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Sick Plants looking wird

voxberry

Member
Hello pplz .

I'm having some problems with my plants, see pictures .

Looks like a Phosphorus combined with nuteburn or low pH / acidic .

It's day 22 into veg.
Growing in soil .
Strains : strawberry haze, white russian, cheese and one lavender .
They all act the same, so it's not the strain .
I changed the soil I was using before, the ph of the soil should be 6,5-7 . I think this is the problem, but it is still a problem .
I did NOT use any fertilizer yet, just plain water with a little ph minus .
Water ph : 6.4 .

So now I have to fix this, and any suggestions are welcomed .


 

pappy crukk

Member
you said it yourself nuteburn

you said it yourself nuteburn

Hello pplz .

I'm having some problems with my plants, see pictures .

Looks like a Phosphorus combined with nuteburn or low pH / acidic .

It's day 22 into veg.
Growing in soil .
Strains : strawberry haze, white russian, cheese and one lavender .
They all act the same, so it's not the strain .
I changed the soil I was using before, the ph of the soil should be 6,5-7 . I think this is the problem, but it is still a problem .
I did NOT use any fertilizer yet, just plain water with a little ph minus .
Water ph : 6.4 .

So now I have to fix this, and any suggestions are welcomed .


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looks like overwatering and nutrient burn ..but

flush with water and let the soil dry out ... then water only every 3rd day depending on humidity evapouration of the water, when top of soils is bone dry then water plants.
The problem is we try and make our plants grow faster by watering them everyday and giving them nutrients every day , but we are killing them.

you want your plants roots to search for water not be sitting in it all day but a good plain water flushing every 2 or 3 weeks helps wash away any salt buildup in the soil.

You say no nutrients added yet so definately overwatering...
 

voxberry

Member
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DrGreenThumb@OZ I didn't water them with any nuts, as I said, and I did not overwater them, over the years I kinda made a lot of rulez that I do follow.
And, as I said, the problem is with the soil . I'm sure it's not the best soil I could get .It's like the description on the bag is great, ph is great, should have a lot of worm casting and stuff in it .. it's just I think it has a little too much fert inside it .

I will repot them soon and I will try to change some of the soil .

and I am trying to flush the soil now and see what happends anyway, as I plan to veg them for about 8-9 weeks, before flowering the big chunkies :D.. so there still is time .

thanks for the input anyway :)
 

Mr. Greengenes

Re-incarnated Senior Member
ICMag Donor
Veteran
Those plants are too small for 1g pots. Over and underwatering are certain. DGT@OZ has pointed out that they look overwatered, and I agree. Though you'd never get even rooting without smaller increment up-potting, it would be possible to water such small plants in big pots accurately IF the mix was lighter and better draining. Some lime in there would help buffer against sour soil (PH swings) that can't be avoided when there's large areas of (nutritive) soilmix with no roots in them.
 
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