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[Stunted]

The MG Perlite only has trace amounts of NPK and would not cause what you now have.
Maybe you should ring the nursery you got the soil from and ask them what nutes they put in it and how much...
Also ask what they set the soil mix PH to, if they checked it at all.
The NL looks nute cooked to me even in the early pics, or PH way out....or a combination of both, I have nute cooked and PH burnt babies and they just never came back to anything worth growing.

If your soil mix is stupidly hot from slow release ferts then flushing will help a little but you just cannot get all that slow release shit out, but it may give the plants enough time to come back to living a bit

All the best man!

Stunted Cat
:smokebuds:

 

[The Squid]

Thanks man. That's what I'm thinking. The soil must have a fair amount of nutes in it. I think I'll give em a call tomorrow and see what's up. Thanks Stunted.

 

[JM]

capn cures advice is spot on... and its very obvious here that you are overferted... you can see the downward curl of the leaf tips (aka "the claw")
drop the OF alltogether IMO use a simple plain mix... promix if you can find it... for future grows... for this flush as per capn's advice

hang in there mate! :smokebuds:

 

[The Squid]

Hey thanks JM. It isn't OF it's just whatever brand one of the local nurseries uses for everything they plant. But cool, I wasn't aware of "the claw". Nice tip. Can't find Promix or Sunshine here. At least I haven't yet. I think I decided that I'm just going to mix my own from now on. Get some spaghum peat moss, perlite and maybe vermiculite too. Dolomite lime, epsom salt. And mix in ph'd water with a little molasses and Superthrive. How does this sound?

 

[JM]

that sounds like a good alternative...

 

[The Squid]

Sweeeeeet. Thanks JM. And also to everyone else. I'm going to flush them in the morning or asap and see how the boat floats for a few days. Hoping for a good update to come sooner rather than later.

 

[Captain cure]

Sounds good Squid. When I run autos I tend to make my own mixes as well. Nothing better then knowing everything thats in your soil. Can't always go by a label anyways. Another thing I have done in a rush is just start them in the cup or jiffy pot whichever way you start in a seed started mix. I've started in jiffy, pro mix,
Sunshine # 4 there's a few out there good for starting autos. When there ready to be tiered or transplanted Do so.

 

[The Squid]

Yea, mixing my own sounds like the way to go. Hey Cap'n, Does that mix sound good to you a couple posts up?
And after these are flushed and come back or not I will tier transplant them into bigger pots. The NL is pretty baked though, not in a good way, pretty much zero green left on here but she is still standing and hasn't fallen over which I find weird. I think I will flush her with the other three that most likely will make it just for the hell of it. Ya never know I guess, it'd be hilarious to have a pic of that pitiful little thing, and then that it came back to this!(Inserted picture of NL budding up) haha. We'll see. Not going to sweat it out too much. Thanks again.

 

[Captain cure]

Doesn't sound to bad at all. I have my auto soil mix posted in my auto grow somewhere but you would have to search for it. Somewheres in the middle. I can't repost it now it's long and I'm at work on my phone. You can use a cheap soil for a base as long as it doesn't carry any nutes. I know people who use seed starter as a base then just add to it. I can PM it too you later if you'd like. You can def bring that NL back. Just love and patience. I would have that thing beaming in a week. If its stem is still standing it can be brought back. May be a stunted plant but you would still get something. Did you ever go to my photo grow and see that little poor clone I got thaty buddy thought was going to die? Check it out when you get some time. That thing is the healthiest monster I have right now. Look at that for inspiration lol. It can be done. A little harder with autos but it can be brought back.

 

[The Squid]

Yeah I checked it out. Crazy stuff man. You rule. Only if you were next door haha. I'm not giving up on the NL. She was the true first one I ever planted so I 'd love for her to make it even if she gave me a quarter oz. Yeah sure you can pm me that mix if you want. I want to make a mix without any animal products though. SO no guano or other poop or eggshells etc. Thanks man.