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- Thread starter eskimo
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What nutrients are you feeding?
You've got a magnesium deficiency, and a bad one.
I'd bet dollars to donuts the pH of your medium is whacked.
Take a volume of water equal to your soil volume, pH 7, and run through the soil the collect runoff. Test the pH of the effluent. Get back to us.
You've got a magnesium deficiency, and a bad one.
I'd bet dollars to donuts the pH of your medium is whacked.
Take a volume of water equal to your soil volume, pH 7, and run through the soil the collect runoff. Test the pH of the effluent. Get back to us.
At the momment i give them n-k 6-3 Guano and tab water...i thought i overdose at some point ....i hawe never had this Kind of problems with water here, ....anyway im gona test it AS soon i i can get some stiks ...are ph sticks OK or do i need something more presize ?
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
You need to feed plants a full spectrum diet. Here is a list of all nutrients required by plants:
http://nrcca.cals.cornell.edu/nutrient/CA1/CA010102.php
Look at the back of your fertilizer, and start checking the nutrients present in your food off against the provided list. I highly suspect your feed has no Mg, and probably is missing other nutrients as well.
Even if your food has all required nutrients, the pH of the medium can "lock out" certain elements - even if they are technically present in the soil, too low or high pH of the soil makes them unavailable to the plants. This is why it's important to ensure the soil and or water stay within the proper pH range.
Since you say you need to get some pH sticks (litmus strips?), I assume you are not already balancing your pH. This, if the case, is the likely your problem.
An accurate pH pen i easier to use imo, but you can get by with pH drops or even litmus strips which are a little more of a hassle to use, but provide similar information.
Check your pH effluent, check the nutrients present in your food, and get back to us.
-Chimera
http://nrcca.cals.cornell.edu/nutrient/CA1/CA010102.php
Look at the back of your fertilizer, and start checking the nutrients present in your food off against the provided list. I highly suspect your feed has no Mg, and probably is missing other nutrients as well.
Even if your food has all required nutrients, the pH of the medium can "lock out" certain elements - even if they are technically present in the soil, too low or high pH of the soil makes them unavailable to the plants. This is why it's important to ensure the soil and or water stay within the proper pH range.
Since you say you need to get some pH sticks (litmus strips?), I assume you are not already balancing your pH. This, if the case, is the likely your problem.
An accurate pH pen i easier to use imo, but you can get by with pH drops or even litmus strips which are a little more of a hassle to use, but provide similar information.
Check your pH effluent, check the nutrients present in your food, and get back to us.
-Chimera
