toastedblue
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TL;DR: What is a worry-free amendment mix that I can apply about once a month or so to keep the essential water-only mantra going? Since I have read the following names over and over again, I am considering to mix some ocean forest, kelp, and bat guano and top-dress with that only.
Will that mix have everything in it to finish the plant?
Longer:
Hi all, this is my first post and I registered because I can't seem to find a fitting answer. The internet is full of info and as always, most of it differs from something I read yesterday, or the week before. I have the following situation:
I'm running 2 autos, one in a 3 gallon, one in a 1 gallon smart pot.
I started with a Natures Living Soil Autoflower / Fox Farm Happy Frog mix at the bottom, and filled the rest up with a 50/50 mix of ocean forest and happy frog (added some extra perlite to the whole mix).
Up until flowering I only watered using tap water (let it sit for 3-4 days to dechlorinate) with the occasional molasses. Then, in week 5 or 6 I started seeing yellowing, light browning, and eventually necrosis of some of the larger fan leaves. I had no idea what was going on but figured that it happened because I hadn't amended any additional nutes. In a hasty way of fixing the issue I top-dressed a bit more natures living soil and ocean forest as a mix. I got some grower's recharge, and have since pH'ed my water. The water comes out of the faucet a bit high, and even though I was told that you never have to worry about pH in organics I started pHing to roughly 6.5, especially when adding recharge. Also, I have to admit that in a panic to get the issues corrected I have supplemented a bit of Fox Farm Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom maybe 3 times since the problems started showing.
Now, since most larger leaves had been affected by the chlorosis and necrosis in both the 1 and 3 gallon pot, there is not really a way of telling if or at what point the issue was fixed, or if it was fixed at all. I didn't see much negative change eventually so I figured it must have helped at least a little, and the 1 gallon plant is about to be taken down around Friday or so.
This is the plant 3 days ago
I appreciate you all and can't wait to become a better gardener. Cheers
Will that mix have everything in it to finish the plant?
Longer:
Hi all, this is my first post and I registered because I can't seem to find a fitting answer. The internet is full of info and as always, most of it differs from something I read yesterday, or the week before. I have the following situation:
I'm running 2 autos, one in a 3 gallon, one in a 1 gallon smart pot.
I started with a Natures Living Soil Autoflower / Fox Farm Happy Frog mix at the bottom, and filled the rest up with a 50/50 mix of ocean forest and happy frog (added some extra perlite to the whole mix).
Up until flowering I only watered using tap water (let it sit for 3-4 days to dechlorinate) with the occasional molasses. Then, in week 5 or 6 I started seeing yellowing, light browning, and eventually necrosis of some of the larger fan leaves. I had no idea what was going on but figured that it happened because I hadn't amended any additional nutes. In a hasty way of fixing the issue I top-dressed a bit more natures living soil and ocean forest as a mix. I got some grower's recharge, and have since pH'ed my water. The water comes out of the faucet a bit high, and even though I was told that you never have to worry about pH in organics I started pHing to roughly 6.5, especially when adding recharge. Also, I have to admit that in a panic to get the issues corrected I have supplemented a bit of Fox Farm Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom maybe 3 times since the problems started showing.
Now, since most larger leaves had been affected by the chlorosis and necrosis in both the 1 and 3 gallon pot, there is not really a way of telling if or at what point the issue was fixed, or if it was fixed at all. I didn't see much negative change eventually so I figured it must have helped at least a little, and the 1 gallon plant is about to be taken down around Friday or so.
This is the plant 3 days ago
I appreciate you all and can't wait to become a better gardener. Cheers
