This just hit me this morning and I think I may have figured this out, or maybe I can get some old school guys to drop some knowledge here.
I am wondering if this is actually a toxicity issue to crab meal? It finally hit me last night in the garden that my testers of the same cross (SDxWW)x(SDxWW) different mother same male) are doing just fine. Same soil, same water, same amendments, and same week of flower, but different results. The only variable that is different is my crab meal amendment that I add to my soil for every grow. I have been adding between 1/4 to 1/3 cup per bag of
Roots Organics. This mix has worked well with ALL the other plants I have grown, but the testers were done without the crab meal, due to having to separate and re-pot them quickly from the container they were germinated in.
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As can be seen in the picture, the plants in the foreground are finishing week 5 and the ones behind the tester (different strain) that is beginning to fade are finishing week 6 which is the same week as the big plant. They are showing none of the issues the big plant is showing. Has anyone else seen a reaction like this to crab meal? Is my mix ratio too high of the crab meal (1/4 cup to 1 cubit foot)? Is it a strain specific or phenotype issue? Like I said I have not had issues with the crab meal and any of the other plants I have grown in my mix. The only other variable is that maybe the container the big plant is in is contaminated.
Any help or comments about this would be MUCH appreciated!
And yes, I did water the big plant today.