when to stop feeding and watering?

wakeNbaker46

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i'm growing in FFHF, with Dr Earth dry amendments and EWC top dressings. i'm running 4 autos, 2 of the same (royal dwarf), 1 fast eddy cbd, 1 fat banana. they all popped with a day of each other, 10/2. so if autos typically need ~12 wks, i'm in the home stretch at wk 10. i have a grow journal link in my sig with all the details and pictures (updated yesterday).

questions (i've been searching past posts...and there's conflicting answers... and sometimes i just like to interact with ppl online so, here i am, asking):
>> when do you do a final feeding/topdressing? i've topdressed two times, at day 30 and day 54. then i also have done three feedings of FF Tigerbloom, once a week, in the following three weeks. with only a few weeks left, should i feed at all anymore? i've noticed that a few sugar leaves on the fat banana are starting to fade to purple a bit. the three other plants have zero fade on the leaves as of this morning.
>> when do you stop watering...or do you keep watering right up til harvest? i've also noticed that the fat banana feels quite heavier so she's not drinking as much water, which is what made me wonder if i need to cut back or cut out watering at some point.

as always, thanks for reading and helping out. i love the community here and i spend a couple of hours each day going through older posts to learn as much as i can. this is my first run and i'm getting ready to pop more beans this week because addiction is real.
 

LeastExpectedGrower

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I don't do organic/soil these days but generally speaking I provide water/food right up to the time I harvest. If I were doing something like FFOF, etc. I'd top-dress on whatever timing/scheduling has been working for you up to now to cover however long to harvest. Also it's a fool's errand to plan anything based on a 'calendar of expected doneness' plants gonna be done when they're done and you just have to eyeball them until you decide it's time.
 

Marq1340

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Once every two weeks, starting during the flowering phase is in full effect, and I stop when I make it here.

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