Should I give a final feed?

So it’s been about 61 days since sprouting and the seed banks harvest time says 70-75 days from seed to harvest. I was wondering should I give all of them a little bit of dr.earths bloom ferts (1/4 cup)for its final feed before harvest or should I just let them grow they haven’t really been showing signs of hunger except my youngest plant has some cal-mag deficiencies. But I want my buds to grow to their full potential. All my smallest plant almost died which has caused its growth to be stunted hence the small branches I was also wondering if I should take care of them as if they’re a week behind on schedule or if I should take care of them normally because all my seeds sprouted together.

Breeder harvest time is meaningless. You have 6 weeks left. Feed until chop.

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They are a long long time away from harvest

First - disregard all breeder hype about finish time.
They lie.

Plant will finish when it finishes. Continue feed .
You have weeks to go.

Tolerance Break said:

Breeder harvest time is meaningless. You have 6 weeks left. Feed until chop.

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Question should I feed now or wait until week 9 and follow Dr.earths feeding schedule?

SacredSamuraii said:

Question should I feed now or wait until week 9 and follow Dr.earths feeding schedule?

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Nute schedules are also bs and more complicated. I would say feed half strength and see if your plant responds well. Familiarize yourself with deficiency/excess charts and go from there. The plant will tell you when its happy or upset, you have to learn what to look for. It takes time, don't beat yourself up if they're not perfect, just be open minded and willing to learn from your mistakes.

Here are my last 2 grows. Same exact plant (clones anyway) this is what learning from mistakes looks like, and I'm still learning every day.

I was over lighting and under feeding the first time. Every plant has different needs.

Your soil has an excess of minerals or salts. Classic signs of it on the leaves. My suggestion is let that soil dry out, and with your fingers try and poke some holes in your rootball to help it dry out. Remove loose soil from around the rootball, and replace with something that hasn't had chemical nutes poured all over it. Then just water until you see new growth that doesn't have the burnt edges on leaves. Though, you are a bit into flower already so you might not have much new growth ahead of you at this point.

MtRainDog said:

Your soil has an excess of minerals or salts. Classic signs of it on the leaves. My suggestion is let that soil dry out, and with your fingers try and poke some holes in your rootball to help it dry out. Remove loose soil from around the rootball, and replace with something that hasn't had chemical nutes poured all over it. Then just water until you see new growth that doesn't have the burnt edges on leaves. Though, you are a bit into flower already so you might not have much new growth ahead of you at this point.

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Hey I was just reading over this I’m going to take the advice but when u say something that hasn’t had “chemical nutes”poured over it. I use the dry amendments from dr.earth I don’t use liquid ferts .Does that change anything about your advice?

SacredSamuraii said:

Hey I was just reading over this I’m going to take the advice but when u say something that hasn’t had “chemical nutes”poured over it. I use the dry amendments from dr.earth I don’t use liquid ferts .Does that change anything about your advice?

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I apologize, I just assumed. That's kind of strange then to me. Assuming you followed the proper amounts for the dr. earth amendments, I wouldn't think it should cause such an excess, but it definitely has an excess. I would still try what I'm suggesting, yes.

If you can, maybe run a slurry test to find your EC. I'm guessing the soil you're using had too much fertilizer. Your plants are showing signs of Nitrogen toxicity and some other small issues. Nothing that will ruin your grow, but far from optimal.