I've been chasing this problem for the past 3-4 months and its really starting to bother me.
The plants start to yellow like a nitrogen deficiency, but then remind me of a magnesium deficiency. Its mimicking a lot of nutrient deficiencies in different forms, but isn't getting better with treatment.
I recycle my soil, but these are all fresh batches of soil, different from my old mixes completely. This is a base of peat and store bought compost. They are ammended with azomite, zeolite, epsoma biotone plus, rainbow mix, biochar and dolomite lime.
I've tried fixing this problem multiple ways and end up feeding them essentially every 4-7 days due to the problems. I even tried watering less which didn't help either.
Could it be root bound plants? I'm running out of ideas...I will be treating them with some more dolomite, bone meal and azomite as a top dress, since they were given AACT yesterday.
The AACT was a good mix of bacteria and fungal hyphae. Typically, I make well rounded vermicompost teas, but have been leaning towards bacterial blends, since it seemed to be a nutrient/nitrogen problem I'm experiencing.
The plants start to yellow like a nitrogen deficiency, but then remind me of a magnesium deficiency. Its mimicking a lot of nutrient deficiencies in different forms, but isn't getting better with treatment.
I recycle my soil, but these are all fresh batches of soil, different from my old mixes completely. This is a base of peat and store bought compost. They are ammended with azomite, zeolite, epsoma biotone plus, rainbow mix, biochar and dolomite lime.
I've tried fixing this problem multiple ways and end up feeding them essentially every 4-7 days due to the problems. I even tried watering less which didn't help either.
- Azomite-Top Dress
- Dolomite lime-Top Dress
- Hydrolyzed fish-Root Soak
- 4-2-1 for first brand; 11-1-.25 for the second brand
- Hydrolyzed fish and seaweed/humic acid(1-1-17)-Foliar spray
- Actively Aerated Compost Tea-Root Soak and Foliar Spray
- Made from EWC, Fish hydrolysate, seaweed/humic acid extract, Publix molasses(low nutrition), Epsoma Biotone Starter + and sometimes Azomite
- Beneficial Nematodes for fungus gnats- Root Soak
- Epsoma Biotone Starter Plus-Top Dress
Could it be root bound plants? I'm running out of ideas...I will be treating them with some more dolomite, bone meal and azomite as a top dress, since they were given AACT yesterday.
The AACT was a good mix of bacteria and fungal hyphae. Typically, I make well rounded vermicompost teas, but have been leaning towards bacterial blends, since it seemed to be a nutrient/nitrogen problem I'm experiencing.