# 1st week of Flower? **URL:** \ **Category:** Flowering\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654 "2023-09-22T23:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/1 "2023-09-22T23:05:59Z")
I’m in my first week of flowering and my girl needs to be fed. Strain is ILGM Durban Pioson in 5 gal AC Infin fab pot, 2x2 tent, Viparspectra 1500 Pro, Gaia Green 444, Gaia Green Bloom, Humboldts Secret Cal/Mag + Iron, and Recharge. My question is should I feed with GG 444 or GG Bloom ? She definitely needs water, and I noticed today that her leaf tips are browning and turning down. I’m guessing it’s from under watering and lack of nutrients ? I’m as new as they come to this, and I’ve been paranoid not to over water or over feed from day 1. ---
**Author:** ![OGIncognito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ogincognito/32/475294_2.png) [@OGIncognito](https://ilgmforum.com/u/OGIncognito)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/2 "2023-09-22T23:18:16Z")
Post some pics Growmie and if you’re top dressing those nutrients it’s going to take a week or a little less to become available. There’s a few growers here using the Gaja Nutes that’ll chime in 🤟 ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/3 "2023-09-22T23:20:27Z")
Ok Thanks, I will post some pics in a few minutes ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/4 "2023-09-23T03:27:45Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/8/e/38e60c4ee116825f21a8e8dc098aee38f87a7cd1.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/a/2/5/a25c6c2e0c8e4f867fc5394ebb215c7ecbe79f61.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/5/3/e53d73a67f3b305c9c020d2d8ac87cc64ec0ff86.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ChittyChittyBangin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/chittychittybangin/32/1095484_2.png) [@ChittyChittyBangin](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ChittyChittyBangin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/5 "2023-09-23T04:47:55Z")
Def needs a good soaking. Any top dressing of dry amendments will take a week or two to become avail to the plant. I use coast of maine dry amendments and always think two weeks ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/6 "2023-09-23T14:51:15Z")
What’s a good fertilizer to feed so she doesn’t have to wait a week or more ? I probably should have not chose to use organic fertilizer on my first grow ---
**Author:** ![ChittyChittyBangin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/chittychittybangin/32/1095484_2.png) [@ChittyChittyBangin](https://ilgmforum.com/u/ChittyChittyBangin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/7 "2023-09-23T14:57:54Z")
Ive been growing organically since the beginning. Get cha a bag of worm castings, a small bag of sea bird guano, some unsulphured backstrap molasses, and make a worm castings/guano tea. By making a tea, it makes the nutrients immediately available to the plant versus 1 to 2 weeks. The molasses feeds the microbes in the soil and makes nutrients even more absorable by the roots… @Fladida ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/8 "2023-09-23T15:14:46Z")
Thanks for the great advice, I will get that done today. ---
**Author:** ![OGIncognito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/ogincognito/32/475294_2.png) [@OGIncognito](https://ilgmforum.com/u/OGIncognito)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/9 "2023-09-23T15:33:34Z")
Personally I don’t think these are needing nutrients. Since you’re organic I would suggest a soil slurry test to check the available nutrients. I’m fairly certain @ChittyChittyBangin uses the method often. Run off would be the other method but not used for organic growing 🤟 ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/10 "2023-09-24T03:03:44Z")
I took your advice and did a soil slurry test, the ph was 5.8 my ph tester is the APERA AI209. I did get everything today to make a tea,. Grandmas BS Molasses, and Down To Earth kelp Meal, fish bone meal, alfalfa meal, bat guano. I know I need to brew the tea for at least 24 -36 hrs, but she desperately needed water today so I top dressed with Gaia Green Bloom and watered her with Distilled water ph’d to 6.5. She was defiantly very thirsty because after a couple hrs she perked up a lot fro how she was looking. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/f/a/e/fae7de89d905a93fef9742a5fe992e6947524471.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/1/7/317e287a8072f392eea20d7ba890b8fc4b86916b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/11 "2023-09-24T03:09:27Z")
Now that I have everything to brew a tea should I give it at the next watering prob about 4 days or should I wait a couple weeks and let the GG top dress do its thing ? ---
**Author:** ![Fladida](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fladida](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Fladida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/1st-week-of-flower/105654/12 "2023-09-24T03:13:23Z")
Also any suggestions on pruning, the growth under the top canopy is very thick