Benny6868 said:

Hey,

Just trying some gorilla glue auto's organic soil grow for the first time with spider farmer set up (SE5000).

Things got off to a pretty slow start but got a couple to get going. All seemed stunted at first. Soil was approx a mix of 25% part vermicompost, compost, coco coir and perlite. Added Cal/mag and trace elements. Run off EC 0.9 Ph 6.5. Ph seems to be creeping up so watering with 5.8 ph water.

Currently day 25. Leaves started to show some bleaching. Thought possibly light/heat stress? Any ideas? Any advice appreaciated, cheers!

RH - 58%
Temp - 27 degrees
Light intensity - started at 50%, currently at 75%
Light was at 24 inches but have increased sinced noticed bleaching.
Should I just pull mutant?
Possibly need more nitrogen?

Gave first nutrient feed day after I noticed bleaching.
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JIMKSI64 said:

Ok.
Organics in coco.
Yes it can be done but it is a very specific technique.
Coco and peat mixes have a few problems that you will need to overcome. Coco is an inert growing media with some bad habits of holding on to some nutrients like mag and calcium. It will need to be amended to slow this down.
Was the coco buffered or pre charged with any 4 4 4 soak or anything?
Coco needs to remain wet as dry coco has no oxygen.
Peat needs a wet/dry cycle to grow organic nutrients into a useable form and to recharge the oxygen cycle.

Hit the 3 horizontal bars top left and navigate to forums and then grow diaries. Once in diaries use the spyglass feature to search for coco and soil or coco and peat mix.
Lot of tears in this category but a few folks have broken the code and have gotten ok production with this hybrid media.
Straight coco and chemical fert will far surpass the hybrid setup for growth and I say that as an organic soil grower.

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Merkle said:

So what I can see based on your set up is that your plants seem to very far from your light source. Perhaps moving the light gradually over the next couple of days to see what you get.

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JIMKSI64 said:

The leaves look bad but I have not done enough study on the way to run this setup. That is why I gave you the link process to look for a way to save the grow. I do see curl and leaf stress from the light and it looks like you handled that.
The mix has problems exchanging oxygen and this will cause swings in PH as random as any DWC buckets.

The biggest issue with diagnosing this is it looks like nutrition fade on the lowers, good top growth and signs of previous overwater as you can still see the puffy fans lower. The mix is tough to water. Any suggestions may throw you into a ditch or fix it and be the hero.
Best I can do is recommended study on this grow and find someone who gots the pictures to prove it

It seems to me on most pot forums folks are too quick to recommend anecdotal fixes for grow types they do not have experience with. That ask no questions and make recommendations from a random pic that sometimes is a disaster.
You will find out quickly who wants and can help vrs who wants to help but is really not able too.
I got no problem saying I am not sure.
Now go straight organics in soil and I can show the pics.

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Benny6868 said:

Have you found any successful grows on this site using this mix?

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