Its like 1month old FFOF. I filled the pots and sprinkled clover seed at the same time I was germinating my seeds but due to some issues early on it took me much longer to successfully sprout any of the seeds. So the clover had fully grown in by the point i was ready to transplant. The pictures are from after I already trimmed the clover and top dressed with EWC/ground barley... which is why it probably looks weird.
I haven't been pH'ing my water. I've been using RO water so I imagine its somewhere around neutral.
Yeah I'm not going to do anything for a few days, let the plant make the next move. If things don't improve I can always transplant into a 1gal container with my cooked super soil, coots recipe.
I suspect your problem may be caused or aggravated by the clover you planted. While using this type of “green manure” to boost nitrogen in soil is commendable, it doesn’t lend itself well to containers.
Although clover does fix nitrogen, it usually takes a while to do actually do so — the plant needs to be more mature to absorb much from the air.
Another problem is that nitrogen absorbed by clover isn’t immediately available to the plant. It needs to be broken down over time by microbes for the nitrogen to become useful.
For these reasons, planting and mowing clover as a form of “green manure” is usually done in outdoor fields as part of a continuous cycle. So, your plants are fed by the previous year’s clover crop which has been plowed into the ground. You won’t realize much benefit from clover grown in a container for a few weeks in the same season that you’re planting your cannabis.
So while you’re not helping the soil in the container regarding nitrogen, the clover still consumes decent amounts of phosphorous and potassium it can’t fix from the atmosphere, as well as micronutrients such as copper, iron, manganese and zinc.
In other words, the clover likely depleted some essential minerals without having enough time to contribute much of anything.
If you’re able to, I’d advise experimenting with green manure cycles outdoors instead in the future. As for this particular plant, I’d use a very diluted organic fertilizer such as Grow for now, then transplant into a larger container with soil that hasn’t received the green manure treatment.
This..."I haven't been pH'ing my water. I've been using RO water so I imagine its somewhere around neutral." Neutral is 7, and that's too high...and that's just assuming it's neutral. I'd take the time to learn about pH if your plan is to be successful in this endeavor.
I grow in soil without ever checking the pH of the water for my cannabis. It grows fine, just like all the other plants in my yard that get irrigated straight from the hose. To each his own, but I’d go crazy testing and adjusting the pH of every gallon I use on my plants, LOL! I’m sure your plants appreciate the effort, but that’s too much work for me to fix a problem I don’t have.
