Twisty new growth

[Ilikesade]

Hi fellow humans. I have an issue with my outdoor plants, they are slowing down in growth and for past week all new growth comes out twisted. They are in a basic soil, perlite, and castings mix. My feed is the fox farms trio but I feed at half strength or less and have only fed four times. Otherwise it's all pure water. The smart pots are new to me and I feel I have to water way more than solid pots. Please help and thanks in advance


The close up,is yesterday and the other is from right before the problem started to show

 

[who dat is]

Hi fellow humans. I have an issue with my outdoor plants, they are slowing down in growth and for past week all new growth comes out twisted. They are in a basic soil, perlite, and castings mix. My feed is the fox farms trio but I feed at half strength or less and have only fed four times. Otherwise it's all pure water. The smart pots are new to me and I feel I have to water way more than solid pots. Please help and thanks in advance
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The close up,is yesterday and the other is from right before the problem started to show

Have you scoped the new growth areas to make sure you don't have russet or broad mites?

Otherwise have you been applying foliar sprays that could possibly be on the strong side and burning new growth?

These are shots in the dark (kind of) but a start none the less. Any additional info you can provide will help narrow it down

 

[_tessarecting]

If there are no eggs found under the leaves chances are you should just feed it some cal/mag

 

[MrBungle]

Don't skimp on the Big Bloom.. The other 2 you could probably stick with 1/2 strength or more as it grows... The grow big has some ammonium nitrate in it that could drop the pH a lil bit.. especially in a peat based mix

 

[Ilikesade]

Have you scoped the new growth areas to make sure you don't have russet or broad mites?

Otherwise have you been applying foliar sprays that could possibly be on the strong side and burning new growth?

These are shots in the dark (kind of) but a start none the less. Any additional info you can provide will help narrow it down

I just looked and there is a surprising lack of bugs, I found zero. I have not been using foliage sprays(should I?). The pest thing reminds me that my gardener sprayed for weeds a week before symptoms showed....connected maybe?

 

[Ilikesade]

If there are no eggs found under the leaves chances are you should just feed it some cal/mag

This I did first which was three days ago. Things aren't getting worse but they're not much better. Maybe more time. I've also been watering like crazy so that might be helping too.

 

[FoothillFarming]

To me that looks like Ca deficiency. IMO, do not add Mg either, as those plants are nice and green. How are your boron levels?

I would consider a chelated Ca such as Albion. Either that or a nice EWC tea. Oyster shell top dress....

 

[_tessarecting]

Let the soil dry out more...overwatering can cause Ca def

 

[Ilikesade]

If there are no eggs found under the leaves chances are you should just feed it some cal/mag

I actually fed them cal/mag cuz same thing happened to Schrews and some suggested calcium deficiency. I will keep up on water and cal/mag and see what happens

 

[FoothillFarming]

I actually fed them cal/mag cuz same thing happened to Schrews and some suggested calcium deficiency. I will keep up on water and cal/mag and see what happens

If you notice Screws had Mg levels in excess.

 

[Ilikesade]

Let the soil dry out more...overwatering can cause Ca def

I was going heavy on water cuz they wilted twice in two weeks on me, but maybe I went too much and flushed some cal