Grow book Pic shows IRON deficiency what do you guys think

My situation:3 plants in 5 gal buckets. feeding FoxFarm Grow big 1 oz per gal - every other day according to the instructions.

1 gal of water for all 3 plants everyday
My plant buckets are sitting on concrete, ave temp down here is close to 100

This could be many things according to all I have read. Getting panic all over my body, starting to try anything to save my plants

This is not the pic in the grow book, this is my actual plant

nute burn possibly?? if it is hold off on nutes for awhile, just give them plain ph balanced water, also maybe make sure your not overwatering let the soil dry before you water, i dunno i cant tell you for sure just what im guessing, wait around sum1else mite have a better go

thats boron deficiency.

from ic mags guide to sick plants
Solution to fixing a Boron deficiency
One of the ways you can fix a boron deficiency is to either foliar spray or water regular. Treat with one teaspoon of Boric acid (sold as eyewash) per gallon of water. (Only mixing at ½ strength when using chemical nutrients or it will cause nutrient burn!) Other nutrients that have boron in them are: Borax, Boric Acid, Colemanite, Sodium pentaborate, Sodium tetraborate, which are ALL fast absorption. Garden Manure, Bone Meal are both good boron supplements, but are slow/medium absorption.

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Gonna give it a try Thanks! I will let you know what happens! Thank again for the help!

A great product ive recently started using on my girls outside is Bonide Liquid iron. It covers a lot of micronutrient deficiencies. I.e. Boron, zinc, iron, magnesium, etc. 0 0 0 fertvalue, easily added into the feeding sched. First use and i could really tell the difference. Only needed a few times every grow..and the product lasts a while. For 12$ its nice

1 oz of grow big? That's 3 tsp? Every other day?
I think it's your feeding/watering schedule!
You watering 1 gallon everyday is like watering
everyday, you don't wanna do that. You should
water good and let it dry out good watering or
feeding every other time! Weather it's 3,4 or 5
days it depends on the plant water
usage and how big or whatever it is! I just went
a whole week not watering cause the plants are
little and in a 5 gallon pot. And I gave'em just
enough water to get going too! I try not to soak
the dirt till the plant is bigger and the water
usage is more

Over watering? Based on your post I am sho nuf overwatering cuz I fill the pots everyday. Hmmmm okay lemmi stop for a few day see what happens after I kick it a little iron and cal?

i would maybe try let them dry out well and give them plain ph water and let them dry out again and then feed feed water and repeat while always letting them dry out inbetween feeds and waterings, thats just me wait for a 2nd opinion

What is plain PH water?

Keith526 said:

What is plain PH water?

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It is water with neutral pH, which is around 7. MJ in soil likes 6.5ish though. Check out the diagram that I stole from someone else's post on another thread.

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Okay yeah that was good stuff, PH gots to be in the right range or you get what I got. I use pool and spa test strips and I thinking I gotta use something else to know my PH. When you said use PH balanced water I wanna know if that is bottled water you buy in store?? I use PH down in my water. I test a gal of water (I'm on well water) it starts out at 7.6 according to the strips. I put a few drops of PH down until I get 6.8 then I give it to my ladies. But if the strips are wrong?!?!? As for the over water issue my plants have gonetwo days without water. They are alive and the look okay?? Growing weed is difficult but I afford to buy!

If you have always been watering with water that has a pH of 6.8 then you have locked out a few trace minerals (which are shown on the charts). If you have been watering at 6.8 since day 1 then that should be a good indication as to what the issue is.

Test strips are alright, but they can be off. I've never used them so I'm not sure how much, but I do know that an electronic pH meter that I checked out could have a difference of +/- 0.2. I wanted a meter that gave me the most accurate reading possible so I forked out a bit more cash and picked one up. With pH strips you're trying to match one color to another and the differene between the tested color and the closest matching control color could be enough to screw up your grow, especially if you're leaving your water towards the higher end of scale such as 6.8.

yes just ph your water, and if its starting at 7.6 its pretty good, if i were you i would invest in some meters, ph and ec,

an ec meter measures the total salts in your water, you can use one of these to measure your nutrients, but if your water already has a high total dissolved salt build up TDS then even if you add the right ammount of nutrient you will still burn your plants and/or alter the ph of your soil due to salt build up, to really know whats going on in your soil you should be testing the PH and EC of your run off water, the price of the two of these meters is noithing compared to the ammount of bud you would get from one healthy plant come harvest and they really do save alot of hassle,

and yea dont worry bout 2 days no water as long as the soil is still moist underneath the top layer and the pot has a bit of weight in it your ok, i go 4 days sometimes 5 with no water but theres no set ammount of time it will dry out you just gotta judge it yourself to many factors come into how long it will go without, just let them go till they start to wilt just a little for the first time so you know when to water in the future, dont worry as soon as you water any wilting will go away quite quickly so long as you havent let them go way too long

teaspoon = .166666667 US ounce

3tsp = .5 US ounce,(3tsp doesn't add up to an ounce)

dirtysnowball said:

teaspoon = .166666667 US ounce

3tsp = .5 US ounce,(3tsp doesn't add up to an ounce)

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so dude's using 6 tsp per gallon then? I've used fox farms (including the trio of boosters) and this would definitely qualify as over fertilizing. I'd let them dry out and flush them with water to help get rid of the accumulated salts in the soil that is causing lock out. If you're using well water I'd think the iron levels would be fine, but like some other members suggested getting EC ppm ph meters would be great for you.

yeah dude i know, i was trying to help this guy a few days ago... and long story short some dudes got pissed and said my 1/2 strength every other watering advice caused over fertilization..... but it turns out later he said that "he was high and made a mistake, he over watered and then overfertilized by using 4tbsp of FF grow big" lol, thats equal to full strength miracle grow, and it was for a small plant. double trouble lol

dirtysnowball said:

yeah dude i know, i was trying to help this guy a few days ago... and long story short some dudes got pissed and said my 1/2 strength every other watering advice caused over fertilization..... but it turns out later he said that "he was high and made a mistake, he over watered and then overfertilized by using 4tbsp of FF grow big" lol, thats equal to full strength miracle grow, and it was for a small plant. double trouble lol

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i thought it looked more like burning than a def of some kind!