Indoor Curing your plants with nutrients?

[riz la green]

Worth a shot

I'd try watering more regularly and thoroughly as has already been suggested.

 

[X]

I have a "checker" I use for a back-up... it gets the job done just fine. When you first take it from the package, it will probably have some dry, crusty stuff on the electrode. Just wash it off by rinsing it thoroughly with tap water until it looks clean. Mine scared the heck out of me, because it seemed to take a little while in the water I was buffering, to act right. So, if you see something like that, don't panic. It takes a little while to get a good stable reading with this pen... I don't trust the reading on mine unless it has been in the water or fert mix at least 15 minutes.

Also, do not add ferts to water that is already buffered. N and P make the pH drop and you may need to adjust it up. If you have already buffered the pH down w/acid before adding the nutes, and it goes too low when you add the ferts, trying to get it back up can cause problems.

It's important to know that it takes a while for the water or fert mix to buffer. If you measure the pH right after you buffer, you may get a bad reading. I don't measure pH until it has been at least 3 or 4 hours since buffering.

Great to see you are able to get back on track. Now, let's see how the plants react to a good watering. X

 

[fweedom]

Haha, isn't that Hanna's "Beer PH Meter" for brewers? Did you calibrate it as soon as you got it? That's their cheapest meter and requires as much love as the yellow milwaukee meters do. Needs constant (weekly) calibration & correct storage. I donno man, if you're watering with just plain water and that issue is coming up now, AFTER you watered with nutes.. it just doesn't make sense to not be a pH issue, ya know?

Calibrate the Hanna and I'd water with 6.3 water (yeah yeah, this will always be a debate, but 6.3 just seems most optimal to me).. it is a possibility the plant is root-bound but it just doesn't seem likely for an auto to become root bound in such a large pot. Do you crush the sides of the pot before you water so the roots are watered evenly?

As far as my meter i know man its the cheapest they come thats why its such a pain

And i havent watered since ive givin nutes..

To make thing less confusing.. they were given plain water till day 33, i gave veg nutes at day 33 and they havent gotten any water since.

so with these deficiences im debating on giving just regular water or a feeding of bloom? i feel like if they are hungry for more PK then giving regular water will just starve them more..? :smokebuds:

and yea my pots a 4 gallon pot but i dont crush the sides but ill start now that i know

thanks for all the help so far also :clap:

 

[fweedom]

Until you get a pH pen, don't feed... seriously. If you're using OF, it will get you through till finish.

Don't worry about getting it perfect this time, or trying to get the plant to "catch up"... it really doesn't work like that with auto's... it is far more likely the grow will be troublesome if you start adding ferts that are not properly buffered, than it would be if you just let the mix and good water carry them through. If you get a pH pen, start adding bloom nutes, every other watering, at 1/4 strength. You're going to end up smoking some pretty good herb, regardless.

so do you think its time for some tiger bloom now?

did u just suggest bufered water at first because u thought adding nutes would throw off my ph more?

 

[X]

And when u say buffered water do u just mean regular ph balanced water?

Yes.

Calibrate the Hanna and I'd water with 6.3 water

Might want to take a look at what gets locked out in soil when you go below 6.5... just something to think about.

they were given plain water till day 33, i gave veg nutes at day 33 and they havent gotten any water since. so with these deficiences im debating on giving just regular water or a feeding of bloom? i feel like if they are hungry for more PK then giving regular water will just starve them more..?

The more I hear, the more I lean toward under-watering. The more roots there are, the more often you have to water. The watering frequency needs to keep pace with the root growth. I would give them one good watering and feed them 1/4 strength.

did u just suggest bufered water at first because u thought adding nutes would throw off my ph more?

Seriously, if it were me, I would water twice before I fed... OF has lots of nutes already in there and I like to give things a chance to settle, if it's possible I may have gotten them off track. I really think you are going to be good from here. If you did knock the pH off some with the one feeding, it's not likely to end up being a big deal. With nutes... less is better until you get enough experience reading your plants to know when to increase... not quite enough doesn't matter much... too much can jeopardize your whole grow.

I hope this helps and good growing. X

 

[fweedom]

Yes.

Might want to take a look at what gets locked out in soil when you go below 6.5... just something to think about.

The more I hear, the more I lean toward under-watering. The more roots there are, the more often you have to water. The watering frequency needs to keep pace with the root growth. I would give them one good watering and feed them 1/4 strength.

Seriously, if it were me, I would water twice before I fed... OF has lots of nutes already in there and I like to give things a chance to settle, if it's possible I may have gotten them off track. I really think you are going to be good from here. If you did knock the pH off some with the one feeding, it's not likely to end up being a big deal. With nutes... less is better until you get enough experience reading your plants to know when to increase... not quite enough doesn't matter much... too much can jeopardize your whole grow.

I hope this helps and good growing. X

Thanks a lot man you been a lot of help..the yellowing and drooping seem to be getting worse fast so I'm goin to give a good watering with a little less than 1/4 strength tiger bloom to give them some NPK but not to much. I'll fill my 1/4 tsp cup not fully to the top just to make sure I don't over do It..

 

[X]

Thanks a lot man you been a lot of help..the yellowing and drooping seem to be getting worse fast so I'm goin to give a good watering with a little less than 1/4 strength tiger bloom to give them some NPK but not to much. I'll fill my 1/4 tsp cup not fully to the top just to make sure I don't over do It..

Let us know how it works out. X