I think it was the soil. Been growing in my own ROLS for a long time now, but wasn't super impressed with my last runs results.
Since I had all these new strains I figured I'd start in fresh FFOF soil. It has always been good to me in the past.
I fed as I normally would with just compost teas and some alfalfa or kelp teas. Nothing bottled. And all plants showed different symptoms, the DOG being the worse, but all eventually just started getting bad.
So all I can think of is the soil. I made a light vegging mix my clones have been in and they all look good, nice and healthy. The clones themselves had a rough start and took a while for them to bounce back but they are sure growing now. I plan on getting a fresh batch of soil mixed and cooking for when they are ready to flower.
This next run things should be back on track. Trying to pull a GPW off my new light I just built and this run didn't really get to show it off much.
I've had some awesome herb in FFOF, but i've also had issues every time I used FFOF. I swapped to Roots Organic Original (the camo bag) and I imagine I will happily be using Roots Organic for a very long time.
I work at a hydro store and I went from selling people FFOF to selling them Roots organic, and using RO myself along with their full nute line + compost tea + some other things.
I have to say that personally I love Roots Organic more than I could ever love FFOF.
My current regiment is: Start in a small pot/1 gallon pot in RO, move up to 2 gallon in RO, then I move to my final container (currently 10 gallon smart pots) and I ammend my final container soil with a high phosphorous amendment; I make a bloom soil I guess.
I like huge bushes trained properly as opposed to a lot of small plants.
But yeah I gotta say i've run into many customers who have issues with FFOF and i've been swapping them all to 100% organic with Roots Organic potting soil and i've had many happy customers.
I dig everything Aurora Innovations other than their soybean/nettle fermentation; i gotta say its all honestly working great for me. Easiest growing ever.
100% organic, Roots organic potting soil, Rainbowmix Bloom soil ammendment, Ancient forest/worm casting top dress, compost tea, full Roots Organic nutrient line, molasses, Ful-power Fulvic acid, Great white myco/bacteria.
Easiest growing ever. I've not PH'd my water in months! (except for my RDWC, but thats hydro so thats obviously very different)
Roots Organic/Aurora Innovations ftw. Its the best soil straight from the bag i've ever used, and i've found its easy as hell to amend. It drains well, its airy, it retains moisture. I've yet to overwater my Roots Organic in my 10 gallon smart pots, and I water often.
With RO and 100% organic soil I don't water to runoff, I don't PH my water, and i'm not planning on flushing this run. This grow is going better than any past grow too! RO makes shit easy