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The Yorkshireman

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Do you know what is wrong with my little plant?

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That's a slight Magnesium deficiency creeping in.

If your PH is OK then 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts (Magnesium Sulphate) dissolved in warm water per 10L of water till the new growth is all green.

Then Epsom salts periodically afterwards as your Magnesium nutrient if your regular nutes don't have much/any in them.
 

DANfour20

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That's a slight Magnesium deficiency creeping in.

If your PH is OK then 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts (Magnesium Sulphate) dissolved in warm water per 10L of water till the new growth is all green.

Then Epsom salts periodically afterwards as your Magnesium nutrient if your regular nutes don't have much/any in them.
Thanks, my mum just bought a load of epsom salts, hmm... Maybe shes a secret grower lol
 

Pompeygrow

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Eventually will have that component set in the front and back, amped.

Possibly an 8" sub (to not drowned out the mid/top) in the boot but the boot is pretty small on our car and those mid woofers go down to 40htz anyway so the expense and space sacrifice doesn't weigh up for the lower extra 10htz gain of a sub going down to 30htz.

We'll see yet.
Yeh I got a small boot only thing that fits in mine is sub and fishing box lol wife dose shopping in her car
 

The Yorkshireman

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Thanks, my mum just bought a load of epsom salts, hmm... Maybe shes a secret grower lol
Magnesium is good for all sorts.

I try to have a magnesium bath once a week, 500g to 1kg of Magnesium Sulphate in a very hot bath and soak yourself for at least an hour.

Great for the muscles.
Athletics standard is a magnesium bath.
 

zeddd

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Hulk I got the same thing once in soil it affect mag and zinc uptake in a weird way, anaerobic soil fuks with everything, bin it man its gonna get worse, the other ones prove its not a mineral prob if they ok
 

TheHulk11

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Hulk I got the same thing once in soil it affect mag and zinc uptake in a weird way, anaerobic soil fuks with everything, bin it man its gonna get worse, the other ones prove its not a mineral prob if they ok
Nice one mate that's what I wanted to know whether it was worth the time trying to fix it or just ditch it and move on !
 

TheHulk11

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Man it's a killer killing clones I've got 14 only got room for 5 lol prob give some to a mate
Sell them mate. That's what I do when I take cuts I always normally take a load too many just to be safe if I need any extra. But I just offer them to mates and ppl I know grow for a fiver a piece
 

zeddd

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Nice one mate that's what I wanted to know whether it was worth the time trying to fix it or just ditch it and move on !
only reason I know I cos I put a bag of soil in the cellar which flooded slightly then dried out then I found the bag and used it ...fukin trippy sick plants that just got worse cant bear to remember it lol, if u smell the soil at the bottom it may whiff a bit that's the answer right there man
 

The Yorkshireman

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Yman u know I've been growing for years mate I've never had this sorta problem before and I've not changed any of my equipment or methods so I don't think there is too much water in the pot. It's only had the initial soil soak and left to drain all run off before I potted the cut its not had anything since, the plant I took this cut from was in soil for 2 weeks from rooting before I took this cut and it hadn't been on any feed by then so again can't of been too much nitrogen in it before the cut was taken.

And anyway can u suggest a solution to fix it or just tell me what a load of problems I already have with the plant.

"It's only had the initial soil soak and left to drain all run off before I potted the cut its not had anything since." - You shouldn't be soaking the soil before potting the clone, as doing so just drives all the oxygen out of the pot of soil before the clone has gone near it let alone filled it with roots.

Your soil looks to be thoroughly wet to the edges of the pot, as the clone has been in that pot for 6 days (nearly a week) and the soil is still not dry enough to warrant another watering then it should be obvious that 1) the soil was watered too much in the first place and... 2) the clone roots are not growing anywhere near as fast as you think so that they can use that water up before they starve of oxygen (once a week hand watering is not enough air exchange, let alone in soil).

The pot doesn't want wetting all the way to the edge as there aren't any roots there yet and it'll just make the outer part that isn't getting used stagnant, with no oxygen and stale water.

The roots of the new clone just struggle to then grow forward into this stagnant soil.

You should pot the clone up in fresh (as in unwatered) soil and then water a little bit around the clone after potting up, enough so that you can keep good air exchange in the soil going as the roots take hold then build up or........pot up clones into a smaller pot first to get a good root ball going then pot up into bigger pots so the roots take off from the start.

"the plant I took this cut from was in soil for 2 weeks from rooting before I took this cut and it hadn't been on any feed by then so again can't of been too much nitrogen in it before the cut was taken." - Then go back before that to the mother plant having too much Nitrogen in it then, I can only work with the information I am given and that clone is quite clearly over fed Nitrogen, the top leaves are dark green and clawed so that must have come from somewhere and it can't be while it has been within the process up until now as it hasn't been fed you say.

Taking a clone from a clone that is only 2 weeks old you say? o_O


"And anyway can u suggest a solution to fix it or just tell me what a load of problems I already have with the plant." - You can't do anything until the soil drys out enough to water again with proper PH adjusted water and Cal/Mag (more Mag).

Then water with proper PH adjusted water and Cal/Mag (more Mag) until sorted, but don't drench the pot just water enough around the clone so it uses up the water (or it drys naturally) and the plant needs watering again every 2-3 days, in order to keep fresh air exchange flowing through the soil until the root ball is big enough to take a whole pot drench of water every 2-3 days.

The dark green clawed leaves won't change, if you don't feed anymore Nitrogen for a while the new growth will soon grow out OK.


If you aren't prepared to PH properly then nothing can be done, carry on regardless.
 

zeddd

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great how yman bent to my diagnosis on reflection lol great answer factually not sure about the diplomacy tho lol weve all been there with not wanting to waste 80 pence worth of soil but the bitches don't like it
 

The Yorkshireman

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great grow yman that is stunning in 7.5 l pot
Cheers man, 8L pot with about 7L actually in it.

I'm gonna sniper the Mrs better phone and go take some pics of the bigger one in a mo.

The main cola is knocking 3L coke bottles out of the park, but I don't have a 3L bottle to take the photo with today so I'm just trying to suss out what I can use instead.

Maybe I've got 2-3L of cooking oil.

It's longer than my arm and fatter than a 2L.
 
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zeddd

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Cheers man, 8L pot with about 7L actually in it.

I'm gonna sniper the Mrs better phone and go take some pics of the bigger one in a mo.

The main cola is knocking 3L coke bottles out of the park (possibly 3L), but I don't have a 3L bottle to take the photo with today so I'm just trying to suss out what I can use instead.

Maybe I've got 2-3L of cooking oil.

It's longer than my arm and fatter than a 2L.
I know u r on it but how often do they feed in that, like 2 x daily....gis a taste of what u have to do to daily
 
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