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[JM]

you have a soil ph problem or nutrient deficiency... are you monitoring your ph?

for more on ph see the link in my signature below:



hope this helps

 

[paronic]

Thanks for replying. I have only bin monitoring the ph of the water. I think the reason this has happened is because i may of left her in the cup for longer than i should off. I tried to get a reading of the ph but my PHpen was just jumping all over the place so could not get an accurate reading. Just about to jump in bed but will give the Ph manual thread a read over again tomorrow. I really hope all this was just caused by lack of nutes in the light mix soil and a over stay in such a small cup(200ml). Here's a pic i just took of her a minute ago.


Edit - This is the PH pen i'm using. Can it even read the ph of soil?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-pH-Meter-Tester-Pocket-Pen-Aquarium-Pool-Water-laboratory-NEw-/221068908113?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D5902769254280960766%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D390530467603%26

 

[wg]

No it can't, so what you do - is take some water that's dechlorinated and test the pH of it - then take a tablespoon or so of soil and mix it into the water and create a "slurry" as it's called and test the pH of that water. What're the readings from the clean water and the slurry?

It's kind of strange, because you're running the BioBizz products and the BioBizz nutrients.. pH isn't supposed to factor in "as much".. I agree the with JM about pH, but let me ask.. is light mix all they're in / were in for how long? Cal/Mag and Nitrogen def tend to look a little like that...

 

[paronic]

No it can't, so what you do - is take some water that's dechlorinated and test the pH of it - then take a tablespoon or so of soil and mix it into the water and create a "slurry" as it's called and test the pH of that water. What're the readings from the clean water and the slurry?

It's kind of strange, because you're running the BioBizz products and the BioBizz nutrients.. pH isn't supposed to factor in "as much".. I agree the with JM about pH, but let me ask.. is light mix all they're in / were in for how long? Cal/Mag and Nitrogen def tend to look a little like that...

Thanks for the advice on testing my soil PH. Just letting my water settle a little more before i start playing around. She was in a 200ml cup of bb Lightmix soil for 10days with roots showing at the bottom of the cup . I have not and will not be using nutes for another week or 2 as i have transferred her into BB all mix. I Will be watering her today with plain ph'd water but before doing so i will report back with my soil ph.

 

[wg]

So they've been in the new mix for 3 days now and the issues started when, when you transplanted? Have they progressed any over night?

 

[wg]

As well, did you amend the AllMix with Light Mix as we talked about when you were getting your initial set-up?

 

[paronic]

So they've been in the new mix for 3 days now and the issues started when, when you transplanted? Have they progressed any over night?

As well, did you amend the AllMix with Light Mix as we talked about when you were getting your initial set-up?

Yeah it's bin about 3 days. I noticed the slightest barely visible defect on the day of the transfer that became more visble over 24hours. I did indeed amend the all mix with light mix. I'm confident that i have done everything right and the only mistake i made was leaving it in such a small cup too long. It had probably used all the available nutes in the soil. Here some pics of her from a second ago. Again i have not fed or watered her yet.

 

[wg]

Well, she's still quite vigorous - that's great. The fact you amended the soil is positive too.. I was thinking the transplant may have been too "hot", meaning the soil was too fertile for the small plant.. The new growth looks good and the deteroriation appears to have slowed down as well. You can feed (and I recommend, but it's up to you) Root Juice (you did get it, right?) the entire grow, start to finish - it's practically NPK free and just keeps inoculating the soil with mycos. Everything I've read about BioBizz says to feed low dose Root Juice from the start and work your way up to full dose. It's not a fertilizer as much as it's a root stimulator.

I believe you may be correct in waiting too long to transplant her, as long as you're adjusting your water I think she'll continue to rebound. Do you feel she's starting to look better or not? You have the plant in real time and I'm just comparing pictures to pictures.

 

[paronic]

Well, she's still quite vigorous - that's great. The fact you amended the soil is positive too.. I was thinking the transplant may have been too "hot", meaning the soil was too fertile for the small plant.. The new growth looks good and the deteroriation appears to have slowed down as well. You can feed (and I recommend, but it's up to you) Root Juice (you did get it, right?) the entire grow, start to finish - it's practically NPK free and just keeps inoculating the soil with mycos. Everything I've read about BioBizz says to feed low dose Root Juice from the start and work your way up to full dose. It's not a fertilizer as much as it's a root stimulator.

I believe you may be correct in waiting too long to transplant her, as long as you're adjusting your water I think she'll continue to rebound. Do you feel she's starting to look better or not? You have the plant in real time and I'm just comparing pictures to pictures.

Unfortunately I wasn't aware that i needed root juice. I personally think she is looking better and the new growth looks great.
Heres the results of my soil slurry.

I was expecting more of a change in the ph but i don't know what is too be expected.

 

[wg]

Looks fine, bring the water up to 6.5 if you can.. I think she's rebounding too. That's exactly what you want to see, minimal to no difference in your slurry and your normal water. You don't need root juice, it's optional. It just helps the plant with the parts that we can't see.

You got this brother, she'll be a monster in no time! :dance: