Soil Grows - Peat Based
What is your experience level?
First Timer
Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights.
COB LED's 20w & 10w & CFL's 30-70w 2700-5500k
.2) Distance from tops?
1.5'
.3) Reflector type?
enclosed reflector & bare bulb
.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?
Yes fans blowing always
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?
its an open set up no exhaust needed just circulation
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?
see above on a 18/6 light sched
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil,
peat based soilless
and anything you've added to it.
vermiculite, perlite, blood meal, bone meal, compost some coir for added drainage
.8) Size of container
1-2 gallon
Your nutrients and water:
.9) Source of water.
PHed tap
What's it's ph?
6.5-7.5
10) Method of checking water ph
ph pen & aquarium test kit
11) Method of adjusting water ph.
PH down and nutes or baking soda to go up
12) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.
grow big 2 teaspns veg Tiger bloom 2 tablespns flwr I add in rice cereal, epsom salts, molasses, seaweed all kind of willy nilly when I feel it
13) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?
feed every watering but only watering at 10 days still having wet soil prob.
14) Any additives or tea's?
No
15) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?
stable afaik
16) What is your ingoing water's ph?
as close to 7 as poss
...your runoff ph?
1st time i checked it 6.5
17) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?
no
Your growroom:
18) Indoors or outdoors?
in
19) What size of closet, room or hut?
under a table
20) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on?
70 degrees 30 RH
...With lights off?
about same
21) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?
I have gnats up tha arsehole
Your strain:
22) What strain are you growing?
La Diva showing bad Indica dominate Black JH starting to show Sativa dom
23) Is this an photoperiod strain?
no
24) How old is the plant?
begin week 8 for LD and day 16 for BJH
25) In what life-cycle is it?
BJH is Vegetative LD is ripening?
26) From seeds or clones?
Seeds
Whew, probably really easy to diagnose after all that, Mag deficiency right?
It only really manifested on those two leaves which werent the 1st leaves but nearer the bottom. There were tiny itty bitty spots on a few other tips but nothing like these two leaves.
Now it is showing on my baby Black JH plant who is only 16 days old, one small spot. Tells me its a problem with my grow somewhere, need help tracking it.
My best guess is that the soil is never drying completely and or something is prohibiting mag intake?
Whats the fix? re-pot? Water only with a few fl. oz.'s at a time, not to run-off? Thought I had a super-light soil mix going in, just won't dry out!
What is your experience level?
First Timer
Your Equipment:
.1) Type and wattage of lights.
COB LED's 20w & 10w & CFL's 30-70w 2700-5500k
.2) Distance from tops?
1.5'
.3) Reflector type?
enclosed reflector & bare bulb
.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?
Yes fans blowing always
.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?
its an open set up no exhaust needed just circulation
.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?
see above on a 18/6 light sched
Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil,
peat based soilless
and anything you've added to it.
vermiculite, perlite, blood meal, bone meal, compost some coir for added drainage
.8) Size of container
1-2 gallon
Your nutrients and water:
.9) Source of water.
PHed tap
What's it's ph?
6.5-7.5
10) Method of checking water ph
ph pen & aquarium test kit
11) Method of adjusting water ph.
PH down and nutes or baking soda to go up
12) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.
grow big 2 teaspns veg Tiger bloom 2 tablespns flwr I add in rice cereal, epsom salts, molasses, seaweed all kind of willy nilly when I feel it13) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?
feed every watering but only watering at 10 days still having wet soil prob.
14) Any additives or tea's?
No
15) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?
stable afaik
16) What is your ingoing water's ph?
as close to 7 as poss
...your runoff ph?
1st time i checked it 6.5
17) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?
no
Your growroom:
18) Indoors or outdoors?
in
19) What size of closet, room or hut?
under a table
20) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on?
70 degrees 30 RH
...With lights off?
about same
21) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?
I have gnats up tha arsehole
Your strain:
22) What strain are you growing?
La Diva showing bad Indica dominate Black JH starting to show Sativa dom
23) Is this an photoperiod strain?
no
24) How old is the plant?
begin week 8 for LD and day 16 for BJH
25) In what life-cycle is it?
BJH is Vegetative LD is ripening?
26) From seeds or clones?
Seeds
Whew, probably really easy to diagnose after all that, Mag deficiency right?
It only really manifested on those two leaves which werent the 1st leaves but nearer the bottom. There were tiny itty bitty spots on a few other tips but nothing like these two leaves.
Now it is showing on my baby Black JH plant who is only 16 days old, one small spot. Tells me its a problem with my grow somewhere, need help tracking it.
My best guess is that the soil is never drying completely and or something is prohibiting mag intake?
Whats the fix? re-pot? Water only with a few fl. oz.'s at a time, not to run-off? Thought I had a super-light soil mix going in, just won't dry out!
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