I also thought that could be it, but it seems to becoming a little out of hand so I thought I'd ask... thanks again for your help .. here ya go
They look great. I see some yellow spots on the higher leaves. Have they been there awhile? Can't tell if that's ca or mg def. Doesn't look as round/spot as ca, but not as spread out as mg. (I'd say they look like water spots at a younger age which concentrated the light and burned the leaves.). If those few spots aren't new, I wouldn't worry about them.
I agree to some extent with
@*BUDS . The die off around the bottom looks a little different than what I normally see. Mine's usually a slow and general fade like N def. Yours look a little blotchy which caused you to think P def, Mn def, etc. After I posted last night I thought about how the beginnings of salt buildup in the soil might cause what is an expected die-off of lower leaves to look like a variety of deficiencies. (Salt build up causes nute lockout and looks like underfeeding.).
What is the ppm of your runoff (and the scale of your ppm meter? If you don't know the scale, what is the brand?). You probably don't have to worry about it unless those spots on the upper leaves are new.
You could always water twice as much with half-strength nutes (compared to what you normally feed), get a lot of runoff. Wouldn't hurt to do that if you don't have salt buildup, and if you are getting salt buildup it will help.
