Help please my plants were doing just fine about a week ago and I don’t know what’s wrong. Before my plants went down hill I started amending the soil with happy frog cavern culture(1-12-0), azomite, crab meal(4-3-0), fish meal(8-6-0),granular humic acids, kelp meal(1-0.1-2), and recharge in preparation for flowering. I also raised the the light intensity from 50% to 75%, the light cycle still remained at 18-6 hrs. CO2 level were around 2000ppm, and humidity was at 65-70%. My plants were doing just fine, but now mostly of them look sickly. Any help would be appreciated thanks!!!
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- Indoor or outdoor? - size of grow?
- Otigin of seeds?
- Regular, feminized, or autoflower?
- Origin of water. PH, EC/TDS of source water?
- PH and TDS/EC of if mixed solution?
- Grow method? Soil, Soil-less, Coco, Hydro, Aquaponics. Please explain.
- Nutrients or fertilizer system used.
- What typr of lighting are you using? LED, HID (MH, CMH, HPS), or Fluorescents? Please elaborate.
- What are the temps in your growspce? Day / Night?
- What is the RH = relative humidity in your growspace? Day / Night?
- AC, Humidifier, De-humidifier?
- Do you have a Ventilation system? Size? 4", 6"?
- Co2 Yes / No?
- How long have you been growing?
- What budget have you set in order to grow successfully?
- If you grow hydro, then please explain your hydro method. DWC, R-DWC, Ebb and Flow, Or; Other? Other?
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Hey @coochiemonster if you can provide the information above it would help diagnose your issues.
Now from your post it sounds like you’ve added additional nutrients and increased your light intensity. Additionally it sounds like you have a closed system with the CO2 levels you are working with.
What are your temperatures in your tent throughout a 24 hour period?
Are you bringing in any fresh air or is your system closed?
Looks one some heat or nutrient stress or a combination of both.
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Without adding a pH buffer to the equation. Most organic amendments can and will throw pH for a whole loop. You’ve more then likely dropped it to a range even the microbes cant account for. Id get a good runoff pH number (i know it shouldnt matter with organics, but extreme changes make that moot)
A remedy im starting to preach from my soapbox is Dolomite Lime. Use it when mixing soil (to bake over time) and when ‘living’ soils go off the rails. It increases pH and adds a lil bit of calcium at the same time.
Also keep in mind, most of those are meant to break down over time (the aforementioned ‘baking’)
Looks like ph. Happens fast. Like purp said the cocktail of nutes not properly balanced can throw you way off. Once locked a pain in the butt and recoverable.
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- Indoor
- 4 Banana Kush plants (which are the ones doing very poorly right now), 4 Snowcane plants (pretty bad shape, but not nearly as bad as the banana Kush. Also they are much bigger too.), 1 cherry cresendo ( in really good shape, its also the smallest one. I also did not amend the soil as much either for this plant)
3.All are feminized
4.filtered tap water
5.around 7, don’t know the TDS
6.soil, mix of a bunch of different stuff including compost like lobster compost, also worm casting)
7.Not sure what this question is asking
8.LED, MARS HYDRO FC-E6500
9.72-79F, on the high side when the lights are on
10.60% in the day, 72% at night
11.AC and humidifer
12.8"
13.yes
14.1 year so far
15 Dont really understand this question
16 soil grow only
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Short answer
Looks like multiple things are short. Thats why we keep saying pH
But from that close up… im even more intrigued
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Looks like your pH is a bit high. Bring it down to 6.6 for now. @PurpNGold74 has the fix with the dolomite.
As for question 7. Nutrients or fertilizer system used. If you are not adding anything like miracle grow sounds like your all or mostly organic.
With all that active soil I say add some beneficial microbes to assist breakdown and delivery to your roots.
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