Rookiegrower710
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Rootsruler third day after watering entire media. Had to add half a liter of water to each plant; 3 days ago I began to water whole media as you said. Currently using .39ml of just silica as an additive per gallon.
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First week growing autoflower
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Can't get your photos to come up but from the gallery they look good. We should wait and see how they do but I'm thinking you can probably start feeding them nutrient in a couple weeks.
When you mix your nutrient add the cal/mag first into the water and make sure it's well mixed. Second will be the silicate, also making sure it's well mixed and then your base ferts. This is so you don't precipitate the solution. You'll be feeding right away so not a big chance of that happening but always good to start best practices so when you move into auto irrigation and have a nutrient solution reservoir tank you'll understand how you need to mix the solution so that you don't get deficiencies down the road.
The rule of thumb is you don't want to mix phosphate based nutrients with calcium containing nutrients. This is if you will be housing a solution for an extended period of time. If you're going to mix and feed that same day then you don't need to follow it as much but, again, good practice for when you do get to that stage.
I use 2 tanks and keep them completely separated if I have to leave for an extended period of time.
When you mix your nutrient add the cal/mag first into the water and make sure it's well mixed. Second will be the silicate, also making sure it's well mixed and then your base ferts. This is so you don't precipitate the solution. You'll be feeding right away so not a big chance of that happening but always good to start best practices so when you move into auto irrigation and have a nutrient solution reservoir tank you'll understand how you need to mix the solution so that you don't get deficiencies down the road.
The rule of thumb is you don't want to mix phosphate based nutrients with calcium containing nutrients. This is if you will be housing a solution for an extended period of time. If you're going to mix and feed that same day then you don't need to follow it as much but, again, good practice for when you do get to that stage.
I use 2 tanks and keep them completely separated if I have to leave for an extended period of time.
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2 fantastic cultivars with fantastic results. Your going to love how explosive the purple punch gets at around day 16. She's going to double in size daily from there. Excellent yielding plant. The northern lights is a great beginner variety. Very forgiving and super rewarding with her dense colorful nuggets that smell of a northern pine forest.
Both your girls are looking fantastic. You are off to a pretty good start. The most important part of an autos life is the first 30 or so days. That will determine EVERYTHING. If she grows vigorously during veg, she'll end up with lots of good possible bud sites.
I would watch the temps. I can see a few spots on both plants that are showing heat stress and humidity stress. Basically it's too hot and too dry. They're in veg if you have a humidifier then pump it to 65% at 85F should give you a decent leaf VPD. That would be the simplest and cheapest way to fix the issue. Cooling the room would be the next best solution but much more expensive. If the VPD isn't within range, the plants can't effectively pull up nutrients. Thankfully the range is pretty wide. Just need to make little tweaks.
​​​​​​​Overall, great start 👠I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.
Both your girls are looking fantastic. You are off to a pretty good start. The most important part of an autos life is the first 30 or so days. That will determine EVERYTHING. If she grows vigorously during veg, she'll end up with lots of good possible bud sites.
I would watch the temps. I can see a few spots on both plants that are showing heat stress and humidity stress. Basically it's too hot and too dry. They're in veg if you have a humidifier then pump it to 65% at 85F should give you a decent leaf VPD. That would be the simplest and cheapest way to fix the issue. Cooling the room would be the next best solution but much more expensive. If the VPD isn't within range, the plants can't effectively pull up nutrients. Thankfully the range is pretty wide. Just need to make little tweaks.
​​​​​​​Overall, great start 👠I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.
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SoOrbudgal
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Very well done LOL
