First grow ever.....having a hell of a time here in Michigan. As is our blessing (and curse) the weather has been a cornucopia of madness
Cold, extreme heat, vicious winds, etc etc.....
This was a gift from a friend at 7 weeks---started March 27th (SpaceGhost clone). I kept it alive until now....but there are serious nutrtional issues going on. Just ordered a RO Buddie to help with water. Our water is very hard (PH at 7.5+ with a ppm at 175) and I think I've got lockout now due to calcium buildup? the bottom of the
smart pot is chalky white. The plant is rapidly losing color. Yellow leaves, but many turning lime green.
That said, it's going to rain like hell today. I have a big Rubbermaid garbage can that I cleaned out w/bleach water set up to catch it. Once caught I will cover it ASAP to keep it clean.
I'm going to try a mini flush with rain water (maybe 3 gallons?) run through the pot to try and loosen the calcium (salt) build-up. I haven't fed this plant much at all. I assumed it was in living organic soil until I found out the soil was probably crap. It was left over from the prior year
I also have ordered some kelp food I plan on using to assist with rejuvenation. The PH is now stabilized ---last feeding was 6.5 going in and coming out. It had been well over 7 coming out prior to PHing the ingoing water to 6.0 or so with PH down or vinegar. . Unfortunately the PPM has been higher in the runoff water than going in. I hope I can correct this......we shall see !