When Should I Start Nutrients?
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Than you can easily watch your runoff EC (without being worry about over watering and logging) to help you decide about their individual needs.
Bukvičák
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I have also three flowers and yesterday I was watering them plein water (watering before that all of them got 80%nutes) and: first one EC 1,83 than I know the next water I will go 85%nuts, second one EC 2,8 so I water her until runoff went to 1,8 and next time I go plein water because I see that she had a lot of nutes inside and third one EC 1,35 and that one goes next watering 100% nutes because she is already eating. So do not wait for sign of def or burn and try to figure out how to get an individual care of your beautiful girls... good luck
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You are doing a fine job. When adding nutrients, I follow the 911 rule. Watering very gently and slowly in the center of the pot until 10% of the water I used comes out in runoff, then I check the TDS of the runoff. If it's above 1100, I leave it alone, but if it's below 900, I give it the recommended dose of nutrients for the given age of the plant. It has worked every time for me. If any water goes down along the sides, the TDS will be lower than it actually is.
I would recommend transplanting twice, maybe use 8oz(225ml or so) capacity pots for seedlings, then goto 1 Gallon(about 4 liter) pots for vegging, then transplant to 5-10 gallon pots (20-40 liter) pots a few weeks before flower. I use progressively stronger soil mixes at each transplant (100% happy frog for seedlings, 50/50 Happy frog/Ocean Forest for 1 ga with pumice, charcoal, worm castings, kelp meal and neem seed meal, then 100% ocean forest with the other amendments for flower) and slightly starve the plant before each successive transplanting so the roots "pop" into place.
This is what works for me and is just one of many ways, finding out which works for you is part of the fun budy.
I would recommend transplanting twice, maybe use 8oz(225ml or so) capacity pots for seedlings, then goto 1 Gallon(about 4 liter) pots for vegging, then transplant to 5-10 gallon pots (20-40 liter) pots a few weeks before flower. I use progressively stronger soil mixes at each transplant (100% happy frog for seedlings, 50/50 Happy frog/Ocean Forest for 1 ga with pumice, charcoal, worm castings, kelp meal and neem seed meal, then 100% ocean forest with the other amendments for flower) and slightly starve the plant before each successive transplanting so the roots "pop" into place.
This is what works for me and is just one of many ways, finding out which works for you is part of the fun budy.