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forgettenseedling
forgettenseedlingstarted grow question 2 years ago
Hello Community, my Plant starts to show some deficiencies, anyone know what it could be? Known Problems: -fungus gnats -didnt looked at the PH (because its BioBizz soil)
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Leaves. Curl up
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 2 years ago
I grow in biobizz soil for 4 years and always HAD to watch pH, they just don't grow otherwise. For soil its 6.3-6.4 if you want to grow well. picture 1. ph issue, most prob too low picture 2 - same, plus a bit wrinkle so either overwatering or light too close picture 3 - taco leaves, google it even, 100 % light burn, increase distance or decrease intensity.
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
First of all, fungus gnats. Get some Mosquito Bits and use according to directions... they'll be gone. Secondly, fungus gnats. They live and breed in damp, wet soil so they're telling you you're overwatering. Thirdly, pH. Don't ever ignore pH no matter what... even if the nutes tell you they're "PH Perfect" ... check the pH of everything you give your plant... water, nutes... My tap water, for example, has a pH of 7.5 - how can a soil change that? It can't. And then check the pH of the runoff as that will tell you what's actually going on in the soil as far as pH is concerned. pH should be between 6.0 and 6.5 for optimum nute absorbtion in a soil grow. Fourth - leaves curling up like this usually indicate the temperature is too high but could also be a function of the high humidity... try to bring both down a notch. And finally - your soil. At the beginning of a grow, this soil will have nutes in it... but they eventually run out. You can/should not only check the pH of the runoff but you can/should check the ppm/EC of the runoff... you might find the plant is getting nothing to eat and will have to start adding nutes... Good luck!
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