Deficiency/or soil PH

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  1. #1 Matthewtrippy, May 5, 2017
    Last edited: May 5, 2017
    Is this nitrogen deficiency or what? Also how to fix with organic compounds ? Thanks everyone I hope you can help. They just started budding also anything special I can do to help them along.[​IMG][​IMG] [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


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  2. Hmm not sure they are quite tall and stretchy could be the plant eating itself for bud growth what kind lights are u using
     
  3. #3 Juggmanfinese, May 5, 2017
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    its looks like a nitrogen deficiency to me possibly magnesium feed it just water a time or two & get some cal mag just in case
     
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  4. Anyway I can fix that easily and cheaply pretty broke till next week I heard used coffee grounds.

    also it's just the one that's stretchy [​IMG]


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  5. also I just noticed some leaves burnt out the very tips Could it be the soils ph is too high


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  6. Are you using any nutes
     
  7. Nope I was thinking potassium deficiency


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  8. Looks more like zinc and nitrogen now


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  9. its deff nitrogen what soil are you using
     
  10. how big is that pot? what brand of soil?

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  11. Can y'all tell me how to ph the soil down if it's to high or ph the soil up?


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  12. Organic lemon juice to pH down. It usually takes about 2 tbsp per gallon of water for me to put it at about 6.3. If you find yourself having to pH up you should add dolomitic lime to the soil.
     
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  13. I'm thinking there rootbound, transplant and flush for ph correction.


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  14. It's quite big, possibly starting to get root bound. Possibly time to flower or repot in that case.

    Don't use raw coffee grounds on your pots. They are great for the compost heap, or making a mulch outside, but absolutely do not empty a bag of coffee grounds in your pots.

    The lowest leaves that are going white, may be a combination of being far away from the light and so useless to the plant, and possibly that the soil is running low on nutrients. The rest of the plant seems in good health, so don't do anything drastic. Those leaves are goners now, but the whole plant will probably benefit from a general feed. There's no clear specific deficiency, if you're seeing a few small things here and there it's probably soil pH and/or rootbound

    If you don't have a specialist plant food, you can perk it up with something general for fruit and vegetables. It will help replenish all the nutrients, including some magnesium and calcium. These aren't usually suitable for regular use, but a feed now and again in a couple of weeks will be better than nothing and much better than coffee grounds.

    If you don't like to use chemicals you might find an organic multipurpose plant food in a store. I would advise against looking up whichever organic ingredient is good for X-nutrient and just dumping a lot of that in your pots. Those components are part of a recipe, and even though they are 'natural' they are still very strong! The purpose of many organic grows is to start with high-quality soil so there's no need to add anything during the grow. You could try a compost tea, but maybe the best option would be repot with fresh organic soil. There is enough room in the top of the pots for an inch or two of soil/mulch which could be watered in maybe.

    The burnt tips could be soil pH crashing. This can happen when you don't have enough runoff when watering. If you don't have a way of testing pH properly, do not try to "fix" it by adding chemicals, even lemon juice. Flush them with plain water to wash out the excess acid, rather than trying to neutralise it in the soil. Since they have grown so well until now (although they are still pretty fine now) the water you have been using is clearly safe. You don't need to do a full flush of the soil and clean out all the nutrients, just really soak it and let it drain away then repeat.
     
  15. It's quite big, possibly starting to get root bound. Possibly time to flower or repot in that case.

    Don't use raw coffee grounds on your pots. They are great for the compost heap, or making a mulch outside, but absolutely do not empty a bag of coffee grounds in your pots.

    The lowest leaves that are going white, may be a combination of being far away from the light and so useless to the plant, and possibly that the soil is running low on nutrients. The rest of the plant seems in good health, so don't do anything drastic. Those leaves are goners now, but the whole plant will probably benefit from a general feed. There's no clear specific deficiency, if you're seeing a few small things here and there it's probably soil pH and/or rootbound

    If you don't have a specialist plant food, you can perk it up with something general for fruit and vegetables. It will help replenish all the nutrients, including some magnesium and calcium. These aren't usually suitable for regular use, but a feed now and again in a couple of weeks will be better than nothing and much better than coffee grounds.

    If you don't like to use chemicals you might find an organic multipurpose plant food in a store. I would advise against looking up whichever organic ingredient is good for X-nutrient and just dumping a lot of that in your pots. Those components are part of a recipe, and even though they are 'natural' they are still very strong! The purpose of many organic grows is to start with high-quality soil so there's no need to add anything during the grow. You could try a compost tea, but maybe the best option would be repot with fresh organic soil. There is enough room in the top of the pots for an inch or two of soil/mulch which could be watered in maybe.

    The burnt tips could be soil pH crashing. This can happen when you don't have enough runoff when watering. If you don't have a way of testing pH properly, do not try to "fix" it by adding chemicals, even lemon juice. Flush them with plain water to wash out the excess acid, rather than trying to neutralise it in the soil. Since they have grown so well until now (although they are still pretty fine now) the water you have been using is clearly safe. You don't need to do a full flush of the soil and clean out all the nutrients, just really soak it and let it drain away then repeat.
     

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