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What looks wrong with these plants

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by Dragon140237, Dec 17, 2021.

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  1. #1 Dragon140237, Dec 17, 2021
    Using Mars hydro set up, fox farm soil, and big bloom nutes, using great value spring water, had them in to big of a pot then moved them back to a smaller pot. Just wondering what looks wrong , first time grower here. The leaves that had the brown in it I ended up cutting it off, but there's the pic of that. I raised my light too, think I had it to low, humidity 40 to 55 usually, lowest temp at night is 69 , highest temp in day around 80. Thanks everybody for any info! Haven't got to check the ph or ppm yet either. Thinking it may be a ph problem. 20211217_060521.jpg 20211214_202040.jpg 20211217_060511.jpg

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  2. #2 trojangrower, Dec 17, 2021
    You maybe feeding too much nitrogen and potassium (ie. nutes) but the balance is incorrect and the calcium is getting locked out; looks like its too high an EC/TDS solution. I recommend alternating feeding with just water, or water + calmag.
     
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  3. #3 Dragon140237, Dec 17, 2021
    I honestly only fed them twice , I had it mixed way to hott. Say if the ph is low or high. Do I just keep putting in water that has a ph oh 6 to 7? Or do I put in like 5.5 ph if the ph was like 7.5 to bring it down. Not sure how this all works

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  4. #4 marks.home.grown, Dec 17, 2021
    A small plant in fox farm compost, then feeding them, makes a really hot soil mix for a small plant, even worse, the soil looks bone dry, as the soil dries out the EC level rises really fast and this can burn the roots.
     
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  5. #5 trojangrower, Dec 17, 2021
    Its a balancing game. A lot has to do with the kinds of nutrients you are feeding, like acidic vs basic fertilizers. You can attempt to correct with pH'd water, but it takes a long time. I would just feed water again to dilute the media and give it a couple days unless the runoff solution (the excess that drains off the plant after feeding) pH is dramatically out.
    For example, if the runoff pH is 7+ I would start watering using 5.5 water.
     
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  6. #6 420JoeBlow, Dec 17, 2021
    Thats not possible.
     
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  7. #7 marks.home.grown, Dec 17, 2021
    Normally I would say, mix 1/2 tsp of garden lime into the topsoil, This helps to pull the PH back in range but could increase the EC level in the soil, ph down is a good shout if you have some, maybe a few drops of lemon juice mixed in your water, if you don't (you could buy this in your local shop)
     
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  8. #8 Dragon140237, Dec 17, 2021
    5 gallon for seedlings.

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  10. #10 Papa Puff, Dec 18, 2021
    U can't correct fox soil anymore! They have done something that when I slurried it and poured gals of 5.0 water! They did something to buffer the soil.

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  11. #11 Papa Puff, Dec 18, 2021
    If in soil do a slurry test. Take a large shot glass of soil. Dig down a little. Than put that into a Tupperware small container. Than put the equal amount of distilled water. Stir for 1 minute and than stick ur ph meter than ur ppm meter. This will show u what's going on! So if ppms are over 400 u just need water and microbes if u use them. Under 400 ppm feed

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  12. #12 420JoeBlow, Dec 20, 2021
    Ive started seeds in 20 gallon pots no problem.
     
  13. #13 Dragon140237, Dec 28, 2021
    Whats a good soil for seedlings , veg and flower?

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  14. #14 Dragon140237, Dec 28, 2021
    Thanks man . I thought it had to be clear run off water for the ppm ? I thought it would just pick up the dirt in the water . I'm new to all of this testing. Thanks for the info man. They are doing good now though. My ph of my water was a little over 7. With nutes it dropped to 6.5 to 6.2 so I figured that was a decent range to be in. Plus I screwed up and put table spoons instead of tea spoons lmao.

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  15. #15 Papa Puff, Dec 28, 2021
    Well I am a Nectar guy. I was a fox dude for years. But they did something that keeps there soils ph at like 7.5. too much wood and stones. So I like #4. I never throw it away. I keep amending it each run

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  16. #16 Papa Puff, Dec 28, 2021
    This one Screenshot_20211228-062712_Samsung%20Internet.jpg

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  17. #17 Dragon140237, Dec 31, 2021
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  18. #18 Papa Puff, Dec 31, 2021
    Well can u get promix? I hear good things about that? Do u have any hydro stores?

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  19. #19 Papa Puff, Dec 31, 2021
    Or a garden shop may have black gold. Get some big tubs and reuse it each time

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  20. #20 Papa Puff, Dec 31, 2021
    It will get better and better. Also it won't have buffering agents in it. So if u give 6.5 water ur soil will slurry test at the same. I found fox it was like 7.5 no matter what I did

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