Brown thumb grow

[Bluey]

Terracotta is great for growing in. It breathes, it transpires and it cools the root mass.

[Rwise]

Toss it in the bin!

[Gingerbeard]

Screw your probe.
You know what dry dirt feels like.

[Brwnthmb]

I’ve got a 3 gallon fabric pot that feels light when I lift it and the top inch is almost dry so I’m pretty sure it needs watering. However the moisture meter reads “wet”, at mid level and below).
Should a moisture meter still read “wet” when it is time to water?

[Brwnthmb]

Different strains, yes? Just keep them as even as you can with LST and let them do their thing. They may have completely different structures.

Thanks. It will be interesting to watch the flowering. I’ve only grown outdoors before this.

[Gingerbeard]

Different strains, yes? Just keep them as even as you can with LST and let them do their thing. They may have completely different structures.

[Brwnthmb]

I just set my timer to 12/12 for these two. (Obviously the one on the right is more full than the one on the left.) The left one was topped later and I haven’t tried LST on either. But, Do you think that I could gain more (enough to make it worth it) to LST the left hand plant, keeping it in vegetative for a while longer?

[Gingerbeard]

It's kind of a baseline. At some point, less light will start flowering. But less light means less growing. So, you could go energy saver and do less light, but you would get less plant. You could do more light, but it not be enough darkness and run into revegging issues.
Using the more light, more plant principle, autos can grow 18/6 from seed to weed which makes for better auto weed than 12/12 auto weed.

[Brwnthmb]

That’s good, because I just changed my timer to 12/12, from 16/8.
Something else along those same lines; the equinox is around September 22, and the nights continue to get longer after this. Based on that;
Do all cannabis strains flower at 12 hours darkness (or less)? Or is 12 hours darkness the minimum for flowering and some strains need more than 12 hours darkness?

[Gingerbeard]

Doesn't matter.

[Brwnthmb]

Do you change the light/ dark schedule suddenly or does it matter?

[Brwnthmb]

I trimmed off the damaged parts of leaves yesterday, following an article on potted plants. Nutrient burn or light burn don’t fit with this plant and I am hoping that this problem is not continuing. With the yellow led material gone I can tell much easier.

[Rwise]

As far as common, I often have burnt leaf tips from the soil being hot.

[Rwise]

Plant Dr says Light or Nutrient burn causes yellow leaf tips

https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/light-burn

https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/nutrient-burn

[Brwnthmb]

That is my understanding, that overwatering often gives symptoms of nutrient deficiencies because the plant cannot obtain the nutrients.
My question is, to people with experience, is yellowing leaf tips like this a common problem and not really anything to worry about?