So to start it all off. This is my very first grow. FIRST. So I’m sorry if I may seem dumb at times but truly I do want to learn. I’m growing in 50/50 happy frog and ocean forest. With a 4in carbon filter. The light I have is the VIPARSPECTRA P2000 LED Grow Lights. In a 4x2x2 tent. I started these plants on 11/17 and had have many complications and worry along the way. Since transferring to new pot they have exploded into what they are in the pictures. I have just added nutes for the first time. Thanks to @DEEPDIVERDAVE he was able to give me some good advice and guidance. I added 25% of the dose of the Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom which was 5ml of each bottle in a gallon. I watered the plants today 1.5gal roughly between the 3 and then fed them with the 1gal of mixed nutrients. Not 100% sure if this was right and am 100% uncomfortable with what the outcome may be. Let me know if you guys know anything or if I did it right. Took the runoff ppm of the plants after adding the nutes and the first plant came out at a little over 1000 and the second came out a little over 800 and the third came out a little over 800 as well.
Let me know if you think I did the right thing or if I did it wrong. Thanks🙏
Plants look healthy and happy! You’ve gotten good advice so far, let me try to clarify the whole nutes thing.
I found the FF grow schedule confusing when I first used it. What might not be clear is why the different nutrients in different bottles. This is because they don’t store well together. In fact, there is a specific order to adding nutes to water that if done wrong will precipitate salts (that your plant needs) to the bottom of the mix water. But you normally need to run the two base nutrients together.
Bottom schedule lists as required are shaded in green. The cal mag is as needed (yellow). The others are add-ons. Mix is by tsp which is not a very accurate way to do it. Prefer to mix to a target TDS (ppm) and feed accordingly. Note the sledgehammer flushes: this is because FF nutes tend to collect salts in the medium that need to be removed. If you are watching your output TDS (which you are) you may not need to perform.
What pot, pot size are you in?
FWIW: you should put in another one of those lights before flowering them out.
I’ve since gone to Jack’s nutes and have found them to be the easiest and most user-friendly product to date. It’s also FAR cheaper than FF’s line. From two weeks to harvest and great results: this is my last plant harvested in October
It’s best to open a journal of your own and confine questions to that. This keeps the visible feed open for more topics. It’s also way easier to find answers to old questions if needed.
Much nicer than I said.
Reading One journal thread allows all to follow the progress and process.
Not wasting time on information already given, benefits all.
Even better, filling out the Support ticket gives readers an understanding of what is happening.
Okay thanks for all the information. I am growing in a 3 gal size pots. That kind of helped me with some of the questions I have! Thanks you man I appreciate it. Next time I will be doing 2 plants with a 5 gal. But for now I have 3 in 3 gal pots.
Clawedness comes n goes with water and climate but add twisting thin new growth and chlorosis. Both on upper new growth. Id assume pH is way off. I dont know what to do but that testing first
Oh are coming out around 5.5 and 5.8 but the numbers may be off due to Calibration issues. If it’s not cause of that I’m not too sure what it could be. Whenever I water I make sure to have ph above 6 and 6.8. When I test runoff they come out lower as I said above.
I’m just waiting on apera pen and I meant to say not too many complications. Sorry about that. Also just worried and anxious to see what the nutes are gonna do👀
Didn’t know what Clawedness was but looked it up and it could be my oscillating fan. It is pretty damn close to the plant blowing on it. I can move it higher or further away? Would that help and is that what Clawedness is? When leaves look thin and droopy?
I use one that has two fans. One can be angled up and one horizontal.
A few minutes of horizontal, moves leaves nicely. Angled fan moves heated air up.
Blowing too much air will dry the plants.
Good luck
Can definitely tell they are dry. Moved it further away but it’s on lowest setting. Thanks for the advice. Also think you can explain how to stay in one thread? I’m making some people mad and that’s the last thing I wanna do. I can’t seem to figure it out so can you explain it in stupid form?
Good morning, I was nodding off then. Yes I meant clawing, but using the noun not the verb, my mistake.
Its all G, nobody’s mad, most of us are very uh sedated, mellow. “Wish me Luck” good journal name already. Its positive
It looks like pH very low and I agree with your tester. Just curious whats the ppm and pH of your tap water.
The ph is definitely below 6 probably in the 5.3-5.5 range. Ppms are at 22-25 out of the jug water I buy. I live in the country so it’s hard to get clean water.
Definitely thinking about switching to jacks next grow for ph problem I’m having with the ff soil. Going forward with my plants though how would I correct the ph? I watered 1.5 gal yesterday and fed with 1 gal and I’m thinking was probably a lot of water for 3 plants because today they are looking overwatered.
Clean water has its ups for sure.
Tapwater has zinc manganese calcium and others. I ask about its ppm and pH cuz Im wondering how your meters work, in that range. I might use tap water for its higher pH
So you would just water with the water from the tap? Going forward how would you go about it? I watered and fed yesterday and I need to get the ph right. How do I fix this in the best way asap
Next watering, water only and runoff test. Test will help tell what to do. To decide if using tap or pure water, if flush needed, whats the numbers on your tap water
Okay okay. I will test runoff and report back in about a week. My ph of the 1gal jugs of water I buy are between roughly 5.2 and 5.5 and ppm are low at between 22 and 25
