First Grow have a few problems

[VBlackMax]

This is my first indoor grow and I have recently started running into some deficiency problems. All plants are 6 weeks into flowering and seem to be stunned as most other plants at this flowering time seem to be far more mature in the budding process. They were kept in vegetative for roughly 2 and a half months. All plants are using the same soil mixture which is a miracle grow based soil. I have also looked at the infirmary FAQs but would like some additional advice on what might be going wrong before I use any more fertilizer. I have also tested PH and all seems well as far as that aspect.

Plant #1



Plant#2





Plant #3





Plant #4 (which is more or less dead but I would like to know what went wrong I am assuming based on the FAQs too much Nitrogen yet I only fertilized all the plants with the exception of plant 3 a minimal amount of times)



Plant #5



All advice and input is much appreciated.

 

[Arther_Daily]

I am an utter useless noob with only two grows under my belt - but they may be overwatered??

I'm sorry for your loss man - I hope they pull through

 

[Sammet]

Looks like they might be overwatered, is there any perlite in that miracle grow? Whats your watering/nutes schedule? I've seen lots of plants get burnt from that stuff too

 

[tuttlebudd]

How MUCH water and how often(use the weight to judge time..the pot is lighter..water..heavy NO water)...on ferts(good point on the perelite)...HOW MUCH is mnimal...
tutt

 

[VBlackMax]

water schedule and soil test

water schedule and soil test

There is perlite in the miracle grow soil mix, I also used a 14-7-7 fertilizer. As far as watering schedule, its about every 5 days, I usually try to base it off how dry the soil feels closer to the middle/bottom of the soil. I also ran soil tests today on all the plants except plant 4 since its probably done for. The results were 5.5.-6.0 PH for all plants all were high in nitrogen content, all but plants 1 and 2 were high in phosphorus, plant 1 being low in phosphorus and plant 2 had medium phosphorus content, and plants 1 and 3 were high in potassium content, 2 was medium to high on potassium content, and plant 5 was medium on potassium content.

 

[Guest]

Well from the pictures it is quite obvious you overfed them. The leaves are burning from nute burn. Just water with normal water for the next 7-9 days. The first one make sure its heavy enough for run off to carry away some of the salt build up as well.

 

[VBlackMax]

Should I flush the soil mixture?

 

[eugenegreen]

Should I flush the soil mixture?

Yes... As tokenfatty stated above... By the way did you use that MG 14-7-7 throughout bloom???

 

[VBlackMax]

Yes I did, which i am guessing was a mistake.

 

[Guest]

Big mistake! Way to much for flowering and not enough (P) and (k)

 

[eugenegreen]

Yes I did, which i am guessing was a mistake.

You have a nutrient lock out! Way too much Nitrogen in bloom, when it really isn't needed after the second or third week after onset of flowering... How much and how often did you use that MG fert??? My advice (though it is never good to do this far in bloom) is repot in a neutral mix, feed pure water, and lay off the nutes...

 

[8 Ball]

I think I see magnesium deficiency in the first picture. I bet there is no calcium or magnesium in the 14-7-7. Also, is there micronutrients? Check and report back. You might topdress lightly with powdered dolomitic lime at 1 1/2 teaspoons per gallon of soil mix to get cal/mag. Your ph is low enough to do this. (ph will rise) Water in.


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[Guest]

Hey sprout, I see you got a new handle!^^^^

 

[VBlackMax]

All soil was flushed today and i am waiting till tomorrow to take soil tests again as well as taking pictures.

 

[8 Ball]

All soil was flushed today and i am waiting till tomorrow to take soil tests again as well as taking pictures.

What are you testing? You need calcium and magnesium. I bet your 14-7-7 did not have cal/mag. Topdress with some dolomite lime at 1 1/2 teaspoons per gallon of soil mix. Water in. I bet your wimpy appearing leaves will perk up. Also yellow bottom leaves may regreen. Trust the 8 Ball.

 

[VBlackMax]

What are you testing? You need calcium and magnesium. I bet your 14-7-7 did not have cal/mag. Topdress with some dolomite lime at 1 1/2 teaspoons per gallon of soil mix. Water in. I bet your wimpy appearing leaves will perk up. Also yellow bottom leaves may regreen. Trust the 8 Ball.

Alright I'll do that today and post pictures when i get a chance.

 

[Core]

Hey sprout, I see you got a new handle!^^^^

Yea its him alright...F@#ing Loser.....he'l fack ya grow up in no time...

DONT LISTEN 2 Sproutco, AKA Black velvet, AK as 8 ball.....

edit...

wanted 2 rep you for spotting his sorry ass..this is what i got .....You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to HazeToker again.

 

[stealthballer]

most miracle grow ferts I have read are actually pretty complete, shitty ferts sure but they seem to have all the important stuff in there. I use them on my gardens in the yard.