Day 26 of flowering, Yellowing lower leaves solution?

Hello! I've been growing in a super soil store bought blend which is obviously not strong enough for this stage of growing in 7g pots.

The lowering leaves on some of my plants and even up to mid level are yellowing. What should I be adding to my plants to get them through the last 5 weeks or so? Maybe a mix of worm castings, bat poo and molasses every other feed until the last 2 weeks?

They sold you on the water only crap huh?

gubblebum said:

Hello! I've been growing in a super soil store bought blend which is obviously not strong enough for this stage of growing in 7g pots.

The lowering leaves on some of my plants and even up to mid level are yellowing. What should I be adding to my plants to get them through the last 5 weeks or so? Maybe a mix of worm castings, bat poo and molasses every other feed until the last 2 weeks?View attachment 5192804

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They need a balanced mix. Top dressing is gonna take awhile though. I'd probably top dress with a balanced mix and EWC. If you've got something quicker acting I'd give that too until the top dressing starts working good.

I'm becoming a fan of Corn Steep Powder.

PadawanWarrior said:

They need a balanced mix. Top dressing is gonna take awhile though. I'd probably top dress with a balanced mix and EWC. If you've got something quicker acting I'd give that too until the top dressing starts working good.

I'm becoming a fan of Corn Steep Powder.

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What do you think about fish emulsion in a case like this?

Try some rose and flower food. Liquid will work faster than dry.
I have neptunes locally, but there are others that are basically the same if you're looking to stay organic

gubblebum said:

Hello! I've been growing in a super soil store bought blend which is obviously not strong enough for this stage of growing in 7g pots.

The lowering leaves on some of my plants and even up to mid level are yellowing. What should I be adding to my plants to get them through the last 5 weeks or so? Maybe a mix of worm castings, bat poo and molasses every other feed until the last 2 weeks?View attachment 5192804

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Try top dressing each of your pots with 1/4c finely ground malted barley powder.

Thai Fox said:

What do you think about fish emulsion in a case like this?

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That works too.

Looks like a P deficiency ( tips and serrated edges ) - your “ super soil “ looks like it’s tapping out. ( Dick punch the guy that sold it ).

1. Shit can the trellis - it’s not doing anything.
2. Work each plant - remove the lower damaged leaf
3. Clean up bottoms - remove the lower Larfy budsites
4. Do you have any bloom nutes ? - preferably liquid.

Dry fertilizer will need time to breakdown - even that bat guano you added will need time.
So if you want a quick fix - buy a bag of Fox Farm Ocean Forest .
‘Add 3-4 cups each and topdress / water in. Not only will it begin to feed quickly , it will help “ recharge “ medium.
‘Plants are early flowering ….. looks like nitrogen tapped out first from your store bought mix. Tap water - FFOF has buffers in it.

Then when you see some improvements- you can run a dry fertilizer ( 5-5-5 ) or Dr. Earth Flower girl for example to keep nutes available.

Stop wasting money on boutique super soils.

PadawanWarrior said:

They need a balanced mix. Top dressing is gonna take awhile though. I'd probably top dress with a balanced mix and EWC. If you've got something quicker acting I'd give that too until the top dressing starts working good.

I'm becoming a fan of Corn Steep Powder.

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Corn Steep Powder? Can you enlighten an old stoner on this?

gubblebum said:

Hello! I've been growing in a super soil store bought blend which is obviously not strong enough for this stage of growing in 7g pots.

The lowering leaves on some of my plants and even up to mid level are yellowing. What should I be adding to my plants to get them through the last 5 weeks or so? Maybe a mix of worm castings, bat poo and molasses every other feed until the last 2 weeks?View attachment 5192804

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The first thing I'd do, is brew them up a good floral tea, Feed that for 2 days, and you should see a rebound in less than a week.

Rozgreenburn said:

Corn Steep Powder? Can you enlighten an old stoner on this?

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This stuff.

Thanks so much guys, a wealth of information here! As I'm in Thailand it's a bit difficult to get some of the stuff you mentioned as the industry is fairly knew here commercially. The water 5 days ago I added half a teaspoon of 15 15 15 to the plant that I think was desperate and this latest water 5 days on I've done a healthy layer of ewc. It's now day 29 of flowering so hoping that's enough to see it till the end along with molasses and a tiny bit of bat poo!

gubblebum said:

What should I be adding to my plants to get them through the last 5 weeks or so?

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Banana tea is high in potassium.

Blend up some banana skins - as well as a few bananas if you have extra or overripe ones - with boiled but cooled water, into a thick puree. Add a tablespoon or two of black strap molasses. It must say sulphur free and no preservatives - try a health shop.

Let that ferment for a day or two, and you'll get a lot of microbial life started.

Dilute with water that has been boiled or allowed to sit outside in the open for a day to lose the chlorination (which will otherwise kill off the microbes).

That's one of my main bloom feeds. Once a week during flowering.

gubblebum said:

As I'm in Thailand it's a bit difficult to get some of the stuff you mentioned as the industry is fairly knew here commercially.

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Budzbuddha said:

looks like nitrogen tapped out first from your store bought mix

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Do your own research on using urine for nitrogen. There are a lot of threads here and elsewhere.

Must be:
- from someone not on any meds
- diluted at least 20:1 water:urine
- used fresh the same day as pissed out

Not too much.
Not too often.

I would suggest giving them a small one-off dosing, and wait 5-7 days ... then see if the yellowing of the leaves reverts back to green.

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damn you got a big catch with that trolling net in that sea of green rofl

Looks like they may have been kept cold and soggy, or maybe just soggy, which would lead to the lockout of P that Budz suggested.
Soil compaction may also be an issue, super soils are pretty damn hot and all that goodness in there won't perform at optimal levels without a good amount of aeration.

It's always better to air on the side of caution and go with a lighter mix. Ya...you may run out of nutes faster, but that can be easily corrected with top dress, liquid feeds or whatever you choose. A pot with a solid cow pie lump will cause more problems and be much harder to correct.

Rozgreenburn said:

Corn Steep Powder? Can you enlighten an old stoner on this?

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It an idea taken from @Rurumo journal that he didn't give credit too.

buckaclark said:

It an idea taken from @Rurumo journal that he didn't give credit too.

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If you're insinuating I learned it from Rurumo you're mistaken.

buckaclark said:

If so , apologies

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It was Dremin if you must know. Rurumo probably learned about it from me, I don't know.


Edit: Why did you delete your post bucka?

PadawanWarrior said:

If you're insinuating I learned it from Rurumo you're mistaken.

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Considering the extensive coverage of it in her journal lately ,it would still have been good form to give credit there.Cheers Pad.