Yellow Tops on my Blue Dreamz

MustangStudFarm said:

Usually, when I am dealing with low iron, it's accompanied by very high phosphorus. Just something to think about. These are common problems that I deal with EVERY soil test that I have done. I have sky high phosphorus and very low Mn & Fe, so I feel confident about my advice. If you want to do some soil testing, I'll give you the name of my agronomist. I paid $200 for a complete soil analysis but that also included water testing along with a free follow up report($40 value). The first test will be a Mehilch 3 and Saturated paste test and the follow up will just be a saturated paste test with a free recommendation. It's a game changer for me, but I'm not here selling stuff. I'm not affiliated with him at all, just happy customer.

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Stoney Bear94 said:

man you really showed up with the advice.. I can’t thank you enough, and neither can the girls. I feel like I had a less severe issue in my last grow, still FFHF, and blue dream is supposed to have quite the appetite so maybe it just burned through the micros too fast. I ordered the Manganese and Iron on Amazon... 17$ each but idk where else to get that shit, maybe like a Lowe’s? The soil test is a good idea... I’ll start foliar feeding with the Mn and Fe as you recommended- use both simultaneously?

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MustangStudFarm said:

I was using Soil Savvy test off of Amazon, but some people made fun of me for it. It worked perfectly well for me over the years though. It's very easy to read and it's mostly accurate. Professionals use Logan Labs, but it's hard to read unless you know the values of what everything is supposed to be. I'm getting a better idea of how to use Logan Labs now. The agronomist that I was using helped fill in some of the blanks that I had, like I didn't know that Mn and Fe was supposed to be 150ppm each on the saturated paste test and it's only $50. I am using Bryant Mason"The soil Doctor". He is cannabis focused and he gave me recommendations using organic fertilizers which was very helpful. He also got me using gypsum, soy bean meal, and neem meal which I have not been using. I was dealing with low N, Ca, Mn, Fe, and B. I never would have known because I was stuck on Mn and Fe, so a soil test got me back on track. My stuff was looking worse than yours, so don't feel bad about it lol.
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Stoney Bear94 said:

if I were to just go HAM on the compost teas and what not - shouldn’t the PH thing fix itself? Or should I start to PH my water to 6.3 and try and push it back down to where it need to be?

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Stoney Bear94 said:

Well friends, consider this a case closed. Followed the advice above, added some compost tea, foliar spray, added some Fe and Mn in my last watering and have been doing foliar applications daily, and the tops are looking green and healthy again. Just switched to flower in the nick of time as these bad bitches were about to pop off. Will be keeping an eye on the PH just to see it it will rebound itself with some added microbiology. Maybe I wasn’t letting my tap water sit long enough to dechorinate. Been putting the air stones in there to help accelerate that. I think I owe all you fellas some blue dreamz for your support!

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Stoney Bear94 said:

I feel like I had a less severe issue in my last grow, still FFHF

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