Need a little help with first organic grow.

El Verdugo

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First, a little back ground. Been growing for little over 3 years... with salts,in coco, and felt comfortable enough to switch to organic.I have a tendency to over think things and make quick judgements. With that being said i decided to use Subcools supersoil. Figuring that everything thats needed is already in the soil and i would be slower to make hasty decisions if i have problems... that being said , i think i might have manganese issues? Inputs greatly appreciated! Thanks
 

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manfredo

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I use subcools soil recipe but something looks a little off here. They are really light green in color...Maybe that's light though, they look good in 2nd photo. All the same plants?

What was your base soil?

One thing that helped me a lot was this.... I water with RO water and add 15 ml of cal mag and 2 teaspoons of Epsom salts to ever 4 gallons of water I use....from the time they are seedlings til the last week of growth. Typically by the time they get into flower I start supplementing with some nutes, and /or top feeding with fresh soil. That seems to eliminate any magnesium issues that were appearing.

I have been tweaking his recipe, and re-using/re-amending soil with good results.
 

El Verdugo

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I used Roots organic original/ sunshine mix #4 . 70/30. The only thing else i added to it was 1 table spoon per cuft of fulvic/humic mix from kelp for less. Thanks for the reply
 

El Verdugo

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I used Roots organic original/ sunshine mix #4 . 70/30. The only thing else i added to it was 1 table spoon per cuft of fulvic/humic mix from kelp for less. Thanks for the reply
The upper nodes of the plants are more yellow than the rest. I'm also in 10 gal smart pots with the super soil in the bottom half.
 

Rurumo

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Those don't look bad. I'd give them 1/4 teaspoon epsom salts per gallon for a few days at first, see how they do. If you want to cover your bases with micronutrients, get some TM-7 from Bioag. Feed them 1/4 teaspoon per gallon once per week. I usually give it to them once per week for 3 weeks starting at flip-Cootz turned me on to the idea and it has worked well through every type of grow.
 
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