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Suspected Nitrogen Deficiency

Moondogz
Moondogzstarted grow question 20 days ago
Noticed yellowing leaves at the start of Week 3. Suspect nitrogen deficiency. Using Cal-Mag, Alga Grow(NPK 4-2-4), and Power Roots(NPK 0-0-2) at half the recommended dosage. PH is measured at - 6.5.
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Leaves. Veins - yellow between
Leaves. Color - Yellow
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001100010010011110answered grow question 20 days ago
4-2-4 (x1) 0-0-2 (/2) and 5-1-4 (/2) your weighted average ratio is 6.5 / 2.5 / 7 -- at least the one week i looked. you have soil and soilless components, so you get a little nutrient right now from the soil. i'd suggeset shitting or getting off the pot and just do soil or soilless. you'll never find a goldielocks zone with that ratio. Below is more suited for a soilless context, but over time things have to average out in similar ways as far as provision of nutrients vs use of those nutrients in the plant. When you get around 120ppm N with that ratio, you end up with 16ppm P and 107ppm K .. probably too little of each. However, if you try to raise those up you'll end up wiht sky-high N ppm. Doomed if you do, doomed if you don't. This is asking for an entire grow of constant adjustment and it'll get much worse over time as things build up in substrate Now, since you are in soil and don't fertigate every time, there are other components to consider. Definitely a N-deficiency here. I'd suspect that's more about waiting until nearly the 3rd week to fertilize? But the current ratio of nutes is going to inevitably run into issues.
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LetsGrowSomeanswered grow question 20 days ago
To me it looks like a little nitrogen deficient. My guess is you waited a bit too long to start adding nutes. No harm yet though. Better to under feed than over feed imo. Your diary shows you just started adding nutrients. It takes about 10 days to see if what you have added is working. Shouldn't be getting worse though. I would monitor it for a couple days and see if it starts to green back up. For future note when the cotyledons start to yellow it's time to start adding fertilizer. In soil you are correct to start small and ramp up as needed. Hope this helps, Happy Growing!
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