It’s confusing because I just watered with buildabloom that is high p and k. I’m also watering with cal mag per the instructions with 6.2 water so really stumped. Just posted update pictures from a couple of hours that passed.
Unfortunately its probably your soil. The best thing we can do when we grow is eliminate any possibly issues before we start the seed, good soil, good noots, proper drainage, ph etc. Just keep rolling and learn from this. Make minor tweeks and note any changes. Other than the spots and curling downward leavs the plant looks pretty damn good.
Thanks man that’s what makes this new discovery hurt much more. After this hiccup I’m definitely going with coast of Maine or another designed for cannabis. Just started preflowering and I probably over loved it, I hope I can find out soon because it keeps spreading.
Looks really good I would be none the wiser of issues, thought was normal fade I see. At this point I would be happy to get a cola lol my last grow was a true herm and put a damper on my growing. Now I’m back to that same 23 day timeframe and I’m getting this. The ganja gods are challenging me
There teaching you. As there will always be bumps or lessons in the road. Your plants will turn out great im sure.
Hey man, I watched the heartbreak in your first grow with the hermie. Really sucks. If you’re ever looking to get away from super or living soils I would say Motherearth Groundswell or FF happy frog, both with Jacks321 right up to the last week or two of flower is the way to go. I was over caring for my first grow and it was very forgiving. Hope it straightens out for you!
Thanks brother, I have seen coast of Maine stonington blend mentioned frequently so I think I’m going to go that route next grow. I also have a fat 5 pound bag of craft blend that I’m like married to now for a bit, but jacks 3-2-1 seems solid for fertilizers once I finish these up. Do dry amendments break down without the bugs and worms in the soil? That’s probably the only thing I like about the soil I have currently up until this headache.
Not quite sure on the dry amendments. I’ve just used nutes(Jacks) mixed with water after whatever in the soil breaks down (about 3 weeks to a month).
Dry amendments break down via microbes eating the raw material and breaking it down to a source plants can use. Leaves that touch soil will get messed up but don’t let anyone tell you spots are normal, perfect green plants are normal, just hard to achieve sometimes. Budbrother can tell you more about soil and microbes than me, I’m a Promix fan! But spotted leaves aren’t normal. Did you get your ppms down to under 1000? Plants that small don’t need a ton of feed, but ph HAS to be on point for them to thrive.
I just watered last night and thought a gallon would be enough for both to have runoff and I got nothing. I am going to overdo it with my watering to get a reading of the runoff. I’m almost positive my ppms are through the roof with unused soil, a top dressing of craft blend a week or so prior and then the watering of buildabloom. I think I over loved my plant, I noticed blackening of edges and read calcium deficiency and went over board. What id give to just have the darker edges of leaves again lol
You cannot give her too much water at one time! Overwatering is watering too often, before soil can dry back. Flushing takes lots of water to get ppms down, 5 times the volume of the pot sometimes isn’t enough. I’d let them dry up and flush them with 6.5 water until the ppm comes well under 1000, and ppm is close to your input. Then immediately feed them if you were using synthetic nutes, but I’m not sure with organic soil just not my thing. I’ve done soil but love Promix because I decide exactly what, when, how, how much and why they get fed. Also, deficiency can be corrected quickly. But the watering advice applies to soil though.
I didn’t know I could let the soil dry entirely without the plant suffering but if it’s fine I’m okay with the microbes dying off. I bought some recharge and have fish sh!t and my own worm castings I should have microbes instantly after the die off. I was just always afraid to let it dry out and ended up watering a couple of days ago because of the wilt. Just now getting used to the “guard” position someone mentioned prior to lights out.
Don’t let it get so dry it’s hydrophobic, but it does need to dry back pretty well. I go by feel it the pots, when they feel light , I water. In Promix, that’s a little more often than soil.
If they were mine and I had recharge, I would flush them enough to completely reset the soil and then hit it with the recharge and water in at end of flushing and water that in, then let dry back . Resetting is flushing with ph’d water until the ppm and ph of runoff is same as going in. That resets your ph, ppm, and everything, like a fresh start. That could take a lot of water depending on how much is in your soil now….
I know my wooden pot is huge I think it will at least take 3-5 gallons but the smaller one won’t be as intense. This will be my first time using recharge, do you use it every watering? That’s what I do with the fish sh!t because it makes me feel like I’m doing something lol. I am going to do this to the t and will post my results. I’m looking at a week maybe two until flowering from what I’ve read and somethings gotta give. Thanks growmie, I really appreciate it.
Recharge is not for feeding every water as far as I know. I think you top dress with it and it lasts for some time. Again, I’m a Promix guy, hopefully the soil guys will chime in and get you lined out. No matter the media, problems are problems and the same things correct them, just with different methods of application. If your pot is 5 gallons, it could take 25 to 30 gals to completely reset it, it’s a ton of work but sometimes has to be done. Next grow, choose your soil or media carefully, some soils just aren’t going to cut it for cannabis, they are not buffered to the correct ph, which will have you chasing your tail the entire grow.
That’s an insane amount of water but I’m more than willing to if I am saving the plant. If I am doing that amount of water is it pointless to test it after the fact? I’ll be watering it with 6.2 water the entire time
You check runoff until it comes in where you want it. Soil should be 6.5, 6.5,6.5. By the way, soil should be 6.5 ph. Six point five…… you pour water through until it is the same as your input. That should be 6.5
@Bigcbud these are about a month old, they are at 500ppm currently and 5.9 ph, but that’s where Promix should be. Pics just for reference so you can see how dark green and healthy they are at that feed strength.
