60 Plant Grow Setup

I know I mentioned this before but I seriously believe in a Magnesium deficiency. This would cause the exaggerated lines on the blades, and the curling on the edges.

Go find yourself a good 20-20-20 food, some cal mag and invest in a ph/ppm probe combo... will set you back up too $300 but you will never look back.

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I mean if you bought a generator you should have an awesome meter.

Also I would agree on the moisture meter, can't hurt if he can't tell yet.

magnesium is even rarer than phosphorous... if he's using ordinary tap water then this is full of these minerals already.

An overdose of these minerals, particularly calcium can lead to many more problems.

I never need to use these supplements. Also most NPK feeds have enough of these minerals already.

The thing is too, it could always be both. A deficiency of one nutrient often has detrimental effects to othe uptake of others.

Both things, of course, also lead back to PH.

i say he's undernuting, period... and because of this there are shows of more than one deficiency.

I believe Im undernuting. Today was my watering day so I watered 30 of them with a good anount of the right nutrients. I let you know how they react soon. If this doesnt make a change. I will look into magnesium defiency.

What food and how much?

i think he uses fox farm basic nutes..not exactly sure which ones...

yeah I heard that too but I don't think I've read on how much of exactly which ones. I have never used fox farm nutes. GH has always served me well

fox farm is good....i use them every other harvest...i switch between advanced nutrients and fox farms..

hey trent did you check your ph in the soil,I know you ph your water but check the soil if its off it could stop the plant from taking in nutrients. I know Ive asked you this 50 times already but do you have a moisture meter let me know or just tell me to shut the h*ll up about it lol.Its hard for me to belive your not giving enough nutes because I didnt use any nutes during veg w/ fox farm soil.So that leads me to think ph or water so check that soil good luck................Jmac

I have the fox farms ocean mix. The 3 reccomended food nutrients to use with it are Grow Big, Big Bloom, and Tiger Bloom. During the veg state according to Fox farms brochures you are suppose to use 3 teaspoons per gallon of grow big which is rated at 6-4-4 and 2 tablespoons of Big Bloom rated at 0.01-0.3-0.7. I have usually done have of this dosage every other watering, but today I did the full reccomended dosage as mentioned above. I hope this will help. Please feel free to give me your thoughts.

Thanks JMAC . No, I dont have a moisture meter. What is it and what does it do? Also, how much is it? Now you tell em you have done a complete veg before with fox farms ocean soil and used no nutes whatsoever. Just Phd water. If thats the case then nutes are not going to solve my problem.

you can get a cheap moisture meter for under 10 dollars. tells you when your soil is moist or dry.

Thanks. How many inches down the soil does it check for moisture

home depot has one in the garden center for 18.99...it will tell you fert levels too...

here ill take a picture of mine real quick...brb

trenton said:

Thanks. How many inches down the soil does it check for moisture

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mine could check like 10-12 inches down in the pot.

nevermind...my p.o.s. camera wont turn on..i hate this freakin thing

Off to home depot I go. Tomorrow of course. Thanks Caligrown.

Go to walmart they are almost half the cost. But they might not have them this time of the season. All it is is a rod and a cheap reader, it goes from 1-4. 4 being the moistest. The only problem that I have had with these is you have to test multiple areas to get a good reading.

When you water do you ever get run off? I'm pretty sure you want to water the total container until you see some run off. This will asure you that there is no gaps in the soil (lack of water in one are).

How much water/nutes are you giving them each watering?

Good luck and keep us updated

fish is a big one for throwing off ph? My Neptune harvest fish was bringing my water to 4 ouch, the babies are now toast