nuts for flowering

jsoickle

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I have two ladies that i grew in pots, they are really getting rootbound. The first one was about 4ft tall, i dug a nice big hole in the ground and used 20l of good soil. I am going to put the other in the ground tonight.
They both has been outside for about 6 weeks in the pots,one has been flowering for about 3 weeks and the other has been flowering for about two weeks.
my question is, do i use flowering nutrition on these ladies while they are in the ground? if so,what kind should i get, i am in canada so it might be hard to find good nutrition now as all the stores are putting away their supplies
When i go look at nutrition, what should the numbers be? 10-20-10?
oh and this is my first grow.
 

jsoickle

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This is plant number one. I started her on the window ledge but she stretched really bad.I then took her outside and concealed her in a pot and seems like she doing good now.She is probably around three months old (flowering 3 weeks)and has been outside in a pot for a month and a half.I just planted her in the ground and she seems be doing well.I was very carefull not to harm the roots when i put her in the ground. I trimed all the bottom leaves and branches as they were not getting that much sun because of the way i have her hidden.
these seeds were given to me and have no idea what they are.This is my first grow.The questions i have for the experst is
do you think she will give me a good yield with this set up?
any idea of what kind of plant this is?
I am really confused on what type of nut to feed her while in the ground, i been reading a lot and dont want to buy the wrong kind

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jsoickle

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This is plant number two. She is also about three months ols.She has been outside all her life. I am transplanting her tonight in the ground but waiting to get advice on nut to buy. She looks like she is a completly different strand.
Any ideas or comments on her?
Also i made the mistake of trimming some fan leave, as i did more reading i now understand that trimming the fan leaves was a huge mistake, like i said, this is my first and i am learning but she still looks good.
also , do you think she will give me a good yield?
Please give me any advice to help a rookie
thank you riu
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sonar

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Nice looking plants man. What kind of nutes did you use for veg? You want something with a slightly lower N level for flower. The Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom I use is 1-4-5. It doesn't look like you have any sort of deficiencies so you might just be able to stick with what you are using now. Cannabis specific nutes aren't really required.
 

hydrosoil78

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what kind if plant is it? most likely indica dominant hybrids so that way it's a little easier and you can get a good yield with low maintenance. It looks like you could still use fish fertilizer to help bulk em up, but stop using it when they get about halfway into flowering. there are different kinds of mycorrhizae granules (happy frog, etc) work them into the soil and they would help with developing flowers.
 

1sttimeguy

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Being a noob myself I would say yours are looking good. I've been using my veg nutes cut back to half strength and mixing in a bone meal tea to bulk up the Phosphorus for flowering. Mine appears to be as far along as your first one (a little taller and bushier) aside from that about the same.
 

jsoickle

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Thank you so much for the replies. I was using a all purpose fertilizer. It was a 20-20-20. I was feeding them every second day.
Finding a fertilizer for blooming might be hard where it's the end of summer. I was just looking on Rona website and all I could see was in stock is a 15-30-15. Would this be ok for flowering or is it too high.
 

1sttimeguy

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Thank you so much for the replies. I was using a all purpose fertilizer. It was a 20-20-20. I was feeding them every second day.
Finding a fertilizer for blooming might be hard where it's the end of summer. I was just looking on Rona website and all I could see was in stock is a 15-30-15. Would this be ok for flowering or is it too high.
The main npk looks fine to me, many people say cut the N way back however ( as a is my experience with my vegies) the plant will only use what it needs, as long as it is not an extreme surplus of any given nutrient the plant will do just fine. I'm currently using my 18-18-23 mixed cut to 1/2 and mixing bone meal tea with it (making approximately a 10-23-11). As it's my first grow I'm simply using what I have around the house for my gardens. Nothing was bought exclusively for mj.

I'm in the same neck of the woods as you, looking at the long term we'll have an excellent month+ for maturing ;)

Good Luck !
 

jsoickle

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here is a update on my plants. Please give me your opinion to how these look. I need you guys advice as i dont want to mess this up.
Plant one update
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jsoickle

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plant two, i tied the branches down and accidently broke a stem, i tied her and she seems to be doing very well,that happened almost two weeks ago,my leaves are are curling on the ends and i am hoping the stress of the broken branch caused this. I leave my plants dry out then i water them so i am pretty sure its not over watering.Will these leaves recover or should i be worried?
My nut are as follows
15-30-15
big bud
bud candy

i feed bud candy, next watering is plain water,then next watering is 10ml of 15-30-15 and 2ml of big bug mixed together(per gallon),then next watering is just water, then next watering is bud candy and so on.
Thank you for any opinion you can give me
 

GoRealA

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Nice plants! Plant #2 is way too thirsty tho. Its in part because of that small pot it is in. I would try not to let it get that dry. You had a good idea with transplanting it 2 weeks ago.
 

jsoickle

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that is actually a huge pot that i transplanted it into. I cut a hole in the table and sat the plant in the hole so it wouldnt get to high because my neighbours would see it. Its only half the pot that u can see as the other hald is sitting below the table
 

Swagnitude

Member
Bud candy and big bud are good products for what you need. Lots of phosphorus and sugars is what they crave, but you might do well with adding a bit of CalMag+ to round out your nutrient regiment. I've worked in a hydro store before and those 3 components are pretty well used staples.. but you can go a much cheaper route. Get some molasses or other source without sodium it for sugars, mixed into the water you essentially have bud candy..
 

jsoickle

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Hey guys.
My plants are doing very well and the buds are swelling up nicely in the last week or two, i will post some updated pics very soon.
The question that i have is that our weather here is changing very quick, fall has sure set in. The tempature here is 8c(46f) at night and 12c(53f) during the day. The question that i have is will these temputures have any effect on my girls? also will this temperature change cause my buds to mature sooner ?
thanks for any info
 

jsoickle

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here is a update on my two females. The buds are swelling up pretty nice. I am hoping i am only 2 or three weeks away as the temp are really dropping here. Please give me your advise
plant 2 pics
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and this is plant one
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looks like plant two will be ready before plant one
 

smok3h

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Good nuts for flowering? I'm a Planters fan myself...



In all seriousness though, I'm no expert but I'd say you have minimum three weeks to go on each plant, even plant two.
 
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