the cheese and white afghan grow

[budsofmadison]

Did you start them in 1 gallon pots or solos?

I usually get 2-3 weeks out of a solo cup, so you could prolly get 4 or 5 out of a 1 gallon pot.

And as far as flipping to 12/12, i like to shoot for 16-26 inch plants at flip, but its strain dependant.

16-20 for sativas, and 22-26 for indicas.

i started in the 1 gallon pots this time but i normaly go from solo cup to 3 gallon pots except for autos which is straight to finishing pot . i have
been waiting for 8 weeks before i flip i might go a lil longer this time
for the 12/12 part i was just wondering how long before you flip should u transplant i mean would you want to transplant and flip 2 days later ?

 

[GoodShit97]

i started in the 1 gallon pots this time but i normaly go from solo cup to 3 gallon pots except for autos which is straight to finishing pot . i have
been waiting for 8 weeks before i flip i might go a lil longer this time
for the 12/12 part i was just wondering how long before you flip should u transplant i mean would you want to transplant and flip 2 days later ?

Ha, my bad i shouldve read the rest of your post lol.

I usually go solo cup to 5 gallon so 80% of my veg is done in its final container. Usually its anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks from transplant to flip for me.

 

[budsofmadison]

3rd day of week 4 from germination
first pic is the cheese 2nd pic is the white afghan

 

[budsofmadison]

middle of week 4 and tonight i transplanted to 5 gallon fabric pots water .5 gallon

 

[budsofmadison]

last night of week 4

 

[budsofmadison]

2nd day of week 5 i transplanted these from 1 gallon pots on 6/7 and i watered each with a half gallon of water
the plants look ok but seems like they would need watering by now . i do not know where im going wrong

 

[budsofmadison]

@Aqua Man what do you think about the watering situation ?

 

[Aqua Man]

@Aqua Man what do you think about the watering situation ?

There is no real wrong man… just more optimal…. Well for the most part.

The plants look great so i would just water when they need and don’t overthink it to much.

In my coco 1 gal pots with high light and co2 when they first went into the 1 gal it could be days before i needed to water in peak it was 14x a day.

As the olant grow into the pots the watering needs will increase and in a small pot increase a lot.

What media is that again?

 

[budsofmadison]

reused pro mix premium moisture control organic , the stuff i was talking about the other day that if u saturate it will stay wet for weeks so you cant water till runoff . i have used it long enough to figure out how to water the 3 gallon pots 3/4 a gallon and water every 4 or 5 days but now i have switched to the 5 gallons .
i have been trying for 3 years to water like most of you guys every 2 or 3 days but i just cant seem to get there
my plants look ok to me will except for that lil fucker so maybe i am just overthinking things

 

[Aqua Man]

reused pro mix premium moisture control organic , the stuff i was talking about the other day that if u saturate it will stay wet for weeks so you cant water till runoff . i have used it long enough to figure out how to water the 3 gallon pots 3/4 a gallon and water every 4 or 5 days but now i have switched to the 5 gallons .
i have been trying for 3 years to water like most of you guys every 2 or 3 days but i just cant seem to get there
my plants look ok to me will except for that lil fucker so maybe i am just overthinking things

Yeah its the media. Promix HP would be a better option. Are you set on organics?

 

[budsofmadison]

well in my last few grows the watering i thought was ok it would be like every 3 or 4 days a half gallon and then later on it was 3/4 gallon every 2 or 3 days in 3 gallon pots but now im in 5 gallon pots
it's only like the bottom 2 or 3 inches are staying wet longer would that be the water saturation zone

 

[Aqua Man]

well in my last few grows the watering i thought was ok it would be like every 3 or 4 days a half gallon and then later on it was 3/4 gallon every 2 or 3 days in 3 gallon pots but now im in 5 gallon pots
it's only like the bottom 2 or 3 inches are staying wet longer would that be the water saturation zone

Yup exactly

 

[budsofmadison]

middle of week 5
i did fine in 3 gallon pots now the problems of 5 gallons

 

[budsofmadison]

6th day of week 7 of veg

 

[budsofmadison]

well i might of killed them today i got another bale of that pro mix organic from walmart today so i could refill my pots and i been using the pro mix for bout a year now and that bale smelled like shit and i used it anyway

 

[budsofmadison]

last 6 day of week 8 i might go 1 more week then flower
pics 3,4and 5 are white afghan
pics 6,7 and 8 are the cheese

 

[budsofmadison]

5th day of week 9 of veg i will be switching to 12/12 on these 5 sunday
i moved 1 plant to another tent so i could let it veg for a week or 2 longer

 

[budsofmadison]

3rd day of week 2 of flower

 

[budsofmadison]

1st day of week 3 of flower