Hey all, new to these forums so I apologize if I do things incorrectly. I recently started growing 4 plants in 20gallon fabric pots. The medium is organic. 1 of my 4 plants is struggling and I was hoping someone can give me some advice. All plants use blumat drip system and all are fed the same organic cocktail of nutrients once a week. I also add a bit of white vinegar to the reservoir to lower the ph. Attached a picture of all 4 plants for comparison. Any help would be appreciated.
Weak/soft leaves and stems
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go go kid
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get rid of those weeds, they steal food from the soil and will choke the plant up.
how long have you been feeding them for?
how old are they.
whats the soil your useing?
what are you changing the ph for? what ph is your nute feed, in organigs, soil can handel a wide ph range, its not hydro
how long have you been feeding them for?
how old are they.
whats the soil your useing?
what are you changing the ph for? what ph is your nute feed, in organigs, soil can handel a wide ph range, its not hydro
Those are cover crops(white clover). Theyre supposed to add nitrogen to the soil. Not sure thats the issue though because the others are doing fine. I feed once a week, a mixture of sea kelp, black molasses, amino acids, insect frass, and humic acid. Ph is around high 6's. Medium is coco with perlite, vermiculite, charcoal, rice hulls, worm castings, alfalfa meal. Same for all plants. Age is about 3-4weeks.
Hollatchaboy
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The first Pic, the plant looks overwatered, imo.
OldJamesLikesToPuff
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Too much water I guess, but good on you to put clover next to the plant, they like each other well. I don't think that there's a significant issues, all in all the plant does struggle but looks fine, perhaps a genetical twist and it will self-recover
FatherNelson
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I think youre alright. It looks like the roots wrestling each other. I dont believe clover is a deep rooting plant. Your plant should grow out of it.
StoneDHedgE
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Plant water logged. Maybe bad genetics as well. Roots probably bad. Me....I'd turf it.
weedstoner420
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Even the clover looks like it's dying in that first pic. I'd also vote for some kind of moisture stress, either too much or not enough water (with the leaves looking all limp like that I'd lean towards not enough).
Can you dig around and see if the soil is too dry or too saturated? Honestly in a 20-gallon pot with a regular organic soil, there's now a whole lot else that can go wrong at this point in their life.
And you can probably skip the vinegar unless your tap water is super alkaline
Can you dig around and see if the soil is too dry or too saturated? Honestly in a 20-gallon pot with a regular organic soil, there's now a whole lot else that can go wrong at this point in their life.
And you can probably skip the vinegar unless your tap water is super alkaline
Cousin Bo
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I was going to say underwatered. The stems are sagging. If it's overwatered the stems don't usually sag.
Hollatchaboy
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It looks to me like the stems still have turgor, they just look bent and twisted.
I could be wrong though, it's kinda hard to tell from the pic.
Ok sweet. Thank you for all the replies. Looks like it mightve been overwatered cuz the bottom of the fabric pot is moist. The others feel dry. Plant looked great till about 2-3 days ago. I think maybe my blumat is malfunctioning. Gonna dry it out a bit and see what happens. Been using RO water. If it ends up dying I'll just bury it and prep the medium for the next cycle. Hopefully I get it right next time. Thank you all for your help.