Did 3ml/L cause overfeed, rust spots & clawing?

BunnyBud
BunnyBudstarted grow question 5mo ago
Sticky Orange XXL Auto (Sensi Seeds). Followed Advanced Nutrients chart: wk1 1ml/L, wk2 2ml/L, wk3 3ml/L Grow/Micro/Bloom + BioBizz CalMag 0.3ml. At 3ml tips burnt, clawing & rust spots started. Did 2 water-only irrigations. Wk2 flower now spots worse & lower leaves yellowing.
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squalino
squalinoanswered grow question 5mo ago
Hey, I'm going to try to help you. The Diagnosis: Overdose followed by a lockout Burnt tips: This is a nutrient burn (too much nitrogen/salts). Advanced Nutrients is very concentrated, and 3 ml/L for an auto in week 3 is huge. Rust spots: This isn't necessarily a lack of Calcium/Magnesium, but probably a lockout. The excess salts in the soil have dropped the pH or saturated the roots, preventing the plant from absorbing CalMag, even if you're giving it. Yellowing at the bottom: The plant is drawing from its mobile reserves (Nitrogen) to try to survive at the top, or the roots are suffering from the accumulated salt surplus. 2. What to do immediately Do not add CalMag or fertilizers to "correct" the spots, you will worsen the lockout. Check your pH: This is the most important. If you're in soil, your watering water should be between 6.0 and 6.5. If the pH is off, the plant no longer "sees" the nutrients. Next watering: Continue with plain water (adjusted pH) but with slight drainage (about 10-20% of the water should come out of the pot) to flush out the accumulated salts. Drastic reduction: When you resume fertilizers (not before the yellowing stabilizes), never exceed 1 ml/L or 1.5 ml/L. Official programs are often designed for massive plants under ultra-powerful lights. 3. Visual analysis (your photos) You can clearly see in photo 2 the typical "rust" spots of a Calcium problem. But since you're giving it (0.3 ml/L), it's proof that it's an absorption issue (too much Potassium or too low pH) and not a real deficiency.. I hope I was able to help you, have a good evening.
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Nocone_Purple
Nocone_Purpleanswered grow question 5mo ago
Yes 3 ml/L was too much, the burnt tips + clawing point to overfeeding, and the rust spots/yellowing likely come from lockout after salt buildup; I’d flush and resume at lower strength (1–2 ml/L)
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Green_Claws
Green_Clawsanswered grow question 5mo ago
That's a quick increase you only up the feed on observation of the plant's reaction, do not follow feed charts, it's a guide line but less is better
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JUNGLE_B4RNS
JUNGLE_B4RNSanswered grow question 5mo ago
Understand that the chart doesn’t mean you must give those amounts every weeks. They are suggested amounts to feed a plant if needed during the growth cycle. If you follow blindly a feeding chart thinking your plants needs this amount every week you are doing over feeding.
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