they grow in soil, organic fertilizer, DYI led. In the third week, I noticed calcium deficiency, so I added Sensi Cal Mag.
Plants have improved slightly, but the next week the situation has deteriorated faster. I think I overcame it with that Sensi Cal-Mag. What do you think?
I just hope that I did not fucked up PH of the soil. I am not able to measure at this time
First thing I would check is overwatering - is the soil drying out completely between waterings/feedings, and draining well? Overwatering will lock out nutrients. A lot of people just load up on more, and make it worse.
They look a little like some of my overwatered soil plants. Maybe something else entirely but I thought Iâd get that out of the wayâŚ
No, I dont let the soil dry completely, but of course Im alternating dry and wet cycles, but no completly dry.
when I trying let dry completely, the soil lost the ability to retain water and gradually is âlayed downâ
Under HPS I didnt have any problems with calcium, under LEDs this isnt for first time⌠deficiency of calcium was evident in my all runs under LEDs, but for first time they look so awful. I bought Sensi Cal Mag to prevent these deficits. This is result
I believe what also makes defencies really hard to diagnose is how they are actually progressing as well ,meaning if you donât have an almost intimate relationship with you plants and spend time from day to day constantly checking them over you may miss important observations. One that a lot of people probably donât realize is that some defencies move from tip to petiole as well as others move from petiole to tip so if the entire leaf is spotted/ blotchy you might be at the 50/50 guessing game right off the get-go!
So when someone snaps a pic of a problem leaf one might ask " what did it look like 7-10 days ago "? When the pic should of been taken.
you right, the worst thing is that I do not know what caused that deficiency
first appeared soft calcium deficiency so I added Sensi- Cal-Mag. I think the mistake was that I repeated it often. Probably it was a lot and the plants stopped âeatingâ.
Thats my theory. But now I dont know how to proceed
Thatâs why Iâm a organic guy this whole force feeding plants things I just donât understand when one throws something in the mix from a bottle who knows! How is the product made? Is it phâd balanced? Etc, etc overfeeding? Underfeeding? Can one see how many different variables can accumulate rather quickly? Then ya have finicky strains as well to add to the mix. Donât get me wrong there are guys/ gals that feed from concentrates all the time and are " killing it " in there grows and will probably never change what works for them. My hats off to them! My suggestion is that if someone is a new grower and is struggling itâs probably best to start in soil/ soilless mixes with a few admendments and expand from there. Always read gather knowledge, knowledge is power!
Water only from beginning to end of cycle sometimes I use rain water when available, though I try to drive off chlorine from city water by letting it sit for some time in not always 100% on this.
Oops sorry didnât know who I was respond to there for a second. My bad
With these organic mixes Iâv never used so I honestly canât make comments might be worth experimenting with them at 25-50-75% cut with plain old peat . Have you used biobiz a lot recently? Or is this something new to you?
I am not familiar with the bio biz line either so canât really help though looks like a root issue (leaf folding under)âŚph, needs more oxygen etc which could explain the low magnesium striping with no help from the calmag as everything reported environment wise is spot on
My guess is lockout of sorts and a little too much water. Sometimes giving it a chance to recover, and dry out⌠then go back to keeping it moist, but never wet. Watering from below is ideal. The roots need to be able to work and need oxygen as well as water. Leaving a bucket of tap water sitting overnight will dissipate the chlorine, too. Thatâs easier on the microbe community if your nutes include them.
They sell a wonder fix here, I see⌠called LIFTA⌠might wanna search for that topic. Seems to work for most everybody.
They look great, maybe just a little over loved⌠??? itâs hard not to. Theyâll come out of it soon. Some strains are nute sensitive, too. Some like heavy feeding, and some hate it. Genetics will make that call.
Back to smoking my bowl⌠I hope I donât read this in the morning and ask myself, âwhyâ?