ClassicT
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VERY VERY SHORT VERSION:
I need to flush but my soil is saturated. Flush anyways or wait a few days?
SHORT VERSION:
I think I overfed my plants. They are photosensitive, leaves by the lights are pale lime green, stems are purple, and pH swung from 5.9 going in to 6.9 going out. Soil is pretty soaked at the moment. How much of a rush should I be in to flush? Let them dry out a bit or flush ASAP? I have some in air pots and some in fabric.
LONG VERSION:
Its day 30 of flower. I posted a few days ago about my light bleaching problem. I’m realizing now (initially thanks to tim1987’s tip) that my overfeeding was the catalyst for this problem. It wasn’t that the lights were too close, it was that the abundance of certain nutes caused the leaves to be photosensitive, causing the bleaching.
The feed that put me over the edge was only 750ppm, but that was a jump from my regular light feedings, which had the garden looking great. (I stupidly listened to a buddy that stopped by and told me to “really hit em” with nutes. I doubted my own methods and intuition since I’m inexperienced, but I should have known better)
Two days ago, five days after the heavy feed, I fed them again, but with a diluted solution. Mixed 4 gallons of my leftover heavy solution with 10 gallons of water. Added regular amounts of silica and kelp to the plain water, plus introduced Epsom and an additional weak nitrogen source also to the plain water, since I was seeing purple stems and yellowing lower on the plants. Ppm was about 590, and my “plain water” is dechlorinated tap with about 200 ppm to start. I’m regretting this now, I should have just flushed then. Too late now.
pH of that concoction was 5.9, but runoff tested at 6.9! I don’t think runoff test was accurate though. I had to rush my dog to the vet in the middle of watering, came back and frantically dumped the rest of the solution on them, sucked the saucers dry with my shop vac and finished right at lights out. The runoff I tested was what had drained by the next morning, and there is a lot of residue in my saucers. I’m growing in soil, just pro-mix with worm castings added.
I think I read something about calcium toxicity and how it can cause photosensitivity. I also have some brown crispy tips which is another symptom I believe? A few of my nutes have calcium in them and I also add earth juice oily cann (3% Ca, 1%Mg, humic) every time I feed.
I’m sure they need a flush but the soil is pretty saturated. I do not want to cause fungus problems at this stage in the game.
Any other ideas on wth is going on? Buds are still fattening, but looking at all those lime green leaves is seriously bumming me out, and I’m sure yield and quality are getting fucked by the day.
So how soon should I flush? Push it and try and do it as soon as I can, when the soil’s dried just a bit, or wait until they dried out to a “normal” moisture level?
Any suggestions on how I can help them out in the meantime? Anything else I can do, or not do about this? Tweak environmental conditions? Reduce light strength? Increase or decrease co2?
The pics I attached are the same ones from the last post. They mostly show the lime color in the leaves. Shit looks pretty much the same so they should help anyone who didn’t see that last thread.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any insight or suggestions you might have. Peace
I need to flush but my soil is saturated. Flush anyways or wait a few days?
SHORT VERSION:
I think I overfed my plants. They are photosensitive, leaves by the lights are pale lime green, stems are purple, and pH swung from 5.9 going in to 6.9 going out. Soil is pretty soaked at the moment. How much of a rush should I be in to flush? Let them dry out a bit or flush ASAP? I have some in air pots and some in fabric.
LONG VERSION:
Its day 30 of flower. I posted a few days ago about my light bleaching problem. I’m realizing now (initially thanks to tim1987’s tip) that my overfeeding was the catalyst for this problem. It wasn’t that the lights were too close, it was that the abundance of certain nutes caused the leaves to be photosensitive, causing the bleaching.
The feed that put me over the edge was only 750ppm, but that was a jump from my regular light feedings, which had the garden looking great. (I stupidly listened to a buddy that stopped by and told me to “really hit em” with nutes. I doubted my own methods and intuition since I’m inexperienced, but I should have known better)
Two days ago, five days after the heavy feed, I fed them again, but with a diluted solution. Mixed 4 gallons of my leftover heavy solution with 10 gallons of water. Added regular amounts of silica and kelp to the plain water, plus introduced Epsom and an additional weak nitrogen source also to the plain water, since I was seeing purple stems and yellowing lower on the plants. Ppm was about 590, and my “plain water” is dechlorinated tap with about 200 ppm to start. I’m regretting this now, I should have just flushed then. Too late now.
pH of that concoction was 5.9, but runoff tested at 6.9! I don’t think runoff test was accurate though. I had to rush my dog to the vet in the middle of watering, came back and frantically dumped the rest of the solution on them, sucked the saucers dry with my shop vac and finished right at lights out. The runoff I tested was what had drained by the next morning, and there is a lot of residue in my saucers. I’m growing in soil, just pro-mix with worm castings added.
I think I read something about calcium toxicity and how it can cause photosensitivity. I also have some brown crispy tips which is another symptom I believe? A few of my nutes have calcium in them and I also add earth juice oily cann (3% Ca, 1%Mg, humic) every time I feed.
I’m sure they need a flush but the soil is pretty saturated. I do not want to cause fungus problems at this stage in the game.
Any other ideas on wth is going on? Buds are still fattening, but looking at all those lime green leaves is seriously bumming me out, and I’m sure yield and quality are getting fucked by the day.
So how soon should I flush? Push it and try and do it as soon as I can, when the soil’s dried just a bit, or wait until they dried out to a “normal” moisture level?
Any suggestions on how I can help them out in the meantime? Anything else I can do, or not do about this? Tweak environmental conditions? Reduce light strength? Increase or decrease co2?
The pics I attached are the same ones from the last post. They mostly show the lime color in the leaves. Shit looks pretty much the same so they should help anyone who didn’t see that last thread.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any insight or suggestions you might have. Peace
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