caffeinated.chris
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Hello Odubs, I'm guessing you might be new, as to the fact that you are using MG for your soil. I made the same mistake. What I would advise is transplanting to a different soil immediately. Your plants look exactly like mine did with the same exact soil and I am using CFL as well. Miracle grow will burn your plants alive. The pH in MG soil is too low and too rich.Hi everyone
These plants are growing in miracle gro moisture control and they are 6 weeks old...they spent the first 5.5 weeks inside under CFL bulbs and are now outside for a few days hardening up before transplanting permanently outdoors in the garden
They have developed some discoloration on the lower leaves as seen in the two photos below and I'm wondering if it's a mild sign of stress from going indoors to outdoors that i should be concerned about or if it's a nutrient deficiency.
Any HELP appreciated
You can prove this by checking the pH of the water runoff after watering them. Mine was at 5.2pH and the plant is supposed to grow at 6.5 - 6.8! After I saw this I went and picked up an organic soil immediately. If you keep your plants in that soil they will more than likely die. Worst part is you cant flush either, because MG is created to release more Nutes every time you water...
What it ended up being is a calcium and magnesium deficiency. Which from what I understand will occur during with pH being too low that the plant cannot absorb these nutes. And again, I cant imagine you will be able to fix that with that soil constantly burning the babies.
I want you to look over my journal here and see for yourself. Like I said I had the exact same issue with the same soil. Not to mention, I'm also using CFL's so check it out!
Good luck homie