Hey guys I'm new to rols and have a question, hoping people can help me understand what's going on.
I mixed up a batch with 2 to 3 cups(dont remember which one I went with and can't find any notes on it) of amendment per cu.ft.
Started the plants in ffof, transplanted to 1gal with the super soil, plants showed extreme happiness in that soil, going off of the leaves, then were transplanted in 2 to 3 gal with more of the super soil and put into flower.
A few have showed some slightly burnt tips, most have been a lush green with extreme praying.
Now here about 3 to 4 weeks into flower I'm starting to see some deficiencies, I figured that to be normal.
However I've got a few clones that were thrown into flower a week after rooting so they're smaller plants, used the super soil with them, they seemed to loved it, they're about 5 weeks in now with some progressing deficiencies that I've been trying to correct with no luck, so I decided to check runoff ppm in case of lockout, although these never did show signs of N tox, or dark green leaves, or burnt tips so I figured I'd be getting a real low runoff ppm. They were between 2 and 3 thousand ppms!!
So I decided to check the runoff of several plants, including ones with zero tip burn, the healthiest plants I've ever had, which like I said above they're starting to lose a few lower leaves over deficiencies, I figured they have depleted a lot of their nutes, even my great looking plants are showing into the 3000s! A few plants I gave a shot or two of bud candy and bloom booster but no way that any should have salt build up.
So this brings me to my question.
How are my ppms that high, WITHOUT tip burn or noticable toxicity, WHILE starting to show progressive deficiencies and still looking happy and healthy??
Do I have way too hot of soil or does rols give off high runoff ppm like that?
If my soil was too hot you'd think I'd have burnt tips and unhealthy plants.
So now I dont know if I need to feed more or give heavy plain waterings!?
If anyone can please fill me in on this, my plants look great but things could go south quick because I really have no idea what's going on. I know when growing with liquid nutes you never want your runoff that high.
Disclaimer, some of these plants are also only a week or two into flower and maybe one or two low leaves showing a yellow edge, otherwise happy, but still with 3000 ppm, and those ones have got zero liquid nutes thus far.
Appreciate anyone and everyones help!
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The clones, started showing deficiencies about a week and a half ago. They aren't dropping any leaves but show discoloring. If the soils too hot then why would they have been tickled pink the first 3 weeks? 3000 ppms.
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A couple plants lower deficiencies.
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The same plant pictured above with deficiencies, this is the plant that's kitty corner to the front pot in the above pic, about 2 and a half weeks in I believe.
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I dont get it, ppm's in the thousands. Feed or flush?