What to do when plants are nute burned in SS?

turnip brain

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Looks like I overdid the Super soil. Plants have burned leaves, and from all the info I can find it looks like nute burn. They are well into flower, but flowering seems slow and a little stunted. Anything I can do to help relieve the problem at this late stage in the game?

Thanks
 

cann.i.bliss

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What and how did you feed them?? If liquid fert was used watered or foliar sprayed best you can do is just flush the soil with fresh water without over watering of course enless u have seriously overdone it then it shouldent kill the plant just set it back a little and maybe some tip damage, plant will be a bit stressed try a plant tonic like seasol or Charlie carp will help with stress
 

turnip brain

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Feed=Super soil only, no other "nutes" The stuff was cooked all winter, should be fine compositionally, but I think I used too much in the final transplant.
 

cann.i.bliss

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That's a shame especially in the flowering stage gotta be a bit of a kick in the guts I hope its only minor burn and rodent effect it too badly and you have great yields :-)
 

whitey78

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Get a soil PH meter, see if the Super soil is between 6.0 and 7.0... If you've got more than 3-4 watering and drying cycles into it and it hasnt straightened out (over a week or so) I would suggest brewing a simple worm casting/molasses tea and applying it... Where/how did you apply the SS before flowering? At a transplant? Top dress? If you transplanted it you should never directly flower, you should wait at least a week minimum, 2 being better before inducing flowering..

But if you top dressed it and it "burned" your plant; thats not a burn thats not enough water being passed initially? Possibly? Did you water them good and heavy at transplant/top dress?

I cant really see plants being exposed to SS getting "burned" by a second dose... Were the leaves GREEN GREEN when you put more SS?
 

turnip brain

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Added at final transplant. Watered in.

Plants are stunted, leaves burned, but flowers are now close to finishing, and pollination took for the girls, so I will at least have seed for subsequent grows.

I am running a second set of the same strain with 1/2 the amount of SS. No problem. Good growth, no burn. Definitive enough comparison for me. Live and learn
 
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