Can I still feed with a nitrogen burn?

bfeeney · Oct 12, 2015

So I blasted my plant with a bunch of nitrogen and now it's falling apart (more's better, right?). I went out and got one of the Luster Leaf soil tester kits and found I have a ~7ph, the water was pretty friggin' pink for the nitrogen test (surprise!), the P & K came back low. Is it possible to just give it phosphate and potash while it's burnt with nitrogen?

Thanks everyone

TokingQueen420 · Oct 12, 2015

bfeeney said:
So I blasted my plant with a bunch of nitrogen and now it's falling apart (more's better, right?). I went out and got one of the Luster Leaf soil tester kits and found I have a ~7ph, the water was pretty friggin' pink for the nitrogen test (surprise!), the P & K came back low. Is it possible to just give it phosphate and potash while it's burnt with nitrogen?

Thanks everyone

More isn't better, should prob flush out the salts and crap with some plain ph'd water at like 6.5 then start feeding fresh. Once leaves are burned they are burnt. If in veg you use more nitrogen than p&k but there is limits to what the plant can handle and they are all different

bfeeney · Oct 13, 2015

I know more isn't always better, that was sarcasm. I did a flush a couple days ago, I might do it again since I'm using Jobe's and Espoma granules. So do you think I could give them P & K but not N? It's a Critical Sensi Star that's 4 weeks into flowering, that's why I'm wondering about the P & K, especially the phosphate.

Also, should I clip off the leaves that are 50%+ fried or leave them on to hopefully help get rid of the excess nitrogen?

Joe Blows Trees · Oct 13, 2015

IMHO, I'd just clip the burnt tips or up to the green of the leaf and let her feed off the rest. At 4 weeks into flowering she's definitely wanting more P&K so yeah.

orbo · Oct 14, 2015

I dealt with N tox this past grow and I can tell you that YES, you need to keep feeding them less the N. Watch the Cal/Mag too...it has N.

whitebb2727 · Oct 14, 2015

Are those granules time released? If so, flushing will make it worse. Let it dry and keep it on the dry side.

bfeeney · Oct 14, 2015

orbo said:
I dealt with N tox this past grow and I can tell you that YES, you need to keep feeding them less the N. Watch the Cal/Mag too...it has N.

Alright, I'll get some food that doesn't have nitrogen and is low (or none) in cal/mag. Thanks

bfeeney · Oct 14, 2015

whitebb2727 said:
Are those granules time released? If so, flushing will make it worse. Let it dry and keep it on the dry side.

They are, 3-4 month feeding I read. I'm not a fan of how Jobe's doesn't have any feeding schedule on the bag or the website. I flushed it really good twice this week so maybe enough came out. I'm going to let it take in the straight water for a while then see what happens. Thanks

whitebb2727 · Oct 14, 2015

bfeeney said:
They are, 3-4 month feeding I read. I'm not a fan of how Jobe's doesn't have any feeding schedule on the bag or the website. I flushed it really good twice this week so maybe enough came out. I'm going to let it take in the straight water for a while then see what happens. Thanks

You can't flush time release. All that extra water is just releasing more ferts and making it worse. Just let it dry out and water very little. I mean no runoff. Do that until they get bigger.

bfeeney · Oct 14, 2015

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to stick to liquid food from now on

vostok · Oct 15, 2015

bfeeney said:
. Is it possible to just give it phosphate and potash while it's burnt with nitrogen? Thanks everyone

Never not a chance .....you fail to realize the importance and understanding of feeding your plants ...this ain't a MacDonald pig out,
easier to see your root system as an Amtrak network, with your job as trying to make it as efficient as you can,... so flush your plants allow over night to recover

to my blog on the flush: https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/flush-baby-flush.30160/

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