mikeandnaomi
Well-Known Member
(outdoor)
Something I am learning after all of these years - don't give up on the few plants that may look like crap.
We had a dozen or so and one seemed really screwy. So bad I thought it was genetics.
Instead of tossing the plant - we use it as the LEARNING CENTER.
This "SICK PLANT" was not sucking up food, all the leafs were turning yellow, the yellow was rusty, no height etc.
That was nearly 3 months ago.
We flushed, flushed and flushed - feed - flush - feed - ashes - and a ton of TLC - and guess what - its 1/2 way through august and the plant is flourishing (not exactly flourishing but at least a oz).
Here is what we learned:
1. If you have crappy drainage your inviting problems. Your water should quickly drain out and the medium should how the H20.
Bad drainage will also make salt build up, throw off PH and a handful of other bad things.
Bad drainage will make the fert/nute etc just sit and not get sucked up by the roots.
2. Remove the crappy looking leafs on highly sick looking plant. Do this early on VEG so it all grows back (if it bounces back) before the hot August days.
You can tell if your flushing is working after a few because the rusty yellow leafs slowly stop coming back.
Don't forget to feed plant after some of the FLUSHING or you'll get the YELLOW LEAF from lack of food for the plant.
3. Remember - after flushing to feed.
4. Use some methods on your bad plant that you would not on your grand champions.
If you have never LST - try it with this plant etc try cloning this plant as practice if you've never done - its all THE LEARNING CENTER.
5. Anyone can toss a bad looking plant and chalk it up to one thing or another. It takes passion to keep that plant - and work with it.
6. If you burn a plant by mistake and it looks like crap - save it and work through this and learn something.
Its amazing how resilient these plant are. Use them to learn from vs tossing them into the garbage bin.
All that learning and you still can reap some harvest action off it....
Peace and can't wait - October is coming soon.......
Use your sick plants to become a better cultivator. Don't throw away a teachable moment for yourself.
Something I am learning after all of these years - don't give up on the few plants that may look like crap.
We had a dozen or so and one seemed really screwy. So bad I thought it was genetics.
Instead of tossing the plant - we use it as the LEARNING CENTER.
This "SICK PLANT" was not sucking up food, all the leafs were turning yellow, the yellow was rusty, no height etc.
That was nearly 3 months ago.
We flushed, flushed and flushed - feed - flush - feed - ashes - and a ton of TLC - and guess what - its 1/2 way through august and the plant is flourishing (not exactly flourishing but at least a oz).
Here is what we learned:
1. If you have crappy drainage your inviting problems. Your water should quickly drain out and the medium should how the H20.
Bad drainage will also make salt build up, throw off PH and a handful of other bad things.
Bad drainage will make the fert/nute etc just sit and not get sucked up by the roots.
2. Remove the crappy looking leafs on highly sick looking plant. Do this early on VEG so it all grows back (if it bounces back) before the hot August days.
You can tell if your flushing is working after a few because the rusty yellow leafs slowly stop coming back.
Don't forget to feed plant after some of the FLUSHING or you'll get the YELLOW LEAF from lack of food for the plant.
3. Remember - after flushing to feed.
4. Use some methods on your bad plant that you would not on your grand champions.
If you have never LST - try it with this plant etc try cloning this plant as practice if you've never done - its all THE LEARNING CENTER.
5. Anyone can toss a bad looking plant and chalk it up to one thing or another. It takes passion to keep that plant - and work with it.
6. If you burn a plant by mistake and it looks like crap - save it and work through this and learn something.
Its amazing how resilient these plant are. Use them to learn from vs tossing them into the garbage bin.
All that learning and you still can reap some harvest action off it....
Peace and can't wait - October is coming soon.......
Use your sick plants to become a better cultivator. Don't throw away a teachable moment for yourself.