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Your not in coco.canna pro plus is a well amended soil.make sure to let the plant dry out a bit between waterings and giv just water for atleast 10 days while small like that.
Canna pro+ is an excellent soil.its what I use also wen growing in soil.it has a nice spongey consistency which roots love.i find it worth paying the few£ extra to get the pro+ over pro terra
I haven't seen you mention anything about pH, it's important bro.
Plants look kinda messed up. It's a shame the start looked so strong. Obviously you're experiencing some problems. That would appear to be over watering/feeding. Your plants should have grown probably not as leafy.
Good start Smacka but there's some obvious overfeeding signs later on.
Thing with your plants is that they will never grow above a couple of feet, so they will never need full strength nutes even at their biggest. Also there has been a feast and famine approach to feeding that means the plants are not getting fed for long periods.
Maybe consider using 1.5ml dose every 2nd watering for a week to give them some grub and start to build up from that. I use Canna stuff and the max dose on the tub is 4ml, so for my small plants I use 2.5ml and they seem to be happy. Max dose for Canna Terra in the stretch phase is only 3ml, so I would suggest staying well below that for now.
Monitor what goes in and what comes out for the next few waterings to try and fathom out what's happening, you can then make the necessary adjustments.
The yellowing of lower leaves is pretty natural. They don't get much light so they don't contribute much energy to the plant. So the plant eats all the food in them which is why they go yellow. Nothing to worry about so long as it's restricted to the bottom growth.
If you want to begin learning how to read your plants then go back to the top of the thread and look at the 1st 2 pictures you posted. You can see the 1st cotlyledon leaves on both plants. The leaves that do not have a serated edge.
These leaves are present on all plants and they provide nutrients to keep the plant alive while it builds a basic root system and becomes self sufficient.
The cotyledons are a great indicator of when to start feeding.
If you look at your 1st pic of the WW, you can see the cotyledon is at around 4 o clock in the picture, hiding under the true leaves. It's already loosing its green colour so the natural food is running out and gentle feeding could start any time for this plant.
In the 2nd pic the interest is also at 4 o clock but this time the baby leaf is much more green, so this plant does not need feeding at this time.
From this information we can deduce that the WW is working harder and growing faster while also consuming more food.
The kush is less hungry and is slightly slower out of the blocks.
So the WW will be able to take more food than the kush without stressing if you want to push it along a little more. It will also grow taller so it will need more attention if you are managing canopy height.
Also you should note the clolour of the leaves when they are just using water and feeding on their baby leaves as this is their natural colour.
If they are getting darker then lower the food slightly to accomodate. The opposite it they are becoming lighter.
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