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Still a noob... FML

Tonygreen

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Wells guys Here is the deal. Ran this strain 4 times in my soil mix and never had any issues. I use tap water all the way through and never saw this pop up. One difference between now and prior runs is I have not used the blackstrap molasses I usually do cuz i ran out and been meaning to get some.

Also this plant started in recycled soil then got transferred into fresh mix in my sig, I did use a little more recycled soil that I threw in the bottom of the pot to fill it out cuz I was at the end of my mix, last plant transplanted. Ishould have put the recycled on top looking back... So Im thinking the mix isnt as rich as it usually is or possibly a stronger dose even because it was the last bit of dirt scraped up together, maybe it got a concentrated bit, hard to say.

This strain is a Blue Satellite f3 and between week 3 and 4 she starts throwing a shitload of pistils and frosting up like crazy. No other plant has any issue in my garden so I am guessing she used up something and is lacking some nutrient. I discovered this today please have a look....

The are all older lower fan leaves









Everything else in the room is lush as can be but everything else is in fresh mix. This is the only plant with a bit different soil.
Also this plant is my fastest and I know she is a nut hog.

I been experimenting a few runs with the mix. I have hard city water so the first thing I did was remove the dolomite lime and ran it with pure water. No troubles at all same quality harvest as the full mix. Now as I said i usually use blackstrap mollasses every 3rd feeding on all these runs but this time I tried cuttin that out thinking maybe the water has enough in it. That brings me too now. Everything else looks great but this one issue with the plant in the scraped together soil.

My tap water is a ph 7.7-7.8, ca 35 ppm, mg 13 ppm...
Ever since I got on this mix I have never had a ph problem that visibly affected the girls to my knowledge. So what does it look like to you guys?
 

Tonygreen

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I need to find a fix that isnt chemical if I can I dont put chems in my soil, its all alive. I can fix it easily enough for the future runs by adjusting my mix.

I read molasses is a good supplement but cant fix a deficiency which clearly I have on this poor girl... Lookin at Ca threads now to find something I can do.
 

Tonygreen

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On second thought fuck it I'd rather not but if I have to add some chemical ferts for this one plant I will if I have too.

Looking in my old fert cabinet from before I went to ammended soil all I have with calcium in it is a bottle of Davids Grow "Grow" formula. It is calcium nitrate... 2.8-0-0 2.8% total nitrogen, 3.8% calcium...

I am thinking of doing a light foliar feeding being careful on just the fan leaves. Do you think a little nitrogen right now is gonna mess things up bad at week 4? If I do use it should i go foliar like I suggested or just feed in the soil?

Or should I go an entirely different direction maybe... bah.
 

whiteberrieS

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Or go old school with some boiled egg shells. :biggrin: I dunno I use the FF lineup, think it's chemical, been waiting for my day with the cal/mg issue haven't had it yet.
 

Tonygreen

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I have a carton full of egg shells are you suggesting I boil them? What do I do then? Im reading up too. lol
 
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Hey Tony I made some calcium supplement last month. I used oyster shell, covered with vinegar. Only problem is it needs to sit 20 days.
The Unconventional Farmer website says you can use eggshells, kinda toasted in a skillet, then covered with vinegar.
I just used it once then my buddy took off with it.
 

whiteberrieS

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The old school would have you amend the soil with em pre-germ but a fli-by-wire solution would have you boil em, water em with that water after it cools, then throw the shells on top of your soil and let em breakdown.

This is out of a 70s book, I've never done it myself, I use all the FoxFarms chemical & organic, never had a cal problem...But egg shells are pure calcium supposedly, just throw all your egg shells in the mulcher.
 
J

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Almost exact same prob on a few of my girls. Exact same leaf issues. Ran the strain before multiple times too without probs. Was looking for pictures all yesterday. Without success. Been thinking and studinying this for awhile Your (our) problem is NUTEBURN. yeah I though it was calcium too at firest but nah its nuteburn.

My prob was I used to much time release fert. I noticed the amount I blend in keeps going up, and now its starting to have a neg effect. This sucks because once the plants are burned stunted or whatever the yield suffers. which means the round wont be optimal. Then I have to wait 3 more months
 
J

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Hey I bet you have some leaves where its just lots of little brown dots all over too.
 

whiteberrieS

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The 70s books stand by it. Like I said I've never had cal problems so I have no idea. But in them books they stand by their egg-shells.
 

Tonygreen

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Yeah I do, it looks like it is starting up on those leaves. I very well could have too much time released stuff in that pot because I swept all the leftovers in a pile to pot that one... If thats true the shot of calcium nitrate I gave em last night will probably make things worse.

Do you suggest a flush maybe if thats the case??
 
J

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Yeah I think you got the right idea with a flush.

Yeah I gave one of mine espom salts before I figured it out. It gave me some extra crunchy leaves and an extra dose of stunt. It just goes to show no matter how good youve been doin something can trip you up. always learning...
 

PoopyTeaBags

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Almost exact same prob on a few of my girls. Exact same leaf issues. Ran the strain before multiple times too without probs. Was looking for pictures all yesterday. Without success. Been thinking and studinying this for awhile Your (our) problem is NUTEBURN. yeah I though it was calcium too at firest but nah its nuteburn.

My prob was I used to much time release fert. I noticed the amount I blend in keeps going up, and now its starting to have a neg effect. This sucks because once the plants are burned stunted or whatever the yield suffers. which means the round wont be optimal. Then I have to wait 3 more months


i second the nute burn.
 

whiteberrieS

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I was gonna say it looks like my growbig burns but bigger, the spots definitely look like my burns, the big 1/3 of the blade spots had me thinking otherwise never dealt with a calmg issue before.
 

Tonygreen

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No offense taken, I am trying to get to the bottom of this. Nut burn is plausible as I said I scraped up the soil for this one plant from various sources.... So if that is the case, would you recommend a big flush?
 
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