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So the ones who looked like they got too much food have only been getting water with cal mag, a pinch of sweet candy and a tiny like .1 g / liter megacrop. I don’t know if it’s what they needed but they’re still alive.. & stopped getting worse. gsc [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG] was partially harvested. without a way to see trichromes, I just pulled the tops that had gone almost completely orange hairs with like 10 percent having gone crinkly brown. unfortunately the bottom of th plant looked like it was a week behind the the rest, so I’ll wait until that looks a bit more mature. The smell has gone from a minty orange to a rotten fruit wet sock smell, slightly concerning but I see no sign of any mold.. There’s probably not enough buds for mold to be much of a worry
The gsc [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] hasn’t changed much, it’s looked the same for a week, I don’t see any more buds developing or hairs turning orange or really much of anything. Some of its leaves have started to just kind of break off with no effort so it will be pulled soon. Theyield was so poor I didn’t even bother to weigh it. I hung them up inside a brown bag and since I was out of stuff to smoke I’ve been smoking it. (It was stem snapping dry in 3 days). Sad to say I’ve never grown such airy buds.. the smoke is actually fantastic and the strength wasn’t sacrificed too much.. i bet this is nice after a good cure. But the buds aren’t dense at all they’re super fluffy & there just isn’t much of it
Which brings me to the blue amnesia, my final hope to not be without smoke for the next few months and I’m pretty much done with her the accurat 8 says the root ph is 6.5, like exactly... yet she is throwing another hissy fit and her recovery was short lived. I know she’s not getting too much water because the accurat 8 shows the moisture too and I’ve made sure of it. She started throwing phosphorus deficiency signs so I did a super light feeding for her and then she just turns yellow over night, and now she really doesn’t look good, I don’t know why she begs for food and then goes to the brink of death every time I feed her but I am at a loss. I ready to start new seeds and just accept that while I thankfully have something To show for it, overall it was a pretty unsuccessful grow and I had more luck on my first grow!
Confidence is shaken enough that I’ve procrastinated starting the new round of plants for several weeks which I really shouldn’t be doing because the yield from these is already going to be pretty meh & it’s gonna be a rough month with not much to smoke for myself & my better half. I need to get over it and just start a new one
I hear ya, brother. The struggles and disappointments can become disheartening but don’t give up! Move on and start another grow. I’ve been having my own issues and one plant in particular is similar to your own struggles. You can find it here in the infirmary under the title “Defficiency or Burn?” Guess what soil is in there? FoxFarm. Lol. I’m pretty well over using
. Could be other things but there are just too many complaints about
and 2 bales of Happy Frog I have tested around 5.4pH. It’s just not worth it to me as there are too many other good soils available. Soils that you don’t hear complaints about. My problem plant is doing the same thing as yours: looks hungry, feed plant, symptoms get worse. Sometimes it seems like things are back on track and then they take a u-turn and get worse. My conclusion, with Waira’s help, is that the soil and roots have just gotten so jacked up that there’s no “fix” at this point. So, I’m just trying to drag her, kicking and screaming across the finish line. We started the 5th week of flower yesterday and she’s almost 4’ wide. Just can’t give up on her. All this hassle is disappointing but I’ve learned so much as well. So have you, though! Thankfully, my other plants have done and are doing ok; and I have some others in the pipeline. But I say, ‘buck-up, take what you’ve learned and start again!!’ But with something besides FoxFarm!
I’ve becone fascinated with the microbiology aspect of organics and that’s the route I’ve decided to take. In nature we don’t see plants getting ‘feedings’ - they make do with what’s there and what falls from the sky. That’s what I’m trying to mimic but it’s not cheap to do. If I wasn’t doing this, I’d probably opt for going the opposite route and following autobeast’s method with BioBizz Light medium and liquid nutes. He has such amazing results with autos and he has an easy to follow regimen that’s pretty simple. I don’t know about you, but I sort of grabbed a little from this style and a little from that style and threw in a bit of what had worked for me in the past and ended up with some issues. This next cycle I’m following more specific guidance on one style and using a recipe.
I also think that some of my issues, and possibly yours are/might be related to watering issues. I’m suspicious that my watering technique has caused issues in my soil. I’m rethinking the whole water thoroughly and dry out thing. For one, with the living organic thing I’m about to start, drying out is a definite no-no. Drying out kills the microbes. Sure, I can put more in with Recharge and others but WHY? Plus, with peat and coco, they become hydrophobic when dry. So, I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts there are some dry pockets in my pots, especially my problem girl’s pot! Thirdly, even though they’re in fabric pots in trays, I wonder whether they may be TOO wet at the bottom and/or not breathing well. Soooo, I’ve started mixing a yucca extract powder called ThermX-15 that I got from BuikdASoil in with my sphagnum peat moss before I wet it. This SHOULD help to reduce the likelihood of dry pockets. BUT, I’m changing my water regimen as well. I want to keep my new “living soil” properly moist at all times. So, I can hand water a little bit daily or, better yet, every few hours (which is totally impractical for me) or figure out an automatic system. I decided on the later. I ordered a 12 carrot Blumat set with a 5 gallon reservoir from Amazon ($130US) and spring for one of their digital moisture meters that uses their ceramic membrane technology to read moisture content based on pressure - the same technology that operates their watering system. So many of the living soil growers I look up to rave about them that I HAD to try them. Since, I lean towards outdoor growing and Blumats’ scalable systems are perfect for outdoors, I can experiment and learn something I can also employ outside. I’m also considering trying Autopots to maintain constant and optimal moisture but they aren’t going to work for me outdoors and I like the the air pruning of fabric pots. My point with all this is that maybe YOU would also benefit from some sort of change in your watering practices? The more I read the more I find out that watering issues seem to be the cause of problems far more than nutrients, when it comes to soil.
Sure hope you stick with it and jump back on that horse for another round! Despite the frustrations, isnt it such an adventure? I love learning new things and there’s just SO much you can learn in growing cannabis. I gave it up for more than 20 years but now that I’m back at it, I can’t give it up again! Lol! I will say, it sure seemed easier back in the late 80’s when there was less known and less products. How can that be? Dirt from the garden store, tomato plant food and water and a few months later you had great bud. Simple, for the most part. Bugs were my big issue, not really deficiencies too much. Good genetics from Humboldt and Mendocino helped. Lol!
If you’re looking for another soil, I’ve got a new plant started in Roots Organic soil that’s doing great. If you’re only growing a few plants and can afford it, I’d just get some bagged soil from KIS Organics or BuildASoil. It’s probably the best bagged soils out there. I couldn’t use my own mix as it’s still curing. The Roots soil was like $25 for 1.5 cubic feet and it’s available on Amazon. I also heard that Sunshine [HASHTAG]#4[/HASHTAG] is a solid performer as a base soil and, of course, everyone talks about ProMix. There are plenty of great growers on here that can make great recommendations on bagged soil better than FoxFarm. If you decide to go the organic route and want to mix your own, I’ll be happy to share the recipe I was given to use. Just send me a PM
- pushing the button is for activating the moisture meter
... did you read up on the instructions? for pH, you just buff the tip clean, then insert to about half way and let it sit for a couple minutes, and read it,... don't take readings after you feed, it skews the results temporarily,...wait a day first! Also, this probe works best in well moistened soil, not saturated, or any kind of dry, that will give iffy results,... 6.8 is a bit high, 6.5 or a bit lower for true soil is best,...
