Sick/Deficient Platinum Garlics
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JewelRunner
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Looks like a calcium deficiency or lockout. Try foliar with cal mag. If you’re watering with ro water add cal mag
notillnospill
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Doing Organic no bottles so what would you recommend? gyspum top dress? I had put 1 tsp dolomite lime per plant maybe Ph Swing? and for temps, 75F watering every 4ish days
JewelRunner
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I would recommend you get some cal mag. General Organics if you want to make sure everything is 100% organic, but the other kinds won’t hurt soil microbiology.
JewelRunner
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If you’re using leds you want your tent temp at like 85 and I would make sure you run 18/6. What kind of light and what height above canopy?
notillnospill
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Usually temps are 75 to around 78F max higher humidity 60/70% . Currently Vegging them under (2x) 33W T5 Fluorescent 4000K Bulbs 6'' off canopy.
JewelRunner
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Alright, probably not light intensity or heat related then. I would avoid dolomite lime in the future and add cal mag at watering, especially if you’re running RO. If you want to mix a calcium amendment you can add some oyster shell flour inti your mixes. Soil also takes time to correct lockouts. Cal mag you can foliar feed and it will be immediately available. Make sure the pots dry back really good for the next few waterings. Cloth pots are nice because they dry back a bit quicker so you can correct things faster, also makes overwatering less of an issue. I would definitely recommend them, at least for your final up-pot before flower. If it keeps getting worse I would repot into some soil without the dolomite.
notillnospill
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Thank You for the Reply ! One of them withered up and died while the bushier one on the left hand side has held up and new growth looking good. I will foliar them two CaMG, and do oyster shell mix in from the beginning from now on. I was looking on how to add Ca/Mg and missed that and saw dolomite. I usually wait until the plants are light and 4 / 5 days in between waterings after learning the hard way first grow lol . I appreciate all the info throughout these threads and I will keep ya'll updated how they're looking. might start a grow journal as I got my 5x5 Up and running w a diy hlg 550 and will be flowering the surviving plants cuts.