Apomixis
Active Member
You're vegging from now until you decide when it's time to make flowers. Whats your light schedule again? 18/6? 20/4? It should be at least 18 hours of light during your veg period, which starts when the seed pops.
I like to veg until the plant shows pre-flowers when the plant shows me that its ready to go, at which point I let her rip with 12/12.
Keep an eye on the new growth and look for that nice green color that your plants have right now. New growth does have a lighter, neon tint to it, but they will green up as they expand into full leaves.
You can go ahead and start a feeding schedule, but I think that's a bit overkill. My philosophy is to learn to read the plants, to see what they want, as they want it. If they look like they want to eat, feed them. If they want more water- and they will as they get bigger and bigger- give it to them. Dig?
My observation on RIU is that new growers tend to overfeed their plants, and that's definitely worse than underfeeding them. Overfeeding causes damage while underfeeding causes stunting. Burn damage cannot be undone. In lots of cases, applying the needed nutes remedies underfeeding.
You're going to see two camps, those who do as I do, and those who want their plants to be on a schedule. In essence, they want their plants to have a full plate of food constantly. Neither is wrong. Choose your style. Either way, you're looking to strike a balance between over and under.
Since you're growing in soil, you're going to have more leeway than people growing in coco or hydro. Organic folks like their soils to have a complete nutrition profile from the start, so they feed differently than you. What's nutrients have you purchased?
I like to veg until the plant shows pre-flowers when the plant shows me that its ready to go, at which point I let her rip with 12/12.
Keep an eye on the new growth and look for that nice green color that your plants have right now. New growth does have a lighter, neon tint to it, but they will green up as they expand into full leaves.
You can go ahead and start a feeding schedule, but I think that's a bit overkill. My philosophy is to learn to read the plants, to see what they want, as they want it. If they look like they want to eat, feed them. If they want more water- and they will as they get bigger and bigger- give it to them. Dig?
My observation on RIU is that new growers tend to overfeed their plants, and that's definitely worse than underfeeding them. Overfeeding causes damage while underfeeding causes stunting. Burn damage cannot be undone. In lots of cases, applying the needed nutes remedies underfeeding.
You're going to see two camps, those who do as I do, and those who want their plants to be on a schedule. In essence, they want their plants to have a full plate of food constantly. Neither is wrong. Choose your style. Either way, you're looking to strike a balance between over and under.
Since you're growing in soil, you're going to have more leeway than people growing in coco or hydro. Organic folks like their soils to have a complete nutrition profile from the start, so they feed differently than you. What's nutrients have you purchased?
Would another 6400k, 10.5k lumen lamp do the trick? I know I have to get a red spectrum for flowering later on...
