Hi all,
A problem I've had the past couple years is that my plants have been growing incredibly slowly in veg. I mix in and top dress plenty of worm castings, goat manure, and rabbit manure. Plants get plenty of rain, and when I water, I water with insect frass tea.
But, I water with a very heavy concentration of frass tea. Like, anywhere from half cup per gallon of water to a whole cup (or more) insect frass per gallon.
I chose all of these fertilizers because they're said to be "cold" fertilizers that will not burn plants. To be fair, my plants never show any signs of burning... Growth just grinds to a halt or proceeds slowly, and in many cases leaves will yellow, curl, and fall (but not have burnt tips anywhere).
Is it possible that I'm giving them too much in the way of organic matter and frass tea? Can too much of these things fuck growth up? Is it possible that I'm locking out other things such as calcium and that's why growth is stunted? For what it's worth, I initially thought the yellowing leaves might be a sign of disease and so I sprayed with milk (which is, of course, high in calcium) and that seemed to help the plants out -- but not enough to fully reverse their condition.
The plants were all otherwise healthy -- they make it to harvest with minimal issues and the bud is dank -- they just seem to have a lot of trouble vegging and getting big.
A problem I've had the past couple years is that my plants have been growing incredibly slowly in veg. I mix in and top dress plenty of worm castings, goat manure, and rabbit manure. Plants get plenty of rain, and when I water, I water with insect frass tea.
But, I water with a very heavy concentration of frass tea. Like, anywhere from half cup per gallon of water to a whole cup (or more) insect frass per gallon.
I chose all of these fertilizers because they're said to be "cold" fertilizers that will not burn plants. To be fair, my plants never show any signs of burning... Growth just grinds to a halt or proceeds slowly, and in many cases leaves will yellow, curl, and fall (but not have burnt tips anywhere).
Is it possible that I'm giving them too much in the way of organic matter and frass tea? Can too much of these things fuck growth up? Is it possible that I'm locking out other things such as calcium and that's why growth is stunted? For what it's worth, I initially thought the yellowing leaves might be a sign of disease and so I sprayed with milk (which is, of course, high in calcium) and that seemed to help the plants out -- but not enough to fully reverse their condition.
The plants were all otherwise healthy -- they make it to harvest with minimal issues and the bud is dank -- they just seem to have a lot of trouble vegging and getting big.