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Not because of compaction perse, you're adding aeration. But because of excess minerals and micros you don't need, locking your plants out.

And do you tip out and turn your soil to reamend?

Gotcha, cool. Have you been letting the pot drain some when you water? Equally important.

Every 3 days is often for a 7 gallon pot, I'd expect the plants to be larger than that if needing water that frequently. A light mulch will be a lot better for your microbes than spraying the top soil with water. I'd say it's because you've used the soil more than once. Need to add more...

You're probably just watering too frequently and the bottom 3rd or so of soil is staying a bit soggy. If you're finding that's the case, add more aeration to your soil next time. If there's any deficiency present it's magnesium, but glossing over your input there should be adequate available...

For sake of argument, it's just as easy using any decent potting mix and a lot of perlite. More forgiving than coco coir. Too many nightmare beginner coco grows out there to name.

Rice hulls are a great addition for soil like this. Soil this way actually needs more organic material. So it can start breaking up into smaller, looser clumps. But it will take a while. You'll need a small amount of rich matter as well. Seems you already have that with the worm castings. Then...

Yep. And add more aeration the bigger pot you go! Only limitation should be how often you need to water...there is almost no such thing as too much aeration. All those tiny pockets of space are so beneficial for your roots and microbe herds. Environment is so important. Dope loves a good drink...

Sorry jakamini, my above post was mostly posted toward yourself. Got you two mixed up, cheers. GL.

It's likely holding too much water and not draining properly then. Meaning, salt build-up is a high chance. It's likely an aeration problem. Then you have those cold temps making any current issue worse off. Overwatering and overfeeding is so common in newer growers and it's most often caused by...

Nah, don't start flushing like a maniac. Just adjust your input to what it's supposed to be and run to waste each time you water or feed. Try to ignore what's coming out in the waste. Pot's are tiny and it's not a reliable measurement for soil or potting mix anyway. It's only seldom used for...

No problem. Nothing too drastic. Maybe, if you think it's been a bit soggy. But more so, start running to a trickle of drainage. Your pics also...for future reference is most likely Iron. Given the interveinal chlorosis and general yellowing in the tops of the plants, working downward. It's...

Honestly, despite what's often posted on mj forums, this is generally a frowned upon practice. For more than one reason. One main reasons being accumulation of minerals and silts over long periods of time. Turns soils heavy as well. Nothing wrong at all with a trickle out the bottom each time...

They look locked-out hardcore. How well are the pots draining? How often are they watered or fed?

I'd wager 9/10 times the problems in this thread, is due to a lack of aeration at the rootzone. (most often soil grown plants too) Need to lighten the mixes up a bit. Perlite's a must.

Yes. But not in the sense that there isn't plenty Nitrogen in your nutrient already. That's a fair bit of stuff. It's a few weeks too early for heavy bloom boosters. In my opinion this is the source of your nitrogen deficiency, if it is one. Remember a decent 2 part nutrient should be able to...

I think it's important you always stick to the manufacturer's recommendations for pH and maximum EC. If you haven't been running to waste as they suggest, I'd start now. Referring to the manufacturers schedule, you're in maximum EC range and your pH is too high @6.8. This can potentially cause...

That's a pretty large pot. Did you fluff the potting mix out some with perlite? Are you correctly adjusting pH for your nutrient? How close to the manufacturer's recommendations are you? How many litres are you watering with per time? What EC are you running? How much waste are you running to...

Generous amount of frost and good flavour, obvious first two. Then there's other qualities like the trichome heads themselves. Some are very large, others small. Also, ever noticed sometimes resin on your fingers feels a little gritty or sandy, as opposed to greasy and oily? Things like flower...

So many choices. Find something with a more balanced NPK ratio. Fish emulsion npk ratio isn't too bad for veg imoe, it's just not very suitable as a soil drench. Your calmag supplement is throwing that ratio out too. Have to remember manganese is a micro nutrient, so deficiency symptoms start...