Something is definitely off with my plant... Pics Included

Hey everyone,

I'm experiencing some yellowing of my seedling's 2nd set of leaves. The cotyledons have almost fallen off now that it has just crossed the 3 week mark. It's not completely yellow, I'd say it's a mix of lime green and yellow. The formation of new fan leaves on top is also coming out with the same color near the center. But outer edges eventually turn dark green.

PH has been extremely low at 4 for about 8-9 days but I read that with organic soil, as long as plant is healthy it's not too much of an issue. It really wasn't apparent until very recently...

Maybe it could be leaf recycling? I feel it's a bit too early for that though

Some details,

Soil Mix: Organic Compost, EWC, Perlite and Chicken Manure
Pot: 2.8 L
PH: 4-4.5

Look forward to hearing from someone to ease my nerves.

Peace

Damn, forgot to add this. Some shitty bug ate spots from certain leaves.

ph is way off if thats accurate but probably not. To me plant looks like it needs Nitrogen and bigger pot soon.

Thanks for the reply booms! Yea the pH was was taken with a shitty 15 dollar meter. She just got transferred to this pot less than 2 weeks ago, she's still quite small for age. Does nitrogen lock out happen with low ph?

Should I flush? This is driving me nuts lol

God fucking damn it.

Found out my Ph was not so off after learning i have to leave the meter sitting in the soil for 10 minutes. It's a little acidic at 5.5 but I added some dolomite i bought today. Well when I watered my plant these fuckers came up. There were more too.

They are definitely eggs but I dont know of what... PLEASE HELP
I'm about to give up on this outdoor bullshit

The soil is likely too hot.

The eggs could be the insect that's eating the leaves, I'm not sure what it is. A bug spray with pyrethrin will likely get rid of whatever it is.

A few questions FB....

Are the compost and castings something you made yourself, or did you buy it? If so, what brand, and how much did you use? Was the chicken manure composted, or fresh? Did you add anything else to your soil other than what you listed above? Are you in pots of some sort, or planted in the ground, and if so did you mix the compost etc in with the native soil?

oooh let me start by thanking the both of you for the replies.

The compost, castings and manure were all store bought. I live in Brazil so they're not brands you'd recognize. Shit, I don't even know them lol I was living in the U.S. only four months ago. I believe I did about 1:1 ratio of everything. Maybe a little bit more on the perlite for aeration, as the organic soil I bought has a little too much clay.

Bud tipps, it is a possibility the soil is hot but the manure has been composted...
The yellow leaves are now curling downwards...

FBzombies said:

oooh let me start by thanking the both of you for the replies.

The compost, castings and manure were all store bought. I live in Brazil so they're not brands you'd recognize. Shit, I don't even know them lol I was living in the U.S. only four months ago. I believe I did about 1:1 ratio of everything. Maybe a little bit more on the perlite for aeration, as the organic soil I bought has a little too much clay.

Bud tipps, it is a possibility the soil is hot but the manure has been composted...
The yellow leaves are now curling downwards...

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Hmmm. It could be lockout due to the pH being out of whack, or it could be just a deficiency. Either way, a top dress with some *good* quality castings, or a compost tea would be my recomendation. Without knowing for sure the cause of this I would start there.