The Growery
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48 hours ago I transplanted my veg plants from a promix container that was phing at 5.6-5.8 using dyna gro nutes. The night before transplant I gave each plant a cup of compost tea from a local grow store, the following morning they were perking up. Later that afternoon I decided to transplant all the veg plants into a new organic soil mix, reason for this was to correct the soil ph issues immediately and to build a base I could add compost tea to without the ph dropping to 5.6
the soil mix they were transplanted into was a 1:1:1 ratio of roots organic original soil, promix bx and perlite. I also added calcitic lime to the mix to bring the ph of the soil to 6.6, here is a pic of the lime's guaranteed analysis:
Only thing that is concerning about the lime is that it has a high calcium content. Was wondering if this would cause magnesium to lockout?
The transplant method:
I'm trying to be as specific as possible and not leave any variables out there for those who are inclined to help me out, my apologies for the lengthy post. When I was transplanting, the plants had only been in their current containers for a few days and thus it was not hard to knock away all of the promix off the roots. Once all of the old promix was taken off the roots, the plant would then be replanted into the same container (half gallon pot) using the new roots organic/promix ph'd soil blend and watered with 1 cup of 6.6pH water. I did this for all the plants in veg.
The next morning the plants were all looking great, praying leaves and great looking new growth sites. Well it has been a couple days since that transplant and all the plants seem to be taking a turn for the worse.
Here are some pics of various plants in my garden, what do you think is going on? I'm at a loss. My plan right now is to just let them sit for a while, wait for them to use up all the water in their pots and then give em all a cup of compost tea.
the soil mix they were transplanted into was a 1:1:1 ratio of roots organic original soil, promix bx and perlite. I also added calcitic lime to the mix to bring the ph of the soil to 6.6, here is a pic of the lime's guaranteed analysis:
Only thing that is concerning about the lime is that it has a high calcium content. Was wondering if this would cause magnesium to lockout?
The transplant method:
I'm trying to be as specific as possible and not leave any variables out there for those who are inclined to help me out, my apologies for the lengthy post. When I was transplanting, the plants had only been in their current containers for a few days and thus it was not hard to knock away all of the promix off the roots. Once all of the old promix was taken off the roots, the plant would then be replanted into the same container (half gallon pot) using the new roots organic/promix ph'd soil blend and watered with 1 cup of 6.6pH water. I did this for all the plants in veg.
The next morning the plants were all looking great, praying leaves and great looking new growth sites. Well it has been a couple days since that transplant and all the plants seem to be taking a turn for the worse.
Here are some pics of various plants in my garden, what do you think is going on? I'm at a loss. My plan right now is to just let them sit for a while, wait for them to use up all the water in their pots and then give em all a cup of compost tea.
