I had a thread about leaf curling which seems to have corrected itself on it own for the most part. It now one of them has leaves that are looking like either a nutrient deficiency or maybe too much. As this is my first time using living soil I’m not sure how I’d make an adjustment if need be. Anyone have any advice?
Looks like you have had alot of rain this year as well. I bet if we ever get nice weather you'll see improvement
as far as soil half the pots are the build a soil take and bake kit and the other half are the same recipe that they have for that kit with locally sourced ingredients. In a nutshell it’s 2 parts peat moss, 1 part worm castings, 1 part fish based compost, 1 part hydroponic stone with a crustacean meal, basalt rock dust, kelp meal, Neem cake, oyster flower, activated biochar as amendments mixed in. And we’ve had a lot of rain the past 2 weeks but only 2 plants have issues. Yes. A LOT of rain in the last 2 weeks. Pretty much constant thunder. Also another thing someone mentioned to me which could be a contributor is the smoke from Canada. I’m on the east coast and our air index has been in the red pretty much the whole time and for 2 solid days the air was visibly orange.
I'd bet $450 build a soil bucks its not a nutrient deficiency. Hot and water logged medium is most likely.
Soil don't seems to be the issue. But with constant heavy rains soil could be washed off of minerals and other good stuff. Might have to top dress later in the season before bloom. I wouldn't worry about Canada's wildfire too, I live in Montreal and air quality have been rated the worst on earth for a few days, and with consistent smoke every days, garden is not affected. Over watering can create deficiencies like symptoms. I have a mate that lives and grows in Thailand all year round even in the wet season. To control roots issues he tries to control how much water goes in each pots. Extra aeration is also important. But placing a saucer up-side down over his containers during heavy rains goes a long way. Cut a line to put it around the trunk while covering the containers, something like that Don't leave it permanently unless you grow in fabric pots like you, cause roots will lack of oxygen.
My guess is it was probably over watering. All of the plants seem to have sorted themselves out by now. We had a hot week so I let them start to get droopy before watering just so I was sure they actually needed water
We’ll just as I thought my overwatering issues were resolved we went from a zero percent chance of rain to a 30% chance of rain to a 100% chance of a massive flash flood. Luckily I’m further up the mountain. The people at the bottom of my road could literally kayak in their front yards.
You might want to consider getting those pots off the ground... Too much water from excessive rains is one thing, but those cloth pots in direct contact with wet ground will result in "over-watered" soil conditions as well. They can't drain, until the ground dries out.
Nice! Happy to read your beloved ones are getting better. What a rainy summer here too! Major flood where I live in Montreal, Canada as well. Those who chose mold resistant strains will be happy by the end of season. Might want to consider covering your containers to limit what goes in as well.