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What could be wrong if mix has egg shells and water is phed at 6.5 before watering, but still Ca issues?

Stonehigh
Stonehighstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hi folks. To make it quick, i used to get some Ca issues with the soil mix i had before so i changed and added an organic soil less mix which contains egg shells in the hope that Ca issues go away. But Its worse now si dont know anymore why! I run autos, indoors. H2o phed at 6.5
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Normally, any nutrients you give your plant already contain sufficient calcium for the plants... calcium deficiencies arise because of either a pH being out of range for good absorption (it needs to be between 6.0 and 6.5 so yours is good - a little high but still good) ... OR it can be because you've been giving them too much nitrogen which will cause a lockout and the plant won't be able to get to the calcium that's already there. If there's a lockout, it won't matter if you give the plant a whole bottle of calmag (and eggshells will only give it a small amount of calcium)... the plant won't be able to get at it. Since you don't have a diary for this grow, there's no way we can tell if you've been overloading with nitrogen so you're going to have to take a look at that yourself and try to figure it out. If you have, you should flush you plant with 3x the pot volume with pH'd water to rid the soil of the excess nutes... let her dry out and when you resume feeding her, the first feed should be only 1/2 strength but cutting back on any nitrogen-rich nutes even further. Going forward, you should only supply at MOST 1/2 strength of the nitrogen-rich nutes and increase your bloom nutes. Good luck! Do start a diary!
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Brewer1112
Brewer1112answered grow question 2 years ago
I would get some cal mag then. The egg shells will take time to break down. The calmag is readily available for the plant
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TheBluntBeauty
TheBluntBeautyanswered grow question 2 years ago
Hey Fam I’ve learned to start out giving more Cal Mag than suggested I grow Autos and I’ve found they are crazy hungry for cal mag ever since I’ve started giving more from the get go I’ve had no issues
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 2 years ago
you can still use CalMag as foliage feed for few sprays before lights out moments, she is not so far in flower, but would absorb better, to me it looks like mini humidity ( check vpd charts) and ph imbalance more. She is not so bad overall at least for now. Looks maybe even hungry a bit. Happy Growing
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