Rama777
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Yo! I’ve gotten some advice on what to do, but I’m always happy to get multiple diagnosis, even if in the end I end up even more confused :/
Plants are 6 weeks old. Ppfd is a touch under 200. I’ve tried taking it higher. It’s possible they could handle it but I want to straighten out the mag issue first.
RO water with calmag. Started off very tiny, have worked up to 250ppm on the last watering. Worth noting that the mag symptoms have worsened since that last watering with the higher ppm. So I’m not feeling like attempting to boost those numbers even higher.
No feedings yet. Soil was too hot. Created some stunting in the beginning. Little by little they are getting over that.
VPD 1-1.1
Leaf Surface Temps - as low as 70, as high as 78. Haven’t seen any difference regardless of temps.
Overwatering? I don’t believe so.
The more obvious answer is to foliar feed them epsom, or to add it into the water.
If I do add it to the water, skip the calmag or reduce it and supplement with some epsom?
If foliar, how often until symptoms seem to be resolved?
And if directly in water, alone or with calmag, how often until symptoms clear? Or in other words, roughly how long does a single corrective feeding take to offer visual feedback of its efficacy?
Oh and also, while this isn’t totally consistent across all the plants, I feel like it’s MORE isolated to the upper growth. I’ve read that being mobile, mag deficiencies start by pulling from the older leaves to keep the upper leaves happy. Since I’m not so sure that’s even happening, it does make me question wether or not I have a true deficiency, or some other imbalance.
Thank you fine people!!
Plants are 6 weeks old. Ppfd is a touch under 200. I’ve tried taking it higher. It’s possible they could handle it but I want to straighten out the mag issue first.
RO water with calmag. Started off very tiny, have worked up to 250ppm on the last watering. Worth noting that the mag symptoms have worsened since that last watering with the higher ppm. So I’m not feeling like attempting to boost those numbers even higher.
No feedings yet. Soil was too hot. Created some stunting in the beginning. Little by little they are getting over that.
VPD 1-1.1
Leaf Surface Temps - as low as 70, as high as 78. Haven’t seen any difference regardless of temps.
Overwatering? I don’t believe so.
The more obvious answer is to foliar feed them epsom, or to add it into the water.
If I do add it to the water, skip the calmag or reduce it and supplement with some epsom?
If foliar, how often until symptoms seem to be resolved?
And if directly in water, alone or with calmag, how often until symptoms clear? Or in other words, roughly how long does a single corrective feeding take to offer visual feedback of its efficacy?
Oh and also, while this isn’t totally consistent across all the plants, I feel like it’s MORE isolated to the upper growth. I’ve read that being mobile, mag deficiencies start by pulling from the older leaves to keep the upper leaves happy. Since I’m not so sure that’s even happening, it does make me question wether or not I have a true deficiency, or some other imbalance.
Thank you fine people!!
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