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After just 2 days between waterings, it took an entire gallon of plain water just to get a few drops of runoff for a soil test. Going to start watering every other day. Soil test results: N = great, P = good, K = great, pH = 6.0. Soil conditions are perfect for Mn absorption. The 3 hypotheses I have for the Mn deficiency (if that's what it is) are: 1) This particular strain just simply has a higher Mn demand than the nutrients supply. 2) The Mn got locked out by iron (Mn and Fe compete for absorption channels.) 3) The Mn got bound up by something and lost its bioavailibility. Switched out the Myco Chum for blackstrap molasses, which has a decent Mn content. Will stick with that until the leaves start to green up again. She may look sickly, but the tiny flowers are still steadily growing. Just have to make sure to keep up with the P demand!
The deficiency symptoms arent going away. A buddy of mine suggested that I was overfeeding, and the macronutrients were locking out micronutrients, showing up as a deficiency. Flushed her with 4 gallons of plain water. Soil test after revealed low levels of N and P, and good levels of K. Seeing as I flushed out most everything, I gave a normal dose of bloom nutrients. Going to lay off the molasses and calmag for a while.
I'm getting very sad and frustrated over this. The yield and potency of the final product is probably going to take a hit because of this.😩
hey when you say water ran out the bottom as soon as you watered do you think theres a chance that the soil went hydrophobic due to underwatering? not sure what ur watering schedules like but she looked real big going into flower would be drinking lots i assume. I've had a couple of girls which i was scared to overwater but ended up drying up and soil then went hydrophobic and was really hard to rescue from there. had to keep flooding the soil just so it reabsorbs