Currently working through some issues that may have been caused by overwatering or another issue but growth hasn’t diminished.
Going to go over my soil inputs again and make sure I used the correct amounts of each amendments but otherwise I’m pleased.
Still to early to decide whether this recipe will work for me. I might have to do a better water test to see what’s going on in there too.
Ask me again next year 
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To me that looks like Calmag/ Phos issue. But I can’t say forsure. 
hopefully as time goes on your plants color up nicely.
I always like looking at other people’s organic soil recipes so I can maybe adjust my own to improve it. And yours looked like it didn’t have 15+ ingredients so I was interested lol
Here is what I did with my “off the beaten path” type of no till nutrients recipe…
Base Soil Mixture
85% HP Pro all purpose
10% Earth Worm Castings
05% Valcanic Rock
Soil cover
Dry Neem leaves (Pest repellent)
Promix Orchid mix (Western fir bark mostly)
Bamboo charcoal (smell reducer, pest prevention & microbes refuge)
Soil Airration Amendments:
Lava Rocks (Pearlite already in HP Pro)
Soil Nutrients Amendments:
Organic Raw Coconut Chips
Organic Kelp Powder
Seven Sea Veggies
Crushed Eggs shells
Bannana skins diced up
Gaia Green 444
Gaia Green 284
Dynomyco C
Seven Sea Veggies:
Ingredients: dulse, nori, sea lettuce, wakame, kombu, longicruris, and knotted wrack flakes
So far no real issues at all, but I’m always lookin to improve. So I may wanna add some of the Indgredents from your mix into my own after this 1st run with this soil.
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Top leaves yellowing is not usually a symptom of macronutrient deficiency. Since NPK are all mobile, it will steal them from lower leaves and allocate them up upper leaves.
So you are looking at micronutrients, either missing one or locking them out.
I see you were considering overwatering, so I think you are right that is probably the cause.
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I actually bought some malted barley once I saw him use it, because it was otherwise like my same recipe! We must listen to the same guy.
I do want to add pumice still. But it’s been working good for the whole one month I’ve been using it.
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For at least 5 years now I’ve followed Organic grows and some Living soil grows. I finally decided to pull the trigger. It’s always fun to see everyone’s inputs to their soils and the different base mixes they use. You seem to have it figured out. Thanks for sharing your recipe and why you use those particular amendments. That’s why I love the forums and threads, we can always refer back to them and find potential answers to problems.
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Based on my research, what’s available to me & because I like being difficult and different.
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You’re the second person to tell me this.
My plan now is to let the pots dry back a bit and measure what I’ve been watering. Maybe this will balance things out and get them back on track.
Thank you very much for your insight 
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Damp soil my friend. No no to soaking wet.
I’m still learning to apply my bottle of LITFA sometimes lol
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I’ve read in a couple places that you shouldn’t water more than 5% of soil volume per watering during veg and the first 3 weeks of flower, then no more than 10% of soil volume for the meat of flowering, and then cut it back to 5% of soil volume for the final 2 weeks of flowering. I’m lazy and not so precise. I fill up a 2gal watering can with RO water and spread it “equally” between all the plants by counting. Who knows how much they get or how frequently. I don’t really have a schedule.
Your plants aren’t exhibiting the other symptoms of overwatering, but anything’s possible. Watering is one of the hardest parts to nail in organic grows. That’s why I think SIPs - city pickers or earthboxes - are a good option if you have the space. Douchebags might ridicule you for “just water your plants, bro” but I really don’t give two shits if it works. 
People can act like it’s a competition and belittle your methods, but this is a reflection of them, not you. Do what works for you, and don’t be afraid to fail when trying new techniques. Try lots of stuff. Some will succeed and some will fail, but I’m pretty sure if you just stick with something for a few runs, you’ll figure it out. Like pretty much everything with this hobby, it takes patience and determination and perseverance.
And, if you give it the the old college try and it doesn’t work for you, move on. Who cares? It should be an enjoyable thing, not stressful.
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Are they root bound and time to uppot?
Mine get to looking like that I uppot they come out of it.
Pull one out of a pot and see, you could have a couple situations.
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I’m excited to see how mine turn out for sure.
I think I’ve been under watering my plants. Watering definitely takes practice.
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Water by heft you can’t go wrong
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That’s definitely how I water my veg plants. I’ve learned with my soil to leave them a bit heavier as opposed to lighter.
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Today was up potting day for all the Good Medicine F2.
More pics later but this is a 25 day old root system
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Good Medicine F2
Days 26V and 19V
They will chill out in these 1 gallon pots for about 3 weeks
Upon transplant yesterday 5/9/21 I fed them 250ML of water each.
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Here are the Goji F1, DLA 5 F2 and Sakura F2 mothers in 5 gallon pots. They were a lot drier than I’ve let them get but not completely. Then I fed them 1000 ml each on 5/8/21
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Looked like a while ago you had some of those square fabric pots- but I don’t see them at a glance here. How’d you like those bad boys? I wondered if the extra soil would make a difference.
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Nah these are the same 5 gallon fabric pots I put them in about a month ago.
And yes! I most definitely would not have run into my issues had I used the entirety of the 5 gallons. I noticed plenty of root bound plants so I imagine the mothers are experiencing the same thing.
Tomorrow they will be put into 7 gallon pots and flowered out.
I found all of these fabric pots on Amazon and EBay and they work pretty well. No issues with them yet
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Must just be my dumb ass saw a folded bit of the round ones. Someday I’ll have to do a side by side square vs round and figure out for myself.
Looking good, thanks for answering my non-question!
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