I’m on my first grow and I feel like everything is going good and at times it feels opposite of that.
Here’s where I’m at currently.
I have 2 auto flowers in 5 gallon pots
I have been watering with distilled water
I have a 2:1 ratio of FFOF & FFHF with coco on top with a slight blend of the soil mix from the bottom. (Which I’m realizing now that I don’t really like)
3x3 tent
Mars hydro ts1000 (currently 24” away at 70%)
RH 55-65%
Im currently beginning week 5 of my original blueberry auto from FB and it looks thin. I did defoliate a bit to open it up.
I’m currently beginning week 4 of my gorilla cookies auto
I will be honest and say that I feel like I’ve been giving them enough water to do good but not great. I was gradually raising my water level. Last watering I gave the blueberry 1 liter and the gorilla cookies half a liter.
Today I gave the blueberry 2 liters and the GC 1 liter.
The blueberry had a little runoff for the first time. I tested the ph off the runoff and it was 6.4 the ppm was 2004
I haven’t added any nutes (which I’m thinking I might be a little late on)
If anybody could help me out , I would appreciate the help to identify where I’m lacking. Thanks
Keep doing what you’re doing Growmie. Have you checked the available nutrients in the soil from the run off of or a soil slurry test? Since you blended the amended the soil with nutrient free coco you may be getting close to needing to feed
I had the first watering with runoff 2 days ago.
Ph was 6.8 ppm was 2004 but I’m not sure if it can read higher with just a little bit to test.
I tipped the cup over and spilled some after the Ph test so I had less to use with the ppm test. Not sure if that makes a difference
That’s good numbers for the organically amended soil. For the slurry test if you didn’t go down around the root zone I would stay with the run off test. You’re good for 3 weeks or so but keep in mind that run off will rinse some of the nutrients away. Start feeding once the PPms drop down around 800-1000 and feed at the range every feeding. Use a drench to drought routine, the drench to approximately 20% run off and the drought period will provide the roots the needed oxygen. Your plants are looking great Grow Bro and if you haven’t picked a nutrient line out I would suggest Jacks 321 or Mega. crop one part
I decided to go with all fox farm for soil and nutrients on this run . It seemed simple enough to understand for a learning process.
I dnt want to get my hopes up with this grow run I just want to learn as much as possible and execute accordingly on the next run
Right on, go easy with the FF trio, salt heavy and the feeding to run off like I mentioned early is critical to rinse those excess salts away that can accumulate in the root zone tanking your PH and driving up the PPMs
Thats exactly what @OGIncognito is saying. Its all great advice. I get almost a full solo cup of run-off from each plant in my 3 gal pots, which is about 10-15% of the water i put in. That works well for me in a 50/50 blend of ocean forest/happy frog.
Edit: i use jacks nutrients which seem alot more forgiving if you feed too much. You might have to get more run-off if you start getting salt build up from the ff trio. Most people suggest doing the sledgehammer flush as per the FF feeding schedule.
