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XanHalen
XanHalenstarted grow question 20d ago
What really causes this rustyness to slowly creep and cover the whole plant sometimes, and sometimes plant only partially affected, always in midflower. I know the obvious answer being calcium/mag but even with increase in this there is oftn no change or noticeable slow in spread
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Leaves. Tips - Burnt
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 18d ago
calcium and magnesium are two different things. I do not see a magnesium deficiency symptom. The spots could be related to a Ca deficiency. So, if you also increase Mg, this may be exacerbating the problem. Leaf symptoms are not discrete. Definitely have some dark green foliage with a lottle glossiness, which points to a N toxicity. Too much Mg or Ca can cause dark green foliage too. Heck, you could even be locking out K. N, Ca and Mg at high levels can fuck with K availability. So, if you choose a path, let's say dumping more Ca into it, and it gets worse, you should revert and consider another path. If systematic about it, you should figure it out over the course of a grow or 3 depending on luck with your initial guess. If you change soils or constitute it differently, you will have to go through that learning curve again. It's tough to say anything specific with soil. There are unknowns, like what is the medium providing and what are you supplementing? frequency of frtilization is only a problem if feeding at too high of a concentration relative to frequency. If this weren't true, then every single soilless grow would be a failure and hydroponics wouldn't work. No matter what method, they work best when it results in a proper ratio and concentration of nutes being plant-avaaible around the roots. If sticking to good watering practices, this shouldn't be a problem -- fully saturate, wait for dryback, repeat. Don't overthink it
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GrowerOG
GrowerOGanswered grow question 19d ago
Hello mate, i had many times this problem and the solution appeared when i check the equilibrium of Ca and Mg in the water that i used for watering. At the time you have an imbalance in this rate you will have different type of issue hardly to link to that. Your condition is one of that so i advice to check your rate of Ca/Mg in your water and fix it (3:1 or 4:1). Good luck and happy journey!!
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 20d ago
Yes, some calcium deficiency, but I think your main issue is nitrogen toxicity. In soil grows, watering every day is not ideal, and feeding more than once a week is also not ideal. Either full strength every 10-14 days or half strength every 7 days. When watering, you should wet the entire pot throughly until you get run off, then do not water again until the top 3-4cm have dried out, be this one day or ten days. Keeping a plant constantly soggy with daily watering will cause issues and is not how cannabis likes to grow.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 20d ago
Theres loads going on here..excess Nitrogen in a hot damp environment can cause this and damp soil conditions..
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HinduGod
HinduGodanswered grow question 20d ago
LOOKS LIKE DA ROOT ZONE IS MESSED UP!!! PH ISSUES AND POSSIBLE LACK OF OXYGEN!! LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE THUMB ISSUE!!!! I SUGGEST GO TO DA DOCTOR AND GET DAT LOOKED AT!!!
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