Outdoor plants dying: advice needed

smoketastic

smoketastic

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Guys, I could really use some advice. I'm a new grower, and an dealing with a problem that looks like it might wipe out my plants. They're yellowing from the bottom up, and the lower leaves are starting to fall off.
I haven't fed much at all, because I thought my original soil mix was decent. Compost, perlite, promix, blood meal, bone meal, and Osmocote. I did give them some Dynagro Grow about two weeks ago, but it didn't seem to have any impact.
It's been unusually wet here. Insane amounts of rain for the past month. Just eight inches this past Sunday alone. Probably 20+ inches over the past 90 days. Could this be a water problem? A nute problem? Something else?

If anyone can help me save my plants, I'd appreciate it.

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smoketastic

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That's what I'm afraid of. it's unreal how much rain we're getting this year. I just ordered some Dutchmaster Zone which if supposed to help damaged roots. Even though it's formulated for hydro, I read that people have good success in soil too. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I can save them. I just hope it dries up enough for me to need to water. It's been so wet this year that I've only watered twice, not because they were thirsty, but because I wanted to give nutrients.
As a backup, I just put six more auto seeds in a paper towel. If my photos die, at least I'll have something to fall back on.



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santacruztodd

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smoketastic said:
Guys, I could really use some advice. I'm a new grower, and an dealing with a problem that looks like it might wipe out my plants. They're yellowing from the bottom up, and the lower leaves are starting to fall off.
I haven't fed much at all, because I thought my original soil mix was decent. Compost, perlite, promix, blood meal, bone meal, and Osmocote. I did give them some Dynagro Grow about two weeks ago, but it didn't seem to have any impact.
It's been unusually wet here. Insane amounts of rain for the past month. Just eight inches this past Sunday alone. Probably 20+ inches over the past 90 days. Could this be a water problem? A nute problem? Something else?

If anyone can help me save my plants, I'd appreciate it.

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Poor soil, no perlite/vermiculite. Youw ent cheap and now you have to pay for it.
 
smoketastic

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santacruztodd said:
Poor soil, no perlite/vermiculite. Youw ent cheap and now you have to pay for it.
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I thought I used plenty of perlite in addition to the base mix of 1/3 Promix, 1/3 peat moss, and 1/3 compost. Why is this a poor soil mix? What should I have changed?

It's been ridiculously wet here. Today I talked to some local gardeners who were completely tilling up their home gardens this weekend and replanting after all the rain we've had killed everything. I'm just hoping to save them now if possible. I've ordered some Superthrive and Dutchmaster Zone to help with root development.




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smoketastic

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*BUDS said:
These plants need N asap.
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Thanks, *Buds. I've fed them pretty heavily the last few waterings, and they've responded well and are greening up. However, the Red Purps suffered quite a bit of damage, and it's not going to give me much. I'll be lucky to get an ounce when it's all said and done. But I hope to have much better results from my Goldenberry, Mataro Blue, and Blue Dream. My goal is to get 10+ ounces (total) at the end of the season. That'll get me through until next year, and I can chalk this year up to a good learning experience

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mduke

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all that rain washed away their food. the roots might be too wet but if you get um growing good they won't mind. Its doesn't looks like rot problems just note def to me. I would water with some type of liquid feed (fish and kelp come to mind) and then top off the root zones with a good 1-2" of earthworm compost mixed with some type of meal like alfalfa, soybean, cottonseed, blood. that way when it continues to rain at least some nutrients will leach into the root zone instead of continuing to wash away. if you got any humic/fulvic acid id use some of that too.
 
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