Every time you water with run off your removing nutrients from your soil.
The very same nutrients that your plant would have used for growing.
I used to water to run off etc etc because that’s what I read here and others were posting. That’s fine if your growing in hydro or coco mediums or using chemical fertilizer in soil.
As I’m growing with a living soil all that stuff becomes unnecessary in my opinion unless something develops that I need to diagnose and fix.
Not sure what growing style your doing or looking to do but you may or may not need to be concerned with.
As far as growth of leaves skipping the 3 fingers and growing 5 I suppose I have but don’t really pay attention to that much. I wouldn’t be worried if it did. These plants never fail to amaze me with their differences even from the same strain and same soil and same nutrients they are all individuals just like you and I are.
If you want to know what your base line is for the soil you use do a slurry test of the soil from the bag.
Take equal parts of fresh soil from the bag and RO or distilled water and put in a cup and stir it up. Wait about 15min or more to let things settle a bit and then check both the PH and the PPM and then you’ll know your starting point.
It’s a good idea to do this anytime before using the soil for growing anything as I’ve had Fox Farms light warrior (starter soil) and my seedlings started struggling and I didn’t understand why as I has used the stuff before only this was from a different bag and when I tested the soil in the seedlings the PH was way low and that was causing the issues. Once I transplanted them to their final pots the issue cleared up. Only things was that they were Autos and didn’t grow as big as they could have because of the rough start they had
I am staying with soil because thats what Im used to and prepared for as far as supplies but I do have FoxFarm Nutes just dont think I need them quite yet but I did mix up 1gal of distilled/unsulphured molasses that I plan on giving them tommmorrow
I have read that the blackstrap molasses helps with microorganisms in the soil and also provides co2 to plant…also I have no Cal/mag supplement and there is alot of iron ,calcium, and magnesium in it.
You don’t want to pre mix things in general ahead of time.
You want to mix them as needed…used.
So you just used molasses and water?
What’s the thought behind that mix?
Yep sugars/carbs etc are food for the critters.
You’ll be farther ahead by brewing compost teas for 24 hours in bucket with air pump and air stones with some worm castings some molasses etc as that tea will have billions of critters in there and when you water that will help with the soil population etc.
Your brew shouldn’t hurt anything. Just smell it first to make sure it’s not sour etc before feeding it.
Calcium and magnesium additions may be needed but what’s in the molasses won’t cover those needs.
Never heard about the CO2 thing
Unsulphured blackstrap Molasses all organic and it feeds the microorganisms that are healthy for all the natural processes at the roots as well as providing defense against pests and salt buildups in the root Zone. I am currently researching further but if you google unsulphured blackstrap molasses and marijuana plants there is a ton of info.
Yep I use it and have since I started but don’t use it with just water…
Have read a ton of things about using it and many other natural amendments and etas etc etc…
If you want take a look at my 2 grow journals as well as many topics I’ve created or added to on this forum.
Using the search feature…top right Mag glass is great for finding info on things your needing help with and sometimes you’ll be able to read and get questions answered without posting them. By all means ask away just saying…
