Some problems outdoor

peter4039

Member
HI

I have two different spots with different problems.

I started seedlings on April 1st.
They where put in a greenhouse from April 7th to May 8th.
Then they where about 1ft tall and where put to the spots.

Spot 1:
The spot is covered with stinging nettle and the ground is sandy-clay I gues but very much humus. A simple ph-test with a space of 1 ph between every colour (so not that accurate) told me a ph of 5 in the soil.

On April 1st:
I prepared every hole about 1.5 ft deep with approxamatly 14 oz of dolomite lime, 3 oz of rockdust and 3-5 handfulls of cow manure pellets (about 2-2-2).

May 8th:
On the day of tranplanting them outdoors I added approx. 2.8 oz of seabird guano 9-7-4 per plant.

June 1st:
1.4 oz seabird guano 9-7-4

Now they are between 2 ft and 4 ft tall.


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Q1: is this a P def.?

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Q2: the buds that are already starting to grow, just look underdeveloped compared to spot2
P def.?

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Q3: K def.?

Q4: Could it be that P is beeing locked out do to tha Ca in the dolomite lime?
Q5: Or is the ph still to low? How can I raise it now, already into the grow, without doing more damage?

A Plant in general, picture made 10 days ago:
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Today I gave them 0.5 oz of synthetik: 14-16-32.

Q6: too much?
Q7: will the P be used or will it be imideatly locked out again?


Spot 2:
These plants are in round about 5 gal. of potting soil each with a little extra rockdust and cow manure added.

They became
June 1st:
1.4 oz seabird guano 9-7-4

At first they were being behind the other spot but outgrew them now: they are about 4-5ft. and look a little healthier over all.

Some problems here too:

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Q8: is this burning or mag. def?

The new leaves look a little brighter and slightly tend toward yellow:
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Q9: is this a Fe/Iron def.?

Some of the Plants have weired spots on one fan leaf each:
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Q10: what could that be? I have no clue.

Today they got 0.5 oz of synthetik 14-7-28. Plus the plants with flowers starting a little extra P
Q11: good idea, or too much?

Q12: Any general advice?

Thank you and sorry for my english.
 

caveman117

Well-Known Member
Ok. I would say that with all the different signs of deficiencies that your having ph problems. Its happened to me before and ive seen my plants shownsigns of all kinds of different things at once. Especially when it is nt corrected before they start flowering.

Also the nutrients that your adding are raw yes? They take a while to breal down into a useable form for the plants. Those ammendments will also change ph. Im almost certain that any bagged guano you have will be acidic.

I would also try to mix your soil and all the nutrients it will need in the summer/fall for the following year, giving those nutrients time to break down.
 
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