JUSTpledgeIT
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I've been reading up a bit and I hope I'm not falling into the common mistake of giving them too much attention... but I'm starting to worry!
Summary (for those who don't want to read my ridiculously long post)
I think I have over-fertalized my plants and have stunned them. Will they recover? I have a salt leaching solution, should I use that? How do I use that?
Setup
Bagseed of some not very good stuff (imo)
250W MH bulb in a small closet
Air intake through base w/ high powered fan
Exhaust feeds through light and out ceiling
I have been feeding 150mL of water daily (wayyy to much- I backed it down to less than half of that)
I've been bringing down the pH with stuff I have for my fish tank, keeping it between 5.5 and 6.5
It's been 3.5 weeks and I have definitely been over watering them, and I think I may have burned them with my nutrients. This is them at 3.5 weeks and they haven't grown much at all over the past week.
The plants
The lower leaves feel very coarse and like they have some sort of grainy substance on them. I just transplanted them from a smaller pot with Scott's miraclegrow soil to a 3 gallon pot with roots organic. When I took them out the roots looked crazy, they were curled all around the bottom of the other pot. Also, the other soil started to have white residue develop on top of the soil- Maybe salt from over fert??
Fertilizer
I've been using a root stimulator and a botinacare grow fert. I was told that I shouldn't have used liquid fert with already fertilized soil....
What now?
My question is what should I do next? Have I caused perm damage? Will they recover? When should they start growing again?
Summary (for those who don't want to read my ridiculously long post)
I think I have over-fertalized my plants and have stunned them. Will they recover? I have a salt leaching solution, should I use that? How do I use that?
Setup
Bagseed of some not very good stuff (imo)
250W MH bulb in a small closet
Air intake through base w/ high powered fan
Exhaust feeds through light and out ceiling
I have been feeding 150mL of water daily (wayyy to much- I backed it down to less than half of that)
I've been bringing down the pH with stuff I have for my fish tank, keeping it between 5.5 and 6.5
It's been 3.5 weeks and I have definitely been over watering them, and I think I may have burned them with my nutrients. This is them at 3.5 weeks and they haven't grown much at all over the past week.
The plants
The lower leaves feel very coarse and like they have some sort of grainy substance on them. I just transplanted them from a smaller pot with Scott's miraclegrow soil to a 3 gallon pot with roots organic. When I took them out the roots looked crazy, they were curled all around the bottom of the other pot. Also, the other soil started to have white residue develop on top of the soil- Maybe salt from over fert??
Fertilizer
I've been using a root stimulator and a botinacare grow fert. I was told that I shouldn't have used liquid fert with already fertilized soil....
What now?
My question is what should I do next? Have I caused perm damage? Will they recover? When should they start growing again?
With fertilized soil, you don't know what kind of plant it's fertilized for. So.. flush like mad and you may want to check the soil bag and the nute solution to see where it's heavy. You want decent N after these guys recover.