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Lunesta215

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Our water is pretty hard its around 700+ppm but no higher than 800ppm. Do you think epson salt is the soultion if its due to the water being hard? I seen this on a website
Thanks
 

Doalude

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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']MANGANESE (Mn)[/FONT][FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] Necrotic and yellow spots form on top leaves. Mn deficiency occurs when large amounts of Mg are present in the soil. Foliar feed with any chemical fertilizer containing Mn.[/FONT]
 

ceestyle

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[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']MANGANESE (Mn)[/font][FONT='Times New Roman','serif'] Necrotic and yellow spots form on top leaves. Mn deficiency occurs when large amounts of Mg are present in the soil. Foliar feed with any chemical fertilizer containing Mn.[/font]

I doubt it. Manganese is immobile, meaning that only emerging foliage would display the problem. If these symptoms are newly developed, it is probably due to a mobile nutrient deficiency -- probably Magnesium.

I don't have enough hydro experience to comment specifically, but I would drop some Cal-Mag in there and see if that helps. It couldn't hurt.
 

Lunesta215

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How much of the cal-mag is sufficient? and also isnt Epson salt an alternative to the Cal-Mag???:confused:
Oh yeah, We are using soil... and we use a pre-soak Resivoir with pump and Air stone.
 

ceestyle

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I would use Cal-Mag as prescribed on the bottle. I have a Botanicare feeding schedule here somewhere, but it's on the bottle. Epsom salt is Magnesium Sulfate, so that will give you magnesium ... I've never used it, so I can't comment on dosage, but if you poke around on here somewhere you can probably find it.
 
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