Calcium deficiency?

ReubenIsMyDog

Well-Known Member
Does this look like a calcium deficiency?

GSC
About 3 weeks since flip
Happy frog
Been feeding Advance Nutes Bloom at 1/2 strength the last couple of waterings. And just started adding GH Flora Micro on Sunday (last feed/water before this morning). Have been feeding CalMag every other watering.

But have been a bit slack about monitoring ph (tap is about 7.4... when I add nutes, and was monitoring, it would drop to about 6.8, so I kind of just stopped checking).

Did a foliar CalMag feed yesterday.

Watered today with 1/2 strength AN Bloom and full strength CalMag and Micro.
Phed to about 6.2.

Should have flushed and measured runoff, but it was a bit early and I spaced it.

No sign of any nasty bugs.

Anything I'm missing?

(the holes on that little leaf was user error during some LST)
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(sorry about the poor focus)
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OldMedUser

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I can't seem to see any of your pictures but judging by your description of feeding you're doing it wrong.

You have to use all 3 AN nutes in their proper proportions during all stages for healthy growth. Tossing in a different bloom fert just makes it worse.

I've used AN for 20 years and during vigorous veg growth they get a ratio of 3-2-1, (GMB). A week before the flip they get 1-1-1 plus a half dose of big bud then the other half at the flip. I feed like that until the stretch is over then switch to a 0-1-2 ratio like the Lucas Formula method and still add big bud at medium doses until the end of week 5. Then they mostly just coast on water to the end.

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ReubenIsMyDog

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Ooohh... when I looked at the feeding schedule I just got confused by the "Grow Micro Bloom" selection... thought that was like all one thing (not three separate things), and then also got confused by the fact that I'm growing in soil and the numbers all seem pretty much designed for soilless grows.

I'm only like three feedings in, they've come most of the way on the Happy Frog.
 

OldMedUser

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Here's some reading material for you.

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ReubenIsMyDog

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Continuing to have problems with this GSC.
Have been feeding nutes (grow, bloom, and micro) and Cal/Mag every other watering, so generally every 6 days or so.
The problem continues to spread (though the bud sites seem to be developing).
Flushed with about a gallon of distilled water today (2.5 gallon pot). Runoff measured at about 6.7ph and about 650TDS (I just gave a feeding two days ago). That TDS seems a bit on the high side flushing with distilled, but not enough to cause lockout, I don't think. Temps in the tent have barely cracked 80, rh sitting at 45-50%.
After the flush I gave a light feeding of a full line, and Cal/Mag. If that doesn't work I guess I'm just going to have to let her be ugly, and hope she finishes.
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