wouldnot
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Day 57...
I measured the pH of the runoff water today. I balanced the water to 7.0 then collected the first drops that came out the bottom.
Readings:
Healthy female: 6.08
Female #2: 6.09
Largest white widow: 5.79
Unhealthy seedling: 5.95
Retarded looking one: 6.31
Retard #2: 6.69
Oregano: 6.15
White widow #3: 6.36
All of them are too low, except the retard.
So what I did was remove about an inch of the soil and add 1 1/2 teaspoons of dolomite lime to the soil and covered it again. I then watered them straight from the tap (ph 7.7). I think I did the right thing, I'll have to measure runoff again next water. I'm new to all this.
The 2 healthy females look like calcium deficiency (burnt tips, slight curl). Adding the dolomite lime should solve this along with the ph problems.
There is a pale seedling and the 2 retards which I think are suffering sulphur deficiency. Probably from pH lockout. I water with 1tsp/litre of epsom salts even though I added lime. Sulphur deficiency is twisted leaves and pale new shoots.
I thought the white widows were getting their leaves a bit twisted from too high ph, but measuring the runoff said they're acidic. Hopefully getting the ph back up will solve this. They are growing nicely anyway.
So hopefully I fixed a few issues today. We'll see in a couple of days.
If I did this again I would make sure I get the pH right and add some dolomite lime to the potting mix.
Healthy female. Starting to develop some lower branches.
Female #2.
Lowryder - 18 days old. Improving now since repotting in different soil. Greener and actually growing. No where near the white widows though.
The first white widow, big and leafy but they are a bit twisted. Hopefully sorting out the ph will solve this. 14 days old.
White widow #2 - look how big this one is. It's as wide as the pot already. It's really grown the most, you can see where it was 2 days ago in my previous post. Compare it to the pot size of the other plants, it's crazy.
This seedling went really pale. This happened to the other lowryders before. I think it's sulphur deficiency due to pH lockout.
I measured the pH of the runoff water today. I balanced the water to 7.0 then collected the first drops that came out the bottom.
Readings:
Healthy female: 6.08
Female #2: 6.09
Largest white widow: 5.79
Unhealthy seedling: 5.95
Retarded looking one: 6.31
Retard #2: 6.69
Oregano: 6.15
White widow #3: 6.36
All of them are too low, except the retard.
So what I did was remove about an inch of the soil and add 1 1/2 teaspoons of dolomite lime to the soil and covered it again. I then watered them straight from the tap (ph 7.7). I think I did the right thing, I'll have to measure runoff again next water. I'm new to all this.
The 2 healthy females look like calcium deficiency (burnt tips, slight curl). Adding the dolomite lime should solve this along with the ph problems.
There is a pale seedling and the 2 retards which I think are suffering sulphur deficiency. Probably from pH lockout. I water with 1tsp/litre of epsom salts even though I added lime. Sulphur deficiency is twisted leaves and pale new shoots.
I thought the white widows were getting their leaves a bit twisted from too high ph, but measuring the runoff said they're acidic. Hopefully getting the ph back up will solve this. They are growing nicely anyway.
So hopefully I fixed a few issues today. We'll see in a couple of days.
If I did this again I would make sure I get the pH right and add some dolomite lime to the potting mix.
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Healthy female. Starting to develop some lower branches.
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Female #2.
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Lowryder - 18 days old. Improving now since repotting in different soil. Greener and actually growing. No where near the white widows though.
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The first white widow, big and leafy but they are a bit twisted. Hopefully sorting out the ph will solve this. 14 days old.
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White widow #2 - look how big this one is. It's as wide as the pot already. It's really grown the most, you can see where it was 2 days ago in my previous post. Compare it to the pot size of the other plants, it's crazy.
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This seedling went really pale. This happened to the other lowryders before. I think it's sulphur deficiency due to pH lockout.