What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[Farmall]

I’ve defoliated to a point where I was able to look through the plant from the top down... 2 weeks later It really looks like I’d never touched them. As for watering, Oldjarhead100 gave me that watering plan and a complete list of parts... going forward with that in the fall... thanks Oldjarhead100 💧

[oldjarhead100]

Silica,calmag,then grow/bloom are the most important nutrients we have and should be in every watering .
growing in coco i find i have much more control over things but one thing it does do is build up salts/nutrients if they are not washed out periodically , so once a month I would give them all a good flush to get ec/ph back in the good zone , I did this for years but since went to auto watering ,coco needs to be buffered with calmag because it leaches into the coco , when I make my coco I add 60 mg of calmag and this gives the coco what it can hold on to so I dont show calmag deficiencies.
30 inches is usually the distance using leds .cmh not sure of I lowered mine to about 10 inches but it was on a light rail so it doesn't burn plants ,I believe there is a tutorial on lights on gwe .as far as defoliation, look in week 4 update I did what I thought was a good defole then Nebula asked if I was going to defole them , you can really remove alot with out hurting them , I like to defole towards the end of veg then at 3 weeks in bloom and thats it unless i'm manifolding plants then I trim as needed

[SierraBravo4]

thank you for your service as well.
since starting to grow i have had 1 excellent run (1st run single plant 300w) next three runs total disaster as i was increasing size of everything, pots, lights, medium, grow tent. i went from 2x2x4 to 4x2x5 to a 4x4x6.5(which popped holes in the side ruining 2 runs) i thought it was how it was doing things and it turned out it was my tent. i had 3 20 amp dedicated outlets installed in my garage, 1 for AC/Heat, 1 for fans and aux equipment, 1 for lights. then i enclosed the area in and added a door.

Silica i was adding that until i ran out. then make the executive decision to not buy replacement.
i just started using the Advance nutrients Sensi Coco Base with supporting cast (Voodoo, Big Bud Coco, B-52, Overdrive, Piranha, bud candy, flawless.
i havent liked the idea of automated feeding/watering seemed like to many numbers to keep up with but could be something to try since my flower time is on when im in bed and off when im up. 6am to 6pm darkness. i have thought about the whole more than once a day less is more idea. my cousin mentioned something along those lines. are you having to monitor your PPM and PH more with the autowater.

your saying that when you add the nutrients in a certain order they react differently than if added in a different order?
I wondered if that was a thing or if they just reacted the same no matter the order of mixture.

so much to learn and unlearn too.

thank you for the answers, gives me some new thoughts on moving forward. this is my first run with this setup. so i am not set in stone in the process yet. PM inbound.

[SierraBravo4]

@alltatup
thank you, i am always looking for improvement. this by far is my best run up to this point.
i am going to dive into the defoilation a little deeper. i understand the idea of light to site its the common sense approach. i find i get nervous about reverts and stress. i am hoping more people throw out their ideas on the three topics(COCO feeding, LIGHT distance, defoilation) so i can get a feel from the community on how these three work together for different people. different strains different pains

[alltatup]

SierraBravo4 SB now officially stands for Some Botanist!!!!! They look fantastic!!

[oldjarhead100]

@Sierra Bravo4 thank you for your service and I think a welcome home is in order ,I grow in Coco as well I use to water by hand but always mixed nutes in a 5 gallon Bucket , if you are giving your plants silica you should put that in the water first and give it at the very minimum 1 hour I usually leave mine overnight then I add Calmag then any pk boosters then either grow or bloom ,then a wetting agent ,then hydrogaurd '
Since I switched to mixing nutes in this order I noticed a marked improvement in plant vitality the trunks were much bigger than all of my other grows ,you can always go to a auto watering system I water mine 4 times a day and they love it ,if your interested in the watering system PM me and I write it all out not that expensive to do

[SierraBravo4]

[SierraBravo4]

Nice I just posted up pics

[SierraBravo4]

Full 5 plants

[alltatup]

Hey SB, welcome to the forum! I started growing a year before you did, and I grow hydroponically. It would be nice to see some pics of your grow, and if you're asking about defoliation, I go by what Nebula recommends here: https://www.growweedeasy.com/defoliation

[SierraBravo4]

i did a search... i apologize if these have already been addressed.
i have been reading this site since August 2017. just become a member of the boards today...

I am a retired and disabled soldier, i started growing in august 2017 when we moved to Colorado and i found this website. i tend to keep my crops 4 to 6 plants.
i have 1515W in a 4x6x8 grow space i built in my garage with portable AC.

Currently running 5 plants in 7 gal pots.
Bubba Kush x 2
Afghani #1 x1 (was 2 but 1 failed to get passed coming out of the ground. )
OG kush x1
all above purchased from Seed supreme
Black Russian x1 (friend gave it to me so i re-vegged it as it was 2 weeks into flower and i was still 2 weeks into veg.)
that allowed me to veg my other 4 a little longer

light distance - i have had LED as close as 10" (leaves curled realized bad after the fact.)
Currently running all 3 - 1 CMH and 2 LED at 30" no closer than 24"

NANOLUX 315w CMH - ???
Viparspectra 600W LED - ???

Defoiling- i am swaying to 1 time a week larger shade leaves and nothing else. up to week 3 of flower then leaving until flush week. so i can defoil 1 if i do it again end of this week 2 Flower.
When - ??
When Not - ??

Feeding in Coco - I tend to feed every 48 to 72 hrs based on pot weight (i transferred from Fox Farms Ocean so that mentality stuck)
I have read i should be feeding daily - this makes me nervous...
i hand mix each gal of water/feed. usually 5 to 6 individuals
i dont bulk mix makes me nervous on having to much nutrients. the individual mixing is therapeutic.

As with everything this whole cannabis growing is as several stated before personal preference, what works for you and your life.
i will take all advice and use what i can and thank everyone in the process.

Thank you again,
AB
Sierra Bravo 4 (Shitbird 4) old army Call sign

[Retodd]

Lol alltatup

[Retodd]

Are you growing indoor or outdoor? This is such a open ended couple of questions.

[alltatup]

Spellbound This clarifies a lot for me: I didn't know who was preparing my oatmeal and coffee every morning!!!!!

[Spellbound]

How are the plants fed and watered?

At first this is up to you but with time, patience, understanding and love you can train your plants to feed and water themselves. With enough time you can even train them to cook for you (but always check to make sure they turned the oven off because Cannabis plants are kind of forgetful)