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Hello all,
I'm relatively new to growing. I'm 3 successful grows in, and I've come across a problem in this 4th grow that I haven't been able to resolve yet. Pics below. I'm using peat moss and vermiculite, mixed with dolomitic lime at 40g/cf and gypsum at 10g/cf. I've been using Jack's 3-2-1 for all of my grows thus far with a rotation of recharge, tribus, and molasses. Also, supplementing with humic acid, fulvic acid, kelp, seaweed extract, silica, amino acids, enzymes, calimagic, and yucca as a wetting agent. I also do 1-2× weekly foliar sprays, either 5:2 humic:kelp or seaweed extract, really only during veg, but 5:2 sometimes early in flower.
For my second grow, I began recycling my medium in the transplant before flower -meaning, the plants have all new medium in their solo cups and 1 gallon pots, but when transplanting into 3 gallon pots for flower, I use 2 gallons of previously used peat moss/vermiculite mix. While I've removed the vast majority of old root matter, I'm not certain that everything is copacetic. PH of runoff has been steady between 6 and 6.2. Ppm reads 650-700. By the time the plants see the re-used medium, they're already being fed 800-1000ppm.
The second and third grows were successful as stated, though fan leaves have been yellowing, browning, drying out, and dropping. The current, 4th grow is the first time I've seen stunted growth in veg. The plants, both from seed and clones, seem to be growing in height minimally, forming nodes a centimeter or so apart, with leaves staying close to the trunk, rarely forming branches, with very little lateral growth. They almost look like they're being under or over-watered, but neither is the case. The plants pictured have been in their 1 gallon pots for 10-32 days so far. At first I thought it was the reused medium that was the problem, so I planted more recent clones into new medium - but now it seems that all of the plants are experiencing this odd growth, regardless of medium.
The roots have colonized all of the pots, but they aren't white and healthy where they meet the fabric. In other words, they aren't gripping the pot as they have in previous grows and are easily removed from the pots if I try. They also do not smell bad, so thinking theres no rot.
I had a little fungus gnat infestation at one point, but that's long under control. I thought it might be a ph issue, but that doesn't appear to be the case. The plants seem to be growing in a unique way, so my hope is someone will know what it is by looking. So far, my research hasn't turned up anything. Thanks in advance.
I'm relatively new to growing. I'm 3 successful grows in, and I've come across a problem in this 4th grow that I haven't been able to resolve yet. Pics below. I'm using peat moss and vermiculite, mixed with dolomitic lime at 40g/cf and gypsum at 10g/cf. I've been using Jack's 3-2-1 for all of my grows thus far with a rotation of recharge, tribus, and molasses. Also, supplementing with humic acid, fulvic acid, kelp, seaweed extract, silica, amino acids, enzymes, calimagic, and yucca as a wetting agent. I also do 1-2× weekly foliar sprays, either 5:2 humic:kelp or seaweed extract, really only during veg, but 5:2 sometimes early in flower.
For my second grow, I began recycling my medium in the transplant before flower -meaning, the plants have all new medium in their solo cups and 1 gallon pots, but when transplanting into 3 gallon pots for flower, I use 2 gallons of previously used peat moss/vermiculite mix. While I've removed the vast majority of old root matter, I'm not certain that everything is copacetic. PH of runoff has been steady between 6 and 6.2. Ppm reads 650-700. By the time the plants see the re-used medium, they're already being fed 800-1000ppm.
The second and third grows were successful as stated, though fan leaves have been yellowing, browning, drying out, and dropping. The current, 4th grow is the first time I've seen stunted growth in veg. The plants, both from seed and clones, seem to be growing in height minimally, forming nodes a centimeter or so apart, with leaves staying close to the trunk, rarely forming branches, with very little lateral growth. They almost look like they're being under or over-watered, but neither is the case. The plants pictured have been in their 1 gallon pots for 10-32 days so far. At first I thought it was the reused medium that was the problem, so I planted more recent clones into new medium - but now it seems that all of the plants are experiencing this odd growth, regardless of medium.
The roots have colonized all of the pots, but they aren't white and healthy where they meet the fabric. In other words, they aren't gripping the pot as they have in previous grows and are easily removed from the pots if I try. They also do not smell bad, so thinking theres no rot.
I had a little fungus gnat infestation at one point, but that's long under control. I thought it might be a ph issue, but that doesn't appear to be the case. The plants seem to be growing in a unique way, so my hope is someone will know what it is by looking. So far, my research hasn't turned up anything. Thanks in advance.
