weed nerd113
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like he said the crinkling is noticeable as well to also confirm
Holes in leaves - and I need to go on vacation for the weekend!
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BenFranklin
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Your PH is right, The only thing you have to do really are find well balanced nutrient solutions, that will have trace elements of calcium and magnesium. One of the things that soft water does, is remove Calcium and Magnesium. The things that make water "hard".
FlashBabylon
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Thanks for the quick response! Lime would skyrocket my ph in coco and be a bad thing surely?
Can't be 100% but it looks like more holes about to develop where there are yellow areas, and there is yellowing to the edges of the holes so I would stab a guess at yes.
weed nerd113
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and i dont care if you use dolomitic lime or cal mag liquid its the same thing except the liquid drops your ph a lot where the lime doesnt. its always neutral so you cant use to much and also its almost imposs to give a plant to much cal so good luck
DonAlejandroVega
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brush the bottom of those yellowing leaves in third pic, onto a white piece of paper, and look for moving specks, just to humor me
weed nerd113
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dolomite lime always has a ph of 7 you cant use to much sorry
FlashBabylon
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Yeah this figures. I had held off micronutrients while they were young but they are ready now - too ready it seems!
Thanks all for the quick, helpful responses, I really appreciate it.
I am relieved that at least I don't have a mite problem! I was terrified when I saw the situation this morning!
FlashBabylon
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I will do when lights go back on in four hours. Better safe than sorry. Just rub the bottom of the leaf right onto the paper?brush the bottom of those yellowing leaves in third pic, onto a white piece of paper, and look for moving specks, just to humor me
edispilf
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good luck.
weed nerd113
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it will never go higher then 7 which is fine of course slightly acidic is best but your liquid nutes will drop that back down alittle. just forget the lime if you dont feel comfortable with it use egg shells it really doesnt matter
FlashBabylon
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Sorry to keep asking questions on this point but I'm a little confused. I want my ph to be 5.8-6.2, if I use elements at ph 7 it will make things too alkaline surely, so I then need to add ph up yeah?
FlashBabylon
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Thanks, would be gutted if something happened that ended it all now!
BenFranklin
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Even if you had mites, especially on that small of a plant, you can rinse them off, or use a little Cold pressed neem oil, and follow the directions.. You can use it in your watering or in foliar feeding.
It kills all bugs that eat the plant, dead!
It kills all bugs that eat the plant, dead!
BenFranklin
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weed nerd keeps giving you advice for SOIL..
@weed nerd113, he's repeatedly stated several times that he isn't running SOIL, he is running Coco hydro.
Whatever you do, DO NOT ADD LIME.
@weed nerd113, he's repeatedly stated several times that he isn't running SOIL, he is running Coco hydro.
Whatever you do, DO NOT ADD LIME.
DonAlejandroVega
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I tap the leaf sharply a couple of times over the paper
FlashBabylon
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Righto, thanks DonAlejandroVega and BenFranklin, I feel reassured and appreciate your help. Love RIU!
Will report back in a few hours when I have had a chance to visit the hydro shop, refeed them and do the mite check.
To be sure - to feed the calmag / micronutrients, given I watered them with feed this morning, what should I do?
Water til runoff with just calmag?
Water til runoff with feed and calmag?
Just add a little water with calmag?
Or something completely different? always rather be sure than blunder in then come back on here to be told "Oh no! You shouldn't have done *that*!"
Will report back in a few hours when I have had a chance to visit the hydro shop, refeed them and do the mite check.
To be sure - to feed the calmag / micronutrients, given I watered them with feed this morning, what should I do?
Water til runoff with just calmag?
Water til runoff with feed and calmag?
Just add a little water with calmag?
Or something completely different?
always rather be sure than blunder in then come back on here to be told "Oh no! You shouldn't have done *that*!"
FlashBabylon
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Little update, bloke in shop reckons holes like that must be caused by bugs, so I have bought some pyrethrum to tackle it from both ends. Ultimately I guess it can't hurt to spray with pyrethrum as a preventative measure if nothing else!
I also got some "magne-cal" boost stuff so I will give them all a rewatering with that later.
It should be noted the plants haven't had a flush for over a week, though I water until runoff so I don't know how important that is. I will next flush them after I return from two day's vacation
I also got some "magne-cal" boost stuff so I will give them all a rewatering with that later.
It should be noted the plants haven't had a flush for over a week, though I water until runoff so I don't know how important that is. I will next flush them after I return from two day's vacation
FlashBabylon
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PS..... vampires hahahah! cheered me up 
FlashBabylon
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update a week later, I think / hope the problem has gone away thanks to the pyrethrin.
The cal mag overdosed my plants even at low concentration so I have removed that from the equation, and am just feeding now:
canna a&b
canna rhizotonic
cannazyme
They are now monster bushes.
The cal mag overdosed my plants even at low concentration so I have removed that from the equation, and am just feeding now:
canna a&b
canna rhizotonic
cannazyme
They are now monster bushes.