using I would also check the EC (if you're using organic nutes skip this). Do a thorough flush through and do not touch them for at least 5-7 days. Those pots are absolutely massive, there should be no need to feed them again for a long time.
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Yes I've swtiched to tap left overnight with a freshwater aquarium stone in it.

I'm using 2 part pro-mix bx and 1 part pearlite.

For a flush how much water do you use? And when do you add the nutes post flush?

I'm using Megacrop right now. I was adding to the PPM equivalents of the recommended EC dosage (after a few weeks of just water) when using distilled water. I checked TDS and read 0/1, then added to 500ppm/ec1.

Really odd but do you think rapid rooters had a play in this? These have been super slow and somewhat problematic from the get-go come to think of it.

I think the rapid rooters might have been old....
 
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budau

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CannaJames said:
Yes I've swtiched to tap left overnight with a freshwater aquarium stone in it.

I'm using 2 part pro-mix bx and 1 part pearlite.

For a flush how much water do you use? And when do you add the nutes post flush?

I'm using Megacrop right now. I was adding to the PPM equivalents of the recommended EC dosage (after a few weeks of just water) when using distilled water. I checked TDS and read 0/1, then added to 500ppm/ec1.

Really odd but do you think rapid rooters had a play in this? These have been super slow and somewhat problematic from the get-go come to think of it.

I think the rapid rooters might have been old....
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I'd flush right through until the run off was as clear as what's going in, I would then hit it with a fresh nutrient mix immediately after and then just leave it for 4-5 days. You want to encourage the root system to grow so don't give it anything. If the pots feel heavy, then they've got plenty. If you're not seeing obvious results in 7-10 days I would probably consider starting again, but I'd go with a Coco growing medium instead.
 
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CannaJames

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Update - one of the two kicked it. But the other one... Heart of a fucking champion.

Question - I used a loupe and the trichomes appear clear but the pistils are all red. See picture. Harvest time?
 
polishpollack

polishpollack

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To make next time easier:
Start seedling in light warrior soil. let it get about 10 inches tall. then transplant into large container of ocean forest soil. just add water.
the root plug didn't have anything to do with this as it's inert, won't have an effect on the plants. you shouldn't have sprayed anything on them. looks like you've been adding nutrients this whole time as that thing still looks fried despite the flowering.
 
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