6 weeks, yellowing leaves, PLEASE HELP!!! PICS

demonic1

demonic1

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Crackanin said:
I split a gallon of water between 6 plants that are 15-18 inches tall every 3-4 days, that's still too much water?
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Your complete watering procedure is a problem the way I see it. If you are splitting a gallon of water between 6 plants, the roots are not even getting wet. You have your plants in 5-gallon buckets. With that little water, your roots are not even getting wet when you water. Like I said, soak the soil when you water, then let it dry out. In a 5-gallon bucket, I would imagine you would need at least a gallon of water per bucket. You want to see a little water come out the bottom of the bucket to know that you have soaked the soil. Your roots will be a lot happier.
 
weedsofdestiny

weedsofdestiny

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demonic1 said:
Your complete watering procedure is a problem the way I see it. If you are splitting a gallon of water between 6 plants, the roots are not even getting wet. You have your plants in 5-gallon buckets. With that little water, your roots are not even getting wet when you water. Like I said, soak the soil when you water, then let it dry out. In a 5-gallon bucket, I would imagine you would need at least a gallon of water per bucket. You want to see a little water come out the bottom of the bucket to know that you have soaked the soil. Your roots will be a lot happier.
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DING DING DING HES RIGHT !:fire:


Just make sure you really let them dry out!
 
demonic1

demonic1

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Well I would imagine its already dry except for the top inch or two of soil if you've been splitting a gallon of water between 6 pots. I would go soak it down now with a 1/2 strength nute solution and then let it dry out. I would imagine the lower roots are not getting any moisture at all. So it might be better to give them a good watering now.
 
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dbo24242

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omg you were hardly feeding them and then you stopped feeding them they need nutrients thats all. Nitrogen deficiency clearly
 
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dbo24242

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how would waiting a week without watering help a plant that needs food. omg just give it life juice!



by the way you must be ignorant to not realize those guys are gonna kill your plant. good luck.
 
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Crackanin

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demonic1 said:
Well I would imagine its already dry except for the top inch or two of soil if you've been splitting a gallon of water between 6 pots. I would go soak it down now with a 1/2 strength nute solution and then let it dry out. I would imagine the lower roots are not getting any moisture at all. So it might be better to give them a good watering now.
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No, I soaked them last night 2TSP of 2-0.5-1.5 per gallon, 2 gallons split up between all of them, I'm going to let them completely dry and then dose them heavily with a gallon and 2 TSP each plant, and see what happens.
 
demonic1

demonic1

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Crackanin said:
No, I soaked them last night 2TSP of 2-0.5-1.5 per gallon, 2 gallons split up between all of them, I'm going to let them completely dry and then dose them heavily with a gallon and 2 TSP each plant, and see what happens.
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Don't try to guess how much water/nute solution to use. A gallon was my guess of how much water to give it. It would also depend on your soil. If its got lots of perlite or vermiculite, then it will take more. Just watch your pots and water till you see a bit come out the bottom. This will give you a better indication of how much you need for each pot.
 
demonic1

demonic1

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dbo24242 said:
how would waiting a week without watering help a plant that needs food. omg just give it life juice!



by the way you must be ignorant to not realize those guys are gonna kill your plant. good luck.
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How are we going to kill his plant? Your solution is to just give it more N when he obviously is under watering his plants. If he is only giving it a gallon of nute solution of water to six 5-gallon pots, it is obvious that the bottom parts of his pots are not getting any nutes or water. Your solution gives him more N but only on the top layer of the soil. I highly doubt that would solve anything.
 
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Crackanin

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demonic1 said:
Don't try to guess how much water/nute solution to use. A gallon was my guess of how much water to give it. It would also depend on your soil. If its got lots of perlite or vermiculite, then it will take more. Just watch your pots and water till you see a bit come out the bottom. This will give you a better indication of how much you need for each pot.
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So you think that underwatering has caused the bottom- mid leaves to start turning yellow? like banana yellow? So what you are saying is that the plant isn't getting enough nutrients?
 
Hydro929

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You're barely giving your plant's any water in those larger containers and since you mix your food in with your water you probably have a little of each problem. In soil all the water you added was just absorded by the top and didn't reach the majority of your root system. Take the advice you were given and saturate the soil with 1/2 strength nutes till a little flows out the bottom and watch them from there.

Crackanin said:
So you think that underwatering has caused the bottom- mid leaves to start turning yellow? like banana yellow? So what you are saying is that the plant isn't getting enough nutrients?
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demonic1

demonic1

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Crackanin said:
So you think that underwatering has caused the bottom- mid leaves to start turning yellow? like banana yellow? So what you are saying is that the plant isn't getting enough nutrients?
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They turn yellow because the plant is using up its stored energy, which is in largest fan leaves first. I am sure if you water it properly, the plant will grow healthy. I highly doubt that the nute solution you are using is the cause of the problem. It does look like a lack of N however until you water it correctly, we cannot tell if it is because your plants still lack N or because your water/nute solution is reaching the roots.
 
grow space

grow space

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i say man, listen-give them a proper watering and some nutes(and i mean all kinds of nutes-mg,fe,ca-all the little ones to) and youl be fine.
 
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Crackanin

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I'm going to go ahead and flush them with 1/2 strength nutrient per gallon and see what happens. Will post more pics if they get better/worse and make this into a journal.
 
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Crackanin

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They now look a lot better, although the older leaves are still yellow, they are continuing to grow, quickly it seems, and the new growth is okay.
 
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