Double Grape S2 P1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's been a tough week. While it started out good and I gave it some bloom nutes, by Wednesday (Day 38) it was starting to show signs of nutrient deficiency. Thursday I consulted with a friend and we decided that it was most likely a Cal-Mag deficiency. Read on to learn how I addressed it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAY 36: BOKASHI BLENDS FOR BLOOMING * Topped with 2 TBS each of Homegrown Bokashi Azokashi, Foundation & Kelp Blend, Crab & Kelp Blend and Seabird Guana & Kelp Blend. Incorporated into the top inch or so of soil. * Watered with 750 ml of tap watered pH'd to ~6.3 after adding: - Mammoth P: 0.6 ml/gal - Pro-TeKt: 0.5 ml/gal - "Sprinkling" of Aloe Vera flakes DAY 37: JUST PICTURES, NOTHING TO REPORT DAY 38: ANOTHER DAY OF PICTURES, BUT NO ACTION. DAY 39: TREAT FIRST, THEN GET SOME ADVICE - In an attempt to address the emerging nutrient deficiency I foliar fed the plant with a dilute solution of Spray-N-Grow Micro. I was careful to get it under the leaves where it really can do some good. - I also took a few more pictures and sent them to a friend. We discussed what we saw and determined that it was most likely a Cal-Mag problem. We considered a shortage of Phosphorus, but since I use Mammoth P this was rejected. - We decided I should foliar feed and incorporate Epsom Salt into my watering solution. DAY 40: I PUT MY REMEDIATION PLAN INTO EFFECT - Watered and foliar fed. Both were amended to deal with my Cal-Mag deficiency. - Foliar fed with Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus. I mixed 0.5 ml with 380 ml of RO water. Made sure that the underside of the leaves was treated. - Watered with my standard base blend with one rounded teaspoon Epsom Salt per 150 ml. - I hope I can get what was a healthy plant back to good health for the last few weeks of flowering. DAY 42: I JUST WANT THIS WEEK TO END - It's been a very tough week watching both plants decline throughout the week. - REMEDIATION: Watered with 3 liters of pH'd water with Mammoth P. The intent is to dissolve ("evenly active"?) whatever nutrients are in the pot and help make them available to the plant. - Personally, I am finding autos to be a challenge when compared with photos. I know that so far my yield per plant in the same space is much lower.