N Deficiency in Flower, day 23

[dyren]

Hey guys, I can tell my plants didn't get enough N at the end of veg and during the first few weeks of flower (I really didn't give them much grow big during those weeks). The lower leaves are turning pale green and falling off. I'm worried because it just keeps progressing up the plant. I know they need N but I've heard feeding a large dose of N during flower can interrupt the flowering process. If I were to guess, I would probably think that since they're hungry they would be able to take it.

If I were to feed, how much should it be? I've got FF Grow Big and Blood Meal. My girls are in 3 gallon grow bags. (3 apollo 11 f2's and 3 angeldust).

Thanks for any input!



Peace

 

[JJScorpio]

Go ahead and give them a regular feeding of the growbig. It wont hurt anything in the shape they are in.

 

[dyren]

Cool, that's what I was hoping for. The FF feeding chart recommends 2 tsp per gal of the Grow Big, does that sound about right?

Thanks again.

 

[JJScorpio]

What are you using for flowering ferts? If its tiger bloom I would give them one of tsp growbig and one tsp of tigerbloom the next two feedings and then just the tiger bloom after that....

 

[dyren]

Hey, I'm currently using GH nutes in the lucas formula, 0ml-8ml-16ml g/m/b. I have GH FloraMicro, GH FloraBloom, FF Tiger Bloom, FF Big Bloom, Cal-Mag+, and Liquid Karma. During flower I'm using lucas formula and 5ml LK. What should I do with these nutes?

Thanks

 

[Slaythe]

I had the same problem early in Flowering, gave my babies 1 shot of peter's 20-20-20, solved the problem.

 

[JJScorpio]

I have never used the GH nutes so I cant tell you what to mix and match. As I said earlier, if you were using the tb, I would give a tsp of each for a couple feedings....

 

[dyren]

Would I have any problem feeding with the FF for a few feedings (gb and tb) and then switching back to lucas?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

What is suggested here by the posts....
you might try 2 approaches....

1... just feed more....

buy a small container of gh grow.....

At one time peters may have been a good solution cause it contains mostly nitrate N... it has fairly recently changed reduding that.....

the type of N you want to use is Nitrate N which is available immediately to the plants....

 

[dyren]

Would you guys not recommend feeding like this: 2tsp grow big, 6ml/12ml gh micro/bloom (3/4 lucas formula), 2.5ml liquid karma (1/2 regular dose)?

I want to keep giving them the bloom nutes but just ammend the nitrogen... though GB is 6-4-4. Is this going to be too much P/K??

Thanks again.

 

[JJScorpio]

I would say to just add a tsp of growbig to whatever you are using for flower. I would say twice should be enough....