Week 8
Day 50 (02/10/2020) 💧:
I watered all of the girls today and increased their nutrients a little bit again. I now gave the girl 3.5ml of BioGrow and increased the CalMag to 2.5ml to see if that helps slow down the deficiency.
Day 51 (03/10/2020):
Definitely looking happier again after the watering, although there are loads of leaves still falling off which really concerns me. However, I am hoping that if I keep slowly increasing the nutrients I will be able to find a good balance that will keep them happy.
Day 52 (04/10/2020):
The problems and browning on the leaves is still not stopping so I will definitely still need to increase the nitrogen and CalMag when I water them tomorrow because that is definitely not normal. I also still tracking the progess of specific leaves and that's how I compare to previous days to be able to assess whether they require more CalMag and Nitrogen.
Day 53 (05/10/2020) 💧:
I watered the girls today because they looked quite thirsty. Again some more yellow and dry leaves came off and it looks like the leaves are turning yellow quite quickly so I have increased the BioGrow to 4ml now (for 1.5L of water) which is almost triple the recommended but I think they really need it! And I have also increased the CalMag to 3ml and I will keep it at this level for the next watering as well. It seems that the leaves are not turning brown anymore so this increase should do the trick from preventing more leaves from turning crispy and brown.
Day 54 (06/10/2020):
Girls still looking quite sad this morning but I am still seeing one or two flies in the tent when I start moving the girls or watering them so I am still going to keep spraying the neem oil for a few more weeks. So today I sprayed the normal amount just before lights off and let it absorb without the lights on. After the lights came back on the girls looked good and perky again :D
Day 55 (07/10/2020):
So I have noticed when comparing the brown spots on leaves from a few days ago that they are definitely slowing down but the leaves that have brown spots are yellowing quite rapidly. I still don't understand why because they are getting almost triple the recommended BioGrow and it shouldn't be happening. I read online that it could be because of pH. I have an electronic pH meter but I have run out of distilled water since I checked last so I have ordered some as pH needs to be checked anyway so will be waiting for that to come sometime soon, hopefully next week.
Day 56 (08/10/2020) 💧:
I watered the girls today and I still decided to increase the nutrients until I figure out if it is a pH issue. So I have increased the BioGrow again and it is now at triple the recommended at 4.5ml/1.5L, and keeping the CalMag the same at 3ml and will see if they need more later on or if this is enough for now. They are all growing massively though and becoming proper bushes so I can see how they might be needing loads of nutrients but after reading about it more, it could definitely be that they are not absorbing enough nutrients because there is an issue with the pH. There were also loads of leaves that were brown and crisp (and maybe even a bit moudly) so I did quite a big defoliation which also helps me track the issues on leaves easier in the next week.
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@Sweet_Seeds,
Hey, thanks for the message!
The diaries are 2 weeks out of date at the moment but in real time I switched them to 12/12 yesterday! Will update the diaries in the next few days. We are moving houses atm so didn't want to damage them while they are in flower, which is why we kept them in veg for so long.
Can't wait for them to start flowering!
What deficiency are you troubleshooting for? Have you tried lowering your PH to about 6.2? Also, you should make sure your pots are drying out completely between waterings and maybe get some air going across the soil. Looks good overall, happy growing 🙏🏻🌱
Hey @sparxxx007, the diaries are a bit out of date and I measured the pH today and it has actually been dropping over the past few weeks (5.2 now) so I am actually going to be increasing it to about 6.2 as you've said. I think the issue is a mixture of a nitrogen and calcium deficiency so I have been increasing the nutrients and then realised that the pH was off so the nutrients were not being absorbed properly. Bought pH+ to increase it so will see how it goes! In terms of the soil, it gets very dry between watering because it is an AirPot so no problems there I think.
Thanks for the suggestions!