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FoNz
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I saw the plant becoming gradually more pale green/yellowing which can happen simply as a plant gets ready to finish from what I've read, but when I saw a leave down low getting salvaged I knew it was in part mobile nutrients. The leaves were also getting paler along their edges slowly with darker middles, which suggests deficiencies as well.
Because I didn't want to overload with chemical nutrients (mostly various acids, bases and salts which can gather in the soil) but I still wanted to increase nutrient uptake I ran a dry organic fertilizer, mychorrizae/bacteria culture powders, molasses based liquid amendment, and some old organic fax farm liquids I had laying around for a couple weeks. I did this in hopes of giving the plants a burst large amount of food without destroying soil life, pH, and salinity of the soil.
So far all of the plants have responded well, and Connie's sugar leaves started getting much fatter and happier with darker richer colors. I'll have better update photos tomorrow. The new growth is a good indicator since it takes much longer for new chlorophyll to fill the older leaves, but even the older leaves are getting more vibrant.
Because I didn't want to overload with chemical nutrients (mostly various acids, bases and salts which can gather in the soil) but I still wanted to increase nutrient uptake I ran a dry organic fertilizer, mychorrizae/bacteria culture powders, molasses based liquid amendment, and some old organic fax farm liquids I had laying around for a couple weeks. I did this in hopes of giving the plants a burst large amount of food without destroying soil life, pH, and salinity of the soil.
So far all of the plants have responded well, and Connie's sugar leaves started getting much fatter and happier with darker richer colors. I'll have better update photos tomorrow. The new growth is a good indicator since it takes much longer for new chlorophyll to fill the older leaves, but even the older leaves are getting more vibrant.