Hey!
I have some barely vegetative plants that I'm concerned about, and I can't figure out what is wrong for the life of me! For some background, this issue started about two weeks ago when I transplanted my plants into new potting soil which is the Fox Farms brown bag. At the same time, I fed them less than half the recommended amount of Fox Farms Grow Big nutrients. Before this, they were healthy little seedlings growing fast. Now, they continue to grow, but each set of leaves becomes sickly looking after a couple days. At the time of the transplant, I did not test the PH of my nutrient solution. However, I've tested it now, and while my water runs at about a 7, the nutrient solution brings it down to about a 5.5-6. Up until now, I thought my problem might be the PH as for some reason, my soil always gives a reading of 7+, so wouldn't it make sense that the more acidic nutrient solution would work to amend that? I thought perhaps the nutrients made the plants too alkaline, but now I know that isn't true, and I'm stumped. My soil does not change in alkalinity no matter what I try. I haven't tested the run off yet, but that is my next step. Below are my theories:
1) Nutrient toxicity- Perhaps I overfed my plants since they were so little although I didn't think it displayed as a toxicity.
2) Problem with soil- Everyone and their mother recommend this soil, however, mine was very dry upon arrival and wouldn't retain water. Maybe mine is defective somehow?
3) Humidity- the humidity in my grow room is usually 50-60%. While this isn't ideal, I didn't think it could have an impact like this.
Do these pictures seem like any problems anyone has run into? I'm so confused! My next idea is to transplant them back into a soil I've used in the past and had no problems with once they are big enough.
I have some barely vegetative plants that I'm concerned about, and I can't figure out what is wrong for the life of me! For some background, this issue started about two weeks ago when I transplanted my plants into new potting soil which is the Fox Farms brown bag. At the same time, I fed them less than half the recommended amount of Fox Farms Grow Big nutrients. Before this, they were healthy little seedlings growing fast. Now, they continue to grow, but each set of leaves becomes sickly looking after a couple days. At the time of the transplant, I did not test the PH of my nutrient solution. However, I've tested it now, and while my water runs at about a 7, the nutrient solution brings it down to about a 5.5-6. Up until now, I thought my problem might be the PH as for some reason, my soil always gives a reading of 7+, so wouldn't it make sense that the more acidic nutrient solution would work to amend that? I thought perhaps the nutrients made the plants too alkaline, but now I know that isn't true, and I'm stumped. My soil does not change in alkalinity no matter what I try. I haven't tested the run off yet, but that is my next step. Below are my theories:
1) Nutrient toxicity- Perhaps I overfed my plants since they were so little although I didn't think it displayed as a toxicity.
2) Problem with soil- Everyone and their mother recommend this soil, however, mine was very dry upon arrival and wouldn't retain water. Maybe mine is defective somehow?
3) Humidity- the humidity in my grow room is usually 50-60%. While this isn't ideal, I didn't think it could have an impact like this.
Do these pictures seem like any problems anyone has run into? I'm so confused! My next idea is to transplant them back into a soil I've used in the past and had no problems with once they are big enough.