reallycoolguy
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So i transplanted my cuttings inside Plagron Light Mix and they got nutrient burned. I then flushed two times but are they still nutrient burned?
Nutrient burn in Soil?
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Herb & Suds
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Every time you flush you are activating more food
You can't make old growth change back to green so...keep an eye on new growth and stop flushing unless you ever have salt build-up
You can't make old growth change back to green so...keep an eye on new growth and stop flushing unless you ever have salt build-up
reallycoolguy
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Okay thanks, will transplanting to weaker soil help?
Herb & Suds
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No idea but patience and letting them recover will
When something like this happens
It is a weed so it almost always recovers as long as you don't kill it with kindness
Nutty sKunK
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Lightmix has 400ppm worth of NPK.
You’re ladies are hungry now you’ve washed all the nutrients out.
nute burn is burnt dead tips on new growth.
You’re ladies are hungry now you’ve washed all the nutrients out.
nute burn is burnt dead tips on new growth.
Bernie420
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thats not nutrient burn
i see n k and mag deficiency's
I get the impression your not feeding it.
Bernie420
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Thats funny we even spaced out our lines
Wizzlebiz
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Is it even possible to flush all of the nutrients out of a new soil??
I dont see how that works. Please educate me on this. Not being a dick just looking to learn something new if you dont mind.
I always water to serious run of even when I am not giving nutrients. If you can flush out the nutrients I dont understand how the 1st 4 weeks my plants didnt need anything with the way I water.
reallycoolguy
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Well I guess the nutrients are water soluble.
Literally gets flushed out?
I got burned tips but they are not on the new growth. Kinda makes sense: Burned,flushed,defficiency.
Nutty sKunK
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Plagron lightmix is just peat based with perlite and a low 1-1-2 NPK feed. Used the stuff before and had mixed results due to the high K.
A true soil like fox farms etc can take just plain water but PL light mix isn’t meant to be really treated that way.
Bernie420
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flush all no a lot yes nitrogen will flush easily than the others
maybe try total saturation and not serious runoff.
the plants are the smallest the first four weeks dont need a lot of nutrients at that stage, maybe thats it?? idk
Wizzlebiz
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Oh dont get me wrong. That sure does look like deficiencies. I was just curious on that other point is all.
Bugeye
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You'll never get a nutrient burn in a light soil with water only. Just won't happen. Your plants are lacking balanced nutrients. No worries, learning to grow is about experimentation. The first sign of excessive nitrogen is downward curled leaf tips and very dark green shiny leaves.
Budzbuddha
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Stop flushing / “ leaching “ medium , that alone unbalances it. They are hungry.
Feed a veg nute mix to supplement that medium. Those leaves that are the most effected will not recover.
It is looking for more nitrogen ....
Pick off the necrotic ( dead ) leaf and the most yellow. That way you can monitor if problem is progressing.
Feed a veg nute mix to supplement that medium. Those leaves that are the most effected will not recover.
It is looking for more nitrogen ....
Pick off the necrotic ( dead ) leaf and the most yellow. That way you can monitor if problem is progressing.
reallycoolguy
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Thanks so much guys! 
MajorCoco
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I grow in soil a lot, and find that watering until you see run-off is generally unnecessary. I water slowly, so there are no dry spots, and keep adding water every 5 minutes or so until water is just seeping out. If I'm worried about salt for any reason (if I've added extra nutes, which I rarely do now) then I might flush, but not as a rule.