spanish grow
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could you tell me your opinion of what is wrong with the plants based on the photos?¿?¿ root rot, root oxygen starvation, some nutritional deficiency, etc?¿?¿
thxs
Root Rot In Outdoor Potted Pot Plants
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spanish grow
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i final got to the bottom of my plants problem. it was a mix of a number of things - root bound pots, magnesium, iron, zinc & nitrogen deficiency.
i plunged a 6mm dia., 1 meter long rebar into all the pots to loosen up the soil & break up the roots. i tried it on 2 plants 1 evening & the next morning the plants had improved noticeably. so that evening i did it to rest of the plants. it took some doing in certain place to get the metal bar thru the roots, they were packed tight. i then ripped down along the top of the soil about 3 inches deep, cutting / ripping the roots & fluffing up the soil. i found that by letting the plants sit for about 12 hrs without water after ripping the roots & then fertilizing with a mix of flowering fert & a half strength veg fert gave the best results to their recovery.
my nearest grow shop is over a hours drive, i went down today & the woman there gave me her opinion of the leaves i brought her. it coincided with what the people on the forums said it might be, the above mentioned deficiencies. so i bought a mix of locally made bat guano with all the goodies the plants need, including a root oxygenation, a bacteria to re-establish the good bacteria & a bunch of other good / neat things.
i had mistaken the burnt leaves as a fert over dose & had flushed the pots too much causing the other deficiencies. growing in pots is a world of difference than growing in the ground.
thxs for you help
i plunged a 6mm dia., 1 meter long rebar into all the pots to loosen up the soil & break up the roots. i tried it on 2 plants 1 evening & the next morning the plants had improved noticeably. so that evening i did it to rest of the plants. it took some doing in certain place to get the metal bar thru the roots, they were packed tight. i then ripped down along the top of the soil about 3 inches deep, cutting / ripping the roots & fluffing up the soil. i found that by letting the plants sit for about 12 hrs without water after ripping the roots & then fertilizing with a mix of flowering fert & a half strength veg fert gave the best results to their recovery.
my nearest grow shop is over a hours drive, i went down today & the woman there gave me her opinion of the leaves i brought her. it coincided with what the people on the forums said it might be, the above mentioned deficiencies. so i bought a mix of locally made bat guano with all the goodies the plants need, including a root oxygenation, a bacteria to re-establish the good bacteria & a bunch of other good / neat things.
i had mistaken the burnt leaves as a fert over dose & had flushed the pots too much causing the other deficiencies. growing in pots is a world of difference than growing in the ground.
thxs for you help
beginner.legal.growop
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Dude algae doesnt hate oxygen. If algae didnt grow where oxygen was then why would it grow on open aerated lake rocks, trees... Also then why the hell would it grow in my fish tank, and why are the algae eaters in my fish tank still alive if algae hated oxygen... And dont say because my fish tank water is stagnant and lacking in oxygen... Its a 150 gallon fish tank set up with 4 air pumps and 2 filters capable of sustaining a 300 gallon fish tank. I have to put a lot of oxygen and good filtration in the water because my fish have teeth and they are messy eaters (red bellies). Ick hates high amounts of oxygen and loves dirty water. The only way to keep my babies happy and disease free is with a clean and well oxygenated water. They have ripped to shreds my only large algae eater and guess what happened. Within 2 weeks my tank was covered in the shit... I ended up buying an armoured catfish which eats algae and eats the left over scraps from my fish, he is about the only thing that cant be eaten by these fish.
Anyways, after telling this story, stop spreading rumors. I have heard countless people say this on fish forums and then get blasted by everyone on it... This is false, a lie... Sure algae might dislike well oxygenated water, but in no way does it stop algae from thriving in it.