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Alrighty, figured I’d check in as Carmelicious has really taken a beating. The only things I can think of causing this are:
The soil being hot for whatever reason. I had nothing with slow release nutrients in my mix. Unlikely as the burn doesn’t start at the tips too.
Or, pH fluctuations. When I accidentally watered the gallon or so from my drip system, the pH was not adjusted and my tap water is usually in the 8.2-8.5 range. And then I pHed my superthrive/seaweed mix to 6.7.
the burns look more aligned with pH fluctuations than nutrient burn.
My only explanation for why Carmelicious and not the other two is that maybe this strain is just more sensitive to pH fluctuations.
Thoughts?
Your issue is not watering properly. You need to saturate the entire media then let it dry well before watering. I would still consider this a soil blend.
By watering a little like that in hot media it cause the ferts to become very concentrated (burning the plants), the media to have dry spots (roots don't grow into dry soil), the ph around the roots to drop and overall uneven media conditions.
Saturate the entire pot by hand so you get the entire media wet so this means until you see runoff.
Some say that but IMO you should saturate, roots font grow into fry soil as i explained. Not uncommon to see this and I may recommend starting smaller and up potting as they growI thought with seedlings, you shouldn't saturate? I've intentionally been metering less water for the first week or so.
Some say that but IMO you should saturate, roots font grow into fry soil as i explained. Not uncommon to see this and I may recommend starting smaller and up potting as they grow
Some say that but IMO you should saturate, roots font grow into fry soil as i explained. Not uncommon to see this and I may recommend starting smaller and up potting as they grow
Depends what they are... Let me tag some ppl who will know.Cool ty for the input Aqua! I’ll go dig around for fungus gnats. I looked up all the typical bugs that harm cannabis and I didn’t see any that aligned with these.
My main question is do I need to get rid of them ASAP? Or can I just fight their population for the next 10 weeks or so?
Caution with those DE can affect ph potential of the soil and hydrogen peroxide can kill all your microbesWell, that didn’t take long. Def fungus gnats, and def need to get rid of them.
Sounds like this particular bug has some pretty straight forward treatments. I’ll be trying 2 of them first due to their ease of availability. Unless the experts have some other voodoo that works here
diatomaceous earth and hydrogen peroxide mixture. Will update how this goes.
Well, that didn’t take long. Def fungus gnats, and def need to get rid of them.
Sounds like this particular bug has some pretty straight forward treatments. I’ll be trying 2 of them first due to their ease of availability. Unless the experts have some other voodoo that works here
diatomaceous earth and hydrogen peroxide mixture. Will update how this goes.
Not sure why the peroxide, straight DE will do the deal. Now these freaking spittle bugs... *&&^%% houdini mother I***&^&T$Rs. Damn things hide on the center stalk. If they see you, then they scoot around to the other side where you can't see them. I wouldn't really give a damn about them but they bite into the branch they are on, eat the "sap", and then literally piss a stream. So this little micro arc can be seen in the sunlight coming out of your plant. Sure tell is the piss stains on the leaves. Disgusting. I'd rather deal with fungus knats.
What are spittle bugs? Sounds nasty.
Thanks for all of the quick input all. Sounds like DE can mess with pH and H2O2 can kill microbes. I’ll probably still try both, one at a time of course. No matter what happens, I’m still in the try it and experience it for myself mode with growing. Understand the potential outcomes, but give it a whirl!
But for sure get sticky traps, tape or cards of some sort.
Oh, and BTI, which sounds effective too. Any negatives with this option?
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