Is sand filtering my nutes?????

buffalosoulja said:

I have noticed that since i put a thin layer of sand on the soil to kill the gnats, that my plant is showing deficiencies. All was good until I did this, could the sand be filtering out nutes or something. I have modified my tea a bit to compensate, but if this happened to you please give advice. Preciate the posts.

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Dirtyboy said:

It could be the plants are show damage from the knats. They will turn yellow after the bugs have munched on the roots.

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Ohsogreen said:

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Buffalosoulja... Yes, the sand is trapping nutes. DE (Diatomaceous Earth) will provide a physical barrier to deter and kill gnats - without trapping nutes. Most decent garden centers & hardware stores carrier it. It will kill anything that crawls or flys.
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I'd spoon off the sand and replace it with DE mixed 1/2 & 1/2 with some new soil or spaghum peat moss.
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Hope this helps...
Keep it Real...Organic....

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