Finally, A Second Grow Journal!

[barillaro]

been there... it gets better

The part that sucks, I emptied the old soil from the failed autoflower and it came out solid and easily, but the one that actually had roots kinda screwed me. I even wet the soil first and squeezed the pot

 

[barillaro]

Wow, 10 hours post-transplant and you can't even tell

Hopefully there's enough soil that made it into the pot to prevent this getting worse until she fills the pot , 3 gallons in the next 10 days I hope

 

[barillaro]

Here is the recommendations for running nutes with the soil I have. After 30 days of the coast of Maine soil, I only need to use the squid additive for good results. So far I've used the squid, recharge, and a slight amount of Cal mag but the deficiency appears to be progressing. Is there anything I'm missing? I know I'm still in the starter soil, but I figured these nutes would be ok for such small plants

This is the label for the squid additive I have, seemed reasonable for seedlings on its own

 

[Emilya Green]

What I see (or don't see) in your nutes is matching up well with the symptoms. We are starting to get this thing on track, but I see an alarming lack of potassium in your nutrients. Hopefully there is an abundance in the good soil and the microbes can start getting to it... but the way the leaf damage is progressing it looks like a potassium deficiency starting up... and there appears to be none in your nutes. Unfortunately our plants need large amounts of potassium all through the grow. Hmm... do they have another supplement for this? At least for now, that could help get this back in balance.
So how big are your containers? It seems that what they are saying is that the soil is only going to be self sustaining in containers of 15 gallons or larger, and that below that you need to use their supplemental nutes. Let me show you something that concerns me about the soil from their ad:

Look at the wording carefully... unless you desire an extended vegetation cycle.... it says nothing about a bloom or flowering cycle. I am suspecting that this is not a soil designed to grow fruiting plants full term. Maybe in large containers it does... but a mineralized super soil this is not.

Work on the potassium thing... lets see how this balances out with all the changes we are making.

 

[barillaro]

What I see (or don't see) in your nutes is matching up well with the symptoms. We are starting to get this thing on track, but I see an alarming lack of potassium in your nutrients. Hopefully there is an abundance in the good soil and the microbes can start getting to it... but the way the leaf damage is progressing it looks like a potassium deficiency starting up... and there appears to be none in your nutes. Unfortunately our plants need large amounts of potassium all through the grow. Hmm... do they have another supplement for this? At least for now, that could help get this back in balance.
So how big are your containers? It seems that what they are saying is that the soil is only going to be self sustaining in containers of 15 gallons or larger, and that below that you need to use their supplemental nutes. Let me show you something that concerns me about the soil from their ad:

Look at the wording carefully... unless you desire an extended vegetation cycle.... it says nothing about a bloom or flowering cycle. I am suspecting that this is not a soil designed to grow fruiting plants full term. Maybe in large containers it does... but a mineralized super soil this is not.

Work on the potassium thing... lets see how this balances out with all the changes we are making.

Currently in 1.2L pots and the solo cup. From my take, I thought they said the squid additive would be all that's necessary for the remainder of the grow but then I noticed the potassium missing as well... Might not be buying from them anymore and I'll use what I have to finish up the grow and switch companies. Would substituting in the GH trio be fine with the soil and microbes? Maybe just the grow as it is a 2-1-6?

 

[Emilya Green]

Currently in 1.2L pots and the solo cup. From my take, I thought they said the squid additive would be all that's necessary for the remainder of the grow but then I noticed the potassium missing as well... Might not be buying from them anymore and I'll use what I have to finish up the grow and switch companies. Would substituting in the GH trio be fine with the soil and microbes? Maybe just the grow as it is a 2-1-6?

The microbes wont hold up so well under the GH, but that will get you through this. Save the recharge for another grow now that you know what not to do. And yes... for cannabis, I am not very impressed with that soil.

 

[barillaro]

The microbes wont hold up so well under the GH, but that will get you through this. Save the recharge for another grow now that you know what not to do. And yes... for cannabis, I am not very impressed with that soil.

Would you recommend a small dose of GH and then switch to this

 

[Emilya Green]

it is my belief based on everything we have seen here that adding the pottash could very well save this grow and keep it organic. It sure would be a good learning process if this works... Save the GH as a last resort.

 

[barillaro]

it is my belief based on everything we have seen here that adding the pottash could very well save this grow and keep it organic. It sure would be a good learning process if this works... Save the GH as a last resort.

Potash ordered, the soil I got has blood meal and multiple other things in it that have potassium, hopefully they take some up before it gets worse. Will definitely be using M3 soil next time instead, owe you one em, or like 7

 

[barillaro]

Question, how long do corrections usually take to happen in soil? I know it generally moves slower than hydro. soil is much simpler than Coco but I need to relearn patience

 

[Emilya Green]

48 hours minimum... some things take 3 wet/dry cycles to totally clear up. I see better color already and good lift.

 

[barillaro]

Potassium deficiency got worse... Potash arrived in the mail so I will be making a small batch to hit them with .. I need to figure out how to dose it in the morning as well

 

[barillaro]

Does anyone know the PPMs of potassium that cannabis likes? The potash has no instructions on how much per gallon to mix in and I'd hate to go from deficiency to excess

 

[barillaro]

@Emilya hey em, I was looking for the mixing results on the potassium and it only has applications for outdoor use such as yards. Any idea how I should go about this? also do I water now since the deficiency is getting worse and risk over-watering or let the pot dry out more?

 

[Emilya Green]

You can do an emergency watering without much harm, just don't make a habit of keeping those lower roots wet. Soil growers usually do not have a clue about ppm and I have no clue how much to use... I would start with a tablespoon well watered into the soil and see what happens. You are totally in uncharted territory with this one.

 

[barillaro]

Update, megacrop is in. I'll probably just use this as the potash doesn't seem too water soluble and a lot more hassle.
Also looks like MegaCrop gave me a 750g sample size! Seems like a great company to me

 

[Emilya Green]

Update, megacrop is in. I'll probably just use this as the potash doesn't seem too water soluble and a lot more hassle.
Also looks like MegaCrop gave me a 750g sample size! Seems like a great company to me

you are all set now!

 

[barillaro]

Just watered MegaCrop @2.1 grams per gallon of RO water they were given 1 ml of Cal mag about a week ago. As the girls got 0 potassium before I think this will be just the right fix for them.

 

[SlyTown420]

Glad to see your babies coming back to good health.

 

[barillaro]

Glad to see your babies coming back to good health.

Hope so, thanks sly! waiting to see if the MegaCrop helped as they're still a bit under the weather