3waygreatness
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What is a quick fix for magnesium deficiency?
mag deficency. What do I do?
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roidrage152
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Mg is also locked out by low ph if that is possibly your problem, kinda vague 
. When I am deficient in Mg I grab the bottle that says MG on it and add some to my water.
. When I am deficient in Mg I grab the bottle that says MG on it and add some to my water.
fatblunt
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make sure your ph is on point before trying to fix the problem!! if its off and you have lockouts things are going to get alot worst for you if you add calmag. fix the problem before you fix the issue get you ph to where it need to be. quick easy fix is the epsom salt but i use calmag+ works great have not seen any problems since i started using it
roidrage152
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I also use cal/mg. gH cal mag ironically lowers my Ph which I actually like because it makes my RO water perfect, but I always found it interesting because MG is better absorbed at higher ph.
Thedillestpickle
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Haha i just noticed how your avatar looks like he's contemplating what you posted...
Epsom salt works well though I don't feel 1 tablespoon per gallon quite neccessary as that is alot of salt. I would go half that
and see how it looks in 3 days
PS. I did a test and mixed 1 tablespoon with 1 gallon of water and it brought the ppm up to something crazy high(I can't remember exactly how high but it was scary)
Edit: Maybe go even less than half. If you have an EC meter add epsom salt to your water until you reach 200ppm then add your base nutes
Thedillestpickle
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Mag def can also be caused by over-feeding
I got mag def when I accidentally ran my ppm up to 2000ppm
I got mag def when I accidentally ran my ppm up to 2000ppm
roidrage152
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Just a hunch but I'm thinking the guy who wanted the quick fix for mg deficiency doesn't have an ec meter handy ;p. In regard to the high PH I wonder if anyone ever jacked with the PH to let some nutes in then brought it down again. It my understanding MG gets absorbed more and more the higher PH goes, even like 8-9+, and several nutrients have the same characteristics. While I'm not recommending that, I wonder if it would be beneficial to take PH up to like 7-7.5 for a day or so, then bring it down again.
3waygreatness
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The ph is fine. I switched g
From veg to flower a d gave it the early flower mid flower mix ( supposedly organic it says, for some reason I doubt its 100% organic) but I gave it that mixture and it starter to have it's problems do Mayb I gave her too much of the née stuff?
From veg to flower a d gave it the early flower mid flower mix ( supposedly organic it says, for some reason I doubt its 100% organic) but I gave it that mixture and it starter to have it's problems do Mayb I gave her too much of the née stuff?
tiltswitch
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i use reptile calcium and epsom salts....costs me 5 quid and i can decide what amounts to add....cheap way for cal/mag if u aint got the doller
3waygreatness
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for some reason I doubt its 100% organic) but I gave it that mixture and it starter to have it's problems do Mayb I gave her too much of the née stuff?
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oldschooltofu
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check your roots for bugs