Prep for Flowering

Prepping for flower. Gonna get rid of everything below my SCROG. I wanted to wait for the 3rd plant (3rd picture) to grow a bit more before flipping, but the other two are getting pretty tall. Also not sure if I’m noticing some type of nutrient burn. I feed with Jacks 321 at 1000 - 1100 PPM. Always have about 16 oz run off.

All those tall tops, bend them under the screen now or they will reach to high. That’s the point of the mesh. Fill all the empty spaces. You want it to be flat now.

SnidleyBluntash said:

All those tall tops, bend them under the screen now or they will reach to high. That’s the point of the mesh. Fill all the empty spaces. You want it to be flat now.

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This is probably the best I’m gonna get them. There is little room left. I’m probably gonna defoliate some stuff later today than switch the lighting to 12/12

Gave them another week to grow. Probably gonna start flower very soon.

I gave my plants a flush because my PPM levels were around 2,000. They are now around 1,000 - 1,100, but my ph is really low around 5.6. I water and feed around 6.5 every time. I also noticed some type of deficiency. I’m not really sure, but I’m thinking either nitrogen or Cal/Mag. I’m hoping to flower this week, but I wanted to make sure everything looked good before doing so.

Coming to the end of week 1 of flower. With the noticing of either nutrient burn or Cal/Mag deficiency or even both. I’ve only watered/fed one time this week. It was with nutrients at 50% and added Cal/Mag

Coming to the end of week 3 flower. Going to start cutting all the undergrowth soon. These are 3 different strains and the stretch are not even, but I think they are coming out good so far.

Here are the after results of some defoliation. The back of the tent was difficult for me to get to so I did whatever I could.

Amateur-Grower said:

Here are the after results of some defoliation. The back of the tent was difficult for me to get to so I did whatever I could.View attachment 5398363View attachment 5398364View attachment 5398365

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great looking plants! Although, those traces on the leaves...they probably need nitrogen and potassium

DaFekHappen said:

great looking plants! Although, those traces on the leaves...they probably need nitrogen and potassium

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Thank you! I've been adding Silica Blast into my feed for about 2 weeks now. I cut back on my Jacks 321 feed because I started noticing burnt tips and figured it was nutrient burn.

Amateur-Grower said:

Here are the after results of some defoliation. The back of the tent was difficult for me to get to so I did whatever I could.View attachment 5398363View attachment 5398364View attachment 5398365

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Thats got Magnesium issues on bottom photo.

budman111 said:

Thats got Magnesium issues on bottom photo.

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I thought so as well. I've been adding Cal/Mag into my feed at 1.5ml per gallon once per week. But I feel like these plants are suffering from nutrient burn as well so I don't know if I should lay off the nutes or continue with just Cal/Mag and Silica Blast and get rid of the Jacks 321 for the rest of the grow

Why are you feeding cal/mag too? You already have loads of calcium nitrate using Jacks 321 part B, and should be using epsom's salts for the magnesium.
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How were you getting 2000 PPM (EC 4.0), when mixing 321 at the proper measurements usually ends up being around 2.0 at full strength? You mean the run off tested that high, right?

You probably need to flush the heck out of the medium, and get rid of any toxic buildup. Water\nute solution alone likely won't cut it though, and you probably need to bust out the good stuff. Flora klean or something like that. Jacks is salty!