Northern lights 1st grow

[stvkc69]

Lower leaves have turned yellow and are now dried up. I'm starting to see glimpses of yellow starting to show up on upper leaves edges now. I've been giving her epsom salt 1tsp at a time with distilled water. Not sure what to do at this point. I have a long way to go yet.

 

[cosmox]

hello! I think the plant is doing very well, although it is beginning to show some lack of nutrients, which is usually normal at the beginning of flowering. I would go with a fertilizer (I don't know about epsom salts, but I just Googled it and it appeared that it was just magnesium, I don't know if that's the case... but if that's the case, I would stop giving it that). I suspect that the substrate you used was fine for the vegetative cycle and beginning of flowering, worse now if she is asking you for more food... (npk). good luck!

 

[Tom Bombadil]

what fertilizers are you planning to use? Stop the epsome salt for now..

 

[Cannaficionado]

Try using spring water for plants, I was advised by a lot of people that distilled water can actually cause problems. Also I agree epsom salts arent needed.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Lower leaves have turned yellow and are now dried up. I'm starting to see glimpses of yellow starting to show up on upper leaves edges now. I've been giving her epsom salt 1tsp at a time with distilled water. Not sure what to do at this point. I have a long way to go yet.

First, to AFN buddy!! A great place to learn about your favorite hobby...Ok, your second favorite hobby
Let me ask you a couple of questions...Why-o-why is that fabric pot filled only halfway up? You've got the space, give the same to the roots. Ok, sorry for being blunt, but it needed to be said
Euhm, what I would do is fill that pot up with either worm castings or a highly nutrient rich soil blend. This will solve all your problems in one go. I'd prefer the worm castings as I make 'm myself. Plus I can add the worms to the soil. Boy, are these great little helpers to have in your soil...Anyway, I digress...So fill up those pot to the rim, maybe an inch below and water the soil slowly with dechlorinated water, this is just tapwater set out in a bucket for 24 hours, unless your water company uses chlorine, then you need chemicals to remove that, but I'm not Stateside so I can't help with that.
Add some sort of bennies to the water. They will help the roots in absorbing the nutrirents. Complicated story, just know...Bennies and Myco are your friends.
Then...It's been said before, but I like to repeat Never use distilled water. It's got all it's electrons removed and will actually attract them and leach them out of your soil...Don't do that, the bennies won't like it either. Even rainwater has stuff in it...Use that if you can collect and keep it clean, otherwise tapwater is usually best. Use your municipary to check the values of your tapwater. If it's safe to drink, it's good enough to use in a grow, just nice to know if you need to add extra calcium or extra magnesium. Or if you are lucky like me...add nothing as there's more then enough in the water already....Handy...


Anyway, Goodluck with your grow. I'm curious to find out how this ends. So please do keep posting

 

[Arthur]

Probably need a bit more info for this one.
1) I agree w/Bob that the bag should be filled much more than it is. Rough rule of thumb is 1 gallon of soil for each month of expected growth. (We are growing in soil yes?)
2) epsom is a good thing, but you could be overdoing it. It’s only magnesium sulfate, so it’s not part of the NPK that the plant needs for food. I’d back off it for now.
3) distilled is not a great choice for watering. The distillation process strips everything from the water and can make balancing pH an issue. As Bob said, it has a negative charge and will pull things out of your soil. If your tap water is unusable, RO can be used, but it requires remineralizing prior to use.

I saw no references to a nutrient line, and, or your pH? Are you watching your pH and PPMs? I’ve known a couple guys that could grow well without meters and a gauges, the majority of us cannot.

If I was guessing at the issue my guess would be that the low volume of soil is running out of food for your lady, and the distilled water is compounding the issue by not having the appropriate nutrients available at the appropriate pH range.



Not knowing how or with what your growing with makes this a hard call. If running a nutrient line, it’s time to get rolling, I’d still like to see that bag more full of soil…. If your going organic then top dressing etc.

 

[Cannaficionado]

First, to AFN buddy!! A great place to learn about your favorite hobby...Ok, your second favorite hobby
Let me ask you a couple of questions...Why-o-why is that fabric pot filled only halfway up? You've got the space, give the same to the roots. Ok, sorry for being blunt, but it needed to be said
Euhm, what I would do is fill that pot up with either worm castings or a highly nutrient rich soil blend. This will solve all your problems in one go. I'd prefer the worm castings as I make 'm myself. Plus I can add the worms to the soil. Boy, are these great little helpers to have in your soil...Anyway, I digress...So fill up those pot to the rim, maybe an inch below and water the soil slowly with dechlorinated water, this is just tapwater set out in a bucket for 24 hours, unless your water company uses chlorine, then you need chemicals to remove that, but I'm not Stateside so I can't help with that.
Add some sort of bennies to the water. They will help the roots in absorbing the nutrirents. Complicated story, just know...Bennies and Myco are your friends.
Then...It's been said before, but I like to repeat Never use distilled water. It's got all it's electrons removed and will actually attract them and leach them out of your soil...Don't do that, the bennies won't like it either. Even rainwater has stuff in it...Use that if you can collect and keep it clean, otherwise tapwater is usually best. Use your municipary to check the values of your tapwater. If it's safe to drink, it's good enough to use in a grow, just nice to know if you need to add extra calcium or extra magnesium. Or if you are lucky like me...add nothing as there's more then enough in the water already....Handy...


Anyway, Goodluck with your grow. I'm curious to find out how this ends. So please do keep posting

I was reading your response and I gotta ask. I know what myco is but bennies Im unfamiliar with. Are you just referring to beneficial microbes?

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Are you just referring to beneficial microbes?

Yes I am

 

[stvkc69]

First, to AFN buddy!! A great place to learn about your favorite hobby...Ok, your second favorite hobby
Let me ask you a couple of questions...Why-o-why is that fabric pot filled only halfway up? You've got the space, give the same to the roots. Ok, sorry for being blunt, but it needed to be said
Euhm, what I would do is fill that pot up with either worm castings or a highly nutrient rich soil blend. This will solve all your problems in one go. I'd prefer the worm castings as I make 'm myself. Plus I can add the worms to the soil. Boy, are these great little helpers to have in your soil...Anyway, I digress...So fill up those pot to the rim, maybe an inch below and water the soil slowly with dechlorinated water, this is just tapwater set out in a bucket for 24 hours, unless your water company uses chlorine, then you need chemicals to remove that, but I'm not Stateside so I can't help with that.
Add some sort of bennies to the water. They will help the roots in absorbing the nutrirents. Complicated story, just know...Bennies and Myco are your friends.
Then...It's been said before, but I like to repeat Never use distilled water. It's got all it's electrons removed and will actually attract them and leach them out of your soil...Don't do that, the bennies won't like it either. Even rainwater has stuff in it...Use that if you can collect and keep it clean, otherwise tapwater is usually best. Use your municipary to check the values of your tapwater. If it's safe to drink, it's good enough to use in a grow, just nice to know if you need to add extra calcium or extra magnesium. Or if you are lucky like me...add nothing as there's more then enough in the water already....Handy...


Anyway, Goodluck with your grow. I'm curious to find out how this ends. So please do keep posting

Thanks for the advice,much appreciated. Unfortunately I learned that distilled water lessons the hard way. I actually fixed the issue by drenching the pot with sea water and top dressing with a mixture of worm castings, kelp and fish bone meal. It's hanging right now. So I guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks. As for the amount of dirt in the pot. This entire grow was a spur of the moment thing. Someone gave me a seed and I threw what I had in a pot and poured water on it. I really didn't expect it to do much. I tried to grow an auto about 12 or 13 years ago and it was a joke. They have really come a long way since then. I'm hooked

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

First, to AFN buddy!! A great place to learn about your favorite hobby...Ok, your second favorite hobby
Let me ask you a couple of questions...Why-o-why is that fabric pot filled only halfway up? You've got the space, give the same to the roots. Ok, sorry for being blunt, but it needed to be said
Euhm, what I would do is fill that pot up with either worm castings or a highly nutrient rich soil blend. This will solve all your problems in one go. I'd prefer the worm castings as I make 'm myself. Plus I can add the worms to the soil. Boy, are these great little helpers to have in your soil...Anyway, I digress...So fill up those pot to the rim, maybe an inch below and water the soil slowly with dechlorinated water, this is just tapwater set out in a bucket for 24 hours, unless your water company uses chlorine, then you need chemicals to remove that, but I'm not Stateside so I can't help with that.
Add some sort of bennies to the water. They will help the roots in absorbing the nutrirents. Complicated story, just know...Bennies and Myco are your friends.
Then...It's been said before, but I like to repeat Never use distilled water. It's got all it's electrons removed and will actually attract them and leach them out of your soil...Don't do that, the bennies won't like it either. Even rainwater has stuff in it...Use that if you can collect and keep it clean, otherwise tapwater is usually best. Use your municipary to check the values of your tapwater. If it's safe to drink, it's good enough to use in a grow, just nice to know if you need to add extra calcium or extra magnesium. Or if you are lucky like me...add nothing as there's more then enough in the water already....Handy...


Anyway, Goodluck with your grow. I'm curious to find out how this ends. So please do keep posting

Actually I think the chlorine is easy to outgas from the water by letting is sit out for 24 to 48 stirring occasionaly. It's the chlorimine that's a bugger to get out as it's more stable. At least from what I remember. Been a long time since I dealt with city water.