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Newer leaves also turning yellow at the tips. Flush?

PietertjeOpDeLijn
PietertjeOpDeLijnstarted grow question 2 years ago
Newer leaves also turning yellow at the tips. Started to give the plant Terra Bloom,Sugar Royal, Pure Zym and power roots again after only giving it water for 2 weeks long. Is this a nutrient burn and will a big flush help it out? Doesn't a big flush overwater the plant?
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Leaves. Color - Yellow
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
First and foremost, a big flush does NOT overwater a plant - ever. Overwatering means constantly keeping the soil too wet... what you do when you flush is to run gallons and gallons of water THROUGH the soil - most all of it runs out the bottom of your pot! And WITH that water goes any built up nutrients and salts that have been hurting your plant and keeping it from reaching its potential. Now. All that being said, I have no clue as to whether or not you've got nute burn because your diary doesn't say a thing about any nutes you've been giving her. What I DO see is a plant that's been starving - probably for about 2 weeks. Once you've had nute burnt tips, they're not going to recover. Since the newer tips are also starting to burn, I've taken a look at the nutes you say you've started giving her again (although I STILL don't know the amount of each of them)... Your Terra Bloom has an NPK of 2-1-3 - it's heavier on nitrogen and potassium and near nothing on Phosphorus... couldn't find any info on Sugar Royal and Pure Zym has no nutrients whatsoever. I think the burned tips on your leaves are coming from too much nitrogen at this point.... Your plants are in flower and need less of it now... but your plants are so very light green, this doesn't indicate too much nitrogen at all. I just think your nute combination has been a little whackamole. Here's what I would suggest. Flush your poor plant and get rid of any build up of salts and nutes. If you are truly growing in 25 gallon containers, that means flushing each pot with 75 gallons of ph'd water. Into the last 5 gallons of water, add this combination (at 1/2 recommended strength): Alga Bloom and Green Sensation. You can add the Pure Zym and Sugar Royal as well but again only at 1/2 strength. Let your pots dry out COMPLETELY before watering them again. The Alga Bloom looks to be a more robust nutrient than the Terra Bloom at least in terms of the potassium and phosphorus - if you use this going forward, use it only at half strength because of its nitrogen content... the Green Sensation will vastly improve the potassium and phosphorus that the plant will be getting and which it desperately needs. That's what I would do if this were my grow.... but its only my opiniion... Good luck
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DutchDoobie
DutchDoobieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hoi Pietertje, Ik zou niet spoelen als je in aarde kweekt. Hier krijg je alleen maar problemen van zoals rot en stikkende wortels. Je kan beter gewoon een paar keer alleen water geven en de dosis voeding dan langzaam omhoog schroeven. Je kan bijvoorbeeld beginnen met een EC van 1.2 en langzaam opwerken. Ik heb de afgelopen jaren altijd Plagron voeding gebruikt maar dan op coco. Een EC van 1.8 is echt het maximale wat ik ooit nodig heb gehad met deze voeding. Ik zou Green Sensation nog wel echt aanbevelen. Maar goed voor nu, maak geen extreme beslissingen en bouw een verandering altijd geleidlijk op om dit soort problemen te voorkomen. Succes en als je vragen hebt kan je me altijd even een berichtje sturen. Succes man! 😋
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
This is a deficiency of trace elements...... Easily fixed with a dose ot two of soluble trace element mix available from any garden centre. No need to flush.
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PietertjeOpDeLijn
PietertjeOpDeLijnanswered grow question 2 years ago
Thanks for all the answers! Decided to do a flush and measure the runoff afterward. Ended up with PH 6.5, and EC of 0,6. Like @GrowningGranny advised I gave her some Green Sensation and Alga Bloom without the Pure Zym and- Sugar Royal. Placed the plant with a few good fans around it so it would dry faster, Hoping to see the plant recover herself. @Whitenoise666 The green leaves were actually this green before and only the tips got lighter / yellow. I might believe this is all caused by the anti-aphids spray I used and that might have caused damage to the plant since I really have no idea what could have caused it. But it might be a nutrient burn of the Terra Grow as well. Let's just hope the flush helped her out. @NobodysBuds The flushing is probably a drastic thing to do at first sight when seeing trouble. I will do some more research into the symptom chart and the PPM calculators and how they work. Might switch over to 100% natural-based soil and nutrients in the future since PH and EC would play a smaller role and it should be a bit safer for a newbie like me. Ill keep my diary updated in the hope she will turn out great with the potential she will still have.
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NobodysBuds
NobodysBudsanswered grow question 2 years ago
you are in soil so there's no easy answer for you... it'll be trial and error to find your way... observe and react. flushing is a useful tool to have in the bag... but you should not readily use it at first sign of trouble. there are better options. usually just a adjustment to your mix with 10-20% runoff will quickly change the content of your substrate. tip bun can be caused by deficiency or toxicity, depending... google "marijuana leaf symptom chart" and start studying it.. a good one explains difference between mobil and immobile nutrients.. should list primary, secondary and trace elements, though you would rare see a trace element issue in soil or ever at all. i don't know what all those magical products do, but i bet they got some spiffy cartoon graphics on the labels. depends on the actual ingredients of what you added... you can use nutrient ppm calculators to flesh that out more to help with diagnosing issues... you'll more quickly find a baseline that works if you do. can do so without calculating it too, of course. if you started bombing it with "bloom" nutes... could easily be too much p or k. both cause light green at top and thin blades. it ain't foie gras... can't force feed it with good results... although i'm not a foie gras fan either, lol..
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Growdie666
Growdie666answered grow question 2 years ago
I wanted to add that if these have now turned dark green then looks like you added some nitrogen and nutrients are being absorbed, if it's the other way around then provide some nitrogen and cal mag for support.. and check the pH of the soil!
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Growdie666
Growdie666answered grow question 2 years ago
I can see older leafs with a dark green colour, is that something that has now happened or are these now turning yellow/ lighter as well? I would just provide approach it with some seaweed extract mixed with a bit of cal mag. I would also check the pH of the soil and make sure you are not too on the acid side of things. My opinion
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PietertjeOpDeLijn
PietertjeOpDeLijnanswered grow question 2 years ago
Lamp is hanging about 40-45 cm above the highest top of the plant
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PietertjeOpDeLijn
PietertjeOpDeLijnanswered grow question 2 years ago
The Aphids are gone by the way.
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