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Can you post a picture if you don’t mind?
It will help with diagnosing the plants
that are having problems. Maybe a pic of the soil as well?
I have some Epsom salt water ready. 4 cups/4th a table spoon for the morning. At the moment I use well water/mineral water and it may be the problem. So tomorrow morning should I re transplant any of the plants into fox farms or no? And I'll have to buy a ph tester later I guess.I would start at ph testing water and maybe running a filter on your water to remove at least chlorine. You could add a little nitrogen boost to kick start it. Maybe kelp meal or feather meal, guano, trace minerals... You can use dolomite as a ph buffer also. And Epson salt can prevent some early yellowing of leaves.
I'll have to order some tests tomorrow morning then. But for now should I re-transplant any into fox farms dirt?Hey there @Nebula357 welcome to thcf, Is PH a thing for you, by that i mean have been testing your water/feed to make sure its in the magic range!
If youre in a jam a ph drop test is only a few $ and can get it for testing aquarium equip so maybe an easy get if youhave to order a meter of internet. It not terribly precise but will get you in to a correct'range'And I'll have to buy a ph tester
A spell would he nice but it's been a while sence iv played skyrim so I'm rusty at the moment. But I just ordered a water ph test kit(200) and a soil ph test kit. I have some water ready for if I want to add magnesium to it but I'm still debating on that.Fox Farms can be pretty hot out of the bag and I have seen a lot of posts from newer growers who had problems after using some of their mediums. Smaller plants don't ve the root system in place and they didn't grow up in it, so it could shock them somewhat. I think they will recover after a few days when the roots grow in a little and get used to the nutrients in the soil. I wouldn't feed it anything until you figure out if they are being overfed. Changes in Ph can also cause issues with nutrients, as different nutrients are avail at different Ph ranges, and if you get outside of the range, it will look like a deficiency or an imbalance. A PPM meter might help to see how much nutrients you have (or maybe the FF bag?) and a Ph test will help to figure it out. Otherwise, I think it will eventually recover, although it might take a spell.
At the moment I ordered a 200ct water ph and a soil tester what can I do as of now to make sure they make it another week so I can diagnose them?If youre in a jam a ph drop test is only a few $ and can get it for testing aquarium equip so maybe an easy get if youhave to order a meter of internet. It not terribly precise but will get you in to a correct'range'
So if your PH range is out you could have a nutrient lock out, plant can only taking specific nutrients at specific level.
Hope the graphic helps. Though for hydro systemsit illustrates the problem. Think the soil version allows a buffer of a couple of points up from 6.1 to 6.5 or so.
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I would start at ph testing water and maybe running a filter on your water to remove at least chlorine. You could add a little nitrogen boost to kick start it. Maybe kelp meal or feather meal, guano, trace minerals... You can use dolomite as a ph buffer also. And Epson salt can prevent some early yellowing of leaves.
Thanks for the clarification I've never applied epsom that way I've only fed & foliar fed so I can't comment on that application methodI was talking about doing a topsoil mix and stirring it just a bit in your soil and not doing a foliar feed. I just put it in dry on top of it needs something. I agree with Jimster.
Letting the roots get accustomed to the new pot should solve the issue. However, fox farm is diverse and they have a lot of ratios going on in each type they sell. Which one specifically is it? This may be able to tell us more about the NPK ratios being used.
Yeah hopefully. And wdym a "hot" soil? At the moment I have black and gold with another slik in it so idkI would wait it out to see how your plants recover, or don't, over the next few days. If they continue to deteriorate and you are pretty sure they are dying, then I would re-plant them into a more neutral medium. Using care and water to wash the roots off will help to avoid root damage. I wouldn't use anything on them until you get some test results, although a foliar application of CalMag is OK, just go easy on everything until you determine what the problem is. You can easily add nutrients, but getting them out is tough. If they are on the edge of being overfed, using any type of nutrients might push them over the edge. I think your problem is a combination of transplant shock and encountering such a hot soil. After a few days, the roots should regrow and adjust to their new home. If not...
[/QUOTE]^ all this, plus if you have a foxfarm soil products available it will start feeding your plants all by itself, just make sure you get your water pH adjusted to 6.5 (most important step!) and if you need to treat for magnesium a *tablespoon epsom per gallon sprayed on the leaves over 2 or 3 applications usually corrects the issue, though I would make the first two changes before I sprayed anyting, & *check that mix ratio somewhere though I haven't used it in over a year but I believe that was what I used
I've seen people use Black Gold very successfully but you say you mixed it with some other soil? However I suspect your mail issue is a pH lockout.
Couple of other things: Those of us who use tap water usually leave it sit for 24 hours, in my opinion strips are better than drops & a quality pH meter's better than anyting, and a $10 PPM meter will help you out as well, this is minimally required gear, good luck!
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