Yellow leaves…..again. please help

CARmick93

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Hairybuds said:
Coco presents its own challenges, you need to rinse it of salts and buffer it with mg and ca if it hasn’t been done already.
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Yes I have read that I was thinking of buying pre buffered coco to use something like canna coco pro plus and use some of their nutrient line as well as it seems pretty simple to start with good results.
 
CARmick93

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Horselover fat said:
Is it possible that your soil gets too dry? The colour kind of looks dry to me, but it could just be the lighting playing tricks.
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I don’t think so I never let it dry out completely, I just wait until about the top inch or two is dry and then water.
 
Rufus T. Firefly

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Pretty sure it's a septoria fungus, you might help fight it with more air movement. I'm an organic grower and not anyones nutes expert but I don't believe this has anything to do with them.
 
Masterdank420

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Hairybuds said:
Coco presents its own challenges, you need to rinse it of salts and buffer it with mg and ca if it hasn’t been done already.
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I personally will not use coco with nutrient salts for that reason. I used to use organic amendments but id
CARmick93 said:
Yes I’ve been researching it quite a bit and seems you have to get ph and the ppm bang on or you run into trouble and it does seem more hard work and time consuming then soil grows but just fancy giving it a go, I thought you couldn’t go organic in coco?
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go on youtube and look up mr.cannuks grows. He covers growing in coco using organic amendments. Has some wicked content too.
 
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Masterdank420 said:
I personally will not use coco with nutrient salts for that reason. I used to use organic amendments but id

go on youtube and look up mr.cannuks grows. He covers growing in coco using organic amendments. Has some wicked content too.
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Yes I’ve seen the video but I’ve also read that a few people have had problems following his method doing this.
 
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Only time i had issues with that method was when I didn't properly PH my water out of laziness. Thats why i stopped using coco and switched to soil. I just didn't have the time or energy to do it right. I ended up with the same issues using bottled nutrient salts With coco too. My well water is at 7.8 PH. No issues in the organic soil though.
 
CARmick93

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Masterdank420 said:
Only time i had issues with that method was when I didn't properly PH my water out of laziness. Thats why i stopped using coco and switched to soil. I just didn't have the time or energy to do it right. I ended up with the same issues using bottled nutrient salts With coco too. My well water is at 7.8 PH. No issues in the organic soil though.
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I would love to grow organic in coco will definitely be giving it a try in the future, I have found a company that does dry amendments you can apparently mix into the coco and all you have to do is water and can get good results called dr forest, but I think first time round I will just be using the canna nutrients to get my head around it. Is there much difference in time to harvest and yield using coco compared to soil?
 
CARmick93

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Nutty sKunK said:
The soil will buffer the input pH very quickly.

What is your water source, do you know the ppm?

That’s true to a certain extent. The problems you are experiencing I had but I fixed them with dolomite lime. Let me explain;

After time soft water will acidify the growing media. This is because there is no/little calcium/magnesium present. You might read a high pH but again there’s a difference between pH and alkalinity. Soft water has low alkalinity. Yea you can add some calmag but it’s often too late. You need to add a buffer to compensate. That’s why I suggested lime for the next run.

Could mix 1tbsp into a gallon of water and apply. That’ll help get you to the end without further issues.
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I just use tap water I think it is soft water? Not too big on the water ppms I’ve never really measured them I’ve only ever used biobizz nutrients just use them at half strength and don’t go too wrong but always seem to have at least two plants every grow with these problems.
 

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CARmick93 said:
I would love to grow organic in coco will definitely be giving it a try in the future, I have found a company that does dry amendments you can apparently mix into the coco and all you have to do is water and can get good results called dr forest, but I think first time round I will just be using the canna nutrients to get my head around it. Is there much difference in time to harvest and yield using coco compared to soil?
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I actually had smaller yields using the coco and stunted the growth during veg causing a longer growth period. But like i said i didn't do it right lol.
 
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CARmick93 said:
I just use tap water I think it is soft water? Not too big on the water ppms I’ve never really measured them I’ve only ever used biobizz nutrients just use them at half strength and don’t go too wrong but always seem to have at least two plants every grow with these problems.
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It’s fairly soft. Test your run off pH. I bet it’s around 4.x
 
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Nutty sKunK said:
It’s fairly soft. Test your run off pH. I bet it’s around 4.x
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So the run off was about 5.3, the nutrient mix was phd to 6.3 going in, so should I raise the ph of nutes going in to even it out?
I’ve never checked the run off before I’ve read there is no need in soil and try not to get that much run off as it supposedly can flush out microbes.
 

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CARmick93 said:
So the run off was about 5.3, the nutrient mix was phd to 6.3 going in, so should I raise the ph of nutes going in to even it out?
I’ve never checked the run off before I’ve read there is no need in soil and try not to get that much run off as it supposedly can flush out microbes.
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There’s no need to check run off unless you have issues. It can give clues as to what’s happening. But it’s not an exact method just an indicator.

Yea that’s one way. Offsetting the input pH to compensate. Try an input of 6.8-7.2. Don’t check run off just watch for signs of improvement.


I think you can fit a trillion microbes on the size of this .
 
CARmick93

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Nutty sKunK said:
There’s no need to check run off unless you have issues. It can give clues as to what’s happening. But it’s not an exact method just an indicator.

Yea that’s one way. Offsetting the input pH to compensate. Try an input of 6.8-7.2. Don’t check run off just watch for signs of improvement.


I think you can fit a trillion microbes on the size of this .
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Ok will do thanks again for the help
 
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