POTASSIUM OR PHOSPHORUS DEF? OR OTHER

[wsp]

SOIL:
What STRAIN are you growing? Elite Mix-Venomberry
I took my most beautiful purple male Venomberry and crossed him with a purple sister and a green sister. Both of the ladies had tighter buds than most of the Venomberry. Venomberry is not lacking in power at all. The male was so beautiful that I gave him a harem of his own with all my elites. As well as the Purple and Green Venomberry I gave him a Chocolate Trip, a Blowfish, and a Trainwreck. When they were done I just mixed all the seeds together.
Hey Folks,
I forgot one mom that was in the group. The Purp. She was in the mix also.
jojorizo
What was the establishing technique? (seed or clone?) SEED
What is the age of your plants? 2 MONTHS
What PHASE (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in? VEG
What Technique are you using? (SOG, SCROG etc) TRYING TO FIND MOTHER
What size pots are you using? (Include how many subjects to pot) 1 GAL 1 PLANT PER
What substrate/medium are you using? (percentage of perlite, vermiculite...etc?) FFOF CUT WITH 30% PERLITE AND 1 TSP OF LIME
What Nutrient's are you using?How much of each? *Knowing the brand is very helpful* GROW BIG
What is the TDS/EC/PPM of your nutrients used? NOT SURE
What is the pH of the "RUN-OFF"? 6.6
What method of pH test was administered? AQUARIUM TEST SOLUTION
When was your last water? 3 DAYS
When was your last feeding and how often are you feeding? 1.5 TSP OF GROW BIG TO GALLON OF WATER, USED 3 CUPS PER PLANT
What size bulb are you using? 3 FLURO'S
What is the distance to the canopy? 2 INCHES
What is your RH Factor? (Relative Humidity) 25%
What is the canopy temperature? 70
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include fluctuation range) SAME
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.) 236 CFM FAN ON TOP OF BOX PULLING FRESH AIR IN BOTTOM
Is the fan blowing directly at plants? NO
Is the grow substrate constantly wet or moist? MOIST
Is your water HARD or SOFT? HARD WITH A PH OF 7.0
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned or pinched? PINCHED 2 WEEKS AGO
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so what and when? NO
Are plant's infected with pest's? NO

 

[MynameStitch]

1.5 TSP OF GROW BIG TO GALLON OF WATER, USED 3 CUPS PER PLANT

Used 3 cups per plant of what?!?

How often are you feeding.

How are you testing your ph with solution?
Are you using solution to balance out your ph?

Your RH humidity is extremley low dude; you will need to bring that back up a bit with a humidifier on for so long and off for so long... need to get a timer.

THat is not causing the issue. here I think is it's a mixture of issues; you have a buildup causing lockout I think......

Plants are near rootbound too need a new pot soon.

What is the pH of your run off? The water you get from after watering your plants... the water that comes from the bottom of the pot.

 

[wsp]

1.5 TSP OF GROW BIG TO GALLON OF WATER, USED 3 CUPS PER PLANT

Used 3 cups per plant of what?!? Sorry, 3 cups of water and fert solution as mentioned above.

How often are you feeding. Every 14 days

How are you testing your ph with solution? Aquarium PH test kit
Are you using solution to balance out your ph? No

Your RH humidity is extremley low dude; you will need to bring that back up a bit with a humidifier on for so long and off for so long... need to get a timer. I agree with that. I'm working on that. It is around 40% now.

THat is not causing the issue. here I think is it's a mixture of issues; you have a buildup causing lockout I think......

Plants are near rootbound too need a new pot soon. Will repot this weekend.

What is the pH of your run off? 6.6
The water you get from after watering your plants... the water that comes from the bottom of the pot.

 

[moonymonkey]

i vote lockout,ph issue...

 

[wsp]

What is the ideal PH of water and fert solution?

 

[MynameStitch]

3 cups of water and fert solution as mentioned above.

Ok, I am still confused here; you added 1.5 tsp per gallon but used 3 cups of that mixture to each plant right?


Everything else seems fine; I would feed weekly now; after transplanting wait over a week to feed if you put them back in FFOF soil.....
your ph is fine.....

14 days is to long to feed; you should feed weekly; but when you transplant into fresh soil you should wait a bit before feeding with the soil being fresh with nutrients.

So like I said a week after transplant feed with your grow big; feed every 7 days; your amount 1.5 teaspoons per gallon is fine just do not go over that.

Your plants are also suffering from micronutrient issues; I would add some epsom salts 1 tsp per gallon to your grow big mixture.....
SO pretty much your plants are just not getting fed enough.......

 

[20kw dreams]

IMO, Your just not watering them enough with your fert, and maybe burning the roots a bit as your mix dries out. I have seen plants bone dry that won't wilt, but they start looking all shitty like yours do. It's not to late to save them though.

I'm not seeing the Mg def at all...well, maybe a bit, but I also see N and K defs, so just water them more and I think you'll be fine.

That being said, listen to Stitch, and get them in a bigger pot. Don't worry, I kill plants all the time. You gotta learn somehow

It never hurts to water them with plain water every once in a while.

And you shouldn't add more lime to FFOF. That shit is great out of the bag. A little perlite doesn't hurt, but if these are for mothers I would just use it straight.

And you said they were in 1 gal pots, but it looks to me like those are in Dixie cups? those are 16oz cups, which is 1/8 of a gallon. I say 2 gal pots for sure.

Are you feeding every 14 days and watering in between? Or only feeeing them WHEN you water, which is only every 14 days? I'm confused. Either way, you could hit them every few days with 10ml/gal, just make sure you have 20% runoff to avoid salt accumulation.

IMO it's much better to just feed weakly with every watering, instead of spiking them, then flush, spike, flush, etc. just don't seem natural to me.

 

[MynameStitch]

Like 20k said you do not want them to dry out completely; dry soil once it has been wet and let to sit out to dry enough to where the soil pulls away from the pot... can cause issues with nutrient absorption.

How often are you watering your plants?

 

[wsp]

I was watering using the weight of container method. Approximately every 7 days, and waiting till it was light again. I was using FF Grow Big every other watering. I repotted today using FFOF cut with perlite and I was amazed by how rootbound it was. Repotting and changing the watering schdeule hopefully will resolve my dilema.

Thanks MynameStitch and 20kw dreams

And you shouldn't add more lime to FFOF. That shit is great out of the bag. A little perlite doesn't hurt, but if these are for mothers I would just use it straight.
20kw dreams

Why wouldn't you use lime? Correct me if i'm wrong FF OF is light in the mag area. I relize it comes PH adjusted at 6.3 to 6.8 to allow for optimum fertilizer uptake. So my question is do I add lime or not?

 

[MynameStitch]

Lime is mainly added to the medium for ph balancing or to add calcium and magnesium; depending on what medium it is; like say if you are in soiless; you do not want to add as much as you would normal soil because it will make the pH rise........

How much lime are you wanting to add?

 

[wsp]

My 50th post to say Thanks

My 50th post to say Thanks

I thought I would think MynameStitch and 20kw dreams for there help with this one. I thought I was gone to lose her.

From this !!






To this!!!! In 14 days, Thanks for your help!!




The results were repotting with FFOF/perlite and watering/fert more frequently. So AGAIN THANKS AND HOPE TO SPEAK WITH YOU SOON IN A DIFFERENT GALLERY!!

 

[MynameStitch]

Congrats m8! Take good care of her now