^ hey -- so I have just jumped back in the saddle after being out for a few years. I built my own LED lamps using Samsung LED boards, and I am starting to think that the intensity is just too high for my plants. They are at about 4 weeks from seed and they just are not as perky as I feel they should be.
I also did what 40Amps did in regards to prepping his coco. Ran super hot water through it until runoff was clear. I tried charging it myself with a low dose of nutes, but I am guessing I might have screwed up. I also was watering too much at the beginning in my solo cups, did not really give the seedlings time to spread their roots in search of water.
Seriously thanks to everyone posting in this thread. I have been getting a little discouraged and honestly coming back and checking in on everyone's comments on this one is giving me hope.
**edit - went to the local shop and ordered a bunch of the charged coco bags. I have always rehydrated cheap bricks of coco, which normally worked for me. Eric - do you do anything to treat the coco or just use it straight out of the bag?**
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He does nothing to his. This is why I am apt to blame the medium. I am following some advice I read in a post by absolem citing a essay detailing cation and why you would want to charge with different precharged nutes depending on variety and type of plant. In short cal and mg for mj. 100 cal nit and 60 mg. By filling cation sites with those it keeps things in balance where if you used full spectrum nutes it can release n p and k later in veg or flower causing issues and not enough mg initially. That is it in a nutshell from a very long published paper.
I am set on a lack of mg because of improperly buffed coco causing a little deficiency in veg. The raised leaf edges and yellowing or necrosis between green veins is just textbook in my memory for mg def. Also noting mg plays large roll in transportation of water it explains the droopy look of some plants. Just my reasoning and logic. We will see how it plays out though. One of us will figure this out.