blacktourmaline
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I'd like to try a banana peel tea for bloom! Do you have any high P amendments in your soil Matt?
Ya know, i was thinking last night. Veg tent everything is lush, green, grows quick (considering average temp right now is 68F in there), eats up everything i give it like a real champ! Same soil mix is used regardless of my transplant time.
So i look at what is different in the bloom tent, first to mind is the change in nutrient solution/teas, okay then i think over feeding or underfeeding, maybe, then i think PH, maybe. I've upped the PH, i've used more nutes, i've used less nutes, etc etc. no matter what i do results seem to be the same = early yellowing, crispy curlying leaves (a la phos def.) and occasional "spotting" (think K def. or cal def.), and smaller leaves and curly slow growing tips (new growth). So that just leaves me confused, no matter what i've changed and monitored each change at seperate times, i'm getting the same result.
So, took a step back and thought, shit what else could it be? It HAS to be something different in the bloom tent...then a light bulb went on, literally! Maybe my HPS lights are shitty? They sure do love it under the halides, then no matter what i do in bloom they, basically, die off to soon.
Veg = eye hortilux 400w MH (X2)
flower = GE lucalox 600w HPS (X2)
I"m thinking my girls don't like this bulb!! Sorry i know, not technically a veganic issue, but hey it's a veganic grow and it's an issue!
I'm going to buy a good full spectrum MH and see how they react after a few days, leaving one HPS in there. What bulb ya think? Also, am i crazy for thinking it's the lights? I thought i upgraded my bulbs, but maybe these lucalux are shitty bulbs?
I've had similar happen before with the veganics, but I believe Magnesium, Fulvic Acid and Hygrozyme has solved my issues...what are you using for mg? Makes sense, because they help with nutrient/chlorophyll uptake.