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HiHigh
HiHighstarted grow question 2 hours ago
I currently have a living soil set up four week old plants in 1 gallon pots ppd 400-450 and I believe I’m experiencing nutrient burn Would it be best just to water them from the bottom instead of watering from the top to limit any more nutrients being absorbed by the plant?
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question an hour ago
No, a plant "absorbs" nutrients from the entire pot, not just the top or bottom...........roots will be filling the whole volume of the pot. I can't see any real issues with nutrient "burn", but some of the plants do look like they are developing a magnesium deficiency.
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Lerome
Leromeanswered grow question 2 hours ago
Also living soil doesnt like to dry out that much, your plants are looking thirsty/droopy this could be to other reasons too though. A diary would help to diagnose this. Try to keep the soil at least a little moist at all times if the plant is in a proportional size for its pot if possible, or just let the surface dry a little bit before doing a full watering again.
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Lerome
Leromeanswered grow question 2 hours ago
Hey, having nutrient burn with living soil isnt that common. Your plants look a bit light green in my opinion you can feed them more. The issue youre having is clearly a magnesium deficiency. Add a CalMag supplement! For your next grow you could prepare the soil with amendments like raw gypsum (calcium sulphate), ultra fine basalt or granite rock dust (besides calcium and magnesium it will provide many micro nutes like iron, copper, zinc, silica,... aswell), , epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) and garden lime (calcium carbonate). Its good to have those 4 + a CalMag supplement on hand anyways for every grower in my opinion, especially when growing with LED´s which for some reason force a higher demand in plants for calcium and magnesium. Good luck and happy growing!
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