I need a Coco Doctor asap ;)

[Waira]

I think the whole CEC is screwed up in some of these pots, this is why I dislike coco, it's a bitchy medium! That is serious Mg defc., not sure if it's the coco binding it up because that part of the CEC is off, or a overall lack-off,... pH isn't an issue here I believe.... No flushing with Biotabs, otherwise I'd recommend that, but you can do a serious run-off flooding with a Ca-Mg and mild nutes (Orgatrex, dash of BioPK) to try and "reset" that TARFU'ed CEC issue... coco's cation exchange capacity is weird, it's a major Ca and to a lesser extent, Mg hog, it binds these cations to itself keeping it from the plant until a saturation point is met, then it "exchanges" more readily,...
Meantime, do a foliar spray with epsoms and a wetting agent (or mild soap, like castile), 1tsp/L, tops and bottoms of leaves... the wetting agent help the solution coat and stick better, nit just bead up,.. bottoms of leaves have the most stomata )only way in, and only as a liquid).... use just enough agent/soap to make the spray not bead up.... treat 2-3x/week, and give a clear water spray inbetween to redissolve things and rinse build-up away,...

 

[monnema]

thank you so much for your reply

what I've done so far is, 2 days ago I watered with just 1ml/L of calmag(vitalink) no nutes with a good run-off and yesterday 1ml/L calmag, 2ml/L root juice, 2ml/L biobloom (both biobizz) with good run-off.

Can I use the calmag instead of the epsom salt?

In hindsight, I should've used all of the biotabs line-up and not mix different makes together

 

[Waira]

Ca-Mg is fine,... epsoms are MgSO4 only.....

 

[monnema]

@Waira
I went to the local Garden center a couple of days ago and all they had was "Miracle-Gro Magnesium Salts" which is MgO 25%(15.1Mg) and SO3 50%(20%S)

made a foliage Spray and sprayed the leafs for two days, and put some of the granules in with the coco

and it worked like a charm

I'm not expecting a big yield because of all the problems I had(got). In week 5 now and hardly any buds forming! I don't know! I'll keep at it and see how it goes

Also there seems to be a bit of clawing going on and the tips of the new leafs are dark green.

But they look a lot better now than 4 days ago

 

[Waira]

wow, worlds better! ... as for budding, that's another can of worms mate,... Firstly, these are auto's, right? Week 5 you say.... I can't tell but are fuzzy crowns formed yet? Looks like it....The Tabs might be really breaking down fast now, so a bit of an N rush is a possibility, nothing to be done there,... Any inputs should be bloom formulation... What's the Ca-Mg product again, and does it have N in it? Most have some, a few have a lot!

 

[JS550Fan]

Good job with the fix, monnema. You're looking pretty good now.
I've been growing in soil only, but I just put a clone into 100% Coco coir to give it a shot. Trying to learn as much as possible, and considering running a side by side with LOS and Coco with Megacrop.

 

[monnema]

sorry guys been a busy two weeks I think this is gonna be the last post in the infirmary, since the girls are all healed up thanks to @Waira

little update, since my last post I've just been going through the motions feeding each girl 2L h2o with 2ml calmag, 5ml bio bloom, 10ml wetting agent ph'd down to 6.0

Results so far: They are absolute Monsters and won't stop growing, I'm running out of height soon

 

[Waira]

very nice monn'! .-- get i while it's good, Rep' will not be here when the new software update comes,... and thank you for the kind feedback, I'm stoked we could help!
Look into supper-cropping, as in how to soften and bend/kink the main stem without breaking it.... it works great, if funny looking! this will deal with your height problem, and when laid level like that, the nodes will actually improve their yields... Go ahead and feel the stem near the top a foot give or take down, or whatever distance seem good.... usually the stem is hollow, and will kink/collapse pretty easily,.. light squeezes, gentle bending at first will loosen things up, then you can fully fold it over... be sure to "aim" the top in a good direction before doing this... there's a tutorial around here in the tutorial section I believe, or ask any member/staff that's done this a lot.... main concern is to not force it all at once, that leads to full snapping or a lot of damage... Cheers!

 

[monnema]

I spoke to soon

this is only on one plant, which is weird cause they all had the same feeds.

 

[Waira]

Ca defc., looks like the CEC is wack again....review current Ca-Mg inputs, your in going pH/ppm, ditto for out going,...