Dr. Who
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Capt jacks should work.....IF they come back or they don't all die - Use the Forbid..
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Dr. Who
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Jorge is not a grow god..He's just another old grower who writes growing books...Watering to run off or watering with a "healthy" run off is not needed for great plants.....Nor is "flushing" or leaching needed......Watering for run off is a waste of your time and MONEY!
H&G tells you to do it for their profit.....Pouring away good nutrient - LMFAO! 95-98% of all bottled nutrient companies, give you a feed chart that is too strong, too ocften and for some things - too early!
Simply cut back your feedings and alternate water - feed with Ph'ed solution at 6.5-6.7 for soil synthetic use and that's it....
BTW - Rayper....While your plants look nice. They have high N I can see from the room shot...
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H&G tells you to do it for their profit.....Pouring away good nutrient - LMFAO! 95-98% of all bottled nutrient companies, give you a feed chart that is too strong, too ocften and for some things - too early!
Simply cut back your feedings and alternate water - feed with Ph'ed solution at 6.5-6.7 for soil synthetic use and that's it....
BTW - Rayper....While your plants look nice. They have high N I can see from the room shot...
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Can you share this secret??
Labs Dexter
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For me run offs is good I collect the waste and pour it on my lawn and it's awesomely green lol.
I would like to know why drain to waste systems work so good and have good yeilds..... I'm sure it's because of run off.
Might be a waste but mj plants love it and if you collect it you can pour it for the peasant garden out back lol
Labs Dexter
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Run off and feeding very low doses of nutes when needed and here she is
By best by far looking lady at week 4 flowering. Green all through and tidy.
Labs Dexter
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And my nutes are
Buddy by vitalink I feed at half recommend dose.
Grow sure all round purpose liquid and 5ml for 5ltrs bottled mineral water.
Raw honey that organic and been heated to only 42C or if you can get really fresh from hive.
Get a good 30% run-off on all my plants and I buy bottled water.
The soil is mg root boost potting mix that's it. Boom the problems have gone lol.
Cost is not a problem aslong as you get progress... Maybe one day I will be the doc instead of a Dexter but untill then I would advice doing run off until you master it.
Doc maybe you should write a book and do YouTube vids... We are all students if your good there is allways some one who is better.
Buddy by vitalink I feed at half recommend dose.
Grow sure all round purpose liquid and 5ml for 5ltrs bottled mineral water.
Raw honey that organic and been heated to only 42C or if you can get really fresh from hive.
Get a good 30% run-off on all my plants and I buy bottled water.
The soil is mg root boost potting mix that's it. Boom the problems have gone lol.
Cost is not a problem aslong as you get progress... Maybe one day I will be the doc instead of a Dexter but untill then I would advice doing run off until you master it.
Doc maybe you should write a book and do YouTube vids... We are all students if your good there is allways some one who is better.
Dr. Who
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Labs Dexter
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I had to to dial in the doses and plant's poorly looks. By me over watering I am eliminating my first issue of ph imbalance in my growing conditions.
Then after figuring that I kept on getting pk deff throughout four grows and only just figured out the hard way by one plants that a 6-7 weeks finisher is still in first Bloom at week 10 I think now still going lol.
And by figuring what that problem was I started to try and figure out the dosages needed. For me again run off is ideal to prevent a lockout. So yourself why I don't stop preaching on run off.. imho untill you know you masterd the plant and about of nutes and issues then you should be fine. But untill then run off is important. How meny help what's up with my plant threads = not well fed or waterd, it's people thinking they know it but had only read it on threads or YouTube lol instead of reading their plants need.
I did same watched YouTube untill it went Pete tong then I rang my uncle who had grown mj since I was young.
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With my plant at the stage there in 4 weeks of flower how much longer should I use big bud?
Is that good thing that they have high N? I'm currently in week 4 how much longer should I use big bud for?
Labs Dexter
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That I cannot answer mate. I only just started using buddy for three weeks, then pk on the fourth then just honey and water for how ever long it goes for. That works for me..... the nutes are by Vitalinks and I never heard of them before a month ago lol.
I can't answer because I never ever used nutes untill the last two grows.. Sorry
Cobnobuler
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.....And I'm thankful for that. I have no drain in my growroom and can't have runoff all over the place. When my 5 gal containers need fed, they get a 1 gallon drink each and every time and it seems to just barely hold it in.
Labs Dexter
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My buckets are 14 ltrs and after 6 ltrs or so I get drips so I put an extra 1 ltr, All together 7 ltrs of water per plant.. The way I see it there is allot more soil in there and they need to be washed.
My tent is up stairs too. I have a 14 ltr buckets for each plant or pot. I water it with paint tub under the plants and let drip all it wants then put it bk in to the room.
It's not rocket science but yeah each to their own. I can definitely say my grow inviroment requires me to do the run off, It's the only way for me to increase my yeilds and healthier plant's.... Lady's seem to be happy.
If you have an out doors grow do you cover your soil or plants because the had enuff rain water???? I don't know because never grown out doors just curious