My plants dying and I can't figure out why. I've tried increasing the food and burnt the plant slightly. If i drop the amount it starves and turns yellow. Its not the ph. I tried to flush the soil and start fresh but no joy. Its like there is a prob with the roots but I don't see how. All i can think is could it be cat piss or ants in the soil??? Someone please help... Im panicing now.
[quote name='"jamesonc"']Pictures?[/quote] Im in work right now. Ill post some tomorrow. The leaves at the bottom of the plant are turning yellow and most have brown patches along the edges.
[quote name='"FuerteFarmer"'] Im in work right now. Ill post some tomorrow. The leaves at the bottom of the plant are turning yellow and most have brown patches along the edges.[/quote] Try digging up the top soil a bit and see if you have anything living if so it's time to issue their eviction
Pics would help alot along with what kind of soil, nutes, how often you feed and at what strength, how often you water and how much, temps.
There is a thread in problems and desieses with the photos on it titled What's Going On?? My phone won't let me upload them again. I feed it about 40 ml of bio bloom at the mo with 10ltrs of water and 2 drops of super vits. Twice a week it gets power zyme micro nutes. I water her every day or she wilts. There are ants living in the soil. I cut the bottom off the pot so her roots are growing into the ground. The temps here range between 23c and 33c at the moment. Ph is 6.4. I pruned all of the lower growth off a month ago and all of the yellow leaves this week. I've grown quite a few plants without any serious problems and have 30 grow books on kindle. Nothing I can think of is working and I have tried everything I can find in the books. I added 5ml extra food and got nute burn. Im stumped
[quote name='"FuerteFarmer"']There is a thread in problems and desieses with the photos on it titled What's Going On?? My phone won't let me upload them again. I feed it about 40 ml of bio bloom at the mo with 10ltrs of water and 2 drops of super vits. Twice a week it gets power zyme micro nutes. I water her every day or she wilts. There are ants living in the soil. I cut the bottom off the pot so her roots are growing into the ground. The temps here range between 23c and 33c at the moment. Ph is 6.4. I pruned all of the lower growth off a month ago and all of the yellow leaves this week. I've grown quite a few plants without any serious problems and have 30 grow books on kindle. Nothing I can think of is working and I have tried everything I can find in the books. I added 5ml extra food and got nute burn. Im stumped[/quote] Sounds like a pest problem man pyrethin or neem oils are highly recommended on GC I have had decent luck with azomax ... If you aren't infested I would check to see if you are root bound what size container are you in how big are the girls ? Where are they in or out flwr or veg some more info would increase chances for fellow GC members to help diagnose the issue your having Dont give up you'll figure it out !!
Here's some pics from today. Ants are living in the soil but they won't do harm will they?? Could it be root bound causing the problem?? I cut the bottom off but the soil underneath is very dry and dusty and the roots haven't grown into it.
What size of pot is it in? When I water or feed I give them enough to where I have about 20% of it as run off. As for ants I got to deal with some later today. Gonna out out some ant traps. Their not causing my plants in the ground any problems that I know of but you dont want them around when flowering and the buds start getting sticky. They can get stuck to the buds.
When you said that when you cut the bottom fo the tub out that the soil was dry and dusty. Ant prefer dry dirt over wet dirt and 3 gallons of water for a tub that big doesnt sound like its getting well watered. How much run off you egtting out of the bottom when you water or feed?
if the ground is hard ,dig it up and add organic material then set your pot onto it. if you can't move it without damaging it just saturate the ground with water to soften it. cut your nutes in half and see what happens. you're probably baking it with reflected heat from the wall as well.
[quote name='"tplat"'] When you said that when you cut the bottom fo the tub out that the soil was dry and dusty. Ant prefer dry dirt over wet dirt and 3 gallons of water for a tub that big doesnt sound like its getting well watered. How much run off you egtting out of the bottom when you water or feed?[/quote] I dunno. It all goes into the ground beneath. How many liters should it be getting?
[quote name='"northlat"']if the ground is hard ,dig it up and add organic material then set your pot onto it. if you can't move it without damaging it just saturate the ground with water to soften it. cut your nutes in half and see what happens. you're probably baking it with reflected heat from the wall as well.[/quote] I already tried less nutes. Made things worse. I will move her away from the wall tho thanx B)
Well you got some nute burn , doesnt look real bad in the one pic that shows it. I would bump your PH up a little bit for a week or so. At the lower end of the Ph range some nutes will be absorbed better then others and vice versa at the higher end. Usualy when you see nute burn just on the very tips of the leaves that usualy a sign that its get just a little to much nutes and usualy reccomend to ease up on the nutes or skip it for the next few feedings. How did it make things worse by using less nutes?
[quote name='"tplat"'] Well you got some nute burn , doesnt look real bad in the one pic that shows it. I would bump your PH up a little bit for a week or so. At the lower end of the Ph range some nutes will be absorbed better then others and vice versa at the higher end. Usualy when you see nute burn just on the very tips of the leaves that usualy a sign that its get just a little to much nutes and usualy reccomend to ease up on the nutes or skip it for the next few feedings. How did it make things worse by using less nutes?[/quote] Severe yellowing of all lower leaves. Pulled a few handfulls off. Even with the amounts im feeding now.. Im getting yellowing, indicating under feeding AND nute burn indicating over feeding. That's why i don't understand what could be wrong. The leaves higher up are deep green compared to the one in the photo.
Should i stop pulling off the yellowing leaves until i figure out how to fix her? Im getting really worried there won't be anything left in a week or so. I tried increasing the PK values today with 15ltrs water. Got a good amount of runoff and have left the pot in a pan with about half an inch of water. Just wanted to thank everyone for their help so far. Cheers guys n girls B)
Is your plant flowering yet? As a plant gets farther into flowering leaves will naturaly die off. Post some up close pics of the whole plant.
Yeah its flowering... The buds are still quite small tho. Never had yellow leaves until last few weeks in the past. This shouldn't be ready until end of October.
Have you fed it any nutes with nitrogen in it? Sometimes in flowering if you start to have leaves turn yellow and die off to soon it just needs a little bit more nitrogen, not to much though. I`ve seen some flowering nutes that have little to no nitrogen in them. As for damaged leaves they will not repair themselves. Before you cut the bottom out of the pot you said your PH was 6.4 which isnt far off from 6.5, was that the PH run off or the PH of it going in?