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[Pterostychus]

Are these 15 liter pots limiting my potential yield? I just feel that after I started growing in soil, the yield has been reduced very much compared to Hydropnonics. To make sure this is true and I'm not insane, I will do a test-grow in hydro again very soon.

yes you are right ... soil will always get smaller plants with smaller yields but the taste will be superior to coco and hydro

hydro will always be the biggest plants, the biggest yields, simplest taste , fastest growth, smallest buffer to fix issues
soil will be easier to grow in , more forgiving for mistakes (bigger buffer then hydro), superior taste especially with bio fertilizers ..; small plants compared to rootball size (hydro gives huge plants compared to rootmass)

if you want a mix of both worlds then go coco...

 

[Eyes of Sage]

I have a question, please excuse my ignorance but, I'm desperate. Is this product safe to use on my plants?

 

[Pterostychus]

1) is it safe to pore kitchensalt onto plants ???
2) bathsalts tend to be very very alcaline
3) why in the seven hells do you wanna put this onto your plants ?????
4) the dead sea is called dead for a reason ...

 

[Eyes of Sage]

I have a Mg problem. And I thought cause it has Epsom salt as an ingredient, I could use it. The area I'm in is very rural and things like Epsom Salt re not easy to get.

 

[Pterostychus]

I have a Mg problem. And I thought cause it has Epsom salt as an ingredient, I could use it. The area I'm in is very rural and things like Epsom Salt re not easy to get.

go to any gardencenter and ask for Kieserite (mineral name for MgSO4 which is also known as Epsom®) ... and the internet doesnt care about rural or urban

 

[Eyes of Sage]

I'm located in Haiti. Ordering over the internet is a challenge. The closest thing that resembles a "garden center" is in the Dominican Republic. Are there any natural ways of getting magnesium into my plants?

 

[Pterostychus]

I'm located in Haiti. Ordering over the internet is a challenge. The closest thing that resembles a "garden center" is in the Dominican Republic. Are there any natural ways of getting magnesium into my plants?

ah i c ... yes haiti ... let me browse the webs abit ill find something ....

 

[Pterostychus]

aaaaand ... back ....

found this :

Coffee. Many gardeners add coffee grounds to their compost piles to help nourish plants and kill weeds and pathogens – but you can used brewed coffee on plants, too! Brewed coffee contains a good amount of potassium and magnesium, which are excellent for plant growth. Use equal parts cooled plain coffee and water, and water your plants as you normally would. Because of the acidic nature of coffee, this technique should be reserved for plants that do well in acidic conditions, like ferns, roses, and aloe.

coffee sits at 5 but ye can also use milk to bring it up to 6.0-6.5 ...

 

[Eyes of Sage]

My ph is ok. My plants have been in flower for about almost two months. Give me a minute so I can send you a pic.

 

[Pterostychus]

My ph is ok. My plants have been in flower for about almost two months. Give me a minute so I can send you a pic.

i understand that you want to add Mg ... using coffee will lower ph ... thats what i meant so you gonna need to correct it

 

[dr.h00k]

epsom salts for magnesium...cheerz...h00k...

 

[Eyes of Sage]

 

[Eyes of Sage]

I have ten plants total. 6 are from block weed that comes from Jamaica. 4 are from guy I met that came here for Carnaval. He said it was haze ( I don't know which haze, there are so many.

 

[Streze420]

beginning of flower

Okay thats weird tho i have on 18/6... i thought they only flowered on 12/12

 

[JustinHemp420]

Any ideas on this and how to solve it. Tips of leaves are clawing down, leaves turning yellow and brown spots here and there

Still looking for a suggestion on this. If it were nitrogen toxicity the leaves should have been dark green if I'm correct.
Really got me this one

 

[Eyes of Sage]

Still looking for a suggestion on this. If it were nitrogen toxicity the leaves should have been dark green if I'm correct.
Really got me this one

Hope this helpd.

 

[growguro420]

@growguru420:

Looks like calcium deficiency from the spotting on the edges of some of the leaves. This is probably caused by nute burn/ph imbalance (notice the tips of the leaves are burnt), so adding calcium will not help this. If you are growing in soil, just water with plain ph adjusted water making sure the ppm/ec/tds is not too high - if it is consider using RO water. If you are using a hydroponic substrate then you can flush as the stress of having deficiencies/ph imbalance will be greater than a flush. What size pots are they in?

I am currently using 3 gals
And I recently checked ph,TDS, and they are all sitting at their proper ranges so I'm pretty sure from the leaf claw which means nitrogen over dose as well as the yellow spots and burnt tips that I fed this one plant too early.
I don't want to flush because they are 5 weeks in and I'll be flushing in 2 weeks anyway.
For now I think I should continue with light bloom or just plain water and see if symptoms worsen or better within the next couple days

 

[JustinHemp420]

Hope this helpd.

Thanks bud, unfortunately I'm on my mobile and it's unreadable. Will keep on the hunt

 

[Pterostychus]

Still looking for a suggestion on this. If it were nitrogen toxicity the leaves should have been dark green if I'm correct.
Really got me this one

flush with correct ph ... i see N tox and N def at the same time ... but the swirly leaves in last pic gave away the Ph Issue ....soil tends to drift downwards .... flush with 6.5 Ph untill runoff is also 6.5

 

[SLHLover]

Okay thats weird tho i have on 18/6... i thought they only flowered on 12/12

This is what I would expect to see during the first 4-10 days or so of 12/12 on a photo period plant. Sometimes when I have vegged for a long time (7 weeks plus) I have noticed on certain plants that it's so ready to go into flower it does produce these sort of pre-flowers even whilst on 18/6. It's either a photo period plant that is busting to be switched to 12/12 or an auto - how long into 18/12 is this?