Hi all,
I’ve been feeding my Wedding Cake autoflowers Jack’s 321. They are in 5 gallon grobags with Fox Farm Happy Frog. Some nice fkowers have formed but I’m just wondering how often I should be watering and how often feeding Jack’s 321 at this stage? One of the forum members suggested 3 quarts per plant a couple times a week, but I would really appreciate any kind of help as far as a feeding and watering schedule.
Thanks and happy growing!
Not familiar with the jacks nutes. They look fed to me. The leaves are dark and waxy looking. Maybe high in nitrogen…
I would skip a feeding and do just water.
I would think being in 5 gal pots that they would need 1 to 2 gal a piece to fully saturate. Hard to say on the how often. They need to dry completely between waterings. You can usually tell by the weight of the pot if its dry or not.
Big weight difference between a wet and a dry one. Good luck on your grow.
Looking good.
I’m in a 10 gal pot, and water 1 1/2 gallon every day because of the heat.
Yes, I see how relative it is asking for a 1 size fits all when it comes to watering and nutes. If I fed my plants every day I would drown them. But I’m not in a particularly warm and dry climate.
I don’t grow outdoors but I would suggest waiting until they droop a little from lack of water then water deeply and slowly. As for feeding, I would say every other or every 3rd watering should be with nutes.
When to water: when the pot is light. In my tent this takes 3 or 4 days… outside you will have varied results I imagine. Try this… water your plant fully. Lift the pot every day until the leaves get a lil droopy (prolly 4 days or less). Then just water when the pot feels like it did the day before the droop.
When to feed: While I have not done outdoors, I do believe this part is universal to pot in a pot. You will want to feed when the tds of your runoff drops below 1000ppm. With Jacks I fed nearly everytime I put liquid in. You might have a different experience.
Assuming those are 5 gal pots, thats not enough water for a plant IMO. Especially if you are feeding synthetic nutes like Jacks. You are gonna want to water to runoff. When I water a 5 gal it takes at least 1 gal, usually 1.25 gal to fully water and get sufficiant runoff. If you always water and feed to runoff it reduces the chances of lockout.
Have you been tracking your input ph and tds?
I agree water to run off feed with every watering with jacks, and lift the pot when it feels lite water it 
plants are looking good 
Ditto on this 
I agree with the others that @Docnraq is 100% accurate on water and feeding technique 
Water by weight as we can’t see the water in the pots but we can feel it’s weight very easily, and water till 10-20% of what you put it the top has ran out the bottom.
