Spotted Leaves
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Hessam
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What's your soil mix? How much/how often do you water? Are you misting your plant?
putdust
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soil is just from the garden. not using a branded soil mix. I water whenever the pot feels light which is between one to two days., and i don't mist my plant. Ive posted a lot about my setup on this thread, if any of it helps.
https://www.rollitup.org/t/seedling-problems.896959/page-2#post-12339403
Thanks!
https://www.rollitup.org/t/seedling-problems.896959/page-2#post-12339403
Thanks!
Traxx187
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Go out and buy some soil man and transplant youhave any mykos?
Traxx187
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Well by the looks of it seems the soil you use not providing the nutes and maybe to compact for the roots to thrive in what nutes you use ?
chuck estevez
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quit using distilled water
Majorduke
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I don't reccoment spraying them at all, just make a run to your local hydro shop and pick ya up some foxfarm happy frog or ocean forest, transplant her, make sure your pot has good drainage and just give her water when the soil dries out pretty well. Won't even need to worry about food for over a month. Net you'll see a vast improvement pretty quickly.
questiondj42
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What's the ratio of mix from your garden? Compost/perlite/vermiculite? It looks really clumpy and as though it doesn't have much air. It looks like you have nutrient lockout, possibly root rot from it being so wet. You need a loamy soil mix. More perlite and peat.
putdust
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I'm not sure what the soil is composed of. The plant is getting worse, with the spotting spreading to the top leaves. Im not gonna be able to change the soil for another 4-5 days, do you think it'll live till then? Also, another plant, only a few days younger then this one has been given the exact same stuff, environment light soil watering etc, and isn't experiencing any issues so far. What would explain this, and is there anything i should do to prevent the younger plant from encountering similar problems?
if the soil looks too wet its because the photo was taken right after watering
Thanks for all the help!
if the soil looks too wet its because the photo was taken right after watering
Thanks for all the help!
erlite) when I use bagged soils, I pretty much always add perlite. When using f9x farm ocean forest, Ill add like 3 cups of perlite per gallon of soil. Look into aeration!
chuck estevez
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One more time, WHERE do you get your water from?
Traxx187
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What water u use
putdust
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i use bottled table water which has a ph of 7-7.5, and i use ph altering solution to get it to approx 6.5. What should i be using?
Re aeration, i think that problem should be solved once i get the soil changed over the weekend. Ill look out for perlite and do my research on it. Thanks!
Re aeration, i think that problem should be solved once i get the soil changed over the weekend. Ill look out for perlite and do my research on it. Thanks!
Chunky Stool
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I assume you have checked for bugs??? Some bugs can't be seen with the naked eye. Use a bright light and look closely where the stems intersect. Also check the underside of the leaves.
questiondj42
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If it's getting worse, you need to get it into a soil mix that drains better. It's obvious, just by looking at the media post-watering, that it's holding too much water and not providing enough air. Your roots are saturated, the plant is drowning. Get it in a lighter mix, like Sunshine #4 or Promix and allow it to recover. There's probably tons of shit in your garden mix that are drowning and burning the plant simultaneously.
questiondj42
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This is a Thai basil plant that has gotten more than 3" of rain in the past 24 hours. The media isn't clumping, and it doesn't look saturated because the media drains well and is properly aerated. The media does not look like mud. If the media looks like mud, it's not draining and not aerating. I could go out into my garden and pick up a handful of wet media, and it would crumble and fall apart. That's how the media needs to react when it's wet.
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putdust
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So i've taken the advice posted here and bought this. I haven't transplanted yet, but based on the information on the back, is it good for my plants? I dont have any mykos, but ill look into it. Also, yes i've checked for bugs many times, never found anything, but ill keep a look out. Ive also switched to tap water as advised and i'm ph-ing it to 6.3-6.5. Ive tested the ph runoff with this new soil mix and it comes at about 5.7-6.0. Is this ideal?
