New grower in over my head. Need help with identifying problems

hotrodharley

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hotrodharley

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Makes sense, they’re interested in me buying as much product as possible, so they probably recommend what could plausibly be the highest tolerable concentrations.
That's part of it. These are formulated by guys in hydro. Very experienced guys. Any nutrient brand you're advised by most of us to start as low as 1/4 the suggested feeding. Far easier to address a slight deficiency than trying to resolve toxicity.
 

dtm1182

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I probably have about another 4 weeks of flower and 2 weeks of flush in my cycle. Should I switch to a lower concentration for the last month, or should I just run it out as is, and learn from it for the next run?
 

dtm1182

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That's part of it. These are formulated by guys in hydro. Very experienced guys. Any nutrient brand you're advised by most of us to start as low as 1/4 the suggested feeding. Far easier to address a slight deficiency than trying to resolve toxicity.
I never considered that. Makes total sense. It’s way easier to add little by little what may be missing, as opposed to removing something there is too much of.
 

dtm1182

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You certainly shouldn't stay at 2.4EC

No flush, tapering down EC last week is good.
My plants are drinking around 5 gallons a day, so I can easily temper the water down by adding some straight RO water to dilute the solution down for a day or 2, then I’ll just do my additional top offs with a lesser concentrated solution. What should I aim for as an ideal EC number?
 

dtm1182

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That flower development doesn't look promising. :(

Overfeeding your plants can have a negative effect on flower development and we're trying to grow flowers.
We shall see. Some of that may be my crappy photo skills. The last picture up there is an area that’s up against the inside of the tent. I overgrew and ran out of space. 4859B09C-CE00-438F-B398-0F085BE634B9.jpegEC197DD2-488E-4F9F-8BB4-7C48CD4EEDDE.jpegAD004689-99C2-4D1E-91FA-C84B97B8D3D6.jpeg6CCDEA48-50AC-48E5-9661-9D2BC2A4FA5B.jpegF65F55A2-C58E-40D1-817C-9179011662A2.jpeg7C4017E0-C789-46D9-9E38-86BEBDEB6966.jpeg
 

dtm1182

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All the yellow flowers are nirvana Maui wowie photo period. the stuff that’s already showing red hairs is either G-13 purple haze, emerald triangle lemon haze auto, or G-13 super skunk auto.
 

Billy the Mountain

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My plants are drinking around 5 gallons a day, so I can easily temper the water down by adding some straight RO water to dilute the solution down for a day or 2, then I’ll just do my additional top offs with a lesser concentrated solution. What should I aim for as an ideal EC number?
Again, the ideal EC for you plants will be different than mine, but clearly 2.4 is far too high, I'd cut it by 1/2 and raise it if necessary

You should be monitoring the EC in the res, ideally it should be nearly static or gradually falling.

The over-fertilization likely caused the buds to have such a high leaf to calyx ratio.
 

xtsho

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We shall see. Some of that may be my crappy photo skills. The last picture up there is an area that’s up against the inside of the tent. I overgrew and ran out of space. View attachment 5054894View attachment 5054895View attachment 5054896View attachment 5054897View attachment 5054898View attachment 5054899
Well those pictures definitely look more promising than the ones you posted in post #22.

The reason I asked if it was Nirvana Maui Wowie is because I've grown it multiple times and the flower development at 6 weeks was much more. You still have a long time to go though. I do think that the high EC has had a negative effect on the growth of the plant.
 

dtm1182

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Well those pictures definitely look more promising than the ones you posted in post #22.

The reason I asked if it was Nirvana Maui Wowie is because I've grown it multiple times and the flower development at 6 weeks was much more. You still have a long time to go though. I do think that the high EC has had a negative effect on the growth of the plant.
Thank you. I should clarify, I switched them from 18/6 to 12/12 about 6 weeks ago. They didn’t seem to actually start flowering until about 4-5 weeks ago.
 
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