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Eggie420
Eggie420started grow question 22 days ago
Not sure what the issue is. I'm on veg day 20, and the problem started around day 18. Growing in living soil. Already gave a compost tea, but wanted to hear your thoughts. Check my diary for more details!
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 22 days ago
If you're using a proper living soil I don't think you should be needing to ammend anything this soon. It should already have plenty of stuff available for absorption. Those first couple weeks the plants don't really require much and really they're only start to really feed now. I'm a little concerned about the other things you've added, specifically the oat flakes. Material like that needs to compost before you grow in it. As it breaks down it's affecting soil pH and even soil temps. If you added a lot of oats your roots might be starting to bake. I think RO is a bit overkill in a living soil grow. My tapwater is super hard(little over 400ppm) and I even use mine in hydro applications. I seriously doubt it was the cause for major issues. Sometimes you might run into some minor micronutrient issues using hard water but most decent fert lines also make micros formulated for hard water too. Some fert lines "require" RO, Athena is one that immediately comes to mind, but a soil application relying on microbes shouldn't be that sensitive.
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Ninjabuds
Ninjabudsanswered grow question 22 days ago
Not enough info for 100% diagnoses but check following 1. Over watering? Soil needs to get really dry and plant start to wilt b4 watering again 2. Nutrients issue? Have you given 0 nutrients if so it’s time to start with low doses if you are already giving nutrients you possibly over did it just a little 3. What type of soil are you using? What type of water are you using are you checking water ph and the run off waters ph level it’s possible ph is off because of water or from the soil you choose 4. Could be something like the RH being off 5. It’s possible your plant have a virus depending on where you got the seeds. It’s a huge epidemic right now. So depending on if the company test the plants the seeds came from
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ThitPinGyi94
ThitPinGyi94answered grow question 22 days ago
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DaddyPrime2
DaddyPrime2answered grow question 22 days ago
You may need to give some quick nitrogen until the microbes can break down the food in the soil for the plant.
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gREEn7o0
gREEn7o0answered grow question 22 days ago
Is soil drying back between watering?
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