Whats wrong with my future mother plant?

bwatte

bwatte

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This plant is about 4 weeks old, and has already had some clippings taken off of it. I am using HG aqua nutes and am following feed directions exactly. I am getting this weird lime green new growth and even some of the older leaves are getting this lime green towards the stem, middle of the bunches of leaves. Thanks

Also this has been going on for a few days, I just fed yesterday with nutes, as well as 2 days ago with nutes. Should I only give them nutes every so often??
 

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ElectricPineapple

ElectricPineapple

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you need N and wait til its much older before you take clippings from it. also you might want your mother plant to be in soil. easier to maintain. IMO
 
bwatte

bwatte

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I know I shouldn't be taking clippings off at such an early age, but that's what I meant to do in order to turn this into a bonsai mum. Everything I read on the subject of creating a bonsai is what I've done so far. What about my initial concern though? The lime colored healthy leaves? I gave it some nitrogen last night in the feeding.
 
nizmo

nizmo

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I don't factor how old a plant is before i take cuttings. If it has enough growth tips, then you can safely sacrifice a couple. I often take a couple of clones when the plant is only 2 weeks old and it doesn't slow anything down.
 
Antigen

Antigen

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It looks like a Magnesium or Sulphur deficiency to me. I have not grown in hydro before, only soil, but on this chart I have it says that Magnesium gets locked out in hydro grows at pH of 5.7 and lower. If you say you are 5.5-5.6, you might have a magnesium def. Sulphur, the other one your plant looks like, locks out at 5.5 or lower.

Again, I haven't done hydro before, so I'm not sure, but here is the chart I am looking at, maybe it will be helpful to you.

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nizmo

nizmo

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What i dont understand is why you need a higher pH when growing in soil? We're talking about water-solubility here, so what's different about water surrounded by soil, and water in a bucket?

It makes no sense to me and you always hear people saying it but nobody explaining why it is that way...
 
turdnugget420

turdnugget420

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Looks like a N deficiency to me...I go along with the other poster however that a mother would be so much easier to keep in soil...Good luck!
 
Antigen

Antigen

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A nitrogen deficiency would start yellowing the leaves from the tips inward, not from the middle outward like this plant shows. The leaves look pretty dark green except for the trouble spots too so I wouldn't add any extra nitrogen than you normally would.
 
nizmo

nizmo

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Yeah its not N alright. Youd see it in the older leaves first, and it would be even across the leaf
 
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