Can I play devil's advocate for a minute? (Assumes you said yes, lol)...
Why do you think it's magnesium deficiency/issue?
I cant get a grasp on starting up an organic grow
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Smoothie is a pretty heavy'ish feeder.Id feed with a cal mag input. Tea and a top coating might help.
proph i always seen the yellowing between the leaf ridges as a sign of needing more mag... in hydro a little boost of cal/mag seems to help pretty fast as well... the first pic looks like it displays the problems best, the leaves are yellowing between ridges... what you be your first thought???
and sure you can play devils ad, as long as i can play humble little me...
@Eyes on Fire thanks a lot... i added about 1/2 tbs of epsom salt to a 32oz cup of water, and watered today.... they brew an organic tea at the hydro store, and sale it $1 a gallon... i may get some today... the girl at the store was telling me all they put in it, but i cant remember... what should i top coat with i have some malibu compost, some crustacean meal, and alfalfa meal... plus a couple hydro stores nearby
thank you all
thank you all
yes sir
watered dechlorinated with ascorbate acid, ph os usually 6.5-7
went to hydro store and bought some biochar, and a gallon of her brewed tea...
The Tea she was brewing contained, this biochar, this mealworm frass, and some cal/phos dry amendments..... Plus more stuff...
Anyways I bought some of the biochar
This is the mealworm frass
(I didnt buy), its in the tea as well
Anyways I bought some of the biochar
This is the mealworm frass
(I didnt buy), its in the tea as well
So.. You've got "living soil".. It came to your door "alive" with bio-life.. That bio-life breaks down the organic matter (soil) and makes all of the needed nutrients available. *playing devil's advocate again*.. Why would you add more nutrients to a soil that you know has everything it needs.. Especially magnesium? You're job when using a "living" soil, is to keep it "alive". You need to be feeding the biology so that it stays alive and continues to make nutrients available.. That's where compost teas and products like recharge, come into play. That plant is showing signs of being under fed, because the soil is no longer alive, or as alive as it was a month ago. A good compost tea like once a week or so should solve that...
Here is the data sheet for the 3.0 blend.. You don't need to be dumping more stuff into it.. That I promise.
Here is a list of ingredients in the 3.0 soil blend...
Oly Mountain Fish Compost, Colorado Pinto Bean Compost, BuildASoil Worm Castings, BuildASoil BIG 6 Trace Minerals with Humic Acid, Organic Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss, Organic New Mexico Pumice, Organic Par-Boiled Rice Hulls, Grand Mesa Colorado Volcanic Basalt, Organic Diamond K Gypsum, Clean Sourced Calcium Phosphate, Premium Calcium Bentonite, Organic Thorvin Icelandic Kelp Meal, Organic Terviva Karanja Cake, Organic 2 Row Milled Malted Barley, Organic Alfalfa Meal, BuildASoil Pre Charged Bio-char with Rootwise Mycrobe Complete....
Notice the last line.. It says that the soil is already "pre charged" with bio char.. That list is everything a soil could ever need. If there's an issue, it's a grower issue, not a soil issue. It's not lacking anything. Again, you just have to keep it alive..
Here is a list of ingredients in the 3.0 soil blend...
Oly Mountain Fish Compost, Colorado Pinto Bean Compost, BuildASoil Worm Castings, BuildASoil BIG 6 Trace Minerals with Humic Acid, Organic Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss, Organic New Mexico Pumice, Organic Par-Boiled Rice Hulls, Grand Mesa Colorado Volcanic Basalt, Organic Diamond K Gypsum, Clean Sourced Calcium Phosphate, Premium Calcium Bentonite, Organic Thorvin Icelandic Kelp Meal, Organic Terviva Karanja Cake, Organic 2 Row Milled Malted Barley, Organic Alfalfa Meal, BuildASoil Pre Charged Bio-char with Rootwise Mycrobe Complete....
Notice the last line.. It says that the soil is already "pre charged" with bio char.. That list is everything a soil could ever need. If there's an issue, it's a grower issue, not a soil issue. It's not lacking anything. Again, you just have to keep it alive..
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