GrowinTheDank
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Great thread! I learned a lot from it. I've been very confused about nutrients, but now it is all starting to become clear. I've bookmarked this and will use it as a reference just in case my plants start lookin sick.
Nick17gar - Magnesium (Mg): Wouldn't you also see redish purple stripping strating at base of plant? I noticed your leaf shot had a purple stem. Thats tell tell for (Mg) deficiency too. I could snap off a few pictures of the striping
The bottom leaves of my plants have started to turn yellow with burns in some places . Iam currently using J arther bower compost with 6 weeks feed; as base soil under 400w MH bulb on 18/6 cycle. I recently transplanted the plants from their 2 liter pots to 5 gallon/ 20 liter pots on the 18th of Aug. i am also using a home made neem pesticide just as a precaution. can anybody plz tell me whether it is a nutrient burn or mg deficiency or some pest cuz i cant seem to get my head around the problem. i hope the pics help.
Great thread! I learned a lot from it. I've been very confused about nutrients, but now it is all starting to become clear. I've bookmarked this and will use it as a reference just in case my plants start lookin sick.
I've been trying to find a little info, do you have any tips, know of any easy ways to adjust you pH in your soil? All i'v found was info about using lime and sulfur to adjust your pH. but it doesn't really say anything about whether i nee pure lime and sulfur or if i can use something with lime or sulfur in it. I'm sure i'm not the first person to ask this question, but any help would be great. thx.
Hey, so theres a lot of ways to regulate pH
the idea is that you want it close to 6.5 all the time. Lime is good (comes as a powder, or little balls), becuase its a buffer, same as sulfur. What that means is that its pH is strong. No, i dont mean strong like very acidic, or very alkaline, but strong as in fixed.
Lemons for example, are the opposite. Lemons are very acidic, but with a gallon of water, the resulting pH is very close to 7.0 A buffer, when added to other stuff, forces the other stuff to change over to its´ pH, instead of them mixing, and balancing each other out, or in the case of lemons, doing nothing really.
So what do ya do? get some lime, and add it in when you mix up your soil, whatever the directions are on the bag, those are probably fine. it doesnt take much. I also take the Ph of my nutrients, so i know how acidic/alkaline each is, and how it will react.
The last step i take to ensure a good pH is i go to the petstore, and find some liquid buffer. The bottle that i find is for tropical fish, to keep the fish tanks at 6.5 pH. I use maybe 1 cap ful per 5L of nutrient solution, and water the plants with that. Ive never had pH fluctuate more then .1 or .2 since ive used this liquid. It rocks, and its only 5 or 10 bucks
I do stop adding everything not organic a week or 2 prior to harvest, to ensure a nice smooth taste. It really does make a difference. weed thats not properly flushed out is harsh, and after smoking a tree of it, youll want some throat drops. Best to stop a week or 2 before and prevent that. During those last 2 weeks, i try to stick to just plain water, some organic sugars, and if needed for pH, a teaspoon of lemon juice per 5 liters is usually enough to bring it down just a few tenths under 7.0
Make it easier for yourself, big pots, fresh dirt, and get that bottle of liquid ph buffer.
Please help me! why am i getting ROOT ROT with flood and drain system. im using 6x6 rock wool cubes on a 4x4 table. I flood it for about 8 min and take about 10 min to drain. I only feed it once a day, I know its root rot because on the bottom of the rock wool, the root are brown and have some rotten smell.. The rock wool stay kinda heavy also.. is it ok to feed it once every two day? Fan leaves are getting yellow now... I been getting root rot for the past 3 round. please help.