HFJud
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Hello all,
I ran into some issues recently and noticed all plants were exhibiting some progressive deficiencies. These deficiencies didn’t make any sense with how small they were: I’m in coco/perlite 50:50. Feed every day and had these issues once before and originally attributed the deficiencies to over-watering - that wasn’t the case. We thought we had a fungus gnat infestation and treated it as such. The gnats stayed around but in very very small numbers - but it turns out they weren’t fungus gnats. Once controlled the deficiencies went away and plants exploded in growth.
Fast forward to today - same issues but I have identifiedthe infestation as Rice Root Aphids. The only way I can think that these infestations keep happening is that they’re coming in our coco.
Issues:
- downward claw/ eagle claw leaves
- severe Ca deficiencies
- Rust colored spots
- severely stunted growth
- potassium deficiencies
Since the photos have been taken I’ve treated with Grandevo drenches and bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. Tomorrow will be an application of Botanigard 22wp. After the first application of Grandevo the 2 days afterwards the plants have started to look better and less droopy.
this has been one of the most frustrating issues I’ve ever dealt with as a grower - but then again we don’t usually have these issues.
I ran into some issues recently and noticed all plants were exhibiting some progressive deficiencies. These deficiencies didn’t make any sense with how small they were: I’m in coco/perlite 50:50. Feed every day and had these issues once before and originally attributed the deficiencies to over-watering - that wasn’t the case. We thought we had a fungus gnat infestation and treated it as such. The gnats stayed around but in very very small numbers - but it turns out they weren’t fungus gnats. Once controlled the deficiencies went away and plants exploded in growth.
Fast forward to today - same issues but I have identifiedthe infestation as Rice Root Aphids. The only way I can think that these infestations keep happening is that they’re coming in our coco.
Issues:
- downward claw/ eagle claw leaves
- severe Ca deficiencies
- Rust colored spots
- severely stunted growth
- potassium deficiencies
Since the photos have been taken I’ve treated with Grandevo drenches and bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. Tomorrow will be an application of Botanigard 22wp. After the first application of Grandevo the 2 days afterwards the plants have started to look better and less droopy.
this has been one of the most frustrating issues I’ve ever dealt with as a grower - but then again we don’t usually have these issues.