EddyWally
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Hello ODGGHello Eddy,
Watering everytime with 6.0pH can't be good in my opinion. Especially without adequate drainage and aeration.
I imagine your soil's acidic causing lockout.
What prompted you to flush?
What fertilizer / nutrients have you been using? How much and how often?
How often are you watering?
Why pH 6.0 for plain water? What's it like out your tap?
My own advice is to assess your soil's pH before watering again.
Careful you're not overwatering. Heavy soil + flushing you probably are.
Slurry or soil probe to test pH.
In the event your soil is acidic, don't needlessly flush it.
I'd start with a handful of dolomite lime, to topdress your soil. And water it in well with plain water, pH 6.5 - 7.5
Gonna be touch and go..
P.S. Do pH your nutrient, if that's what the product recommends. But plain water 6.5 - 7.5 between feeds with a small amount of runoff.
I'm growing in soil, only soil, nothing mixed in. I know this was a mistake already because it makes it very dense..Looks like it could be a number of things. Light or heat stress. Improper watering. Soil pH is outta wack. Or could be a phosphorous def. I do know one thing, they either look hungry or locked out. So are you growing in soil or coco?
Hi GS79My guess is root rot. How big are the pots? How much and how often do you water?
Yeah heavy soil is really tough. So easy to overwater, overfert and encourages anaerobic conditions. (low oxygen, poor aeration, low ph, pathogens etc.)I had been reading about nutrient deficiency and excess, the way she looked and considering the heavy soil I figured it had to be an excess so my unexperienced mind told me to try this flushing I had been reeding up on..
What fertilizer / nutrients have you been using? How much and how often? As a fertilizer I use easy grow and easy bloom from Royal Queen Seeds. Picture of the packaging. I didn't use the bloom on this plant yet though. She's been getting the easy grow mixed with 5l-6l of water. And she's been getting it from the start. The packaging said it can be given from germination.. Since the flush she's been getting plain water.
I water more or less every 2-3-4 days, tbh I put my first her in the soil and I water here when she is dry. I've been trying to water so. She is dry in 2-3 days.
Wise in my opinion to give plain water every 2nd or 3rd watering with a decent amount of runoff. This helps rinse any excess salts out the pot.Because I have been reading water should be around 6-6.5 so that's why I've been lowering the ph on my water. I didn't do it for the first two months because I didn't have the tools yet.
Out my tap I get around 7.5-7.8
I feel pretty confident in suggesting you had been overfeeding and watering too often. I think if the soil pH is off, it's mostly a result from watering / feeding too often. Encouraged even more so by having heavy soil.How do I asses my soil? With one of those ph soil meter? I don't own one of those. Is there different ways?
I think it's possible to turn things around, for sure. Though I would expect smaller yield.And last but not least, give me your honest opinion doc! You think she will still manage to pull through? Or is it looking like a lost cause, considering I already messed up with the soil.. I have been questioning if she is savable to still get some harvest or if i'm waisting time and resources on her..
Likewise Eddy!Very kind regards!
Eddy Wally for ev
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