Can i feed my 4 week old veg miracle grow nutes? please help!

kronica420

kronica420

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I was planting in miracle grow potting soil with nutes already in it. And My leaves started turning yellow on the tips then brown then i realized its probably nute burn, And i heard that miracle grow soil is really bad for seedlings. So i transplanted it a couple days ago to soil that wasnt so strong.
And today i noticed some small yellow patches on one of my leaves and the new growth on the very top looks yellow, I know it isnt heat stress.
Then i found someone on here saying the most common reason for yellow leaves is a lack of nitrogen in the soil.
So im wondering can i use a very small amount of miracle grow plant food to see if it helps or will it make it worse?
 
cbtwohundread

cbtwohundread

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miricle grow in my xperiances with it is it is very acidic after awile and pronne to salt build up i would suggest foxfarm/combining your own perfect organic mixture that will provide growth in benificial bacteria ect....there are many recipes for this....u should do a mild flush first in my opinion if your gonna use the mg fert
 
Anc777

Anc777

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cbtwohundread said:
miricle grow in my xperiances with it is it is very acidic after awile and pronne to salt build up i would suggest foxfarm/combining your own perfect organic mixture that will provide growth in benificial bacteria ect....there are many recipes for this....u should do a mild flush first in my opinion if your gonna use the mg fert
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2 parts Regular Potting soil (NO NUTES ADDED)

1 part perlite

1 part worm castings
 
kronica420

kronica420

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Wait! I think this might be the problem...Nitrogen Deficiencies Plants will exhibit lack of vigor, slow growth and will be weak and stunted. Quality and yield will be significantly reduced. Older leaves become yellow (chlorotic) from lack of chlorophyll. Deficient plants will exhibit uniform light green to yellow on older leaves, these leaves may die and drop. Leaf margins will not curled up noticeably. Chlorosis will eventually spread throughout the plant. Stems, petioles and lower leaf surfaces may turn purple.
I noticed the top of my stem turned a light light brownish redish, and not too long ago i thought some of my leaves had a small tint of redish. what should i do??
 
backdoorgrower

backdoorgrower

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i recently had same problem, are you growing in small pots? , i cured mine by moving to larger pots, and adding dried blood, within 4-5 days were back to a very nice green.
 
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grourown

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try a dose of maxicrop after you flush. and as someone stated use the foxfarm ocean forest. for veg mix 1 part fox with 1 part fertilome or ur peat perlite mix.
 
kronica420

kronica420

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Im afraid if i flush i will drown it. Ill look up the maxicrop and foxfarm. thanks for your help! but the weird thing is during the day ill put the plant out in the sun and it looks perky and healthy besides the yellowing. It really wants to live.
 
backdoorgrower

backdoorgrower

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no did not flush, if anything i over ferted before i realised that it was screaming for nitrogen, just had it in too small a container, in my case it was as easy as that, hope yours is just as simple .good luck,
 
kronica420

kronica420

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alright thanks! I dont think my pot is too small though, but Ill consider gettin some of the blood shit off the internet. thanks
 
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grourown

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if u put them in larger pots when changing soils, i assume u did, they should break out in a few days as backdoors did with just a bit of fert. when watering. u can get the bloodmeal at walmart. if u just transplanted to larger pots give them a chance to kick. u can add the meal at the top of ur pots and it will leach down. nitrogen fert. in ur water would do same thing if roots have room and good drainage. the spotting sounds like either root rot or root bound which would stunt them also. keep us posted.
 
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grourown

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to answer ur original question though, if u have transplanted them to larger pots with good drainage a hit of miracle grow will not hurt them. it is just not my fertilizer of choice.
 
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roll8up

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Hmm people talk about flushing, im very confused about this. Do you flush it with lots of water(water that has been sitting open for 24hours). If so why do people talk about giving a plant to much water because it could kill it yet people still recommend flushing it?

Confused as hell,lol/

thanks
 
darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

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roll8up said:
Hmm people talk about flushing, im very confused about this. Do you flush it with lots of water(water that has been sitting open for 24hours). If so why do people talk about giving a plant to much water because it could kill it yet people still recommend flushing it?

Confused as hell,lol/

thanks
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flushing is simple, wait till your soil needs to be watered and run 3 times as much water as you have medium. 3 gl pot=9 gallon water. it will kill it if you overwater all the time but flushing is perfectly fine. you do have drainage holes at the bottom of your pot dont you? its just like a small overwatering. most drains away, along with all that nasty salt buildup.
 
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roll8up

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Yea i got holes in my pots ect. I was just confused about the flushing & overwater,it just sounded the same to me but thanks for clearing that up.

much appreciated
 
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