Any help and advice would be great thanks
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BluntMoniker
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What is your water source, and how often are you watering?
I’ve been using bottled spring water or tap water ph’d at 6.5-6.8
All of them or just the biggest one ? No nutes have been added was what’s already in the soil so I’ve flushed the 5 week old auto that’s maybe why it’s drooping?
I started them all off in westlands multi purpose compost with added John innes but re potted the two smaller ones into a batmix the big auto has about a quarter of bat mix and rest the same soil as she started with I repotted her and took away as much as the old soil as I could with out damaging the roots
Jcooll362
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whenever I transplant (even into a relatively small pot), it usually takes 7-10 days for the soil to be sufficiently dry before I water again, to me it looks like stress from that temp/rh spike combined with some soggy roots. If you only waited 3 days to water it after the transplant, I'd say that's definitely the problem. You want that soil to really dry out before watering again.
Ok will see how she gets on in the next week or so
BluntMoniker
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The 1st and 6th picture look over watered. The pot weight method is one way... i like to just jam my finger as deep into the soil as i possibly can (good 3-4in deep) to feel for moisture. Or even better, if possible, push your finger in from the bottom up if you have holes big enough. On plants that young, you likely only need to water MAX once a week. You really wanna let the soil dry out in between. Its a lot harder to under water her to death, than it is to over water in my experience, so just be mindful of that. Your not likely do dehydrate her to death, but drowning her doesn't take very much.
All of the younger plants in general look nitrogen deficient.
And then the big girl looks like pH issues, or nute burn. What have you fed her? Because not only do i see what looks like burning, but also looks deficient at the same time looking at coloration changes around the leaf margins, which would lead me to think it was more a pH issue than just nute burn. For reference, i recently nute burned a plant, here is what here leaves looked like:
notice that tips turned yellow, but the leaf itself is still dark green, and the margins are the normal lighter green. Where yours have burnt edges, but the leaves look to be yellowing, while margins are relatively dark, which could be from pH imbalances causing improper nutrient uptake, causing some kind of deficiency.
But if your saying the water pH is proper, then im not 100% sure what is wrong to be honest. There is obvious burning of some kind, but the coloration of the leaves aside from the burn, make me think its something else
All of the younger plants in general look nitrogen deficient.
And then the big girl looks like pH issues, or nute burn. What have you fed her? Because not only do i see what looks like burning, but also looks deficient at the same time looking at coloration changes around the leaf margins, which would lead me to think it was more a pH issue than just nute burn. For reference, i recently nute burned a plant, here is what here leaves looked like:
notice that tips turned yellow, but the leaf itself is still dark green, and the margins are the normal lighter green. Where yours have burnt edges, but the leaves look to be yellowing, while margins are relatively dark, which could be from pH imbalances causing improper nutrient uptake, causing some kind of deficiency.
But if your saying the water pH is proper, then im not 100% sure what is wrong to be honest. There is obvious burning of some kind, but the coloration of the leaves aside from the burn, make me think its something else
My ph at first might not of been ok because I was using a dodgy ph meter since then have bought a new one and gave nothing but ph’d water at around 6.4-6.7 she looked over Watered as I have flushed her twice now to try and see if the soil was too rich I’m thinking it’s a potassium def??
SpBUDly the horse
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Hello, I am very new to growing, but have you checked for fungus ghnat's? Normally watering alot = ghnats, which will eat at your roots causing all sorts of deficiency looking issues. Get yellow sticky paper leave it for a day or 2 and see if any get stuck too it. I had this issue, but in Canada we're not approved of wicked pesticides to use like anywhere else in the world.
I found something called N-force. But this is an issue you want to eliminate before flowering, as foiler sprays can ruin buds... For new baby plants Rover beetles are very helpful to colonize from what I'm learning.
Best of luck to you!
I found something called N-force. But this is an issue you want to eliminate before flowering, as foiler sprays can ruin buds... For new baby plants Rover beetles are very helpful to colonize from what I'm learning.
Best of luck to you!
Yeah I have checked for bugs and ghnats none present as what I can ser