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Is that what it was!?!? There was only the one, it ate some holes in a few leaves, but since I found it there's been no more issue. Had me worried for a minute though for surecotton scale they suck the sap
Did you just flip to 12/12? Don't be jealous your plants look awesomeI'm three weeks behind!
Looking lovely. I'm jelly
No prob! hmmmm that's hard to say. Usually sand doesn't contribute to compaction. It's more likely the amount of rootmass and the build up of organic solids from the nutrients. Also pouring water on the medium heavy aids compaction as well. All of those things do end up cutting oxygen flow in the medium down a bit, but shouldn't be enough to worry aboutThanks @justiceman ill keep an eye on them for sure, that's good info about the nitrogen/cal. Also on that particular chem I used some fairly coarse sand as a top dressing to see if it would cut down on the nats( which it has) but I'm wondering if it is also cutting down on the oxygen flow to the roots? The water takes a little longer to soak in. Could this cause the clawing symptoms?
I think you might had hit it on the head. My calmag is 2-0-0. After the feeding yesterday of calmag and bioroot, that particular chem is cupping hard, I'm thinking she's a sensitive girl. I've been feeding pretty light with it I thought. Directions say 2oz per gal for soil, which sounded heavy to me. I've been feeding from the beginning with 1oz per 2 gallons of water. Guess I'll mix separate nutes for this girl. Do you think a flush with ph'ed water would be good for her?No prob! hmmmm that's hard to say. Usually sand doesn't contribute to compaction. It's more likely the amount of rootmass and the build up of organic solids from the nutrients. Also pouring water on the medium heavy aids compaction as well. All of those things do end up cutting oxygen flow in the medium down a bit, but shouldn't be enough to worry about
The compaction of organic solids high in N could be a contributing factor. That's what I'm thinking in terms of a soil standpoint at least. If that's the case the only thing you can do is ride it out and keep doing what you're doing since you already cut out your veg nutrients.
From a hydro point of view IF your calmag has N then the answer could easily just be you are giving the chems too much of it.
What brand calmag are you using? Botanicare? 1oz per 2 gal(15ml per gallon) seems extremely high to me. I'd probably be shooting for somewhere in the 1/2- 1tsp per gallon(2-5ml) range if its the botanicare calmag.
Yup a flush or a few normal feedings with plain water should help run off the excess calmag.
I'm not entirely certain as I don't know what's in your soil mix but if you are using tap water and growing in soil with mostly organic nutrients you probably don't even need to be adding calmag regularly. Of course if you are using RO water then I see why you are using it.
Good call, thanks man. I'm gonna greatly reduce the amount I'm using. I'm a little afraid to cut it out all the way, as I'm trying to keep these girls nice and green healthy all the way through. Last run I cut it out and just used the Buddha bloom and hp bloom boost alternating with ph'ed waterings and the plants yellowed out hard.No problem at all hahaha. At least it ended up working ok and didn't really hurt anything. I would probably stop using it now that you are in flower but it certainly seems to work well in veg. Up to you just my 2 cents.
Everything in your room sure looks pretty! It's gonna be a good run.
I know!! I thought I timed it right flipping when they were a couple inches under the net, but they are stretching like crazy. Especially the chems they like some room. I think this run I'm gonna let them ride, next run I'll re-access the situationMan, they're blowing through that net. Looking good! Maybe you need to make another set of nets to set on top of those.
I'm also interested to hear an opinion as well. I always seem to go back and forth. I like the structure and stability a net provides but lack of mobility definitely makes things interesting.Looks Great! You're pushing me toward nets. Have you decided if you like the nets better than the mobility? It looks like your yield is going to be better this time.
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