This is Shirley. She is a 55 day old GSCE.
She is in coco with Grow Dots - heavy application.
There are two 240 W Green Beams lights plus a 20 W UV/IR/far red bar.
Her lighting schedule is 6/2 x 3.
DLI around 60, RH 55, Temps 80 day, 70 night.
She gets watered every other day, water pH 5.8.
Additional supplements - Recharge every other week, Fish Sh!t every time, cal/mag, silica, Sugar Daddy, and lately I have added BC Boost and BC Bloom. (Techniflora)
She is unhappy. Yellowing leaves. I gave her additional Epson Salts 2x, plus yesterday upped her Cal/Mag to “deficiency level”. Last PPM in was 1050. Since she’s had Grow Dots I have been keeping ppms a bit light.
It’s not daily - it’s every third day or so. I’m adding it every water since all the rest seem very happy with me using it. I don’t really get runoff - I tend to feed 1/2 gallon at a time, water by her weight. When she’s thirsty her pot feels as if it weighs nothing.
I am a bit baffled, this is my first time using coco, and the other plants in it seem perfectly happy. I don’t know if she’s locked out or starving.
Locked out will cause starving. It’s like being at a buffet with a belly ache.
I have 2x each of 3 different strains going right now. Auto feed system and 2 pissed off plants. They need more runoff to stay happy then their sisters. They also seem to want less feed than the rest.
I’d try to flush and maybe avoid the extra feed since you’ve got the dots. Keep in mind I have zero experience with them. But I find watering to runoff super important
Well I can certainly give it a try. Thanks! She’s my only GSCE in the grow. I know each strain can have different needs, as well as each individual plant.
She is in coco with Grow Dots - heavy application.
There are two 240 W Green Beams lights plus a 20 W UV/IR/far red bar.
Her lighting schedule is 6/2 x 3.
DLI around 60, RH 55, Temps 80 day, 70 night.
She gets watered every other day, water pH 5.8.
Additional supplements - Recharge every other week, Fish Sh!t every time, cal/mag, silica, Sugar Daddy, and lately I have added BC Boost and BC Bloom. (Techniflora)
She is unhappy. Yellowing leaves. I gave her additional Epson Salts 2x, plus yesterday upped her Cal/Mag to “deficiency level”. Last PPM in was 1050. Since she’s had Grow Dots I have been keeping ppms a bit light.
So I count ten distinct additions to the coco. I couldn’t even begin to figure out what kind of Overlap or Omission of nutrients might be going on in the Coco.
I switched to Jacks 321 and I dont add squat to the formula. Problems are all gone. Just fyi I did use all that stuff the first couple years I grew. It doesn’t have to be that complex. It becomes difficult to manage what’s going on with that many ingredients in the soil.
I’m with @Underthestairs about water / feed. I used to skip days even in coco. No longer. She gets fed every day with major runoff. If it takes 7L I want 2+ liters of runoff.
I’ll mix 12 - 14L and feed it over two days. It is easy to do with Jacks.
I suggest running some distilled or RO water through her. Enough to get a couple liters / .5 gallon of runoff. See what it reads for pH and PPM. PH may be out of range and ppm in the stratosphere. Don’t know unless you check.
I dont even use that. I just do the 321 formula all the way through.
In fact I measure with kitchen measuring spoons.
In 1 gallon of RO water I put 1/2 teaspoon Part A + 1/4 Teaspoon Epsom. Mix Well. Then 1/2 Teaspoon Part B. Mix well. If its cloudy dump and start over. Its NEVER been cloudy ever. But thats what it looks like if the mixing goes wrong. I use this all the way through.
Personally I think coco and Jack’s is a great combination. Easy to use and mix. Just need a scale that weighs 1/10 of a gram. Plus lots of users around here to help. Basic formula is straight forward. Easy to add supplements like Silica. I used to be addicted to CalMag. no need with Jack’s. And most problems or deficiencies can be fixed by modifying the basic formula slightly. This is an unpaid endorsement.
A local grocery store has a bulk RO dispenser. I take my gallon containers and fill up there at less than half the cost otherwise. I have it around to dilute mixes, mini flushes, things like that.
I pulled the pin and ordered a 6 lb “kit” - that should keep me for a while - I think I’ll be taking a grow break for a few months after this one finishes up.
I started this way, but the sample kit of Jacks I bought stated you could just measure out with measuring spoons. I have had no problems doing that. I find the gram measuring scale to be fiddly. Even if you do it that way once then see how it fills the spoons and just use them from then on.
It seems to be a very forgiving system.
