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Auto flower seedling issue
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hello my brother how are you doing I've only just seen your thread I'm not a plant doctor or anything but with coco and led you will need a drop of calmag and to be honest, they look a bit hungry to me also have you been ph ing your food what your giving them if not do you own an ec and ph meter they are essential to figure stuff out
Hey dude, thanks for the update!! It's true that they are curling down.. I also seen some brown spots on the first one but tbh I'm not experienced enough to say if it's overwatering..
how much water you been giving em?
how much water you been giving em?
Cheers for the replies guys. Yeah I’ve been phing to 6-6.2. I don’t own an EC meter. Is it really needed ?
I’ll grab some cal mag this afternoon, how much should I be adding per litre at this stage ? And do I mix the cal mag into the nutrient solutions before the other nutrients ?
And yeah I really don’t know what’s going on with them haha, if they’re over or under watered. They do seem a little on the lighter hungrier side though.
They would be getting about 1L of water every 3 or so days
I’ll grab some cal mag this afternoon, how much should I be adding per litre at this stage ? And do I mix the cal mag into the nutrient solutions before the other nutrients ?
And yeah I really don’t know what’s going on with them haha, if they’re over or under watered. They do seem a little on the lighter hungrier side though.
They would be getting about 1L of water every 3 or so days
I'm not the most experienced with coco but maybe I can help put you on the right path. Here is the basic coco run down.
Step one (for your next grow): Before you plant you need to rinse your coco and give it a bath in Cal/mag Ph'd between 5.7-5.9.
You have to feed every watering in coco. At a very min at least some cal/mag. Keep your nutrient levels low as you are going to be feeding all the time.
The first week I water every day about 100-200mil of low ppm water ph'd to 5.8. Just enough to keep the top of the soil most. Never let your coco get dry. (I use a pop bottle with holes poked in the lid for a nice spray)
In the middle of week 2 is when the bottom of the pot starts to dry out for me and I give it a full watering to run off to leech some of the salts out you've been pumping into it. Then I repeat that same process of keeping the top moist until the plants get large enough to water to run off each time..
You're going to want a EC/PPM meter. Good news is they are the cheapest part of your grow set up !
Hope that helps a little.
Step one (for your next grow): Before you plant you need to rinse your coco and give it a bath in Cal/mag Ph'd between 5.7-5.9.
You have to feed every watering in coco. At a very min at least some cal/mag. Keep your nutrient levels low as you are going to be feeding all the time.
The first week I water every day about 100-200mil of low ppm water ph'd to 5.8. Just enough to keep the top of the soil most. Never let your coco get dry. (I use a pop bottle with holes poked in the lid for a nice spray)
In the middle of week 2 is when the bottom of the pot starts to dry out for me and I give it a full watering to run off to leech some of the salts out you've been pumping into it. Then I repeat that same process of keeping the top moist until the plants get large enough to water to run off each time..
You're going to want a EC/PPM meter. Good news is they are the cheapest part of your grow set up !
Hope that helps a little.
I think that’s where I stuffed up I never rinsed it before planting. Will defiantly do that before next time. How much cal mag should I use when rinsing it though ? And how much should I add now ?
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
I'm a bit hesitant to throw out a feeding regimen for you at this point. @St. Tom was being a bit modest when he said he's not a plant dr.
He knows a thing or 2 about growing. Maybe a tag will get @Mañ'O'Green to come over and have a looksy too! These guys will fix you up !
If they were my girls I would give them a 1/2 tsp per gallon of Cal/mag and a low dosage of your regular nutes to run off on your next water. Make sure to PH in the proper range 5.7 to 5.9.
If you can it's probably a good idea to wait for Tom and ManO to confirm.
(EDIT) ohh I almost forgot , ManOgreen is going to suggest you use some sort of surfactant too ! See buddy, I've been paying attention !!!
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@Djstoner1337 to AFN.If your coco is raw and has never been washed and pre-charged those seedlings will just die unless you fix it! This is not ideal but it can be done now. Fix several buckets of water PH to 5.8 and rinse your coco out the best you can. Run several gallons through each pot. The last gallon should be PH to 6.2 and 150 PPM of Cal-mag. So you need a good EC meter. wait a couple of hours then feed with 80% strength nutrients PH to 6.2 , add Mykos or other bennificials if you have them, always ad a tiny bit of surfactant (Yucca Powder) when you fertigate. Any day that you fertigate make sure you get 10%-15% run-off by 2 hours prior to lights out.
What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.
Hey guys, thought I’d just give you all a bit of an update.
So in a couple of days time will mark 6 weeks since they went into the pots.
Have started some LSTing on a couple, and probably going to just let the other 2 do their thing.
Am now feeding to cannas coco chart, doing the full dose that they recommend PHD to 6.0 and they seem to be loving it.
does it look like they’re starting to flower to anyone ? Can’t really tell myself.
and does anyone have any thoughts or tips on anything I should be doing ?
am struggling to control the temps but they sit between 21-25°c.
cheers
So in a couple of days time will mark 6 weeks since they went into the pots.
Have started some LSTing on a couple, and probably going to just let the other 2 do their thing.
Am now feeding to cannas coco chart, doing the full dose that they recommend PHD to 6.0 and they seem to be loving it.
does it look like they’re starting to flower to anyone ? Can’t really tell myself.
and does anyone have any thoughts or tips on anything I should be doing ?
am struggling to control the temps but they sit between 21-25°c.
cheers
