Trying to go all organic, having some issues week 4 of flowering
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elduece
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It's probably too cold for them at night or too big of a temperature gap between day and night. You said 65f, it's probably colder than that. I'd warm up the night hours to 70-72F if possible or try close that temperature gap to a 10-15f difference. This is exactly what happened to me sativas awhile last winter.
canefan
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Sounds like to me you need a little wood ash to help with the yellowing this is more than likely a nute lockout. Sativas are very finicky about being feed they don't need much if your soil is good. I believe that people have been using epsom salts way too much and it does build up in the soil easily. I am no super grower but have been growing things for decades and found early on the epsom salts usually end causing me more problems that it solves. The wood ash is a great soil admendment and with the sativas especially I find top dressing them with it and watering it in slowly greens up the plants nicely when suffering the discoloration yours are showing. Just my humble opinion but something to think about.
Hmm, this is interesting. I might try this soon if the steps I've taken don't pan out the way I hope them to. Thanks for the input and to everyone else, also.
My soil ph is too high. I checked it with a new soil ph meter. So how do I organically lower my soil ph? I've already got lime in the soil from my original mix and last week I top dressed each 5 gal bucket with 3 more tbsp of lime. I though this would bring it back to the 6.5 range but it's still 7.7 after a week of nothing but water, epsoms for the mag deff and molasses being fed to them on top of the top dressing.
Any suggestions as to how to get it to the right ph? and is the right ph 6.5 - 6.8 range?
Thanks
Any suggestions as to how to get it to the right ph? and is the right ph 6.5 - 6.8 range?
Thanks
You only need one application of the Epsom Salts, don't keep applying it.
Soil meter? If it's one of those things where you stick 2 prongs in the soil, throw it away! They are worse than useless because they give such inaccurate readings. Your pH may be fine and the meter, off.
If nothing else, snag one of those $20 pH pens off ebay (be sure and get solution), and measure the run off pH. That is what counts. Milwaukee 600 is decent and $20.
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Soil meter? If it's one of those things where you stick 2 prongs in the soil, throw it away! They are worse than useless because they give such inaccurate readings. Your pH may be fine and the meter, off.
If nothing else, snag one of those $20 pH pens off ebay (be sure and get solution), and measure the run off pH. That is what counts. Milwaukee 600 is decent and $20.
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kimber45acp
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coffee grinds are acidic so that should work.