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Thanks. There wasnt too much online about the Strawberry Fields when I researched it, so I decided to use it from seed to harvest and log it all. I hope it helps. But I have to say, I like the results I've had with Strawberry Fields.Great read. Wish there were more of these diaries using their coco loco line
Week 7 Flower: Day 49: Update on sick Gorilla Glue plant.
One of my Gorilla Glue ladies, girl No. 3, was still not happy. My attempt to make her happy last week: large flush, transplant to ensure roots were not bound, small feeding to replenish P, K, Ca, Mg and a small amount of N, raised the Mars Hydro Lights, removed a smaller light to lower the temp and reduce light stress, but none of these solved the problem. Actually, she is not recovering. I removed most of the damaged leaves last week so I could easily see if the new growth. Once again, she had brown edges and crisp tips on the tops. The lights are not too intense nor too hot, apparently, the light adjustment had no effect. But, knowing this along with the passing of 5 days and the fact no other plants are showing any signs of distress--I now know what is going on......
This started with a pH problem with this plant only. 2 weeks ago I fed them their last compost tea. I forgot to pH the tea before I started feeding. I fed 2 plants with 2-3 liters of compost tea per plant BEFORE I checked the pH. The pH was around 4.5. I instantly flushed the 2 affected plants with tap water pH to 7.2 then, corrected the pH of the tea to 6.5, then started over on the feeding. The details of this is a few posts up under "Last Tea Feeding" for complete details. In short, I didnt write down which 2 plants I fed the acidic food. Fast forward to last week, plant No. 3 is sick.
Here is the chain of events that kept knocking her down.
1. ph too low--nute lock out that weakens the plant,
2. this hinders her ability to use and process water fast enough,
3. since water is not being used and processed correctly, the light becomes too much.
4.To eliminate root rot, I transplanted her and loosened the roots. But instead of helping, it most likely caused more stress due to transplant shock.
These events, in this order makes the most sense.
Day 47:
I started by flushing her with 6.5 tap water until the run off consistently read 6.5 (somewhere around 5 gallons of water)
I gave her 24 hours for the excess water to drain out of the 5 gallon pot.[
Day 48:
I flushed her with 1 more gallon of 6.5
I mixed up 1.5 liters of a small feeding: MG Flower and Veg 18-7-21, Mg, Ca, 0-10-10, and pH 6.5.
I flushed all the other plants with 3 more gallons of water on the 8 gallon pots and 2 gallons on the 5 gallon pots
On plant 3, to make sure the food reaches the bottom part of the roots, I added a small amount of 6.5 tap water.
I removed most of the damaged leaves from plant 3 to determine if new growth shows signs of recovery
Day 50:
Plant No. 3 seems to be happy. She is looking like her sisters again. New growth is same shade of green as the others, edges are not brown nor are the leaves crispy.
Fixing the pH allowed the girl to absorb the food I provided, which in turn allowed the plant to process water more efficiently giving the outer leaves the strength to use the light for photosynthesis
Here are before and after
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I was at hydro store yesterday and was lucky to get last 2 small bags of happy frog, my guy told me that stuff is a flowering mix and has a lot more potassium in it.
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