smokingweed
Active Member
Will my plants get enough nutrients from MiracleGro fertilizer plant food? They need food! the lowest yeaves are super yellow and the growth has been stunted! Ahh! I'm baked!
Will my plants get enough nutes from Miracle Gro?
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Solstice07
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We'll all just guess which one of these you plan on using:
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productCategoryLanding.jsp?navAction=jump&branPage=miraclegro&itemId=cat50010&id=cat50006
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productCategoryLanding.jsp?navAction=jump&branPage=miraclegro&itemId=cat50010&id=cat50006
1kooguy
New Member
Use this kind of MG:http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*&ei=jarJSfLkFIGEsQP49tmECA&resnum=1&q=miracle+grow+houseplant+food&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=j6rJSZ6mDYmGsQOZsuT5Bw&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title.And add this to your potting mix:http://www.gardeners.com/Garden-Lime/FlowerGardening_FertilizersSoil,35-738,default,cp.html
The quick answer to your question is yes you plants should get enough nutes from your MG plant food.
What your plants are be exhibiting is Chlorosis- the yellowing of leaf tissue due to a lack of chlorophyll. Possible causes of chlorosis include poor drainage, damaged roots, compacted roots, high alkalinity, and nutrient deficiencies in the plant. Nutrient deficiencies may occur because there is an insufficient amount in the soil or because the nutrients are unavailable due to a high pH (alkaline soil). Or the nutrients may not be absorbed due to injured roots or poor root growth.
My advise to you is first make sure you have adequate lighting if that doesn't improve the situation consider changing the substrate you plants are growing in. The EC and pH regime may be creating buffer- a nutrient lock, that may be preventing important trace elements from being absorbed by the root to allow the plant to make chlorophyll. Your EC level before adding nute to substrate should be less than 1.0 mmhos and 5.6-6.2 for pH. You substrate must withstand wide fluctuations in the two measures to avoid plant stress. You choice of substrate is most important.
Good luck
Musto
What your plants are be exhibiting is Chlorosis- the yellowing of leaf tissue due to a lack of chlorophyll. Possible causes of chlorosis include poor drainage, damaged roots, compacted roots, high alkalinity, and nutrient deficiencies in the plant. Nutrient deficiencies may occur because there is an insufficient amount in the soil or because the nutrients are unavailable due to a high pH (alkaline soil). Or the nutrients may not be absorbed due to injured roots or poor root growth.
My advise to you is first make sure you have adequate lighting if that doesn't improve the situation consider changing the substrate you plants are growing in. The EC and pH regime may be creating buffer- a nutrient lock, that may be preventing important trace elements from being absorbed by the root to allow the plant to make chlorophyll. Your EC level before adding nute to substrate should be less than 1.0 mmhos and 5.6-6.2 for pH. You substrate must withstand wide fluctuations in the two measures to avoid plant stress. You choice of substrate is most important.
Good luck
Musto
sorlac2005
Active Member
I think i lack of chlorophyll too. My leafs are getting yellowish and are not because of the heat and/or nutes i think. I'm growing on MG also, and it is supposed to feed my plants for three months?... I bought a MG "Pour & Feed" Plant food, on the back it says that it is .02-.02.-02. I haven't added this to my plants yet, I'm wondering if it will fix. Respecfully I have to tell you that I did not understand a word of your recomendation, lol it is my first grow, any help will be really appretiated! Thanks, peace
