By the sounds of all the stuff your feading your plants I would say even with out the sings you are seeing that I am 99% sure you are over doing the nutes.
Well that's possibly but these are guerilla plants with slow release fert mixed into the holes. I've only carried in one feeding probably a mounth ago and a weak dose of Epsom salts I gave them one time. I only visit them about every 10 days. I'm kinda thinking back when I dug the holes that the area that plants in might've got more SR in that area or wasn't spread evenly.
My container area doesn't have these problems.....just that ONE guerilla plant outta probably 40-50 total plants. I'm not really doing anything much different than I've done for 25yrs with feeding. Except the slow release fertilizer in the guerilla patches. I know last time I carried Epsom salts my ph meter had screwed up too....so maybe it might've been way off. This water is shit around here, I hate having to use it
Great tip!If you have a Mg deficiency in a very sandy soil, there is a good reason to add Mg. Most other soils have too much Mg. You can also have an excess of K, Na or Mg itself and cause a Mg deficiency.
99% of the time, there is a Mg deficiency due to a Ca deficiency. Applying Mg won't help.
A way to test if you need Mg or not, it to apply it to the leaves in a foliar application of 1.5% Epsom.
If the plant likes it, you will see a response. If it gets worse, well, you know what that means.
Took me years to understand that one.
If you have a Mg deficiency in a very sandy soil, there is a good reason to add Mg. Most other soils have too much Mg. You can also have an excess of K, Na or Mg itself and cause a Mg deficiency.
99% of the time, there is a Mg deficiency due to a Ca deficiency. Applying Mg won't help.
A way to test if you need Mg or not, it to apply it to the leaves in a foliar application of 1.5% Epsom.
If the plant likes it, you will see a response. If it gets worse, well, you know what that means.
Took me years to understand that one.
Yes I know what your saying but it's not the familiar leaf signs like the CA....Mg type of issue....KY leaves/plant is kinda more so showing the problem you speaking about.
It was nearly dark when I was up at the plot.....see the other plants are basically in the same hole. There's 3 plants and 2 same strain. It's only this one plant. I'll see more about it when I go back but there's not dead leaves on anything. And the other 2 plants are very lush healthy looking. I just don't feel it's a Ca or MG def on this plant or abundance. I really think the fertilizer is to thick around that plant. But I'll take in account all idea, opinions, thoughts and have a couple different options when I get back up there and look at it and see more so what I should do ....if anything. I'll having multiple options though when I head back to the plot. I really appriciate the ideas guys....I wish I could've had more time to get some pics of it
Yup. Exactly how mine were but much worse. I was worried. Seems they finally grew out of it though. But I'm still going to follow slownickle's advice.This pic might be good enough to kinda show.
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I followed the discussion on the overfed plant guys and I think theres one thing I can add. The slow release feed is mislabled, it should say water release. More rain more fert.
Also if you like slo's advice read some of his recomended info. Start with Tiedjens he's an easy read. And a big calcium guy.
On the PH issue I am organic so I rely on the roots to exude the right levels for what the plant needs. PH will vary widely from one root to another according to Lowenfells Teaming with Microbes.
If you load your soil with enough calcium/lime the microbeasties will work out the PH for themselves.
Dolomitic lime (ag powder not pelletized) that I want to say I bought cheap where they sell bags of cement though it's been so many years is cal mag. I just looked it up recently. Indoor or hydro I'd measure everything but outdoors with the soil microbes it's more of an educated guess I think, following guidelines from others.