2 weeks into Flower....HELP- *PICS*

[MynameStitch]

First and foremost you need to get the pH fixed before you do anything else; you want all available nutrients to be able to be absorbed before you start to feed them; cause there may be nutrients in the soil.l.... you just don't know unless you have run off and a TDS meter.....

so before you go feed them get that fixed then we can go from there.

 

[Guest]

First and foremost you need to get the pH fixed before you do anything else; you want all available nutrients to be able to be absorbed before you start to feed them; cause there may be nutrients in the soil.l.... you just don't know unless you have run off and a TDS meter.....

so before you go feed them get that fixed then we can go from there.

Hey Stitch! YooHoo! Ya missed me.

My question in post 17, please. I'm trying to broaden my horizons here. I've got so many beans I'm probably gonna do an outside grow with a few plants this coming Spring. I needs ta learne my shit in soil.

Peace

 

[Guest]

I don't have anything to say in particular. My number of posts was at 666 and I needed to post again really quick so the devil didn't get me. Maybe I need to change my smoke... lmfao.

Peace

 

[MynameStitch]

LOL mojo, so you are an outdoor grower ehh?
I want to someday grow outdoors......

SO when did ya start to decide to grow indoors?


Hey, I did miss your post I have been doing that to a lot of people lately for some reason I have been missing there posts sorry about that.

Well most of the time it's either nutrient's are too hot or pH is causing a problem; with this instance he is using to many ph down adjusters which have accumulated into his mixture; yes coco is very much able to drain way much better than soil, soil holds in stuff longer than coco; with coco you have to feed more often and is more like a soiless mixture which it is considered a soiless mixture.
With soil you have to flush with a lot more water than coco, reason why I say to flush with tap water is, tap water has micros in it; with using distilled water you are flushing out everything and not putting anything back in the soil; when you flush you remove a lot of stuff from the soil; so by using tap water you at least put some micros back in the soil without trying to cause an imbalance in the soil.... that is why I say not to flush with distilled; and since he is not using any micro nutrients besides epsom salts..that is another reason why I say to use tap When you flush out the the stuff and remove micros from the soil it can cause problems for NPK absorptions which can lead to longer recovery times; I always recommend to flush with tap as long as it's not over 250 ppms or unsafe water.



Naa, your not a pest at all

Silly willy lol
Na, not offended at all, I know your calling me a stoner just like how everyone calls everyone else one, I forget what word it is called though... but I know what you meant

 

[Guest]

Hey Stitch, thanks.

No I'm not a soil grower - I only grow in coco. I was talking about doing a soil grow this Spring because I've got way too many beans to restrict myself to indoors only. So I thought I'd try some outdoors also.

I got ya on the not using distilled water to flush in soil. I forgot the part about soil hanging on to everything longer than coco. The fact that coco turns loose of everything quickly has been one of the things that's made coco really nice to work with for me. I can get what's in there out in a matter of minutes and follow it up with what's needed and I'm done with it. Takes 10 minutes at the outside. If I use distilled, I just take the coco back to where it was before I started the plants. I then put the right ratios back in and it's fixed. Doesn't have to settle in - nothing.

See, I'm glad you told me this stuff cause I would have been thinking the soil itself would have replaced the micros and trace elements. I was thinking rain water...

I know in coco, nothing's there unless I put it there. Didn't know that about soil.

Peace

Edited:

BTW, when I do my grow outdoors, it'll be in pots. That's why I wanted to know about flushing. I'd be there all day if I tried to flush em in the ground and I'd have to buy somebody a plane ticket to China to check the runoff for me. Way too expensive!

 

[MynameStitch]

That's why people like to use soiless mediums, because they have more control over it than soil; with soil it's a little bit harder and you gotta go by the plant and more what your feeding and keep track; but you are right with coco you can just flush and replace you have way more control of what you put in there; not to mention I think when you feed them they react quicker to problems but also recover more quickly than with soil.

With soil, when you flush or feed it takes time for them to be absorbed and to recover
so when you flush you wan to make sure you have it replaced right then and there to help keep a balance; with soil there has to be a balance where with soiless you can fix a balance quickly just add it and it's there; most defiantly it's not like that with soil; it takes a bit of time for it to be ready to the plants; and thats more true with organics and soil.

 

[Guest]

Thank ya maam.

I gotcha now.

Peace

 

[spyvsspy]

Glad to see everyones getting something out of this thread--- and you're one funny dude mojo. I'm still crackin up about "unlocks the door to the kitchen the plants are gonna be takin up some heapin helpins of botany's equivalent of a chicken fried lard float, mmmmkay?" LOL. I learn something new everytime I read one of your comments Stitch- thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge!!

So anyways, I flushed the soil on my problem ladies with some tap water I let sit out for 24 hours, and then I started playing with the coffee ground method to try and lower the pH. Good news! I tested the runoff pH and soil pH and they are all around 6.8, down from 7.25- and theyre already looking happier.







Am I mistaken or are coffee grounds also a source of N? So- thanks as always for the guidance stitch and I'm glad you're getting some knowledge bombs dropped on your too mojo. I'll keep yall up to date with the latest on the ladies.
-Spy