Brown Dots on older leaves, and drooping off and on, PICS, Please Help

budtoker0987

budtoker0987

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Jack Larson said:
let them dry out a little more, roots need to have an air exchange to thrive.
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Ok, SO...: I did actually flush them like a week - week and a half ago, BUT with only one gallon of water each. Because my buddy that is mentoring me said he thought it might be a good idea. So I did do that, let em dry out for like 4 days, watered , waited another two days then fed.
You guys think i should for sure flush again then? Or should I give them more time between watering first (tonight was supposed to be feeding night) and see how they react? Also how soon you think til i should transplant to larger pots? 3galloners?? Man i wish i just had one of you greenthumbs right next door :)
 
steverthebeaver81

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sounds like your doin fine on the watering, maybe just do it one day sooner, that will help prevent the drooping. As for flushing, yes do it again and with 3 time as much water as your container will hold. 6.5 is fine. I didnt mean to change that. sorry. then apply feeding at 1/4 strength, then 1/2, then 3/4, then full. and by full i mean, your version of full strength, not necessarily the instructions on the bottle.
 
steverthebeaver81

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and add somethin to the soil to actually get it to breath a little. ocean forest has a little bit of perlite, but you can add more, or coco coir, or hydroton, or even growing rocks. I plant mine with a small layer of soil in the bottom of the planter, then like a 2-inch layer of hydroton or growing rocks or a combo, then soil. I put two pieces of pvc on the sides of the planter before adding the soil above the hydroton, growing rocks to help supply oxygen to the roots. I took this idea from Soma, and modified it. Im sure his way is way better, but this is more cost effective for me.
 
budtoker0987

budtoker0987

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steverthebeaver81 said:
and add somethin to the soil to actually get it to breath a little. ocean forest has a little bit of perlite, but you can add more, or coco coir, or hydroton, or even growing rocks. I plant mine with a small layer of soil in the bottom of the planter, then like a 2-inch layer of hydroton or growing rocks or a combo, then soil. I put two pieces of pvc on the sides of the planter before adding the soil above the hydroton, growing rocks to help supply oxygen to the roots. I took this idea from Soma, and modified it. Im sure his way is way better, but this is more cost effective for me.
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Ok, so I'm going to transplant to larger pots soon here... thinking 3 gallon pots. You thinkin just mix up some extra perlite with the new soil I add?? I've had someone tell me to just mix it with the soil and then you say you do it like a layer at the bottom... ??
 
CSI Stickyicky

CSI Stickyicky

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I had those same spots in my 1 gallon pots with FFOF. I up-transplanted the plants into larger pots, and added a micro-nutrient, and they are doing better.
 
budtoker0987

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dwarfman420 said:
If your using distilled water are you adding Mag and Calcium? Looks like a deficiency with those two minerals to me.
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I am not. Didnt even know of doing that!! And ive been looking at defecency charts and what not, thinking Calcuim and Mag were some of the closest symptoms of what I've got going on.... how would I add that stuff (like what to buy?)
 
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