Pale plants, magnesium response & feeding question

BunnyBud
BunnyBudstarted grow question 1mo ago
Both plants started pale, but the smaller one is turning green again after magnesium + feeding, while the larger one still gets only water. Full setup, watering history and questions are in the attached image. Any advice is appreciated! 🙏🏻
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1mo ago
light mix comes with a very low charge of nutes, like promix. it's not meant to last long. You treat it like a soilless medium after that... it needs a full diet at all times. i'd suggest 75ppm of Mg - cumulative total across everything you add. that is more than enough to keep the plant happy under normal circumstances. i use 1g/gal epsom but my "Part A" also has magnesium-sulfate in it.. .they add up to about 75-80 ppm.. i'd mimic the ratio of what jacks 3-2-1 provides... you may need a lower or higher overall concentration relative to local environment, but the ratios are sound as far as providing nutes around the rooots without impeding each other and safely supplying everything it needs. religiously get 10% runoff, and those nutrients around roots remain consistent over time. Any issues you see related to nutrition is fixed through adjusting formula... easy-peasy. the other stuff has way too many variables... you can't assume all the differences between two seeds is caused by you... the fact tehy are in different sized pots probably had a more profund effect on size difference than any minor nutritional issue. Genetic variety could cause it even if all other factors were equal.
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Green_Claws
Green_Clawsanswered grow question 1mo ago
What are those little wires running about..have you made your own sensors with an esp32?
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The_7_Club
The_7_Clubanswered grow question 1mo ago
It does appear to be a magnesium deficiency in the leaf.... but what is causing it? We don't know what kind of water you are using. If hard tapwater, the calcium to magnesium ratio of the tapwater is often not good, needing to be balanced out with magnesium by adding epsom salt. My tapwater has a ratio of 10:1 calcium to magnesium. Even if my nutrients add calcium and magnesium at the right ratio, as soon as I mix that with the "off balance" tapwater it goes to the plant unbalanced. So what I do is add 1/4 tsp epsom salt (in my case) to each 2 liters of water, then add the nutrients. After that I have to lower the pH to the right range around 6.5. After adding nutrients my water is hovering around 7, which will automatically be buffered by the soil in time, but I do adjust it anyway. Have you tested the runoff pH? Sometimes it can creep up. Hope this helps.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 1mo ago
Big plant still shows magnesium issues, what for you wait ? Why you cured smaller one only ?
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1mo ago
side note... i bet the "2 colors" you seein the leaves is more about the ripple and photography.. if oyu flatten it out, it's probably 1 solid green or at least not as profound as it looks in the pictures. sometimes the photograph can exagerrate things... just as intense light can ... though the latter can help you notice slight chlorosis sooner, in my experience.
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Green_Claws
Green_Clawsanswered grow question 1mo ago
If ph is ok then there hungry. Nitrogen mainly needed and Epson salts for the Magnesium deficiency
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