Purple Daddy
07-26-2011, 10:31 PM
Due to various circumstances I'm having to water daily now, about 2 gallons per pot(2 plants per pot). Should I be giving nutes more frequently because of all the watering I'm doing? I'm feeding about twice a week but only giving about 50% of the recommended dosage. The plants are about 4 weeks into flowering and don't seem to be lacking anything yet. Below is a list of what I'm feeding and how often
Dyna Gro-2-15-4
Seaweed Xtract-
Molasses-
Advanced Whey Protein shake mix-once a week
For instance this past week I mixed 3 gallons of full strength Dyna Gro into 5 gallons of water then added a table spoon each of molasses and seaweed and a scoop and a half of the protein shake. Second feeding I just mixed 1 tblsp of dyna grow and one tblspn each of the molasses and seaweed into 5 gallons of water(recommended nutes for one gallon)
I then feed the plants about a half gallon each of this solution, let them sit for about half a day then finish watering the containers. It takes about two gallons per container of liquid before I notice any run off if there is any run off. Plants are exposed to full sun from about 11 a/m until about 6 p/m right now, temps have been mild for this time of year around the high 80's to low 90's this week and the humidity low.
The plants look relatively healthy, typical yellowing of bottom sun leaves. Slight spider might problem which I think has been solved. Soil medium should have been prepared with more peat moss to retain better moisture so that is my fault and part of the learning process. This(so far and xing my fingers) has been my best grow after two years of marginal success due to various reasons. I just want to make sure I'm finishing these babies off correctly and maximizing what I have going. Plants were put in containers by the pair by design and container size averages about 15 gallons, I did not want the plants to outgrow my space which ended up happening a month ago so I had move a few to another location in the yard and expand the secluded growing area. Plants reached the top of the fence a few weeks ago so I've been bending like a MF'r to keep them below the fence line. Basically the plants have outgrown my expectations although I should have known when they were 2ft tall in 32 oz cups that they had the potential to be monsters. A few I started later and size is of no concern but about 10 have reached the fence tops and have been bent about every other day to keep then shorter.
Dyna Gro-2-15-4
Seaweed Xtract-
Molasses-
Advanced Whey Protein shake mix-once a week
For instance this past week I mixed 3 gallons of full strength Dyna Gro into 5 gallons of water then added a table spoon each of molasses and seaweed and a scoop and a half of the protein shake. Second feeding I just mixed 1 tblsp of dyna grow and one tblspn each of the molasses and seaweed into 5 gallons of water(recommended nutes for one gallon)
I then feed the plants about a half gallon each of this solution, let them sit for about half a day then finish watering the containers. It takes about two gallons per container of liquid before I notice any run off if there is any run off. Plants are exposed to full sun from about 11 a/m until about 6 p/m right now, temps have been mild for this time of year around the high 80's to low 90's this week and the humidity low.
The plants look relatively healthy, typical yellowing of bottom sun leaves. Slight spider might problem which I think has been solved. Soil medium should have been prepared with more peat moss to retain better moisture so that is my fault and part of the learning process. This(so far and xing my fingers) has been my best grow after two years of marginal success due to various reasons. I just want to make sure I'm finishing these babies off correctly and maximizing what I have going. Plants were put in containers by the pair by design and container size averages about 15 gallons, I did not want the plants to outgrow my space which ended up happening a month ago so I had move a few to another location in the yard and expand the secluded growing area. Plants reached the top of the fence a few weeks ago so I've been bending like a MF'r to keep them below the fence line. Basically the plants have outgrown my expectations although I should have known when they were 2ft tall in 32 oz cups that they had the potential to be monsters. A few I started later and size is of no concern but about 10 have reached the fence tops and have been bent about every other day to keep then shorter.