Okay i have ak-47, mix is 33 coco 33 peat moss 33 soil, i have been feeding at half strength BMO's flower power and plant tonic and nothing else. with a 6.5 ph i water every 2 - 3 days. the plants flowering look pail green to light yellow and that big fan leaf is from a mother plant i have in veg 24/7. my plants are on day 13 flowering with lights on temps around 85 and 75 lights off, no co2. what am i doing wrong?
need help with BMO problems
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Jerry Garcia
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You need to use the Grow it Green throughout flower. Flower Power is 1-8-7 and SPT has no real nutrients, so you are way low on Nitrogen. You're only 13 days into flower, so you still need as much nitrogen as you did during veg, but even as you progress through flower you should continue using the Grow it Green.
I would try mixing 3/4 TBSP Grow it Green, 1/4 TBSP Flower Power and 1/2 to 1 TBSP Super Plant Tonic. In a couple weeks you can reduce the ratio to 1/2 TBSP Grow it Green and 1/2 TBSP Flower Power, then in a few more weeks reduce it to 1/3 or 1/4 Grow it Green to 2/3 or 3/4 Flower Power. The idea being you never want to use more than 1 combined TBSP of Grow it Green and Flower Power, unless you have determined your plants are heavy feeders and can take a bit more.
The SPT really just helps build the colony of microorganisms that break down the nutrients and make them available to the plant, so after you've sufficiently built up the colony you can use it far more sparingly. Like every other time you feed is probably sufficient.
I would also recommend getting some Cal-Mag. I just started using the General Organics Cal-Mag and it seems fine (I was using Botanicare Cal-Mag+, which I stopped using as it isn't organic, but it was effective).
I would try mixing 3/4 TBSP Grow it Green, 1/4 TBSP Flower Power and 1/2 to 1 TBSP Super Plant Tonic. In a couple weeks you can reduce the ratio to 1/2 TBSP Grow it Green and 1/2 TBSP Flower Power, then in a few more weeks reduce it to 1/3 or 1/4 Grow it Green to 2/3 or 3/4 Flower Power. The idea being you never want to use more than 1 combined TBSP of Grow it Green and Flower Power, unless you have determined your plants are heavy feeders and can take a bit more.
The SPT really just helps build the colony of microorganisms that break down the nutrients and make them available to the plant, so after you've sufficiently built up the colony you can use it far more sparingly. Like every other time you feed is probably sufficient.
I would also recommend getting some Cal-Mag. I just started using the General Organics Cal-Mag and it seems fine (I was using Botanicare Cal-Mag+, which I stopped using as it isn't organic, but it was effective).
this maybe the problem i cheeked the run off is coming out at 7.0 ph i will have to get some more ph down tomorrow and will flush to 6.3 run off. i hope this is the problem.
Jerry Garcia
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pH of 7.0 is fine. Magnesium deficiency can cause yellowing, so I think that is potentially your issue.