Jimi O'Connor
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So im guessing its to late to add worm castings? Can it be top dressed? Worm castings wont burn the plants at all?
Wtf is up qith my plants?
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Jimi O'Connor
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So i emailed rabbit creek farm and asked about whst exactly is in the "easy grow soil". The owner Ryan, replied with the following answer....
"The soil is a peat based soil with organic blend of compost and worm castings added to it. also has complex blend of meals from land and sea with trace minerals added to to be completely water only soil. Need to keep up with transplanting In veg and transplant into fresh soil when transitioning into flower to be water only. I hope this answers all questions and look forward to doing business with you"
So i guess i dont need to add worm castings.
"The soil is a peat based soil with organic blend of compost and worm castings added to it. also has complex blend of meals from land and sea with trace minerals added to to be completely water only soil. Need to keep up with transplanting In veg and transplant into fresh soil when transitioning into flower to be water only. I hope this answers all questions and look forward to doing business with you"
So i guess i dont need to add worm castings.
PadawanWarrior
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I thought I was losing it there for a minute. I thought I remembered this plant. Is it only leaves that have touched the dirt? You can literally see the dirt on one of those leaves in one pic.
Unless that's bug poop.
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xXairwolfXx
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It's out of my expertise. If it not the PH, deficiency or soil. From what i can see the new leafs seem ok. Remove the sick leafs. Let the plant battle it out.
See if the symptom reoccurs. Good luck.
See if the symptom reoccurs. Good luck.
Budzbuddha
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Basically all bagged potting mixes can be considered “ water only “ - so that product description is just marketing hype - the “ general “ statement of ingredients within is vague , “ complex blend “ means nothing to end user. Most growers want to know exactly what they are feeding their girls , example : recycled forest products …… basically wood sawdust , mill debris , wood scraps , bark scraps.
It seems like they are not giving anyone any idea if product is really that complete.
As far as using EWC - it is a great amendment in any soil - at anytime. Not only can you mix it into top soil layer ( scratched in ) then watered Or mixed into a soil topdress. Average amounts per container is about 10 % of container volume. It not only aids in nitrogen on a slow release process , but adds aeration / myco support and decomposition of elements to aid in uptake. They even act like a sponge and retain moisture and release when the roots want it. If any amendment that should be used in all container grows - it’s EWC.
Zero need to buy Boutique soils or Super Soils.
Even the Rabbit Creek Farm’s Easy Soil website just has a page holder ….. looks SKETCH AF.
Jimi O'Connor
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Yea I really wanna like keep the dirt in a plastic tote and get a list of shit to add in myself. I used it last grow which was my 2nd grow and it seemed to work fine. I ended up using all the nutrients before the plant was harvested through (rookie mistake or maybe the soils not all that?) I ended up adding gaia green 4-4-4 and 2-8-4 as a top dress and I
liked that. It was easy and I really wanna do the organic thing. Problem last time was waiting the 2 weeks for the food to be available to the plant's. I also add Recharge once a week.
Do you think i should add the gaia green to my plants now? Still don't see any bugs but my plants are still geting them fuckin spots on them. Its really discouraging
Jimi O'Connor
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Nope thats dirt, i transplanted them and had to put them upside down to get them out of the pots they were in to put them in the 5gal pots a bunch of dirt got all over them.
I still keep looking for bugs no sign of webs or any black specs that move or anything. Im stressed out about all this. The 3 plants are the ones that are struggling, the 4th is totally fine as far as i csn tell.
If it was bugs wouldn't all the plants have em?
PadawanWarrior
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I thought it was just the one plant. Might be fungal. Some strains can fight fungus better than others. Adding some microbes might help. But I know nothing about that rabbit soil.
Jimi O'Connor
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Microbes? And yea the 3 plants are ethos genetics grandpas cookies #6 x zwag #23, i will say the 3 ethos plants were the seeds that came free with a purchase of other ethos seeds idk if that makes them shitty but yea idk sucks idk what to do i unfortunately dont have the experience needed for this situation
LowRange
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Note, I have about as many grows as you so take this with a grain of salt.
I noticed purple stems/petioles, and the issue was mainly on the lower leaves like a mobile nutrient. Also you mentioned it's reused soil so it's just been feeding buds which use phosphorus. Also a ph imbalance can lock it out, as does an excess of other nutrients.
Have a read of this https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/phosphorus-deficiency
Don't know if it's the cause, but you share some things with the symptoms. Also does the worst effected plant have more purple petioles than the others?
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Jimi O'Connor
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Its not re- used soil, idk where i said that but if i did i didn't mean to purple stems?
Jimi O'Connor
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That might be what it is bro, my leaves look like them kinda, problem is they everything contradicts itself like one sec its telling me thats what it is next it says it coukd be something completely different wtf
PadawanWarrior
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Some bacteria will fight fungus if that's what it is. Good EWC is a good source of microbes. But you can get all kinds of bottled microbes too. I'm not saying that's for sure fungal but microbes never hurt, and can only help.
LowRange
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Ahh ok, you mentioned you used the soil on your last grow so i thought you meant you re-used the soil from your last grow vs using a fresh batch of the same brand. But either way, yes you have red/purple petioles which is the part from the leaf to the main stem see
LowRange
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Yes and no, i think diagnosing plant problems is part science part voodoo. Firstly different strains react differently to stress, nutes, PH, temp, humidity. Then plants can have more than one problem present, especially when *cough* folks feed shit the grow shop sells them to treat a problem that may not be the problem which causes new problems itself lol.
And a deficiency can come about in a number of ways. PH imbalance can lockout, an excess of some nutrients can lock out other nutrients, and of course there could just be a lack of a specific nutrient. Does a Phosphorous deficiency caused by those 3 different ways look the same? I have no idea but probably not exactly.
Like i said i've got as many grows as you, so i dont know much i just try and look at all the small clues and Google/YouTube is my friend.
Does Citric acid kills and prevents mites/bugs too?
