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RRuffin
RRuffinstarted grow question 21d ago
I’ve been growing for a bit but still lack experience. I’m using living soil and was told not to fertilize if the soil is under 10 weeks old. However, my plant shows issues: pale spots on the leaves and drooping tips. I suspect a phosphorus deficiency and overwatering but idk.
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Leaves. Curl down
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pHilosophy420
pHilosophy420answered grow question 20d ago
Your plant isn’t showing phosphorus deficiency. Those pale little spots and the slight droop are almost always early magnesium deficiency + overwatering especially in fabric pots and young living soil. living soil can still run low on Mg early on and when the pot stays too wet the plant cant pull it in properly. What to do is to let the pot dry more between waterings (fabric pots dry fast pick it up and wait until it feels light). Don’t add normal nutrients yet just correct the Mg and watering rhythm. You caught it early and the plant should perk up in a few days 👊👍
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 20d ago
most soils need something after the first 4-6 weeks. When I grow I do amendments every 4 weeks. Top dress and mix em in. sometimes a bit of fresh new soil ontop of it as all the microbes are in the top layer to break down the amendments and feed your plants.
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BOTAN1ST
BOTAN1STanswered grow question 21d ago
Magnesium deficiency
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 21d ago
The drooping tips are overall dark green look seems to point to an abundance of nitrogen. The slight yellowing may indicate the need for extra magnesium, a common issue with indoor grows under LED lights. I don't see any real issues with a lack of posphorous........or potassium or nitrogen. 6-8 weeks is about the maximum from any soil mix before needing additional feeding. Start with half strength every 7-10 days when you get to that point. I am extremely doubtful about any insect or fungal problems. Organic growing does not magically increase the need for oxygen in the root zone........ I wish people would not post AI answers...........
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 21d ago
Some nutrients leech with each watering further and further down, potentially out of reach of root zones. Different nutrients have different mobilities in soil, much like mobility in the plants. I don't see enough of a problem to pinpoint other than that chlorophyll seems to be affected across the plant, but very slightly. Organic growing requires much more oxygen in a medium compared to a synthetic medium, microorganisms "scavenge" oxygen too. This is often overlooked, I know from experience also that fabric pots are not even half as "airy" when compared to an airpot, the difference was surprising to me at least. Hypoxia is something that occurs when oxygen runs low in a medium. More often than not, an "oversaturation" of a medium will cause problems as oxygen moves 10,000 times slower in a medium saturated past a point, so even if it's there, its more or less "locked out". A plant grown in a hypoxic medium will generally have diminished chlorophyll content, a condition known as chlorosis, low oxygen concentrations in the root zone inhibit nitrogen, potassium, and magnesium, all of which are vital components of the chlorophyll molecule but it would explain why symptoms always appear attached to the big 3, often worst thing you can do is add more of the big 3 when its not an actual deficiency. While osmosis is the mechanism by which water enters a plant's roots, the process of osmosis itself does not stop in oversaturated soil; the plant's biological capacity to sustain the conditions needed for effective osmosis is compromised by the lack of oxygen itself. Osmosis is necessary to get water into plant roots, which then drives the pressure for bulk flow up the xylem, the majority of calcium and magnesium is taken up by plant roots and transported throughout the plant via bulk flow (mass flow) in the xylem. Make sure RH is not staying above 60 consistently overnight. Gluck, get her juices flowing.
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HinduGod
HinduGodanswered grow question 21d ago
I WOULD CHECK UNDER DA LEAVES WITH A MICROSCOPE FOR CRITTERS AND FUNGUS!!! REMEMBER LIVING SOIL NEEDS TO BE MOIST NEVER SATURATED OR DRY BACK COMPLETELY!!! WRONG WATERING PRACTICES CAN AND WILL CAUSE ISSUES!!!
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 21d ago
In living soil you will need to add amendments before the 10 week point. Depending on how the soil was put together and what was added at the start.
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