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Today is the Summer Solstice.

Since today is the day Mother Nature slowly flips the lights to a shorter cycle I am guessing the photoperiods I have outside should begin to show signs of flower in a month or so, is that decent guess? Indoors in hydro I usually switch to bloom nutes a week before the flip and toss in a booster at the same time to kick start the flowering. It usually takes less than a week inside to show signs of pistils with the booster and 2 weeks or more without it. Do you folks use a bloom booster out side to kick start flower? 

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    • there was still light out at 8:40 pm today!

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      • I say wait until the plant shows signs of flower, then start your flower nutrients. Keep it simple let the plant tell you it’s time. If growing plants from seed they all have their different personalities and some flower weeks after others. 

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        • I have a short flowering season so one way or the other it’s done in October. In jars or the trash 

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        • Uhhhh.....are we confusing Solstice with Equinox, maybe?

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          • Solstice is when the days get shorter and equinox is when the days are the same length. So I don’t think equinox will have much to do with it will it?

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          • OD July is when the flowering starts to happen . Not so much a bloom booster but keep N levels down ! The plant will use more P,K just like ID plants do. 

            Remember that during the flowering stage, plants need a lot of nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium and of course magnesium to develop large flowers and the original smells and flavors naturally present in the plant. Here's a good read !

            Magnesium during the flowering stage of cannabis plants

            Many of the deficiencies that we can observe during the flowering period are given due to an excess with the bloom ferts Most ferts for this phase contain high amounts of phosphorus and potassium: it should be said that potassium and calcium are two nutrients that can cause magnesium lock-out when added in excess.

            Usually, this lock-out occurs during the first weeks of flowering - when the plant is creating buds - approximately during the third-sixth week of flowering, depending on whether it’s an Indica or Sativa strain. During these weeks, and if we use too much fertilizer, we'll cause an excess of potassium (K) that will block the absorption of magnesium (Mg). To solve this nutrient imbalance, flush the roots to lower the nutrient excess in the substrate so that the plant can absorb Mg again.

            It’s also necessary to emphasize that the deficiency often appears because the substrate doesn’t have enough Magnesium; in these cases, we should provide our plants with magnesium during the above-mentioned weeks, either directly in the soil - by adding limestone dolomite - or through irrigations, using a Mg supplement in he nutrient solution and via foliar with a Ph level of 7.1. You'll notice a quick recovery of marijuana plants. Happy growin

             

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            • Good read chubby.  Thanks 😊.  

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              • thanks 4 the share chubby441 ....

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                • why would some one want 2 raise your PH to 7 ???? 

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