2 plants look like zinc deficiency (help)

BlessDaKid

New Member
I’m not sure what’s going on with those pics but your gunna want to include more info for some help. What kind of soil. How did you get it to 5 to begin with. Climate/ lights/ food et.
Using fox farm happy frog potting soil, was try to keep ph at 6.3 or 6.6. Also climate in tent around 20 celsius with light on and 40 to 50 humidity at night 16 to 18 Celsius and humidity the same. Food fox farm trio nutrient and bit of calmag. My light led PanthrX II from Crecer Lighting.
 

green_machine_two9er

Well-Known Member
Stop phing and get temps and lights up to par.
real advice….
Fresh seeds and start over. Whatever is pictured is barely considered viable plant material. Maybe that’s just some bottom branches. How bout a whole plant shot. Snd a whole picture of the grow space
 

BlessDaKid

New Member
Stop phing and get temps and lights up to par.
real advice….
Fresh seeds and start over. Whatever is pictured is barely considered viable plant material. Maybe that’s just some bottom branches. How bout a whole plant shot. Snd a whole picture of the grow space
well I just flush my plants they're actually at 3300ppms I'm get it down to 900ppms but ph still at 5.00. I'm try to get the ph back to 6.5 or close enough 6.7. I don't got par meter at the moment. It's on wish list with bluelab soil pens and bluelab pulse multimedia ec/mc meter.
 

BlessDaKid

New Member
flush out nutrients, ppm were too high and end up using bit baking soda to bring the ph back to 6.45 or 6.5.. just hoping for the best now
 

Bullmark

Well-Known Member
You are flushing soil that is amended w/ organic nutrients and measuring runoff is not something that’s going to do anything but make you wanna give up growing. For starters those readings are ridiculously high but they are misleading. The organic nutes are present but, since they are organic, are not available to the plant instantly like synthetic bottled nutes.
Now I wish I could tell you how to properly go about balancing soil, that’s amended with an unknown and immeasurable amount of nutrients, with the application of new outside nutrients of your choice. However, this is a riddle that I’ve not been able to solve.
I do know that the folks who have the most success growing in soils like Ocean Forest or Happy Frog tend to keep it simple and allow the soil itself to provide most of what’s needed.
Often the only supplementing being done is a top dressing of more of the same soil around the 5-6 week mark.
Anyway, I hope u get your grow squared away. For the future there is a thread in this site totally devoted to growing in amended Fox Farm soil authored by a fella that lays it out so simple it’s def idiot proof. Check it out.
 
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