Dolldolphinfin
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Hey now, I'm using amended soil water is from dug well pH 6.7, every other day is when I water. Plant is in mid veg. She is the sunset mints
Magnesium deficiancy?
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Dolldolphinfin
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With every watering or once a week until they get straitened out? Does that need to be pH adjusted?
Dolldolphinfin
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Thanks for you're help. Going to hit them up today.
Renfro
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Actually magnesium is best uptaken at 6.5+
JohnDee
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Most people just put it in with regular feedings. I've never had epsom salts cause any issues in my res.
JD
Renfro
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Look at your chart, 6.5 is where you wanna be for soil. The nutrients that aren't in peak are micros and aren't needed in volume.
PadawanWarrior
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Oh no. Another newbie trying to teach Renfro. Hahaha.
SPLFreak808
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A ph of 6.7 is in range for proper soil, what amendments did you use for your soil? Ppm of well?
Dolldolphinfin
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Well water is 80 ppm 6.7 pH 64 degrees. Soil amendments are earth worm cast, blood meal, bone meal, bat guano, oyster, kelp, alfalfa, Epsom, lime, azomite.
So what I did was soil drenched the plant in picture with 1/2 tsp. Epsom salt and sprayed another plant (wedding cake) that is exhibiting the exact same sympoms. Also there are 2 more showin symptoms and they will be left untreated until I'm sure what the issue is.
So what I did was soil drenched the plant in picture with 1/2 tsp. Epsom salt and sprayed another plant (wedding cake) that is exhibiting the exact same sympoms. Also there are 2 more showin symptoms and they will be left untreated until I'm sure what the issue is.
Dolldolphinfin
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Yes
Dolldolphinfin
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At least 64 but usually warmer 67 or 68.
SPLFreak808
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Did you make the soil yourself? Any idea of ml per gallon of what was added?
Dolldolphinfin
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Yes i made soil at home.
8 bags roots original
40 lbs earth worm castings
5 lbs blood meal
5 lbs high phosphate bat guano
2.5 lbs bone meal
2.5 lbs steamed fish bone meal
3 cups oyster
3 cups kelp
3 cups alfalfa
3/4 cup Epsom
1 cup lime
2 cups azomite
2 tbs humid acid
Add 7 gallons of water
I let compost for a month or two.
Then use a 1.5 gallons in a 8 gallon pot.
The filler is roots original
8 bags roots original
40 lbs earth worm castings
5 lbs blood meal
5 lbs high phosphate bat guano
2.5 lbs bone meal
2.5 lbs steamed fish bone meal
3 cups oyster
3 cups kelp
3 cups alfalfa
3/4 cup Epsom
1 cup lime
2 cups azomite
2 tbs humid acid
Add 7 gallons of water
I let compost for a month or two.
Then use a 1.5 gallons in a 8 gallon pot.
The filler is roots original
SPLFreak808
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I would slurry test your mix to get an idea of what might be happening and take it from there, Roots organic soil blends are naturally low on mag and sit at slightly lower pH levels due to the nature of coco and peat, normally this isn't too much of a concern with living soil but sometimes shit happens (antagonist,temps,underwatered,excess sodium ect) and we need to figure out why.
Your mix as a whole doesn't sound hot enough to dilute at a 1/6 ratio, but its up to you to find what you like to work with.
If ph is in range, you might think about adding back mag, I don't feel you have any nutrient antagonism going on due to heavy dilution but if so, p and/or ca are usually the first to cause it.
Hope this helps, good luck.
Dolldolphinfin
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OK thanks. I can slurry test pH and ppm
I put hotter mix on bottom of pot then add the rest of soil above that, it gives me a little buffer between new plant and the hot mix (in theory)
I put hotter mix on bottom of pot then add the rest of soil above that, it gives me a little buffer between new plant and the hot mix (in theory)