Seamaiden
Well-Known Member
Greetings Organic Growers. I come to you with a set of persistent problems I am trying to address. These girls are all "home clones", cuttings from plants I've grown from seed. They've had some problems in the past couple of weeks, but they have shown fantastic improvement with their top-dressings and feedings, also responding well to hair cuts. But, we're still having issues.
To address some of their issues last week I went with a top-dressing in the form of a mix of 1Tablespoon ea./plant bone & blood meal + 2T/plant worm castings + 2T native clay (very red, likely full of lots of minerals). This was watered in with a mild tea of seaweed extract + fish emulsion at half strength. I am persistent, and I will get there, but I do believe that because these girls are all clones that their dietary needs are probably different from their mothers, who were grown from seed outdoors (all organically in soil).
Over all are two 4' standard shop fluorescent lights, normal output, stocked with Ecolux tubes (about 6700K, about 1300 lumens) + two 2700K 42W CFL bulbs off to the side. I've got them on a 24/0 photoperiod for now, just got a timer and a GFCI strip to plug all into.
Of note; the plants that look worst all have the lowest pH, in the low 6 to high 5 range. I believe using my unfiltered water should help this. The plants that look most happy and healthy are in the mid to high 6 range, according to my meter. I guess it's time to start numbering them so I can keep track of who is who, unless there's a better method (when keeping fecal logs I just described the dang fish, they were always individuals).
Persistent problems with weak stems on a couple seem to have spread, as has this yellowing of the leaf margins, and now a lightening or slight mottling on one (as seen in close-up). Some "borked" growth, a wee bit of twisting, that's no big deal as long as they seem to otherwise be working as leave should, I don't think. I have begun a regimen of foliar feeding with Epsom @ 1 tablespoon/gal, and seaweed extract @ 1 tablespoon/gal. Both sprays were made with filtered water (I use the Mr. Clean resin exchange thing). The plants are watered every few days, as they don't require a whole lot of water, placed into a tray and watered from the top, that's allowed to run into the tray and they stay there for about 20mins or so.
Each picture tells a thousand words. Very last photo of the girl in the bin was from last week, she has improved.
To address some of their issues last week I went with a top-dressing in the form of a mix of 1Tablespoon ea./plant bone & blood meal + 2T/plant worm castings + 2T native clay (very red, likely full of lots of minerals). This was watered in with a mild tea of seaweed extract + fish emulsion at half strength. I am persistent, and I will get there, but I do believe that because these girls are all clones that their dietary needs are probably different from their mothers, who were grown from seed outdoors (all organically in soil).
Over all are two 4' standard shop fluorescent lights, normal output, stocked with Ecolux tubes (about 6700K, about 1300 lumens) + two 2700K 42W CFL bulbs off to the side. I've got them on a 24/0 photoperiod for now, just got a timer and a GFCI strip to plug all into.
Of note; the plants that look worst all have the lowest pH, in the low 6 to high 5 range. I believe using my unfiltered water should help this. The plants that look most happy and healthy are in the mid to high 6 range, according to my meter. I guess it's time to start numbering them so I can keep track of who is who, unless there's a better method (when keeping fecal logs I just described the dang fish, they were always individuals).
Persistent problems with weak stems on a couple seem to have spread, as has this yellowing of the leaf margins, and now a lightening or slight mottling on one (as seen in close-up). Some "borked" growth, a wee bit of twisting, that's no big deal as long as they seem to otherwise be working as leave should, I don't think. I have begun a regimen of foliar feeding with Epsom @ 1 tablespoon/gal, and seaweed extract @ 1 tablespoon/gal. Both sprays were made with filtered water (I use the Mr. Clean resin exchange thing). The plants are watered every few days, as they don't require a whole lot of water, placed into a tray and watered from the top, that's allowed to run into the tray and they stay there for about 20mins or so.
Each picture tells a thousand words. Very last photo of the girl in the bin was from last week, she has improved.
