Zink or iron deficiency ???

BigBud420.

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Don't know which one I have !! Need help..


My soil is pH of 4 I know it is low but at the start of my grow I asked about it then and was told it was OK as there are buffers in the soil. But guess it's not OK after all is there a quick way to bring my soil pH up dolomatic lime takes months
 

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Resinhound

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How often are you watering? And whats that dirt?what are you feeding them?what are you using for light?whats your temps and humidity?whats the square root of 1,235,467.2?
 
BigBud420.

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Feeding them when they need feeding has been every 5 days so far humidity is 40 temp 72 light m/h 400w 12" above, fox farm nutes at 200 ppm 6.6 pH soil pH low.. Soil is PM

And fuck knows the square root haha
 
Resinhound

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Cut you tap 50/50 with distilled or RO water and raise EC to 1

This will increase your EC headroom and get your plant what it needs without overfeeding.

Always take starting water ppm into account,it increases your nutrient load but its mainly ph buffers in the form of carbonates....usually.Lol
 
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Jimmy Sparkle

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That medium looks very dry so for starters I'm going to say slightly under watered and you have an early N deficiency starting. Of course these are my opinions only and they may change upon new information.
 
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Jimmy Sparkle said:
That medium looks very dry so for starters I'm going to say slightly under watered and you have an early N deficiency starting. Of course these are my opinions only and they may change upon new information.
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If you can tell when something needs watering just by looking at the top soil your a better man than most lol they were watered 2 days ago with 15% run off and that's a lot for a 15 litre pot... Looking into clay pebbles though to stop the top drying out so fast
 
Jimmy Sparkle

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BigBud420. said:
If you can tell when something needs watering just by looking at the top soil your a better man than most lol they were watered 2 days ago with 15% run off and that's a lot for a 15 litre pot...
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BigBud420. said:
If you can tell when something needs watering just by looking at the top soil your a better man than most lol they were watered 2 days ago with 15% run off and that's a lot for a 15 litre pot... Looking into clay pebbles though to stop the top drying out so fast
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To me , my opinion only of course. I know it's not possible but to me that medium looks like it's NEVER been watered ...That's the only reason I mentioned it. Lol. Must dry out on top instantly.
 
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Resinhound said:
Cut you tap 50/50 with distilled or RO water and raise EC to 1

This will increase your EC headroom and get your plant what it needs without overfeeding.

Always take starting water ppm into account,it increases your nutrient load but its mainly ph buffers in the form of carbonates....usually.Lol
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Sorry resinhound I did not see your reply and that sounds like awsome advise thank you. Early on I was told I had a calmag deficiency so I ordered calmag so since this will be turning up in a few day you think it would be better to give all distilled water and add cal mag? Would I need to add anything eles if I wipe tap water all together ?
 
Jimmy Sparkle

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Older growth let's you know what has happened , new growth is telling you what's happening now. You say "you feed when they need feeding". I would have to say that your prediction meter needs some calibration. Your plants are hungry and too dry. Best of luck my friend, please don't twist up your head with numbers too much or you will be miserable. Also ,Your water probably does not have much or any calcium or magnesium in it and if it does it's probably trace amounts. Your nutrients ( from what I understand by looking it up and using the products) the ff lineup is missing cal/mag fortification and your growing medium is probably void of it.
 
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Jimmy Sparkle said:
Older growth let's you know what has happened , new growth is telling you what's happening now. You say "you feed when they need feeding". I would have to say that your prediction meter needs some calibration. Your plants are hungry and too dry. Best of luck my friend, please don't twist up your head with numbers too much or you will be miserable. Also ,Your water probably does not have much or any calcium or magnesium in it and if it does it's probably trace amounts. Your nutrients ( from what I understand by looking it up and using the products) the ff lineup is missing cal/mag fortification and your growing medium is probably void of it.
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I fed them 2 days ago and pots are heavy how are they hungy ????
 
BigBud420.

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Jimmy Sparkle said:
When you finally figure out how to grow maybe it won't be too late for these poor plants. Good luck with your deficiency .
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Funny how your the only one suggesting watering them and if you want to start insulting then if you looked in the pictures with a pair of glasses you would see there are two tones of brown on top hense " the medium is wet". Enough said I don't want a silly debate ty
 
Jimmy Sparkle

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BigBud420. said:
Funny how your the only one suggesting watering them and if you want to start insulting then if you looked in the pictures with a pair of glasses you would see there are two tones of brown on top hense " the medium is wet". Enough said I don't want a silly debate ty
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There is no debate. You have a TON to learn and can't stop being sarcastic for one second enough to learn anything. I cannot walk you step by step through the process holding your hand, neither can anyone else. You should have grown house plants or a vegetable garden first. Here is your advice and homework. Shut up and listen. You are wrong, look at your plants. You came here for help because there is an obvious problem that you know nothing about. Feeding doesn't change plant color in two days. Enough said, your debate is over friend sarcasm and insults are close enough the same, you having no problem with the latter.
 
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