soil ph is 7.0 I checked today.Hi petri,
A low ph in your soil locks out phosphorus.
Check your soil's ph...
How often is it being watered?
Every 3 days they get RO water with urb liquid seaweed and every 2 weeks I’ll do a week with molasses and those^Hi petri,
A low ph in your soil locks out phosphorus.
Check your soil's ph...
How often is it being watered?
I also have espoma soil acidifier and espoma garden lime to lower and raise ph, but I heard that stuffs crap so I’m not sure what to do...
So many people have told me to ph that’s where I’m going wrong. And the other half say don’t. Do I not flush anymore and start just watering with maybe 1/4 the amount of nutes along with urb and liquid seaweed? Or plain RO water ph’d or not? How much water for a 2 1/2 month old plant that’s 19”. What do you mean by % of leaves? As in how much I defoliate and lollipoped? I usually do let it dry out until it’s sometimes very very dry just to let the roots look for nutes.Hi petri,
I would personally give just plain water. No ph adjustment, But since its RO a tiny, tiny bit of nutrient is ok.
Dry it out some too.
How big is the plant, and how many leaves are we talking % wise?
Good luck.
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Why should I not ph if that may be another reason why my plant is being affected. I don’t know if that’s why just a thought. They look fine to be honest. I took off all the leafs that were affected and it was about 10ish leafs each plant. Overall the plant looks healthy and growing nicely. I know I should’ve checked my soil ph but is there a way to correct it? I don’t have much money but I have enough to where I maybe can spend an extra 20-40$ here and there for emergencies. It’s in vegetative for 2 1/2 months. I want to put it into flowering asapPetri,
If it were me in your shoes, i personally wouldnt ph your water. Also depending on the severity, and stage of growth, i wouldn't worry about anything. Just bare your soil ph in mind next time when you're potting up your soil. Make sure you check it before you plant is what i mean.
What I meant was how much of your plant looks like the leaves in your photo?
What stage of growth is it in?
You do want a tiny ec in your water preferably. Instead of straight RO.
P.S.
Any chance of a whole plant photo?
Petri,
No I started in red solo after 2 weeks I transplanted to 1 gal after 2 weeks I transplanted to 7gal and they’ve been in the 7 gal for a month and a half. It’s a 7 gal smart pot pretty sure not rootbound. Plant is 19”in. So if I use mulch with peat how much to lower my soil from 7.0 to about 6.3-6.5.Petri,
Waters ph has little effect on the soil itself. Soil isn't inert material. It has a cation exchange capacity. Plus buffers and amendments.
If you want proof, and have a soil kit. Take 2 samples of the same soil. One dampened with plain water. The other sample dampened with ph adjusted water. Leave the samples for half an hour, or so. Then test the samples. They'll be very close to one another.
Has it been in the same pot for 2 months, out of curiosity? Is the plant root bound?
How big is the pot?
How big is the plant?
You could use sulphur to bring the ph down. Be careful using sulphur. It takes time to activate (days +). Or mulch with some peat moss.
There's a few options out there.
should I go into flowering? It’s definitely big enough.