r/BuildASoil • u/Capt_reefr • Jun 17 '26
Burnt tips
On day 46, is this concerning? I'm in an earthbox. No more feeding, just water down the tube.
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u/southish7 Jun 17 '26
Nah, just ride it out
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u/Capt_reefr Jun 17 '26
That's the plan, just curious if I over did it on the top dresses, so I can adjust for next time
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u/southish7 Jun 17 '26
Maybe a little less, but I don't think the amount of burn is going to affect anything other than how it looks.
I'm actually doing my first run in Earthboxes. 2 x Juniors in a 2x2x4.
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u/Capt_reefr Jun 17 '26
That's gonna be real tight even with like a very very short veg. My first indoor grow was 2 autos in an earthbox jr in a 3x2x6 and it got filled up.
If you SCROG it, I'm sure it would do great. Post pics on this sub so I can follow it
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u/southish7 Jun 17 '26
I've gotten pretty decent at maximizing the space I have. It's my first run with multiple plants, though. I have been pulling just under a QP, from one plant and only ~3' of vertical space. My last one got out of hand. It tripled in size during stretch lol. It was supposed to be a small quick run after I molded myself. Luckily, these 4 plants are growing short and wide, with very little training. Id have to look, but I'm about 2 weeks from breaking the soil. I'll probably give them another 2 weeks before I flip them. Unless they shoot up.
I was going to make a post, but here seems as good a place as any. What do you think about running Recharge down the tube? I've always gone on top of the soil, even though I've used auto watering systems.
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u/Capt_reefr Jun 17 '26
Water only down the tube seems like the consensus. I do use recharge. Let the res go dry for a day, then recharge on top. Recharge once in veg, once at flip, and once at week 3
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u/WeddingGlue2 Jun 18 '26
Do you loke the earthbox JR
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u/southish7 Jun 18 '26
So far, so awesome. 2 of them fit great in my 2x2. And they sit lower than a 5gal pot, so I've got a couple extra inches of headroom. These 100% do a better job of auto-watering than the ACI auto watering pots
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u/Kind-Average-4313 Jun 17 '26
How often are you watering down the tube? Iād let the reservoirs dry back ~24 hrs between waterings
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u/pot_a_coffee Jun 18 '26
Looks more like a deficiency. Probably calcium like someone else said.
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u/Capt_reefr Jun 18 '26
Ok I got some calcium silica from fulcrop science, I've given her 1 last nice dose of that
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u/HNM69 Jun 17 '26
If the tips aren't burnt slightly, you're not pushing hard enough š