TLO Photo Grow Woes.

[StickMan]

My limited understanding/experience with TLO was that you did not need to buffer your PH levels. I am obviously mistaken on this, yes?

 

[JM]

you dont need to buffer ph wen bilogy is correct and present and active... but sometimes that takes a long time... and if yo dont have the right biology prsent... it never happens...

you want AS MANY active fungi and bacteria present as you can get... al varieties... all species... diversity... lie the ecosystem you are trying to replicate.. :check:

it is way more complex than this... but I dont have time to write all the books... lol

but there are lots of books out there... and audios...

see the "hit the brix " thread... specifically page 3 (look for the john kempf audios)

 

[StickMan]

Right after I flush, should I add more micos?

 

[JM]

it never hurts....

 

[StickMan]

Right after I flush, should I add more micos?

it never hurts...

Yea, I guess that was a no brainer.

Thanks for your help everyone!

 

[StickMan]

Ok, still trying to wrap my head around this. Why is one strain (5 plants) grown in same batch not showing any def signs, they are looking very good as a matter of fact?

Thanks as always for answering my ignorant questions.

 

[Mr Piggy]

Hold on, you don't flush TLO. If PH is the problem then you need to adjust.

Are you using dechlorinated water with your grow? What method do you use for dechlorination?

Have you ever made a simple EWC tea before to help boost the microbes?

 

[wwwillie]

Hey, Brother StickMan! Sorry to see the state your garden is in. Sending you warm green thoughts. :hug:

 

[Waira]

Stickfriend I too am about to suffer frontal lobe collapse over this,... :roflcry: :ama: :roflcry: ....and they're not even my plants!! *** As for above (16), the soil may be the same, but the sheer complexity of all that goes on in each pot/microecosystem means not everything will head down the same path as far as the biological dynamics go, (think Chaos physics),... also, strain differences add their own spin to the equation,....
It's the pH thing that has me gummed-up! -Jm- big picture first: how is it possible to lock up these primary nute's within that pH range? His water going in is about 7, with plenty of hardness, and out at 6.6... Between pH 6-7, the usual suspects P, K, Ca, Mg, even Mn, are all in the fattest part of the (relative availability) attenuation bars according to these availability graphs... Now the only other thing I can think of to cause it is if there's soooo much of one of these that it causing interference with the uptake of others, creating a lockout, as opposed to a true "lack of" defc.,... and even then, it's usually the more heavy metals that get blocked,...begging the question, in a TLO soil where additional inputs are (theoretically) minimal, what would be the source of such overload? ..more confusing still, is the lack of response to foliar spraying, which takes the potential soil issues out of the equation....Grindgrindgrind.... LMAO!!
Stick, that GKush, the random scattered spotting looks a lot like Ca defc., unless it's not affecting newer growth; if it's low-mid level leaves, more likely K defc., (Ca is poorly mobile, recall)... the tip-torching (lol!) could be nute' burn from your foliar treatments, or just adv. symptoms.... I know your very experienced with foliar, not just on MJ, so I doubt you botched the conc. levels in the spray soln.,... BBk's, yeah, K too,...

 

[StickMan]

Are you using dechlorinated water with your grow? What method do you use for dechlorination?
Have you ever made a simple EWC tea before to help boost the microbes?

Mr. Piggy, I am on a personal well, very good water, I do let the water sit out for several days before using.
Yes, I have made EWC/Guano teas, letting them aerate for a minimum of 24 hours.
Willie, :thank: for the kind words my brother.

As for above (16), the soil may be the same, but the sheer complexity of all that goes on in each pot/microecosystem means not everything will head down the same path as far as the biological dynamics go, (think Chaos physics),... also, strain differences add their own spin to the equation,....

Waira, thank-you for clarifying that for me, makes complete sense to me, simple explanation for my very simple mind, and thanks as always for all of your diagnostic skills. :tiphat:

Stick is going dark now.