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+1 mites can cause new growth to curl tooDo you have a loupe or magnifying glass, and do you inspect the bottom of your leaves? Your 3rd picture, the large yellow fan leaf looks like it has a serious bug (mite) issue.
Soil is low maintenance. It regulates ph better on its own, it contains nutes from the go, and much more forgiving in general as issues come on much slower than the hydro setups. Coco included, as it has nothing in it, you will have to dose your feeding much more carefully, and more often. Each has their pros and cons
I use Happy Frog
I use Promix with about 20% composted manure and a sprinkle of Osmocote pellets. I feed about 4 or 5 times a grow and have great results without feeding more than every 2 weeks.The manure slowly breaks down providing nitrogen and minor nutrients and the Osmocote pellets supply everything else that is pretty much needed. With this recipe, you could probably go a season without adding too much more... maybe a little more Osmocote for extended feeding, but I'm in my 4th week of flowering and I have only had to feed twice so far and the plants are over 5 ft so far after training to keep lower.I prefer to control what goes into my soil and plants, nutrient wise. This also avoids Ph swings, lockouts, and deficiencies and uses tap water.Wow, thanks for all the responses and information guys.
On the medium - SHOOT! I thought I was setting myself up for a healthy low maintenance mix between Kind Soil and Roots Organics. Was hoping I wouldn't need to include lots of added nutrients etc. But it looks like I was way off and this is going to be a learning lesson.
The interesting thing is they're still growing upwards. So maybe there is hope they can be saved. I was hoping to do some LST with the two larger ones but sounds like I should put that on hold or risk stressing them to death.
@Mikelej14 @Jimster @chemistry I'll definitely try and flush them out without drowning them. I don't have any 5 gallon plastic pots but I'll see if I can order or find any asap. I did some yesterday and they look a little better. Attached, is the same plant from my first picture. Less curling, but still a lot.
Do you have a recommended soil you'd suggest I switch to?
@weedtech appreciate the info here. Haha! Never said I was a master! I tried to be very clear that I'm NOT a master.
To be honest, I chose soil because I thought it would be the lowest maintenance. As a first timer, I wanted to try and be as basic as I could and then improving from there. Generally, I don't like additives in my food so I was aiming to use a medium that didn't require lots or any nutrients. I guess that was just naive.
Is Canna Coco your preferred and recommended coco medium?
Thanks again guys, I'll work on keeping the humidity up to 50%, temp below 80 degree and flushing them out carefully.
I think the smartest thing I've done is create an account here. Stay safe and healthy.
It's interesting a lot of times I see newbs who don't want to address the fact that they have bugs; (don't worry you'll be addressing it before long OP)Wow, thanks for all the responses and information guys.
On the medium - SHOOT! I thought I was setting myself up for a healthy low maintenance mix between Kind Soil and Roots Organics. Was hoping I wouldn't need to include lots of added nutrients etc. But it looks like I was way off and this is going to be a learning lesson.
The interesting thing is they're still growing upwards. So maybe there is hope they can be saved. I was hoping to do some LST with the two larger ones but sounds like I should put that on hold or risk stressing them to death.
@Mikelej14 @Jimster @chemistry I'll definitely try and flush them out without drowning them. I don't have any 5 gallon plastic pots but I'll see if I can order or find any asap. I did some yesterday and they look a little better. Attached, is the same plant from my first picture. Less curling, but still a lot.
Do you have a recommended soil you'd suggest I switch to?
@weedtech appreciate the info here. Haha! Never said I was a master! I tried to be very clear that I'm NOT a master.
To be honest, I chose soil because I thought it would be the lowest maintenance. As a first timer, I wanted to try and be as basic as I could and then improving from there. Generally, I don't like additives in my food so I was aiming to use a medium that didn't require lots or any nutrients. I guess that was just naive.
Is Canna Coco your preferred and recommended coco medium?
Thanks again guys, I'll work on keeping the humidity up to 50%, temp below 80 degree and flushing them out carefully.
I think the smartest thing I've done is create an account here. Stay safe and healthy.
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