Well I was having a little bit of a rootrot problem for a while... and either some nutrient deficiency or nutrient lockout problem started to happen. Yellowing and curling of new leaves, necrosis, horrible wilting, slowed growth, stem thickening (i think it was multiple micronutrients and it was getting pretty bad)... 4 weeks old and growth had pretty much ceased for the past week. So i decided to do something about it. I started foliar feeding with a full feeding of Miracle-Gro All-Purpose Plant Food(half a tablespoon per gallon).
It has been 24 hours and the results are E-GOD-DAMN-MAZING. During all of my time of looking for the solution to nutrient deficiencies and overwatering and PH levels, no one EVER suggested a method of recovery with foliar feeding.
I wanted to post this to suggest everyone consider foliar feeding during plant recovery(obviously during flowering and DEFINATELY right before harvest is not too great of an idea). If the roots aren't working and are getting locked up or having problems for who-knows-what-reason... go around them. Obviously foliar feeding won't necessarily solve whatever problems are happening to a plant down at the roots but may be an excellent method of breathing life into a plant and keeping it that way temporarily while trying out other long-term methods of solving the problem.
Does anyone have any more input on foliar feeding for plant recovery?
Notes: I have no fans at this stage so evaporation takes place in about 50% humidity. If you are using fans on the plants then I suggest a diluted nutrient solution. I am liking the miracle-gro results and I also suggest against organic fertilizer on the leaves... u dont want a rotting goop and organic chunks to form on those beautiful babies and block the airways.
It has been 24 hours and the results are E-GOD-DAMN-MAZING. During all of my time of looking for the solution to nutrient deficiencies and overwatering and PH levels, no one EVER suggested a method of recovery with foliar feeding.
I wanted to post this to suggest everyone consider foliar feeding during plant recovery(obviously during flowering and DEFINATELY right before harvest is not too great of an idea). If the roots aren't working and are getting locked up or having problems for who-knows-what-reason... go around them. Obviously foliar feeding won't necessarily solve whatever problems are happening to a plant down at the roots but may be an excellent method of breathing life into a plant and keeping it that way temporarily while trying out other long-term methods of solving the problem.
Does anyone have any more input on foliar feeding for plant recovery?
Notes: I have no fans at this stage so evaporation takes place in about 50% humidity. If you are using fans on the plants then I suggest a diluted nutrient solution. I am liking the miracle-gro results and I also suggest against organic fertilizer on the leaves... u dont want a rotting goop and organic chunks to form on those beautiful babies and block the airways.
However, using ecto-fungi (mycorrhizae) may indeed be quite helpful, especially in aiding plants' uptake of nutrients.