Deficiency Help Please. I Think it Might be Iron?

C.Indica

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I use dirt, usually a mix of Whitney farms Potting Soil/Perlite.
I have FloraNova Growth (veg) fert, which I use randomely.

And I never ever check my ph, but the soil has small amounts of dolomite lime.

Lights are cfl, but the leaves that died were barely getting any. Other leaves in teh same area are still green.

She's a girl too, thanks.



I realize how many guides there are, but the fact is that every plant is different.
I want to know EXACTLY what's going on, so I figured maybe a pro on here could recognize it at a glance and help me out first hand?

These were lower leaves, I could figure out which node if you want, I'd guess about 3 or 4.

Only 2 leaves had it bad enough for me to chop, and they both came from the SAME NODE.
Everything else about the plant is gnjkrsngjrkdklkickass.

I have pictures, I'll work on uploading them, but until then here's a visual;

Leaf #1:
Veins remain Deep green/blue,
Most of the edges are the same color as the tissue, with some of the tissues b eing yellowed.
This leaf is darker than #2, and has some deep necrotizing patches, small ones though.
They're surrounded by a little bit of yellow.stems look normal, a woody green color.

Leaf #2:
Veins are more of a lighter blue tone, but the smallest pair of leaflets is all one color.
There's a very small amount of girraffe spotting on the middle and largest leaflet.
Some necrosis, and some tearing which I think was a physical issue and not deficiency. 3/5 tips of leaflets on this leaf are wiltd and necrotizing. Some spots as well, with the same yellow areas.

Tissues between veins are a paler yellow-green color.

Again, I'll get pictures up as soon as possible, but please help.

I won't have a USB cable until tomorrow, sorry guys.
 

asaph

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imo, it's never a good idea to look for the exact element that's missing. you can never tell for sure, and even if you do - just cuz you plant is missing on some element, doesn't mean it's because your medium is lacking this element. mostly, it isn't. what you need to do is to figure out why your plant is hungry for it, and solve this problem (or solve it without figuring out). the answer is mostly pH and/or toxicity. you pretty much gave away the answer yourself. time to check and mend your pH. a good flushing never hurts, too.
 

C.Indica

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I just flushed her last night, no other leaves are doing this, except one more lower that's barely doing it.
Everything else is good so I think it's fixing itself, but until I can get pictures up I'm hoping somebody has an idea?

Just wondering, even if it's hopeless.
But thanks heathaa, I can't explain how much that post helped me with my problem.
 

redeye75

Active Member
I just flushed her last night, no other leaves are doing this, except one more lower that's barely doing it.
Everything else is good so I think it's fixing itself, but until I can get pictures up I'm hoping somebody has an idea?

Just wondering, even if it's hopeless.
But thanks heathaa, I can't explain how much that post helped me with my problem.
You need to be careful after the flush, you probably flushed out alot of nutrients that the plant needs.. I mean you did say it was a deficiency which means it was lacking something and by flushing you may have flushed all of it away. If that's the case its gonna get worse before it gets better. Also you said you feed randomly.. that is not good enough, we need to know the NPK ratio of the nutes your using and you have to follow a schedule and monitor the ppms of the water your feeding her so that you know what shes getting and when. I personally use a journal for each of my plants and document everything i do, its good to have especially to look back on to see if something u did last week is affecting her today...
 
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