Week 6 was smooth. Especially after correcting the signs of deficiency. The plants have bounced back quickly after being fed and are thriving in the environment. New growth shows no new signs of deficiencies, and old growth did not get any worse. Luckily it was caught early enough and corrected. At the end of week 6 I continued to tie down shoots and continue the LST throughout the canopy. Light defoliation was also done around prime bud spots, and the lower skirt near soil. Technically also removing lower growth that won't amount to much, aka "lollipoping." Plan for week 7 is to continue to water when dry to a PH of 6.2-6.6 and LST with light defoliation where needed. Monitoring the environment and running dehumidifier to 45% RH. Fans are blowing and these seem like they will be big girls. These are some of the bigger autos I have seen personally.
*UPDATE* One plant is showing nitrogen toxicity. Leaves are curling bad at top. I took her out and flushed her, as I may have built up too much with run off when fixing the phosphorus issue. Continue to monitor and hope it recovers quickly. But have also seen a lot of other grows with similar leaf traits with downward curls, might be genetics. None the less, will let dry and water thoroughly all plants next time with PH 6.2-6.5 water.
*UPDATE 2.0"
So the girls soil was not good. Turns out my calibration was off on pH meter and was flushing with around 7 pH water. Read the soils and one plant, that had the claw and dark leaves, was above 7.0 soil pH. Others were below but still a bit high. Have been adjusting pH of water to about 5.8-6.2 pH for next few to help lower it. One girl is not happy. We will get the train back on the rail though.
Gaia green has diamatecous earth. Awesome for bugs. Sprinkle in soil and some on top. Rips there bodies open and sucks their body juice out. Shitty way to goπ€£π€£
@Gunnen,lol 40 ain't that old. To me anywaysπ€£π€£ I remember when I used to think 30 was oldπ€£π€£π€£ once you hit 30 you change the age group of oldπ€£π€£
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, thanks man, deficiencies still showing so I got suspicious of lockout or pH. With oragnic nutrients lockout doesn't happen often. Shooting myself now lol, ah well we will bounce around. May just not be able be best result!
@Gunnen, you got this broπ€π€ now that you know the problem. And you can look for it next time and use it as a learning experience broππ€π€ deficiencies and any problem you have is shit but it's good to learn from itππ€π€ they look better now my friend
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, turns out the soil pH was whack. I also had flushed, but my pH meter needed calibration. So turns out I flushed with around 7.0 pH, kind of making problem worse. Her soil was over 7.0 PH slightly, while others are lower than 7, but could be lower. Hopefully can turn it around okay.
They look good still bro. Hope it will come back for ya but it doesn't look too bad. I know calmag deficiency can look like that too. And quantum board led lights are notorious for calmag deficiency. What soil and water do you use?
@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, using tap water with pH down formula. Soil is Fafardβs Agro Mix G5, usually pretty porous and fast drying. I think the Gaia Green dry amendments have Cal-Mag in them as well. I think I am fighting nutrient lock out due to soil pH being close to 7 if not higher. You could be right though, I am just worried to feed anything more at this point!
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@Rock_n_Roll_Randy, me too, his book was really good but super sad too. Yeah hopefully with pH right now and plenty of slow release food, they should finish out nicely.