Strange Leaves Indeed
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CanadianJim
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How much are you watering, how often? Is your medium high in nitrogen? Are you feeding it, especially high nitrogen ferts?
radiant Rudy
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Ya, i bet you've got an imbalance there. I get those twisted and curled new leaves when i hit em too hard w humics. Dark green leaves and very purple petioles also suggest that soil is hot and unbalanced.
Growing24/7
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Other than a little too much nitrogen is looks fine and no signs of any nute burn so as long as you stop feeding nitrogen (or any feed for this case atm) for now it should be happy! Feed plain phed water for the next 1-2 times.
The plants are in Pro mix. The nutrients I’m using are Green Planet Medi One (4-3-3) I let the medium dry out til the pots are really light before watering. I’ve cut the feeding back to 50% of the recommended amount for early veg
How do I cut back on the N in a one part nutrient. Should I stop using them and switch to a different nutrient system. I am into the 5th week of the plants life and am feeding at 50% the recommended amount for early veg
I’m using pro mix soiless medium. If it has become unbalanced how do I rebalance and by hot do you mean temperature hot or over rich in nutrient hot?
Growing24/7
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The only way is to use less nutes or buy new ones. If using less nutes of that doesn't give your plant everything it needs then the only solution is buy better nutes since you're using a soil-less medium with no added fertilizer.
4-3-3 seems alright for veg but you will want more of a 1-2-3 for flower, or anything closer to that. You definitely don't want more nitrogen than phosphorus or potassium when flower comes around. Look into getting some other nutes, or if you want you can even try organic amendments.
CanadianJim
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I would cut back to 1/4th of the recommended dose. Which promix exactly did you use?
Growing24/7
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Looks a little over watered!
Pro mix Hp with som additional perlite
radiant Rudy
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Read up on soil balancing. I agree w poster who suvgedts plain water until you see a change fir the better. If they were my plants id get a soil test. In the meantime i'd add maybe 25grams to the gal of gypsum and let that.run through your substrate at watering time.
Please enlighten me on the gypsum in the water. Does it help pull excess nutrients out
hellmutt bones
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Looks good high nitrogen maybe but it's typical of some soil brands. Especially when new. Just don't give her extra nutrients. Water for a few weeks see how she reacts. But looks good.
radiant Rudy
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CaSO4 will bring soluble Ca to your roots on the fly. This is nearly always a plus. It will also help with excess K, Mg and S will quicken N utilization. Also N toxicity is blunted to a degree by readily available Ca.
Learning about these interactions is as easy as a youtube sesh w the hefty bros, jon kempf , kittredge etc.
Again if you haven't got a soil test youre joking.
Plant deficiencies are at the point of crises by the time they become visible. Saying that you know whats going on by visible clues could be true but its too late and it is amateur stoner boy style.
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