Apical Bud
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Transplanted this gal from a promix hp solo cup. Within days she was growing quickly but her growth had this strange pattern on it. I know the pics make it look like a mag thing but notice that the areas of chlorosis have become necrotic. Also I put a fair amount of dolomite lime in the new soil, and although promix doesn't always have enough cal mag in it it has SOME.
The teeth of the leaves became thin and very pronounced, the leaves near the petioles almost looked like digital camo. I think it's getting better but I don't know what I would have done wrong.
I don't believe it's an overwatering issue
The temps are 60 at night and 80 in the day
The soil is interesting: although the solo cup was filled with promix the soil into which I transplanted is my first attempt at a super soil. It is packed with kelp, fish bone, and blood meal; dolomite lime, elemental sulfer, activated carbon, absorbent water beads, diatomiceous earth, roughly 60 percent coco and 40 percent pine bark mulch. This was left to cook in an outdoor compost heap with earth worms added. It was then brought indoors and baked at 300 for 3 hours. It was then innoculated with a compost starter mix from dr earth, which included many microbe species as well as additional nutrients. The initial ppm was 2200 and the pH was 6.0. I flushed it down to 1000 ppm and figure I will use compost soil derived from run off from the rest of the batch if and when the plant shows deficiencies. I then left the pot with the soil in it to sit for three weeks, watering it every week. Only after that did I transplant into it.
Could the salinity be too high? Transplant shock? I didn't flush the coco before adding it to the initial pile.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: I should say the way I measure pH and ppm is to water slowly until the plant soil is evenly soaked, then water with an extra cup, collect the cup of run off, then water again. I repeat this a few times until the readings are consistent.
The teeth of the leaves became thin and very pronounced, the leaves near the petioles almost looked like digital camo. I think it's getting better but I don't know what I would have done wrong.
I don't believe it's an overwatering issue
The temps are 60 at night and 80 in the day
The soil is interesting: although the solo cup was filled with promix the soil into which I transplanted is my first attempt at a super soil. It is packed with kelp, fish bone, and blood meal; dolomite lime, elemental sulfer, activated carbon, absorbent water beads, diatomiceous earth, roughly 60 percent coco and 40 percent pine bark mulch. This was left to cook in an outdoor compost heap with earth worms added. It was then brought indoors and baked at 300 for 3 hours. It was then innoculated with a compost starter mix from dr earth, which included many microbe species as well as additional nutrients. The initial ppm was 2200 and the pH was 6.0. I flushed it down to 1000 ppm and figure I will use compost soil derived from run off from the rest of the batch if and when the plant shows deficiencies. I then left the pot with the soil in it to sit for three weeks, watering it every week. Only after that did I transplant into it.
Could the salinity be too high? Transplant shock? I didn't flush the coco before adding it to the initial pile.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: I should say the way I measure pH and ppm is to water slowly until the plant soil is evenly soaked, then water with an extra cup, collect the cup of run off, then water again. I repeat this a few times until the readings are consistent.
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