Need help diagnosing my blue dream in soil plus

Ligerius

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IMG_0939.JPG IMG_0944.JPG IMG_0949.JPG IMG_0952.JPG IMG_0968.JPG IMG_0969.JPG IMG_0970.JPG IMG_0971.JPG I'm not sure what this problem is with my blue dream plants. I'm leaning towards potassium but there should be plenty in the soil. They seemed okay till I transplanted them about two weeks ago. The small one is a Chemdawg 4. It has had problems for a while, and is very stunted because of it. They are all in soil, if that helps.

Anyone have any idea what the problem might be?

First pics are of the blue dream, last 3 are the chemdawg4.
 

Ligerius

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What's that white stuff you topped the soil off with?
It's diatomaceous earth. I just put it on a couple of days ago to deal with fungus gnats, but that's not what is causing the problem.
I have had the deficiency problem for a while now but it is getting worse despite my attempts to treat it.
 

dannyboy602

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DE has to be dry to work. Doesn't affect ph but I wanted to know whats your ph? Try a drench of epsom salts 1tbsp/gallon water and add a tbsp/gallon garden lime for a nice calcium mag hit. I bet it helps.
 

cool2burn

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DE has to be dry to work. Doesn't affect ph but I wanted to know whats your ph? Try a drench of epsom salts 1tbsp/gallon water and add a tbsp/gallon garden lime for a nice calcium mag hit. I bet it helps.
If he is having nutrient burn salt will only make it worse. " Its Got Electrolytes"
 

dannyboy602

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If he is having nutrient burn salt will only make it worse. " Its Got Electrolytes"
U think its a burn issue?
Idk...yeah mb the chemdawgs got a burn issue. Not so sure bout the others. My gut feeling is something else is going on with them.
 

SouthCross

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Thank God somebody got that

You'd think people would actually start doing it. Nobody can figure out WTF is going on.....but it's got electrolytes. Nothing to worry about here. Move on.

Let's hear it for Brawndo. The Thirst Multilator!
 

Ligerius

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So nute burn for the chemdawg4. Makes sense I suppose, though I did flush it once and it didn't help much, I guess I should have flushed more.
What about the blue dream? Doesn't look like nute burn on those to me.
 

Ligerius

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have you been feeding them anything and what kind of soil did you transplant them into ?
The soil is subcools super soil recipe, but the soil is about a year old, I've had it sitting around for a while, but I had a problem with the chemdawg before even putting them in the super soil so I though it might be something else. I was feeding the blue dream a little botanicare pbpro grow when they started looking a little low on nitrogen, but it doesn't look low on N anymore, something else I think.

I was leaning towards a deficiency, but could it be nute lockout perhaps?
 

*BUDS

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crap old soil, sitting around for a year that gave you the gnats. reduce watering and back off the feeding for a few weeks. Next time use coco or soil that is fresh.
 

NuggODank

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The soil is subcools super soil recipe, but the soil is about a year old, I've had it sitting around for a while, but I had a problem with the chemdawg before even putting them in the super soil so I though it might be something else. I was feeding the blue dream a little botanicare pbpro grow when they started looking a little low on nitrogen, but it doesn't look low on N anymore, something else I think.

I was leaning towards a deficiency, but could it be nute lockout perhaps?
honestly id need to hear more about your feeding schedule and the level of nutrients in the super spoil you got have you been checking your ph? because in my opinion that does look like a lockout of some sort but you gotta tell me everything youve been putting into the plant.
 

Ligerius

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honestly id need to hear more about your feeding schedule and the level of nutrients in the super spoil you got have you been checking your ph? because in my opinion that does look like a lockout of some sort but you gotta tell me everything youve been putting into the plant.
It has everything included in Subcools recipe in the same concentrations.
I have been giving the blue dream some botanicare pure blend pro grow about twice weekly before switching to super soil, but haven't given the chemdawg much once I noticed the nute problem. I think you might be right about the lockout, because it doesn't look like nitrogen burn, and since the mix is highest in nitrogen to start out I would expect that to show up first.
Would some more pictures help?
 

Ligerius

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crap old soil, sitting around for a year that gave you the gnats. reduce watering and back off the feeding for a few weeks. Next time use coco or soil that is fresh.
Hey Buds. Well I moistened the soil about a month and a half before using and added some more myco to it just in case the old stuff had dried out. I kept the soil on a heating pad to keep it about 75 degrees for myco proliferation, and after a month and a half still no fungus gnats, plus not all the plants had them, so I think they may have just gotten in from outside.
 
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