PadawanWarrior
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Yes, it has deficiencies going on, but my thought is it's pH or lockout. It sounds like he's giving plenty of P.
Whats wrong with my plant? Please help!
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CannaCountry
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And you may be very right Sir. I didn't see where the OP mentions how much P he/she was running, but I would say most of that damage occurred over a period of time and not over night, but yes, if he/she is feeding plenty of P, they either have a P hog or it's not getting through because of pH or a lock out. Either way, I'd say that boat has sailed and it's best just to stay his/her course and grow on with a little more experience for the next show.
Alot of attitude here. Yall need to burn one and calm down.
Basically, even if you ph your water to the perfect range every time you water your plant, it is taking different things from your soil at different times. As things are removed and added to your soil, the ph of the soil can change drastically from the ph you are putting in.
I ran into this problem a couple times now. The plant is doing amazing until flower starts, then ph issues, wth.. well, different nutrients uptake at different ph levels. Even with my soil ph levels at 5.6, for veg it didn't seem to notice, so neither did I. I noticed at flower, when my plant noticed. I learned to monitor runoff ph and ppm throughout the entire grow. Dont wait for problems. Even if its just once a week, check it!
Thats when I started reading and watching everything I could about runoff ph. I'm no expert, but there is easy to find info.
The stuff your seeing deficient (P) could very well be in your soil, but the plant can't take it in because the soil PH is off.
First thing we do is Google the leaf issue and we get pages of deficiencies and toxicities. It could be. But before we know if or why, we have to make sure our roots are able to have it in the first place.
Soil ph, moisture level, the soil itself, the container its in... We don't grow marijuana, marijuana does that on its own. It does that through its roots. Our job as growers is to grow the best, healthiest, happiest root system we can.
Basically, even if you ph your water to the perfect range every time you water your plant, it is taking different things from your soil at different times. As things are removed and added to your soil, the ph of the soil can change drastically from the ph you are putting in.
I ran into this problem a couple times now. The plant is doing amazing until flower starts, then ph issues, wth.. well, different nutrients uptake at different ph levels. Even with my soil ph levels at 5.6, for veg it didn't seem to notice, so neither did I. I noticed at flower, when my plant noticed. I learned to monitor runoff ph and ppm throughout the entire grow. Dont wait for problems. Even if its just once a week, check it!
Thats when I started reading and watching everything I could about runoff ph. I'm no expert, but there is easy to find info.
The stuff your seeing deficient (P) could very well be in your soil, but the plant can't take it in because the soil PH is off.
First thing we do is Google the leaf issue and we get pages of deficiencies and toxicities. It could be. But before we know if or why, we have to make sure our roots are able to have it in the first place.
Soil ph, moisture level, the soil itself, the container its in... We don't grow marijuana, marijuana does that on its own. It does that through its roots. Our job as growers is to grow the best, healthiest, happiest root system we can.
Ok so I watered my plants today with plain PhD tap water at 6.5 going in and tested the run off all the plants had a ph of 5.4 coming out. So I'm suspecting the ph is low in my soil. Since I am in week 7 of flower what can I do? I am 3 days into a flush should i keep flushing or try to get my soil ph fixed and feed?
You can give it all the P you want, but it can't take it in at 5.6 ... you can flush good and feed with a ph to get your runoff to 6.2 to 6.8 range if you want, unfortunately leaf damage doesn't fix.
Next grow, go into it confident, because squaring up that soil ph will keep em happy
Next grow, go into it confident, because squaring up that soil ph will keep em happy