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Hey guys,
Why is this happening?
It's on every leaf, even the very tips of the newest leafs.
Why is this happening?
It's on every leaf, even the very tips of the newest leafs.
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If you feel comfortable about transplanting make sure the plantpot and the soil has good drainage. Ph balance the new soil before putting the plant in the new soil. If you are not totally sure of your new soil it doesn't hurt to bake it to get rid of any undesirable life forms.Sorry, yeah the picture does it no justice.
The whole of the leaf is green just the very tips including the tips around the end that you can see in the photo on the right hand side that have turned brown.
They were repotted into larger pots last week with new soil, it's only 2 out of 10 plants that are exhibiting these brown tips which makes me think the temps and humidity are fine.
I've used a weak solution of a vegging nutrient just once a couple of weeks back, been only distilled water other than that.
Do you think repotting them into this new soil may of been too strong for them nutrient wise and they're getting burned?
This picture doesn't say much(because it's poor quality) but usually brown tips indicate some sort of root problem caused by poor drainage or overwatering.Hey guys,
Why is this happening?
It's on every leaf, even the very tips of the newest leafs.
MAKE SURE YOU DO A PH TEST OF THE SOIL FIRST BEFORE BLINDLY DOING ANYTHING. Lime will bring the ph down.Your pH is most definitely off. I'm thinking it is too low.
The burn you are seeing is attributed to a nutrient toxicity as a result of other nutrients being locked out. The plant is looking for an electrical stability with the soil. If too many of the phosphates are locked up then the plant will wind up gorging itself on negatively charged nitrates in an attempt to replace what is being used up.
The reason this is obviously a pH problem is because you have both a nutrient burn, and at least a magnesium deficiency (as given by the yellowing of the leaves). Might be other micro-elements locked out as well.
What you do: Flush the system with pH 6.5 water. Use at least 4x the amount of water as there are gallons of soil. Do it slowly, each gallon should take several minutes. Try to saturate and drain.
This will rebalance the system. Then you need to top dress the soil with 1Tbls. crushed dolomite lime per gallon every two weeks and just feed through the top dressing. This will provide the micro-nutrients your plant needs and help create a pH buffer.
Good luck!