xtsho
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A plant that small in FFOF doesn't need anything but water even if it is RO water. Especially if they're in 25 gallon pots. FFOF has shrimp and crab meal. Both are very high in calcium so you don't need to add any. And just so you know CalMag is the most overused additive there is. People think it's a cure all and dump it their plants when it isn't needed. I've never used Calmag in life of decades of growing and that includes hydro, coco, and soil. If you feed a plant a balanced feed that contains everything there is no need for a collection of bottles of additives.
And yes neem oil will fry your plant if you apply it in too strong a dose. Which is probably what fried the leaves.
I would stop dumping gallons of water on that plant and let that soil dry out some. There is nothing using it. That plant is drinking nothing and doesn't have a developed root system. If you keep that soil too wet for too long it will go anaerobic. That pot is way to big for that plant. It's pretty fried maybe not even worth saving. I'd just leave it alone and see if it pulls through. No water except in small amounts around the plant when the soil gets dry, no CalMag, no Superthive, or anything else. That soil is wet enough for you to probably go well over a week before you need to do any watering. And then you don't need a gallon at a time. Dumping gallons of water on it isn't the answer. If the plant pulls through and gets big you will need to water a lot but not now.
And I'd chuck that Superthrive in the trash.
Good luck.
And yes neem oil will fry your plant if you apply it in too strong a dose. Which is probably what fried the leaves.
I would stop dumping gallons of water on that plant and let that soil dry out some. There is nothing using it. That plant is drinking nothing and doesn't have a developed root system. If you keep that soil too wet for too long it will go anaerobic. That pot is way to big for that plant. It's pretty fried maybe not even worth saving. I'd just leave it alone and see if it pulls through. No water except in small amounts around the plant when the soil gets dry, no CalMag, no Superthive, or anything else. That soil is wet enough for you to probably go well over a week before you need to do any watering. And then you don't need a gallon at a time. Dumping gallons of water on it isn't the answer. If the plant pulls through and gets big you will need to water a lot but not now.
And I'd chuck that Superthrive in the trash.
Good luck.
